The heat of combustion of coal is about 26 MJ/kg (see here). The overall efficiency of electric power generation for coal is about 35% (see here). Therefore, eight pounds of coal would produce about 28 MJ of electricity. If a laptop uses, say, 50 W maximum, that eight-pound lump of coal could power a laptop under maximum load for about 158 hours, or about 6.5 days. That's a lot of power.
...when/. becomes completely useless for 24 hours. Sure, you're laughing now, but by midday tomorrow, when you've read 20 stories along the lines of "Microsoft headquarters explodes, Linus given Nobel prize, and...um...aliens abduct Sony chairman. Oh, yeah, and buy stuff from ThinkGeek!!!!111" you'll be longing for April 2nd to arrive.
So you're praising Apple for strong-arming an OEM into not selling you their hardware directly so Apple can add a huge markup to it? Oh, but the woman called you back to let you know all the different ways you could get ripped off. That makes it all better.
That's nothing new for me. Shortly after I got my iMac, I got a call asking if everything worked as expected and if I was happy with my purchase. Of course, I said yes, I was happy with it. Then one evening a few days later, I got another call asking if they had included all the cables in the package and if my iMac still worked OK. At first, I was flattered by this hands on customer care, but then the calls started coming every day while I was at work or late at night, sometimes three or four times a day. Was I still satisfied? Had I been looking at other brands lately? Did I think the hard drive was getting fat? I ended up selling it because it was just too high maintenance. If you're reading this, Apple, it's not you, it's me. And quit calling my friends trying to get my new number.
How did this ever make it to +4 Insightful? It's more like "inciteful". Is there some sarcasm or cultural reference I'm missing?
I happen to be from "the middle", and I've never believed in or been taught creationism. And besides, we middle dwellers know what would happen if the coasts were isolated from the rest. California's economy would collapse because it produces nothing but bad movies and even worse wine, and the East would become one big ghetto (but the rent would still be $1000/ft^2).
He led a raid on a Dev Run city, took it over, and the Devs punished him by a 7day ban, ie, crucification ingame. They made the mistake of not putting an NPK timer after death, and thought that people wouldn't be spawncamped? I'm sorry, but that's just plain stupid.
Maybe the Devs multispawned him after putting an EKG on a BBQ. Did what I just said mean anything?
I remember reading about some Russian scientist who claimed to have observed "gravity shielding" above a spinning superconductor several years ago. Maybe he's not a nut afterall.
I can see banning laptops if they are distracting to the other students, but I don't think professors should be deciding what is the best way for you to take notes, especially at the college level. What's next, banning daydreaming? Putting a cap on the rate of blinking because it momentarily blocks your view of the professor? It's one thing to suggest that students not use laptops, but I would find it insulting if a professor told me I could not use a laptop because they think paper and pen works better.
I could eat three to eight habaneros if they were spread out in all the food I ate during the day. I'd probably get tired of eating spicy food all the time, though. If this was produced as a drug therapy, it would probably be in a timed release capsule so it wouldn't release until it was in the small intestine or colon. That makes me wonder, how did they convince mice to eat that much capsaicin?
Perhaps it's just that we feel that the CDC's efforts would be better focused on, say, game developers. They're probably much more likely to experience health problems because of activities they engage in for large percentages of their time (especially at EA Games).
Are small children playing GTA these days? It seems to me that the children who might possibly be harmed by violent video games are too young to possess the skill or desire to play them. I think the CDC would be outstepping its bounds here, because this doesn't seem to be a developmental health issue.
I'd say at least since at least May, 2004. This is some pretty old news. Still, I hadn't been aware of it, so it's nice to know. You know, in case I ever actually have a need to digitally sign an email.
That's what I always say to enviroweenies whenever they talk about global warming. I mean, can you point to any other examples of Earths that have experienced rapid rises in temperature, CO2 and other greenhouse gases in response to human activity?
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The heat of combustion of coal is about 26 MJ/kg (see here). The overall efficiency of electric power generation for coal is about 35% (see here). Therefore, eight pounds of coal would produce about 28 MJ of electricity. If a laptop uses, say, 50 W maximum, that eight-pound lump of coal could power a laptop under maximum load for about 158 hours, or about 6.5 days. That's a lot of power.
