More fundamentally, no one drought can be directly attributed to global warming, just as the current cold winter in NA can be considered as casting doubt on global warming.
Over time, global warming may make droughts such as the one that exacerbated the current AU fire situation more common. During the change, the vegetation left over from the wetter period before global warming will result in some spectacular fires, but it will only be in hindsight that we can say fires were a result of the change.
Back in the 50's, 60's, and 70's several experimental nuclear rocket engines were built and static tested They were reactors that had liquid hydrogen forced through the core. One of the projects went by the acronym NERVA if you want to look it up. My understanding is that the engines had specific impulses well above those obtainable with chemical rockets, but no one liked the potential impacts of a launch failure.
I have an 2001 Sentra and just inst hooked up a gadget I got from Think Geek (ScanTool, I believe its called) that reads the engine computer through the OBDC2 connector. I can verify that taking my foot off the gas does shut off the injectors if the car is in gear and going fast enough. From the ScanTool manual I infer that this behavior is common, but not universal among cars.
Ullage is used for stage separation too. The Saturn V had big'uns. The motors didn't separate the stages, they provided a little acceleration to settle the fuel at the back (bottom) of the tank before the stage ignition.
Is the use of an accelerometer to control second stage separation the norm? (I am neither a rocket scientist nor a rocket engineer, but I would like to know.)
Also, are ullage motors normally used for stage separation engine starts, or are they reserved for engines starts after a longer weightless perion?
Actually, NewEgg seems to count a warehouse as a physical presence. They have a big distribution center in Memphis, and they charge Tenn. sales tax on shipments to Tenn. addresses.
How will you dump the waste heat in the desert? ANY thermal plant works by, in effect, charging a toll on heat flowing from a source (focal point of a mirror, a fire, a nuclear reaction, etc) to a sink (cooling tower, large body of water, dry air cooling structure, etc.). If a nuclear plant has so much trouble dumping the heat in an arid region, why won't a solar thermal plant have the same trouble? (Or even more if the source temperature is less that the 500C or so for a reactor.)
I agree with your basic statement, but I read the article in a different way: "You can ban the labs, but this knowledge wants to be free. Amateurs can step into the vacuum if the pros are kept out."
Just as the early PC's were toys that developed into powerful tools, there is a potential for the interested public to start with haphazard work and, if denied a legitimate source of the information, develop into something usable.
Actually, a typical new nuclear plant will have a capacity of only 1 to 1.5 GW. The catch is that it should produce that power about 90% if the time. Typical wind farms product much less than 90% of their rated capacity. The installation near me (SE USA) only produces on average 25% of its rated capacity, although I understand the project in question is in a better location. Nevertheless, no one seems to want to stand up and give the actual percentage.
If a 1000 MW plant produces 1000 MW 7/24 for a year, it would produce a little under 9 GWHr of energy. This is at least the second article I have read on this project, and I can't find out what percentage of the 9 GWHr is expected to be produced each year.
There is no legal downside to owing the stock, but getting it in the form of certificates would cost more than the 22 cents each share is worth. Normally, shareholders leave the shares on deposit with a broker. A year or two ago someone on the Yahoo board itemized the cost of having stock certificates issued, and I seem to remember it being something like $40/certificate. If you had 100 shares, you would normally receive one certificate for the shares, although you could request multiple certificates for a total of the 100 shares.
These shares are not worth the paper they are printed on.
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I don't know if Dell marketing will realize this, but even before they offered Linux on laptops, the hype surrounding it has caused me to buy two.
My oldest daughter was looking for a light but not too expensive laptop, but I had not found one in my limited shopping. When I first read about Dell's Linux plans, I started looking at the Latitudes (where I first assumed that Linux would be offered). There I discovered that there was a machine that met my daughter's specs, and I bought it for her with XP.
Although my daughter only runs XP on the Latitude, I tested a live Ubuntu disk on it and found it seemed to work OK. Then TN offered a tax holiday for computers, and I decided that the tax savings were greater than anything I might save by waiting for pre-installed Linux. I bought an Inspiron (1705 with WUXGA) with Vista Home Pro and hardware that appeared to be supported by Ubuntu. I have set it up to dual boot to Ubuntu, so I now can look at Vista (My younger daughter prefers it but likes Linux Sudoku.) and run Ubuntu. There are a few things I have not yet got going in Linux (BBC video, for example), so the Windows is still useful.
