The only "permanent structures" we will leave to our next millenium ancestors will be:
trash dumps
nuclear powerplants (will those be the equivalents of castles and cathedrals of the 31st century? Oh, look at those complex curved titanium barrels they were able to produce with their ancient primitive tools!!)
Consider this, When we talk about nuclear storage facilities, we intend to build structures which will last tens of thousands of years. Good luck.
I make it a habit of describing my watch as a chronometer. Can you tell me what makes a modern mechanical watch a non-chronometer? Just curious is all.
A chronometer is a timekeeping device individually tested and certified by the official body "Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres" (COSC)
Everything else is a watch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
just forgot to write a blog or post on/.
I've logged several hundreds of thousands of miles on regular cars and cannot recall this happening once before.
(including driving a Prius)
driven ~15.000 miles in the Model S and this actually happened twice now.
I think he's onto something.
Although i disagree with his "software fix".
several of the stop signs on steep hills in San Francisco require you to give gas before releasing the brake pedal. otherwise the car rolls back a foot or two before the torque kicks in.
The former CEO of QWest kindly disagrees.
His life was ruined (including 10yrs in jail) for not following orders from the NSA.
http://www.atlassociety.org/br...
Once sh** hits the fan, the DoD is just gonna buy a bunch of knock-off F-16's from china. They seem to be the only ones producing cheap stuff, and - well, if a few fall out of the sky, still cheaper than a F-35
as others pointed out - book in library means that someone else curated the content, made a conscious decision.
also - publishing a book is somewhat more of a higher investment for the author and should result on average in more thought out content.
Unlike a website which everyone can pretty much put up for free, to publish a book requires personal effort, financial commitment and the ability to convince a publisher to put their brand and money on the line. Yes, there's always an exception to this (http://www.amazon.com/Dianetics-Modern-Science-Mental-English/dp/140314446X) but on average there is more knowledge per page than the internet (http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Mathematics-I-N-Bronshtein/dp/3540434917)
I honestly think you need to explain to the students the value of "reading pre-curated knowledge" from established experts (aka books) versus random one-off drivel on the screen (which includes comments on slashdot)
Too many times people think in a post-wikipedia world "real books" are outdated.
This is actually one of the "Default" Plugs that come with the mobile charger: NEMA 6-50 (http://shop.teslamotors.com/products/nema-6-50)
The mobile charger uses the two 120 legs for a 240V charge voltage.
Unfortunately this is often "retro-fitted" over a 30A dryer outlet, or people use stupid stuff like "dryer Outlet Adapters": https://www.google.com/search?q=dryer+outlet+adapter THAT's where the problems start. Unfortunately there is no good way for a car to recognize the hacked, butchered and abused wiring in many homes.
(No, i'm not a licensed electrician, but i just remodeled and re-wired an entire house from the 50es. scary stuff!)
I got the 100Amp High ower Wall Charger with mine, and this puppy needs some serious juice! When i got the car, i used my old "Welder" outlet in the garage, which supposedly was rated for 30 Amps. Of course noone ever was drawing full load from this for long periods of time before people had EVs. Even my 30A welder only pulls PEAK 30 amp, and not more than a few minutes at a time.
Once i plugged in the Tesla and charging at 30A, the plug got VERY hot, to the point where i was uncomfortable with it, and i manually throttled it back to 18A. (My default the car will charge at 80% of the rated capacity, so a 30A outlet would charge at 26A)
I could imagine that if left unattended, and not watched over by a curious EE nerd, this would have ended badly.
For the 100A charger i ran 2Gauge wire (That's about as thick as your average garden hose!) And even the 2Gauge get's noticeably warm at 80A sustained charging.
In the meantime i have been to many friends and family where i "plugged in" (or helped them install their own chargers) and I've seen some shoddy wiring in garages! Most people use a Dryer outlet "rated" for 30A, but really only good for ~15. And then for good measure they throw in a 40A wall plate connector.
The tesla charger only recognizes the plug, and - assumes if there is a 40A plug it can suck 40A out of it. When that has been DIY installed on top of a 20A wiring..... bzzzz we have a problem!
So, hopefully the continuous line voltage monitoring will help a bit, and protect people from their own shitty wiring!
English is NOT my first (not even my second) language, and yet - I am constantly baffled by the utter lack of spelling of the "natives".
Reading through the answers to this post, and seeing how people who criticize "kids" for their spelling can't themselves keep their own posts correctly worded is amusing and saddening at the same time.
I don't think anyone even noticed yet in the summary, quote: "Professor Claire Wood. 'There is no evidence that children's language play when using mobile phones is damaging literacy development.'"" 10 mod points for anyone correctly pointing out the verb in this sentence? Anyone, anyone?
I know that "real languages" are dying, but i wonder if we are just "evolving" or in fact "devolving" our culture.
When I saw the movie "idiocracy" for the first time, i thought it was a hilarious comedy. Now I start to get second thoughts and start to wonder......
