I guarantee they can be made to float. It's all about displacement after all. If you've got one of these generators that masses around one kilogram (No idea the density, but it's probably safe to assume it's denser than water), simply attach less dense materials until it's specific gravity is less than 1: Voila! Floating kinetic generator. Now tether it and attach a conductor to pipe the power somewhere and you're set. There is plenty of coastline that isn't used for commercial or recreational traffic. Also, if these generators can be made small enough, put them on the end of flexible antennae and cover the tops of buildings with them.
The trick with be the type and magnitude of the kinetic energy that must be appled to these devices. Do they have to be struck or compressed (a la piezoelectricity)? Do individual components move relative to one another (inductance)? Is a swaying or pendulum motion adequate?
Even if there aren't (I don't honestly know), there are plenty of places where this could be used. Imagine installing this under the surface of bridges or on the treads of stairs. If this technology proves itself, it will be through ubiquitious application with power being generated on a smaller scale in many more places.
Yes, back in the days when it meant something to drink JOLT Cola. I still remember the first time I saw text ing and I thought "Oh, this can't be a good sign...."
Value of phone without plan = 0. As far as making and receiving calls goes I would agree, but I know that in my old home of Nova Scotia, any cell phone with a charged battery could connect to 911. Every time I bought a new phone, the old one and it's car-charger went into the glove box of whatever vehicle I happened to own at the time. Though really, it was probably little good with the amount of time I spent in areas with no cellphone coverage (those maps they give you lie like the devil).
I tried putting my own on his side of the building. I don't know what those bricks are made of, but they must be nigh impervious to EM, I could barely pick up a signal, let alone get any sort of useful wireless connection. Besides, that only solves half the problem. If I switch to the local DSL provider, I want to switch my TV services, which suffer the same 'geographical' restriction. Rogers (a traditional cable provider) offers me 40 odd channels with the 'full' cable package. As much as I hate Aliant, their basic digital cable setup has about an extra 20 channels at comparable rates (especially when purchased in a bundle with other services). So if I switch to Aliant (DSL) from Rogers (cable broadband) I end up paying way more because Rogers increases the rate they charge me for my TV service as a stand-alone.
Eastlink, back in my old home of Nova Scotia: 10Mbps connection with unlimited traffic. I regularly pulled down more than 100GB/mo with no problems, and god only knows what went back up. Never heard a word of complaint from the provider as long as the bill was paid on time. Stable as a rock too, service might have been down two, maybe three times in almost 10 years. That includes the hurricane a few years ago that knocked out power to nearly half a million people for a week; within a minute of the power coming back on, the familiar green and orange lights were flashing on the cable modem and I was online again.
Yes, I know it's technically not unlimited 'bandwidth' but unlimited traffic, but when you're pulling down more than a MB/s, you don't really bother to make the distinction.
Oh how I miss my Eastlink. This article strikes a sour note for me. I recently moved from the Halifax area to St. John's and the two options in the city are Rogers and Aliant (DSL). I used and abused my Eastlink (originally Accesscable) connection with nearly zero problems. In ten years, my connection might have been down twice and one of those times was a service upgrade to a 10Mbit line. Rogers is absolutely terrible. It's not just packet shaping, though I am pissed off that it takes weeks to download files I'm legally entitled to (F/OSS) through P2P networks. The whole service is dirt slow and unreliable (how about all those times Google is unavailable but the Rogers/Yahoo website loads just fine?). Eastlink was always lightening fast (I occasionally got total download speeds exceeding 1 MB/s) and . I also got dinged on surcharges with Rogers for exceeding that 60GB monthly cap, though since it was their wireless router that the technician left unsecured, I was able to get that overturned. I don't even have the option of Bell/Aliant/Sympatico because I'm 'outside their service area' which ends in the middle of a fucking TOWNHOUSE. My neighbour on the otherside of a shared brick wall has DSL and I don't even have the option, no matter how much I beg and plead.
I'd ask what in the world you were downloading that was 46 GB, but I'm willing to bet that I have the same torrent running.;)
After a recent move, I've had to discover the hard way what it means to have a bad ISP. My old ISP gave me all the bandwidth I could use (I actually saw +1MB/sec) and as much traffic as I wanted. Now the "highspeed" connection from my new ISP is severely limited, no where near the advertised speed and I get heavily charged for exceeding my 60GB traffic limit (nearly $100 for an extra 40GB). The alternative? The same company that can't even manage to send my mobile phone bill on time or to the correct address every month.