Right or wrong, I wanted WUXGA on a large screen, so I probably would have been disappointed with the Dell Linux offerings, but the talk about the planned offerings led directly to the purchase of the two laptops. Others with similar wants may look at the Linux specs and then buy a non-Linux machine with hardware based upon the Linux machines.
If you Google "Ronald Kline" you will find a court decision on the matter. Because the hacker was not acting as an agent of the Government, the exclusionary rule on illegally obtained evidence didn't apply.
"This site was created with one goal in mind. To give you the opportunity to "try out" some of the best php/mysql based free and open source software systems in the world. You are welcome to be the administrator of any CMS system here, allowing you to decide which system best suits your needs."
Actually, bad design was also a factor in Chernobyl. A positive void reactivity coefficient was what allowed the operations blunders to escalate into an explosion.
Unfortunately, CANDU reactors allow fuel to easily be removed after only a short period without shutting the reactor down. As a result, it is easier than with other reactors to produce weapons grade Pu, and constant surveillance is needed.
I believe you slipped a decimal point. I get 3500 megawatts, which is still high. If we assume that the 3400 amps is the total of the currents on the three conductors, then we drop to less than 1200 megawatts, which is reasonable.
So jealous wife slips program on husband's computer to check up on him. Husband doesn't know about program, much less agree to EULA. Husband suspects something about behavior of machine, either due to this program or another, and sends suspect files to anti-spyware company, which detects it. Who has violated EULA?
What ever became of what used to be called "programmed instruction?" This was dividing up something to be learned into very small learning packages, explaining each package, and immediately testing comprehension of the package. Wrong answers were immediately explained, and correct answers led to quickly going on to the next package.
I learned Fortran (one of the really old versions with commands like READ INPUT TAPE) from a book based upon the concept, with multiple choice answers directing me to turn to one page if I answered "A," another if "B," etc. It worked well, but I always thought it would work much better if it were computerized.
It would seem like rote instruction could be done this way, with right answers rewarded with continued playing of favorite music.
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More fundamentally, no one drought can be directly attributed to global warming, just as the current cold winter in NA can be considered as casting doubt on global warming.
Over time, global warming may make droughts such as the one that exacerbated the current AU fire situation more common. During the change, the vegetation left over from the wetter period before global warming will result in some spectacular fires, but it will only be in hindsight that we can say fires were a result of the change.
Just remember that Westinghouse (the nuclear reactor business portion) is now owned by Toshiba.
Back in the 50's, 60's, and 70's several experimental nuclear rocket engines were built and static tested They were reactors that had liquid hydrogen forced through the core. One of the projects went by the acronym NERVA if you want to look it up. My understanding is that the engines had specific impulses well above those obtainable with chemical rockets, but no one liked the potential impacts of a launch failure.
I have an 2001 Sentra and just inst hooked up a gadget I got from Think Geek (ScanTool, I believe its called) that reads the engine computer through the OBDC2 connector. I can verify that taking my foot off the gas does shut off the injectors if the car is in gear and going fast enough. From the ScanTool manual I infer that this behavior is common, but not universal among cars.
Will this launch have a live webcast like flight 3? If so, does anyone have the details?
Ullage is used for stage separation too. The Saturn V had big'uns. The motors didn't separate the stages, they provided a little acceleration to settle the fuel at the back (bottom) of the tank before the stage ignition.
You see them on each stage here.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Saturn_v_schematic.jpg
So is the lack of an ullage motor on the Falcon 1 second stage likely to cause problems?
Is the use of an accelerometer to control second stage separation the norm? (I am neither a rocket scientist nor a rocket engineer, but I would like to know.)
Also, are ullage motors normally used for stage separation engine starts, or are they reserved for engines starts after a longer weightless perion?
Actually, NewEgg seems to count a warehouse as a physical presence. They have a big distribution center in Memphis, and they charge Tenn. sales tax on shipments to Tenn. addresses.
How will you dump the waste heat in the desert? ANY thermal plant works by, in effect, charging a toll on heat flowing from a source (focal point of a mirror, a fire, a nuclear reaction, etc) to a sink (cooling tower, large body of water, dry air cooling structure, etc.). If a nuclear plant has so much trouble dumping the heat in an arid region, why won't a solar thermal plant have the same trouble? (Or even more if the source temperature is less that the 500C or so for a reactor.)
So where do we go to see this notice? The spacex web page appears to be quite short of news.
I agree with your basic statement, but I read the article in a different way: "You can ban the labs, but this knowledge wants to be free. Amateurs can step into the vacuum if the pros are kept out."
