Furthermore, the crucial advantage of hydrogen is the lack of carbon atoms, its combustion (or catalyzed oxidation, as in a fuel cell) resulting only in water.
Every time I hear people say that combustion "only results in water", I am extremely frustrated. Unless you're piping pure oxygen into the combustion chamber, you're burning/combusting using air. Air is 70% (or so) nitrogen. Combustion in nitrogen results in the creation of nitrous/nitric oxides. You can't get away from this simple fact: you're still going to make pollutants. Of course this doesn't apply to fuel cells, but the fuel cells fall under the rule that rates of chemical reactions double/halve for every 10 degree C rise/fall in temperature.
I say they went off track when they first allowed those fancy click pens in schools. Now look at the shape the world is in. Damn click pens.
No, not the pens, the clicky erasers!
Ever been in a large classroom of test-taking students, each "zipping" back-and-forth on clicky erasers? I would take a swarm of crickets first (and I really don't like crickets!).
OK, so they *do* have a photolithography/etching area, starting picture 25 of 41. Talk about tl;dr. I originally gave up less than half-way through. Went back for more when I had time.
I worked in the Texas Instruments semiconductor fab shop in Sherman, TX for several years. Same sort of setup, different substrate (plus they don't have any etching processes). The bunny suits can get hot, but the sweat under the gloves make some work almost impossible. Try changing the battery in your watch wearing those plastic gloves and you'll see what I mean. Sometimes the gloves just have to come off; then you have to clean the work area thoroughly to decontaminate it (sodium in sweat was the biggest worry). One thing I'm curious about: vibration. We were in north Texas, and needed quite a bit of vibration control, mostly isolation pads. The article doesn't say where the WD facility is, I assume California. I see some isolation pads under equipment, but how do you handle vibration in a seismically active area?
My only concern is how well the honeycomb material handles impacts (everything from birds to micrometeorites...). My experience is that composites have a very narrow elastic region in the stress-strain curve, then they snap. Also they tend to be brittle rather than bendable, causing them to shatter under impact. But I'm sure NASA knows what they're doing...
Houses with aluminum siding can form F-cages too. Cell phone-, TV-, AM/FM-, shortwave-, all radio reception *sucked* at my Mom's house. But with a rooftop FM antenna I could bring in stations 100-150 miles away. And, come to think of it, I had my ham novice license *before* the remodel when the siding was added.
They tested Windows ULTIMATE, the best of the newest against the oldest patched-up version of XP. And it only saved a marginal amount of power. and may be slightly faster in some operations. What about the versions that the average Joe is going to be running? There are Starter, Home, Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate; each with an increasing price requirement (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/compare). How does the "basement" version compare to XP SP3 (or against the various flavors of XP)? Still not apples-to-apples (oh, I hate the puns from that), but might give a better representation of what's going on.
Just curious, what is the lethal dosage for dioxin? (During the Viktor Yushchenko case, one press report (was it AP?) said that the lethal dosage is not known since no one has actually died from it.)
I'm not an expert in toxicology, but a quick google search turned up the following.
"The LD50 for dioxin is 0.02 mg/kg of body weight for a rat and 0.001 mg/kg of body weight for a dog, i.e. the rat is twenty times more tolerant than the dog.
The assessment of how a human system would react is not straightforward estimation from the animal tests. However, the animal test gives an idea of the level of the toxic effects."
The ability to convert ethylene to polyethylene, and back to ethylene again has been around for a long time. Likewise, you can pyrolyze a bunch of different plastics, then use the Fischer-Tropsh process to make diesel and gasoline. The problem is how you deal with everything ELSE that's NOT hydrogen or carbon, (like chlorine from polyvinyl chloride) and keep it from forming REALLY toxic stuff (like dioxins). One of the key elements to almost all recycling is separation of the incoming materials and appropriate treatment for each category. But if it works, good luck to them!
Even more ignored are the machines running in a totally isolated or "specialty" environment such as kiosks, point-of-sale, order taking, and other closed (but not imbedded) systems. I know of a chain of pizza shops still running DOS boxes (and doing a great job!). I would bet that there are no HTPCs in this survey.
Though Daugherty said he is still stunned that he had to get clearance from the NSA for the archaic artillery piece
Why would he need clearance from the NSA?
I'm calling "bullshit" on the NSA bit. The NSA is a bunch of spys and technology geeks. They would have little interest in a Civil War-era black powder cannon. From the NSA web site "The NSA/CSS core missions are to protect U.S. national security systems and to produce foreign signals intelligence information."[http://www.nsa.gov/about/mission/index.shtml]
"If you are going to claim to be from Texas, please try to understand the difference between "succeed" and "secede" and between "apart" and "a part". I understand you probably went to school in Oklahoma, but the rest of the world does not get that."
Hey! I went to school in Oklahoma, you insensitive cloud!
"Whenever Obama indulges in his (far too frequent) vice of endorsing policies originated by Bill Clinton, only more eloquent, the howls go up from the hordes who were shouting down opponents of the very same policies, back when the were Clinton's."
Gibbering about windows a bit; his list of why Windows 7 is, well, 7 is wrong. It should be: Windows 1.0 Windows 2.0 Windows 3.0
Just to be pedantic, there were also important sub-versions in this list you've omitted, ie.: Windows 2.1/286, Windows 2.1/386 see link for details. These we more than just the networking add-on you got with 3.0 > 3.11 .
is important in any game. Graphics can be cool and all, but they shouldn't be the primary reason for any game.