It's interesting to see how many people here are jumping on the bandwagon and either claim that vendors act maliciously by delaying updates, or blame Android for this.
Fact is - you bought a phone which did everything you needed at the time, and it still does. The phone didnt suddenly stop working or lose features. No, people are just giddy that there is another "new big thing" and want to update to it.
Please note that 99.9% of the USERS of those devices dont care. They are still happily browsing the web, sending emails, and checking flight status with their Android 1.x devices.
For geeks, nerds and people who compare version numbers of their phones at cocktail parties, there is a simple solution.
Buy a "Google Experience" device, like the Nexus-One or Nexus-S devices.
Those devices receive the update straight from Google, and come unlocked and "open" to update the OS.
Now you say - but - you can't afford to spend 500+ bucks on a phone, if you can get one for $99 from your carrier. Well, in that case, if you buy a carrier subsidized device (actually, you didnt buy it, it's more a LEASE), then you shouldnt complain that it comes with strings attached, and your carrier remains free to make a business decision which phones to upgrade, and which not.
Unless the other 99.9% of users who dont care, start calling the help desk and start asking for upgrades, until then - you're out of luck.
Last time i was there, we spent an amazingly relaxing afternoon soaking in - effectively - the runn-off of a geo-thermal power plant. It's built out as a spa resort. They sell the sludge as "skin care product" to visitors, and i'm sure you'll find some or it in a high end spa of your choice.
I guess it just depends on who's propaganda you listen to this morning.
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Consider this, When we talk about nuclear storage facilities, we intend to build structures which will last tens of thousands of years. Good luck.
I make it a habit of describing my watch as a chronometer. Can you tell me what makes a modern mechanical watch a non-chronometer? Just curious is all.
A chronometer is a timekeeping device individually tested and certified by the official body "Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres" (COSC) Everything else is a watch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
Don't you rather have you mail server serve you: - relevant, targeted ads - or warrants.
Where basically any app relying on the OS for SSL got duped?
just forgot to write a blog or post on /.
I've logged several hundreds of thousands of miles on regular cars and cannot recall this happening once before.
(including driving a Prius)
driven ~15.000 miles in the Model S and this actually happened twice now.
I think he's onto something.
Although i disagree with his "software fix".
several of the stop signs on steep hills in San Francisco require you to give gas before releasing the brake pedal. otherwise the car rolls back a foot or two before the torque kicks in.
The former CEO of QWest kindly disagrees. His life was ruined (including 10yrs in jail) for not following orders from the NSA. http://www.atlassociety.org/br...
What size generator would you need to power a car on the freeway?
How about a ~50hp to 100hp Generator. Kinda like the one built into the Chevy Volt? And the Prius?
Your Honda 2000W "backup generator" is not gonna cut it.
Once sh** hits the fan, the DoD is just gonna buy a bunch of knock-off F-16's from china.
They seem to be the only ones producing cheap stuff, and - well, if a few fall out of the sky, still cheaper than a F-35
as others pointed out - book in library means that someone else curated the content, made a conscious decision.
also - publishing a book is somewhat more of a higher investment for the author and should result on average in more thought out content.
Unlike a website which everyone can pretty much put up for free, to publish a book requires personal effort, financial commitment and the ability to convince a publisher to put their brand and money on the line.
Yes, there's always an exception to this (http://www.amazon.com/Dianetics-Modern-Science-Mental-English/dp/140314446X) but on average there is more knowledge per page than the internet (http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Mathematics-I-N-Bronshtein/dp/3540434917)
I honestly think you need to explain to the students the value of "reading pre-curated knowledge" from established experts (aka books) versus random one-off drivel on the screen (which includes comments on slashdot)
Too many times people think in a post-wikipedia world "real books" are outdated.
This is actually one of the "Default" Plugs that come with the mobile charger: NEMA 6-50 (http://shop.teslamotors.com/products/nema-6-50)
The mobile charger uses the two 120 legs for a 240V charge voltage.
Unfortunately this is often "retro-fitted" over a 30A dryer outlet, or people use stupid stuff like "dryer Outlet Adapters": https://www.google.com/search?q=dryer+outlet+adapter
THAT's where the problems start.
Unfortunately there is no good way for a car to recognize the hacked, butchered and abused wiring in many homes.
(No, i'm not a licensed electrician, but i just remodeled and re-wired an entire house from the 50es. scary stuff!)
This is a good thing.
I got the 100Amp High ower Wall Charger with mine, and this puppy needs some serious juice!
When i got the car, i used my old "Welder" outlet in the garage, which supposedly was rated for 30 Amps. Of course noone ever was drawing full load from this for long periods of time before people had EVs.
Even my 30A welder only pulls PEAK 30 amp, and not more than a few minutes at a time.
Once i plugged in the Tesla and charging at 30A, the plug got VERY hot, to the point where i was uncomfortable with it, and i manually throttled it back to 18A.
(My default the car will charge at 80% of the rated capacity, so a 30A outlet would charge at 26A)
I could imagine that if left unattended, and not watched over by a curious EE nerd, this would have ended badly.
