goats usually don't go awry and mow off your hands/fingers/feet/toes when you remove their safety guards. but then again you don't have to worry about stepping in a pile of lawnmower shit either...
well, i know i'll not be popular for saying this. i don't mind vista. somethings are better than xp, some are worse. i don't have much choice in operating systems do to my gaming addiction.
i've gotten 10 different 7 keys. just for the jollies, i threw in a harddrive and loaded it up. it installed on my modern system in about 25 minutes (i didn't watch it) finding all necessary drivers. a couple had to be updated to versions i preferred.
it boots faster than vista (mine isn't that slow to begin with), from off to fully started in about 50 secs. i don't care if your's boots slower or faster, i'm happy with 50 secs.
7 seems (to me) to nothing than a repackaged vista, i'm guessing in a hope to get people over the fear/hatred of vista.
ea.. you can officially go fuck yourselves now. this was the last straw. i can put up with unfinished games and non-sensical gameplay. but this is just stupid. i was looking forward to a few titles.. now i'll look forward to a few others not associated with your shit-turd of a company.
thanks for playing!
FuCk I Hate these people. They're anti-meat, great for them. If they're vegans, then go vegan. Stop lusting after the meat. "Hi, I'm from PETA! I love animals I would never eat an animal or use an animal byproduct. Fuck I wish someone would make some fake meat so this shit I'm eating would taste better.".
Until now, thermodynamic engines that use compressible working fluids have generally been mechanical devices. These devices have inherent difficulties in achieving high compression ratios and in achieving the near constant temperature compression and expansion processes needed to approximate Carnot equivalent cycles. Solid-state thermoelectric converters that utilize semiconductor materials have only been able to achieve single digit conversion efficiency. Extensive resources have been applied toward Alkali Metal Thermoelectric Converters (AMTEC), which operate on a modified Rankine cycle and on the Stirling engine. However, because of inherent limitations, these systems have not achieved envisioned performance levels.
The JTEC is an all solid-state engine that operates on the Ericsson cycle. Equivalent to Carnot, the Ericsson cycle offers the maximum theoretical efficiency available from an engine operating between two temperatures. The JTEC system utilizes the electro-chemical potential of hydrogen pressure applied across a proton conductive membrane (PCM). The membrane and a pair of electrodes form a Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) similar to those used in fuel cells. On the high-pressure side of the MEA, hydrogen gas is oxidized resulting in the creation of protons and electrons. The pressure differential forces protons through the membrane causing the electrodes to conduct electrons through an external load. On the low-pressure side, the protons are reduced with the electrons to reform hydrogen gas. This process can also operate in reverse. If current is passed through the MEA a low-pressure gas can be "pumped" to a higher pressure.
The JTEC uses two membrane electrode assembly (MEA) stacks. One stack is coupled to a high temperature heat source and the other to a low temperature heat sink. Hydrogen circulates within the engine between the two MEA stacks via a counter flow regenerative heat exchanger. The engine does not require oxygen or a continuous fuel supply, only heat. Like a gas turbine engine, the low temperature MEA stack is the compressor stage and the high temperature MEA is the power stage. The MEA stacks will be designed for sufficient heat transfer with the heat source and sink to allow near constant temperature expansion and compression processes. This feature coupled with the use of a regenerative counter flow heat exchanger will allow the engine to approximate the Ericsson cycle.
The engine is scaleable and has applications ranging from supplying power for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) to power for large-scale applications such as fixed power plants. The technology is applicable to skid mounted, field generators, land vehicles, air vehicles and spacecraft. The JTEC could utilize heat from fuel combustion, solar, low grade industrial waste heat or waste heat from other power generation systems including fuel cells, internal combustion engines and combustion turbines. As a heat pump, the JTEC system could be used as a drop in replacement for existing HVAC equipment in residential, commercial, or industrial settings.
the most important reason for keeping the shuttle program going. If we don't have the shuttle, Bruce Willis can't destroy the asteroids/comets that are trying to destroy us all. Not even the mighty Bruno can land one of those BDB (big dumb boosters) on an icy rock in space, plant a bomb, and then take off again.
Think of the children!
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it's like an analog denial of service attack.
it's puts on the lotion or it gets the hose.
goats usually don't go awry and mow off your hands/fingers/feet/toes when you remove their safety guards. but then again you don't have to worry about stepping in a pile of lawnmower shit either...
a couple of tickets to a non-extradition country please. and an italian sportscar that gets really shitty gas mileage. fuck you tree hugging hippies.
al gore... he invented law.
Instant fix to the sales problem. Titties. Loads & loads of titties.
yeah but you get penalized at the same rate when you get the cheapest brick phone they sell.