...when /. becomes completely useless for 24 hours. Sure, you're laughing now, but by midday tomorrow, when you've read 20 stories along the lines of "Microsoft headquarters explodes, Linus given Nobel prize, and...um...aliens abduct Sony chairman. Oh, yeah, and buy stuff from ThinkGeek!!!!111" you'll be longing for April 2nd to arrive.
And I don't use an abacus because I'm not Namibian. ;)
Egyptian? WTF? Newton was English, and Leibniz was German. Wrong continent and wrong millenium.
So you're praising Apple for strong-arming an OEM into not selling you their hardware directly so Apple can add a huge markup to it? Oh, but the woman called you back to let you know all the different ways you could get ripped off. That makes it all better.
That's nothing new for me. Shortly after I got my iMac, I got a call asking if everything worked as expected and if I was happy with my purchase. Of course, I said yes, I was happy with it. Then one evening a few days later, I got another call asking if they had included all the cables in the package and if my iMac still worked OK. At first, I was flattered by this hands on customer care, but then the calls started coming every day while I was at work or late at night, sometimes three or four times a day. Was I still satisfied? Had I been looking at other brands lately? Did I think the hard drive was getting fat? I ended up selling it because it was just too high maintenance. If you're reading this, Apple, it's not you, it's me. And quit calling my friends trying to get my new number.
How did this ever make it to +4 Insightful? It's more like "inciteful". Is there some sarcasm or cultural reference I'm missing?
I happen to be from "the middle", and I've never believed in or been taught creationism. And besides, we middle dwellers know what would happen if the coasts were isolated from the rest. California's economy would collapse because it produces nothing but bad movies and even worse wine, and the East would become one big ghetto (but the rent would still be $1000/ft^2).
He led a raid on a Dev Run city, took it over, and the Devs punished him by a 7day ban, ie, crucification ingame. They made the mistake of not putting an NPK timer after death, and thought that people wouldn't be spawncamped? I'm sorry, but that's just plain stupid.
Maybe the Devs multispawned him after putting an EKG on a BBQ. Did what I just said mean anything?
I remember reading about some Russian scientist who claimed to have observed "gravity shielding" above a spinning superconductor several years ago. Maybe he's not a nut afterall.
Translation: My MSFT is falling, and it's too late to sell! ;)
That congressmen like to take notice of such statements because it easy fodder for them to use to please their red-state supporters.
Hillary Clinton does not have many red-state supporters.
I can see banning laptops if they are distracting to the other students, but I don't think professors should be deciding what is the best way for you to take notes, especially at the college level. What's next, banning daydreaming? Putting a cap on the rate of blinking because it momentarily blocks your view of the professor? It's one thing to suggest that students not use laptops, but I would find it insulting if a professor told me I could not use a laptop because they think paper and pen works better.
I have no mod points :(
I could eat three to eight habaneros if they were spread out in all the food I ate during the day. I'd probably get tired of eating spicy food all the time, though. If this was produced as a drug therapy, it would probably be in a timed release capsule so it wouldn't release until it was in the small intestine or colon. That makes me wonder, how did they convince mice to eat that much capsaicin?
Sure it is. Remember, man in glass tee-pee should not throw tomahawk.
Take it easy, there's no need to go postal on him. ;)
And for the Trekkies, that's 1.48168301 × 10^-13 Parsecs,
and for the really old people, that's 22.7272727 furlongs,
and for the elitist MIT snobs, that's 2686.56716 smoots.
There, I hope I didn't leave anybody out.
Perhaps it's just that we feel that the CDC's efforts would be better focused on, say, game developers. They're probably much more likely to experience health problems because of activities they engage in for large percentages of their time (especially at EA Games).
Are small children playing GTA these days? It seems to me that the children who might possibly be harmed by violent video games are too young to possess the skill or desire to play them. I think the CDC would be outstepping its bounds here, because this doesn't seem to be a developmental health issue.
Nevermind. That was a much older (and from what I can tell, much more serious) bug.
I'd say at least since at least May, 2004. This is some pretty old news. Still, I hadn't been aware of it, so it's nice to know. You know, in case I ever actually have a need to digitally sign an email.
What's the word for when an account posted on bugmenot is canceled? Well, that's happened already.
That's what I always say to enviroweenies whenever they talk about global warming. I mean, can you point to any other examples of Earths that have experienced rapid rises in temperature, CO2 and other greenhouse gases in response to human activity?
...if you hadn't slept through Econ 101. Inflation is inevitable. If you don't get a raise, you're getting a pay cut. Welcome to the real world.