For the 100A charger i ran 2Gauge wire (That's about as thick as your average garden hose!)
And even the 2Gauge get's noticeably warm at 80A sustained charging.
In the meantime i have been to many friends and family where i "plugged in" (or helped them install their own chargers) and I've seen some shoddy wiring in garages!
Most people use a Dryer outlet "rated" for 30A, but really only good for ~15.
And then for good measure they throw in a 40A wall plate connector.
The tesla charger only recognizes the plug, and - assumes if there is a 40A plug it can suck 40A out of it.
When that has been DIY installed on top of a 20A wiring..... bzzzz we have a problem!
So, hopefully the continuous line voltage monitoring will help a bit, and protect people from their own shitty wiring!
whoa grasshopper!
nice thought, but please read up just a bit more about
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_impedance#Complex_impedance
which - yes - is complex (pun intended) but has nothing to do with "always on" loads.
and you thought you'd be funny, eh?
http://www.naturalnews.com/029286_rainwater_collection_water.html
it's actually illegal now to collect RAIN WATER?
it's alarming to see intelligence folkes like yourselves
alarming, indeed..... the average "intelligence[sic] of the folkes[sic]" on this forum seemz to decline monotonously.
This hits one of my sore spots.
English is NOT my first (not even my second) language, and yet - I am constantly baffled by the utter lack of spelling of the "natives".
Reading through the answers to this post, and seeing how people who criticize "kids" for their spelling can't themselves keep their own posts correctly worded is amusing and saddening at the same time.
I don't think anyone even noticed yet in the summary, quote: "Professor Claire Wood. 'There is no evidence that children's language play when using mobile phones is damaging literacy development.'""
10 mod points for anyone correctly pointing out the verb in this sentence? Anyone, anyone?
I know that "real languages" are dying, but i wonder if we are just "evolving" or in fact "devolving" our culture.
When I saw the movie "idiocracy" for the first time, i thought it was a hilarious comedy. Now I start to get second thoughts and start to wonder......
For people who want to compare Android phones in the market, take a look at:
http://www.google.com/phone/#
If you need (or want) a phone which is completely open to reflashing, I highly recommend to buy the "Nexus" brand devices.
Nexus One and Nexus S are both the Google "gold standard" and come with a completely open boot loader.
http://www.google.com/phone/detail/nexus-s
It's interesting to see how many people here are jumping on the bandwagon and either claim that vendors act maliciously by delaying updates, or blame Android for this.
Fact is - you bought a phone which did everything you needed at the time, and it still does.
The phone didnt suddenly stop working or lose features.
No, people are just giddy that there is another "new big thing" and want to update to it.
Please note that 99.9% of the USERS of those devices dont care.
They are still happily browsing the web, sending emails, and checking flight status with their Android 1.x devices.
For geeks, nerds and people who compare version numbers of their phones at cocktail parties, there is a simple solution.
Buy a "Google Experience" device, like the Nexus-One or Nexus-S devices.
Those devices receive the update straight from Google, and come unlocked and "open" to update the OS.
Now you say - but - you can't afford to spend 500+ bucks on a phone, if you can get one for $99 from your carrier.
Well, in that case, if you buy a carrier subsidized device (actually, you didnt buy it, it's more a LEASE), then you shouldnt complain that it comes with strings attached, and your carrier remains free to make a business decision which phones to upgrade, and which not.
Unless the other 99.9% of users who dont care, start calling the help desk and start asking for upgrades, until then - you're out of luck.
I live near to (formerly right next to) The Geysers, the most geothermally active spot on the planet.
You probably also still believe that the pizza around the corner really is the WORLDS BEST PIZZA!!! sure.
Once you travel outside your county, come visit the "Blue Lagoon Spa" in Iceland.
http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/thebluelagooniniceland/ss/bluelagoonphoto.htm
Last time i was there, we spent an amazingly relaxing afternoon soaking in - effectively - the runn-off of a geo-thermal power plant.
It's built out as a spa resort.
They sell the sludge as "skin care product" to visitors, and i'm sure you'll find some or it in a high end spa of your choice.
I guess it just depends on who's propaganda you listen to this morning.
Google Pizza? Google Beer? Google Babes? Google Porn? Google Space Station? ...
been there, done that..... Looooong time ago!
http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
actually at my local Costco i can still buy flats of glass bottled CocaCola imported from Mexico.
those are made with REAL cane sugar, and i can taste the difference.
(in fact having grown up on real sugar, i HATE the taste of HFCS in sodas!!)
no, you meant to say: 66% of all people have below average math skills.
this works amazing, we should find a new name for this revolutionary device, how about we call it a WINDOW????
only downside, it doesnt work when it's needed most, namely AT NIGHT, when it's dark.
Maybe WINDOWS version 2.1 will fix that??
Even your local proxy server is now being admined from elsewhere.
Likely the system administration has been outsourced, and is now run from a CSC guy in Bangalore.
first thought: who's still using Subversion when we have GIT-Hub??