Didn't you know? The CBC movie and all those books are a cover-up to make everyone THINK Dief scrapped the CF-105 program. Now we're on to the Arrow Mk III which can reach orbit on demand, is built entirely from recycled materials, is solar powered and makes the F-302 look like a pile of crap.:P
This is a fantastic benefit for all blood types (except maybe AB+). Persons with Rh -ve blood make up about 15-20% of the population (at least in most European and North American countries, from what I can remember) so giving those people the full benefit of that 15% of donated blood will save many lives. As an AB+ myself, I know my blood is less sought after at donor clinics (to the point where one of the nurses suggested I stick to giving plasma only) so this make my blood more 'viable' as a donation. If they can filter out the Rhesus antigens as well, you've got universal blood. The time saved in testing injured patients alone to make sure that the right type of blood is given will save thousands of lives (I know it only takes a few seconds to do the test, but you've got to collect blood and take it to the lab and that takes a few minutes which some people may not have).
I agree. The GH controller is far more intuitive to pick up and play. My neighbour and I both have a copy and we get the multiplayer mode going at most of our parties. Everyone loves it. GH definity has the humour factor too; for those who have never seen some of the unlockables, there is a 'fish' guitar with the following description: "This is a highly practical and effecient guitar. Because it looks like a fish."
I see piles of these all the time in those warehouse-like stores packed with suplus and obsolete electronics and mechanics. My local Princess Auto often has stacks of AM and FM tuners that are a cheap source of electronic components.
Most colleges and universitiesdo claim that any work you submit becomes the intellectual property of the university. I don't know how well it would hold up in court, but it would likely be a horrific mess.
And it's still not instant, since it requires writing then reading data from the hard drive. It's far faster than a clean boot, but still takes 5-10 seconds.
I agree, I usually use 3000+ grain wet-dry automotive finishing sand paper. It works by increasing the available surface area, which increases thermal transfer. Though for most low-performance computers I build, I just use thermal tape as it's easier to clean up.
Rigid keyboards are part of the problem when you think about it. If you could make a tablet style device that folds through the screen and keyboard, you could cut the size drastically. I know flexible keyboard technology exists, but does the same hold true of displays? you could end up with something not much larger than a sheet of standard 8 1/2" x 11" paper that would fold along the short axis to half that size again for storage (not much larger than a common paperback). Optical drives might be out of the question, but there exist other storage medium that could serve as replacement, CF being only the most common/obvious.
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I guarantee they can be made to float. It's all about displacement after all. If you've got one of these generators that masses around one kilogram (No idea the density, but it's probably safe to assume it's denser than water), simply attach less dense materials until it's specific gravity is less than 1: Voila! Floating kinetic generator. Now tether it and attach a conductor to pipe the power somewhere and you're set. There is plenty of coastline that isn't used for commercial or recreational traffic. Also, if these generators can be made small enough, put them on the end of flexible antennae and cover the tops of buildings with them.
The trick with be the type and magnitude of the kinetic energy that must be appled to these devices. Do they have to be struck or compressed (a la piezoelectricity)? Do individual components move relative to one another (inductance)? Is a swaying or pendulum motion adequate?
Even if there aren't (I don't honestly know), there are plenty of places where this could be used. Imagine installing this under the surface of bridges or on the treads of stairs. If this technology proves itself, it will be through ubiquitious application with power being generated on a smaller scale in many more places.
Yeah, until you go careening off a ledge and crash into a river.
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Yes, back in the days when it meant something to drink JOLT Cola. I still remember the first time I saw text ing and I thought "Oh, this can't be a good sign...."
Sorry no, I have the "DuckBlockerPlus" extension installed too.
Obviously your step ladder isn't able to scale. Time to upgrade.
Well I'm sure the FAA has reasoned that passengers being beaten to death by other passengers is bad publicity (regardless of how justifiable).
I tried putting my own on his side of the building. I don't know what those bricks are made of, but they must be nigh impervious to EM, I could barely pick up a signal, let alone get any sort of useful wireless connection. Besides, that only solves half the problem. If I switch to the local DSL provider, I want to switch my TV services, which suffer the same 'geographical' restriction. Rogers (a traditional cable provider) offers me 40 odd channels with the 'full' cable package. As much as I hate Aliant, their basic digital cable setup has about an extra 20 channels at comparable rates (especially when purchased in a bundle with other services). So if I switch to Aliant (DSL) from Rogers (cable broadband) I end up paying way more because Rogers increases the rate they charge me for my TV service as a stand-alone.
If your wife works at a strip club in the first place, I don't see why she had an issue with it. :P
Eastlink, back in my old home of Nova Scotia: 10Mbps connection with unlimited traffic. I regularly pulled down more than 100GB/mo with no problems, and god only knows what went back up. Never heard a word of complaint from the provider as long as the bill was paid on time. Stable as a rock too, service might have been down two, maybe three times in almost 10 years. That includes the hurricane a few years ago that knocked out power to nearly half a million people for a week; within a minute of the power coming back on, the familiar green and orange lights were flashing on the cable modem and I was online again.