Just as the early PC's were toys that developed into powerful tools, there is a potential for the interested public to start with haphazard work and, if denied a legitimate source of the information, develop into something usable.
Actually, a typical new nuclear plant will have a capacity of only 1 to 1.5 GW. The catch is that it should produce that power about 90% if the time. Typical wind farms product much less than 90% of their rated capacity. The installation near me (SE USA) only produces on average 25% of its rated capacity, although I understand the project in question is in a better location. Nevertheless, no one seems to want to stand up and give the actual percentage.
If a 1000 MW plant produces 1000 MW 7/24 for a year, it would produce a little under 9 GWHr of energy. This is at least the second article I have read on this project, and I can't find out what percentage of the 9 GWHr is expected to be produced each year.
There is no legal downside to owing the stock, but getting it in the form of certificates would cost more than the 22 cents each share is worth. Normally, shareholders leave the shares on deposit with a broker. A year or two ago someone on the Yahoo board itemized the cost of having stock certificates issued, and I seem to remember it being something like $40/certificate. If you had 100 shares, you would normally receive one certificate for the shares, although you could request multiple certificates for a total of the 100 shares.
These shares are not worth the paper they are printed on.
I don't know if Dell marketing will realize this, but even before they offered Linux on laptops, the hype surrounding it has caused me to buy two.
My oldest daughter was looking for a light but not too expensive laptop, but I had not found one in my limited shopping. When I first read about Dell's Linux plans, I started looking at the Latitudes (where I first assumed that Linux would be offered). There I discovered that there was a machine that met my daughter's specs, and I bought it for her with XP.
Although my daughter only runs XP on the Latitude, I tested a live Ubuntu disk on it and found it seemed to work OK. Then TN offered a tax holiday for computers, and I decided that the tax savings were greater than anything I might save by waiting for pre-installed Linux. I bought an Inspiron (1705 with WUXGA) with Vista Home Pro and hardware that appeared to be supported by Ubuntu. I have set it up to dual boot to Ubuntu, so I now can look at Vista (My younger daughter prefers it but likes Linux Sudoku.) and run Ubuntu. There are a few things I have not yet got going in Linux (BBC video, for example), so the Windows is still useful.
Right or wrong, I wanted WUXGA on a large screen, so I probably would have been disappointed with the Dell Linux offerings, but the talk about the planned offerings led directly to the purchase of the two laptops. Others with similar wants may look at the Linux specs and then buy a non-Linux machine with hardware based upon the Linux machines.
If you Google "Ronald Kline" you will find a court decision on the matter. Because the hacker was not acting as an agent of the Government, the exclusionary rule on illegally obtained evidence didn't apply.
The first paragraph on the cited web page is,
"This site was created with one goal in mind. To give you the opportunity to "try out" some of the best php/mysql based free and open source software systems in the world. You are welcome to be the administrator of any CMS system here, allowing you to decide which system best suits your needs."
>They'll get to sue Microsoft too over MS Access.
... MS agrees to buy a license at a price that is not too exorbitant but large enough to fund the lawsuit.
>and the MMC snap-in for SQL server
Ice takes a lot less space per calorie stored.
Actually, bad design was also a factor in Chernobyl. A positive void reactivity coefficient was what allowed the operations blunders to escalate into an explosion.
Unfortunately, CANDU reactors allow fuel to easily be removed after only a short period without shutting the reactor down. As a result, it is easier than with other reactors to produce weapons grade Pu, and constant surveillance is needed.
I believe you slipped a decimal point. I get 3500 megawatts, which is still high. If we assume that the 3400 amps is the total of the currents on the three conductors, then we drop to less than 1200 megawatts, which is reasonable.
So jealous wife slips program on husband's computer to check up on him. Husband doesn't know about program, much less agree to EULA. Husband suspects something about behavior of machine, either due to this program or another, and sends suspect files to anti-spyware company, which detects it. Who has violated EULA?
At least that's the way I read the FA. No big deal.
What ever became of what used to be called "programmed instruction?" This was dividing up something to be learned into very small learning packages, explaining each package, and immediately testing comprehension of the package. Wrong answers were immediately explained, and correct answers led to quickly going on to the next package.
I learned Fortran (one of the really old versions with commands like READ INPUT TAPE) from a book based upon the concept, with multiple choice answers directing me to turn to one page if I answered "A," another if "B," etc. It worked well, but I always thought it would work much better if it were computerized.
It would seem like rote instruction could be done this way, with right answers rewarded with continued playing of favorite music.