Well, duh. Gigapixels. Terrapixels. Jessica Alba always insisting on working with clothes on... Not necessarily in that order.
well at least only one of them has an aol account.
"What Barak is waiting for?" Another of those fine basics one should attempt to master is.....
i hope they have gnomes in it... i mean come on, mccain isn't busy anymore...
I'll see your article and raise you this one... http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Police_and_The_Courts/10282898.html
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these! & Yeah but can it play doom?
No one has asked the single most important question. Will it blend?
well, i know i'll not be popular for saying this. i don't mind vista. somethings are better than xp, some are worse. i don't have much choice in operating systems do to my gaming addiction. i've gotten 10 different 7 keys. just for the jollies, i threw in a harddrive and loaded it up. it installed on my modern system in about 25 minutes (i didn't watch it) finding all necessary drivers. a couple had to be updated to versions i preferred. it boots faster than vista (mine isn't that slow to begin with), from off to fully started in about 50 secs. i don't care if your's boots slower or faster, i'm happy with 50 secs. 7 seems (to me) to nothing than a repackaged vista, i'm guessing in a hope to get people over the fear/hatred of vista.
Let's hope they aren't made by Toshiba.
ea.. you can officially go fuck yourselves now. this was the last straw. i can put up with unfinished games and non-sensical gameplay. but this is just stupid. i was looking forward to a few titles.. now i'll look forward to a few others not associated with your shit-turd of a company. thanks for playing!
Yeah but you'll be 200% cooler too!
Well sure, they speak in code all the time. Makes sense they can write in code better than men.
FuCk I Hate these people. They're anti-meat, great for them. If they're vegans, then go vegan. Stop lusting after the meat. "Hi, I'm from PETA! I love animals I would never eat an animal or use an animal byproduct. Fuck I wish someone would make some fake meat so this shit I'm eating would taste better.".
Are our beloved overlords running XP or Vista? That is the deciding factor of where my loyalties lie...
One word for your brother... Shazbot!
use the word interface a few more times though?
Until now, thermodynamic engines that use compressible working fluids have generally been mechanical devices. These devices have inherent difficulties in achieving high compression ratios and in achieving the near constant temperature compression and expansion processes needed to approximate Carnot equivalent cycles. Solid-state thermoelectric converters that utilize semiconductor materials have only been able to achieve single digit conversion efficiency. Extensive resources have been applied toward Alkali Metal Thermoelectric Converters (AMTEC), which operate on a modified Rankine cycle and on the Stirling engine. However, because of inherent limitations, these systems have not achieved envisioned performance levels. The JTEC is an all solid-state engine that operates on the Ericsson cycle. Equivalent to Carnot, the Ericsson cycle offers the maximum theoretical efficiency available from an engine operating between two temperatures. The JTEC system utilizes the electro-chemical potential of hydrogen pressure applied across a proton conductive membrane (PCM). The membrane and a pair of electrodes form a Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) similar to those used in fuel cells. On the high-pressure side of the MEA, hydrogen gas is oxidized resulting in the creation of protons and electrons. The pressure differential forces protons through the membrane causing the electrodes to conduct electrons through an external load. On the low-pressure side, the protons are reduced with the electrons to reform hydrogen gas. This process can also operate in reverse. If current is passed through the MEA a low-pressure gas can be "pumped" to a higher pressure. The JTEC uses two membrane electrode assembly (MEA) stacks. One stack is coupled to a high temperature heat source and the other to a low temperature heat sink. Hydrogen circulates within the engine between the two MEA stacks via a counter flow regenerative heat exchanger. The engine does not require oxygen or a continuous fuel supply, only heat. Like a gas turbine engine, the low temperature MEA stack is the compressor stage and the high temperature MEA is the power stage. The MEA stacks will be designed for sufficient heat transfer with the heat source and sink to allow near constant temperature expansion and compression processes. This feature coupled with the use of a regenerative counter flow heat exchanger will allow the engine to approximate the Ericsson cycle. The engine is scaleable and has applications ranging from supplying power for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) to power for large-scale applications such as fixed power plants. The technology is applicable to skid mounted, field generators, land vehicles, air vehicles and spacecraft. The JTEC could utilize heat from fuel combustion, solar, low grade industrial waste heat or waste heat from other power generation systems including fuel cells, internal combustion engines and combustion turbines. As a heat pump, the JTEC system could be used as a drop in replacement for existing HVAC equipment in residential, commercial, or industrial settings.
the most important reason for keeping the shuttle program going. If we don't have the shuttle, Bruce Willis can't destroy the asteroids/comets that are trying to destroy us all. Not even the mighty Bruno can land one of those BDB (big dumb boosters) on an icy rock in space, plant a bomb, and then take off again. Think of the children!