Yes, I know it's technically not unlimited 'bandwidth' but unlimited traffic, but when you're pulling down more than a MB/s, you don't really bother to make the distinction.
Your so-called 'invisibility device' is commonly known as a $50 at a strip club.
Oh how I miss my Eastlink. This article strikes a sour note for me. I recently moved from the Halifax area to St. John's and the two options in the city are Rogers and Aliant (DSL). I used and abused my Eastlink (originally Accesscable) connection with nearly zero problems. In ten years, my connection might have been down twice and one of those times was a service upgrade to a 10Mbit line. Rogers is absolutely terrible. It's not just packet shaping, though I am pissed off that it takes weeks to download files I'm legally entitled to (F/OSS) through P2P networks. The whole service is dirt slow and unreliable (how about all those times Google is unavailable but the Rogers/Yahoo website loads just fine?). Eastlink was always lightening fast (I occasionally got total download speeds exceeding 1 MB/s) and . I also got dinged on surcharges with Rogers for exceeding that 60GB monthly cap, though since it was their wireless router that the technician left unsecured, I was able to get that overturned. I don't even have the option of Bell/Aliant/Sympatico because I'm 'outside their service area' which ends in the middle of a fucking TOWNHOUSE. My neighbour on the otherside of a shared brick wall has DSL and I don't even have the option, no matter how much I beg and plead.
I'd ask what in the world you were downloading that was 46 GB, but I'm willing to bet that I have the same torrent running. ;)
After a recent move, I've had to discover the hard way what it means to have a bad ISP. My old ISP gave me all the bandwidth I could use (I actually saw +1MB/sec) and as much traffic as I wanted. Now the "highspeed" connection from my new ISP is severely limited, no where near the advertised speed and I get heavily charged for exceeding my 60GB traffic limit (nearly $100 for an extra 40GB). The alternative? The same company that can't even manage to send my mobile phone bill on time or to the correct address every month.
Didn't you know? The CBC movie and all those books are a cover-up to make everyone THINK Dief scrapped the CF-105 program. Now we're on to the Arrow Mk III which can reach orbit on demand, is built entirely from recycled materials, is solar powered and makes the F-302 look like a pile of crap. :P
This is a fantastic benefit for all blood types (except maybe AB+). Persons with Rh -ve blood make up about 15-20% of the population (at least in most European and North American countries, from what I can remember) so giving those people the full benefit of that 15% of donated blood will save many lives. As an AB+ myself, I know my blood is less sought after at donor clinics (to the point where one of the nurses suggested I stick to giving plasma only) so this make my blood more 'viable' as a donation. If they can filter out the Rhesus antigens as well, you've got universal blood. The time saved in testing injured patients alone to make sure that the right type of blood is given will save thousands of lives (I know it only takes a few seconds to do the test, but you've got to collect blood and take it to the lab and that takes a few minutes which some people may not have).
I agree. The GH controller is far more intuitive to pick up and play. My neighbour and I both have a copy and we get the multiplayer mode going at most of our parties. Everyone loves it. GH definity has the humour factor too; for those who have never seen some of the unlockables, there is a 'fish' guitar with the following description: "This is a highly practical and effecient guitar. Because it looks like a fish."
star treks you!
I see piles of these all the time in those warehouse-like stores packed with suplus and obsolete electronics and mechanics. My local Princess Auto often has stacks of AM and FM tuners that are a cheap source of electronic components.
Most colleges and universitiesdo claim that any work you submit becomes the intellectual property of the university. I don't know how well it would hold up in court, but it would likely be a horrific mess.
But the controls are so non-intuitive!
And it's still not instant, since it requires writing then reading data from the hard drive. It's far faster than a clean boot, but still takes 5-10 seconds.
I agree, I usually use 3000+ grain wet-dry automotive finishing sand paper. It works by increasing the available surface area, which increases thermal transfer. Though for most low-performance computers I build, I just use thermal tape as it's easier to clean up.
Rigid keyboards are part of the problem when you think about it. If you could make a tablet style device that folds through the screen and keyboard, you could cut the size drastically. I know flexible keyboard technology exists, but does the same hold true of displays? you could end up with something not much larger than a sheet of standard 8 1/2" x 11" paper that would fold along the short axis to half that size again for storage (not much larger than a common paperback). Optical drives might be out of the question, but there exist other storage medium that could serve as replacement, CF being only the most common/obvious.