At least if they're operating at "100s of sun" intensities, then they only need 1/100th of the cells. Last time I looked, mirrors were still much cheaper than solar cells; so this could be useful for commercial generation. (Though not, admittedly, for your roof.)
Apparently I didn't miss it. Boeing (who built the thing) says it's only going up to 492km (circular). See Mission Overview link at this page.
Given they're spec'ing a 1000km rendezvous range, I think the OE will have to be beefed up a bit for GEO. ("Sure we can service your satellite in, um, 37 years.")
I agree with you on the weird stocking practices---and it's true here in Silicon Valley as well as online and abroad. For example, when I ask why the shelves are empty of some item in the supermarket, the clerk says something along the lines of, "well, we don't sell many of them". Duh! You won't sell many if you're always out of them!
P.S., For more electronic selection, try Halted (HSC) in Santa Clara.
I haven't looked at the HD-DVD protection scheme in detail, but if it's like DVD then the content producers (CP) do have a way to retaliate. All HD-DVD players I've seen so far have a network connection on them "for updates", so....
On a new HD-DVD title, the CP revokes the keys of the compromised player type.
As soon as the compromised player tries to run the new HD-DVD, it gets disabled.
The disabled player gets a software update to "correct" the keys-in-memory problem (either over the update port, or new firmware is supplied on the new HD-DVD).
So old discs can still be played, but new content retains protection on all players (vulnerable and non-vulnerable).
But if you're suggesting 1 2 3 4 5 to me, then the chances are that you've suggested it to someone else, and so my numbers (not yours) are likely to give me a better payoff.
So it's not entirely unreasonable in terms of gaming reward.
I was thinking along the lines of, "The government borrowing money or issuing bonds will/increase/ your long term tax burden. True or false?" and sticking in on the voting ballot. If you can't answer correctly that vote doesn't count. The questions should only discriminate against people who don't understand the issues.
Your point about which party sets the questions is well taken though. (I can imagine things like "A pre-emptive strike is justified to prevent falling oil prices. True or False?" would stir the pot a bit.)
I think you've inadvertantly come up with a fantastic suggestion:
People who don't vote get mandatory jury duty that year!
Easy to enforce, and a terrific incentive to get out and vote.
(I'd like to advocate a testing section on the voting form too---you have to get some civics questions correct in order for your vote to count---but that's a different debate.)
I did something similar for my 2-phase 120V supply:
Found some loop current sensors (3 times $25 each) http://www.ampsense.com/ Found a 240V 10:1 transformer/wall wart for voltage monitoring ($5 surplus store). Hooked them up to a Labjack USB (about $100) http://www.labjack.com/ A few pages of C code, cron jobs and Gnuplot et voila! http://dfsmith.net/cap
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At least if they're operating at "100s of sun" intensities, then they only need 1/100th of the cells. Last time I looked, mirrors were still much cheaper than solar cells; so this could be useful for commercial generation. (Though not, admittedly, for your roof.)
In this timing benchmark, the Tux car was first to complete the race.
Let's see...
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The first disk drive used 50 disks of 100 tracks/side, each track holding 500 characters of 7 bits. It had a claimed capacity of 5MB.
Questions?
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:bsssSH-4VH0J:
Handheld drills are also inexpensive and quick to use.
Umm, well, ah, it's a deliberate misprint to PROVE instances of copyright violation. Bwahaha! Now which drawer did I leave my lawyer in....
Hey! That's the same as the combination on my luggage.
We should ask people with more than one to return them. 128-bit numbers are a limited resource! (Especially those that start with one or more zeroes.)
If anyone uses the number 3, I will send them a DMCA takedown notice for infringing on this encoded copyrighted work of literature.
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Why doesn't Dell supply "new quiet" hard disk drives that the rest of the world uses? B-)
Does anyone have random small block write performance figures?
Apparently I didn't miss it. Boeing (who built the thing) says it's only going up to 492km (circular). See Mission Overview link at this page.
Given they're spec'ing a 1000km rendezvous range, I think the OE will have to be beefed up a bit for GEO. ("Sure we can service your satellite in, um, 37 years.")
Or perhaps you contact Blofeld, set up a base in a Japanese volcano, and kidnap astronauts to take over the world!
BTW, the article didn't mention geosynchronous orbits at all. Did I miss it?
I agree with you on the weird stocking practices---and it's true here in Silicon Valley as well as online and abroad. For example, when I ask why the shelves are empty of some item in the supermarket, the clerk says something along the lines of, "well, we don't sell many of them". Duh! You won't sell many if you're always out of them!
P.S., For more electronic selection, try Halted (HSC) in Santa Clara.
I haven't looked at the HD-DVD protection scheme in detail, but if it's like DVD then the content producers (CP) do have a way to retaliate. All HD-DVD players I've seen so far have a network connection on them "for updates", so....
So old discs can still be played, but new content retains protection on all players (vulnerable and non-vulnerable).
If you're using ACPI, try downgrading to linux-kernel-2.6.16. On my A31p, resume is broken on later kernels.
If you're just having general suspend dificulties, look up the ThinkWiki.
Define low...
XBox360 + HD-DVD -> $400 + $200
HD-DVD player (Toshiba uses Pentium 4 + Linux) -> $500
Cingular has offered free music for years under the codename "customer service". You get a couple of hours for free* before someone interrupts.
* Normal airtime rates apply.
> Just before elections isn't the best time to make people in Silicon Valley rethink democrats on security.
Probably only 1/3rd of them are elegible to vote anyway.... B-)
If it's just theft you're worried about, the regular disk password schemes should be fine.
Did I miss anything?
But if you're suggesting 1 2 3 4 5 to me, then the chances are that you've suggested it to someone else, and so my numbers (not yours) are likely to give me a better payoff.
So it's not entirely unreasonable in terms of gaming reward.
Cool---my Honda Civic has a redline of 8250 RPM. Does that mean I can sell it to him for more than a Z06 Corvette (redline 7200 RPM)?
Um, this is slashback. That's the point. Deja vu.
You plug it into the super-ultra-capacitor (which is charged at 1kW).
I was thinking along the lines of, "The government borrowing money or issuing bonds will /increase/ your long term tax burden. True or false?" and sticking in on the voting ballot. If you can't answer correctly that vote doesn't count. The questions should only discriminate against people who don't understand the issues.
Your point about which party sets the questions is well taken though. (I can imagine things like "A pre-emptive strike is justified to prevent falling oil prices. True or False?" would stir the pot a bit.)
I think you've inadvertantly come up with a fantastic suggestion:
People who don't vote get mandatory jury duty that year!
Easy to enforce, and a terrific incentive to get out and vote.
(I'd like to advocate a testing section on the voting form too---you have to get some civics questions correct in order for your vote to count---but that's a different debate.)
I did something similar for my 2-phase 120V supply:
Found some loop current sensors (3 times $25 each) http://www.ampsense.com/
Found a 240V 10:1 transformer/wall wart for voltage monitoring ($5 surplus store).
Hooked them up to a Labjack USB (about $100) http://www.labjack.com/
A few pages of C code, cron jobs and Gnuplot et voila!
http://dfsmith.net/cap