I play the first time because of the story line, because up until then I've never seen the graphics (on my machine). I keep playing because the story line draws me in and the graphics make it easier. Then...maybe not...
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Just out of curiosity,Ray, if one were so inclined, how could an individual (or group) file an amicus brief with a court? Is there a boilerplate example to reference?
IANAL, but it goes something like this: first, you hire a lawyer...
But that's the whole point. I'm an engineer. I know more about computers than the judge does. I want to give reasonable, logical direction in a technical subject to the judge. Yes, there is probably some bias to my point of view, but it's up to the judge to determine the amount, and whether or not to believe my information. Since IANAL, I don't know whether the information in an amicus brief is evidence. I'm certainly not going to lie!
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Every time I hear people say that combustion "only results in water", I am extremely frustrated. Unless you're piping pure oxygen into the combustion chamber, you're burning/combusting using air. Air is 70% (or so) nitrogen. Combustion in nitrogen results in the creation of nitrous/nitric oxides. You can't get away from this simple fact: you're still going to make pollutants. Of course this doesn't apply to fuel cells, but the fuel cells fall under the rule that rates of chemical reactions double/halve for every 10 degree C rise/fall in temperature.
...telephone poles and crowbars from orbit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment)
Yeah, well, nobody has him beat!
No, not the pens, the clicky erasers!
Ever been in a large classroom of test-taking students, each "zipping" back-and-forth on clicky erasers? I would take a swarm of crickets first (and I really don't like crickets!).
OK, so they *do* have a photolithography/etching area, starting picture 25 of 41. Talk about tl;dr. I originally gave up less than half-way through. Went back for more when I had time.
I worked in the Texas Instruments semiconductor fab shop in Sherman, TX for several years. Same sort of setup, different substrate (plus they don't have any etching processes). The bunny suits can get hot, but the sweat under the gloves make some work almost impossible. Try changing the battery in your watch wearing those plastic gloves and you'll see what I mean. Sometimes the gloves just have to come off; then you have to clean the work area thoroughly to decontaminate it (sodium in sweat was the biggest worry). One thing I'm curious about: vibration. We were in north Texas, and needed quite a bit of vibration control, mostly isolation pads. The article doesn't say where the WD facility is, I assume California. I see some isolation pads under equipment, but how do you handle vibration in a seismically active area?
My only concern is how well the honeycomb material handles impacts (everything from birds to micrometeorites...). My experience is that composites have a very narrow elastic region in the stress-strain curve, then they snap. Also they tend to be brittle rather than bendable, causing them to shatter under impact. But I'm sure NASA knows what they're doing...
Houses with aluminum siding can form F-cages too. Cell phone-, TV-, AM/FM-, shortwave-, all radio reception *sucked* at my Mom's house. But with a rooftop FM antenna I could bring in stations 100-150 miles away. And, come to think of it, I had my ham novice license *before* the remodel when the siding was added.
Dam' Anthropgenic Global Warming! Al Gore, you're too late to save us!
Better get the RIAA after them! Oh, wait...
Yeah, just like Obama's past actions and past associations are now catching up to him after he's cost us trillions of dollars and millions of jobs!
They tested Windows ULTIMATE, the best of the newest against the oldest patched-up version of XP. And it only saved a marginal amount of power. and may be slightly faster in some operations. What about the versions that the average Joe is going to be running? There are Starter, Home, Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate; each with an increasing price requirement (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/compare). How does the "basement" version compare to XP SP3 (or against the various flavors of XP)? Still not apples-to-apples (oh, I hate the puns from that), but might give a better representation of what's going on.
I'm not an expert in toxicology, but a quick google search turned up the following.
"The LD50 for dioxin is 0.02 mg/kg of body weight for a rat and 0.001 mg/kg of body weight for a dog, i.e. the rat is twenty times more tolerant than the dog.
The assessment of how a human system would react is not straightforward estimation from the animal tests. However, the animal test gives an idea of the level of the toxic effects."
The ability to convert ethylene to polyethylene, and back to ethylene again has been around for a long time. Likewise, you can pyrolyze a bunch of different plastics, then use the Fischer-Tropsh process to make diesel and gasoline. The problem is how you deal with everything ELSE that's NOT hydrogen or carbon, (like chlorine from polyvinyl chloride) and keep it from forming REALLY toxic stuff (like dioxins). One of the key elements to almost all recycling is separation of the incoming materials and appropriate treatment for each category. But if it works, good luck to them!
In Soviet Russia, bird eat YOU!
Even more ignored are the machines running in a totally isolated or "specialty" environment such as kiosks, point-of-sale, order taking, and other closed (but not imbedded) systems. I know of a chain of pizza shops still running DOS boxes (and doing a great job!). I would bet that there are no HTPCs in this survey.
and here you are!
I'm calling "bullshit" on the NSA bit. The NSA is a bunch of spys and technology geeks. They would have little interest in a Civil War-era black powder cannon. From the NSA web site "The NSA/CSS core missions are to protect U.S. national security systems and to produce foreign signals intelligence information."[http://www.nsa.gov/about/mission/index.shtml]
Hey! I went to school in Oklahoma, you insensitive cloud!
There, fixed that for you.
Sam Noble Museum of Natural History in Norman (OU Campus)
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
The Oklahoma City National Memorial and museum about bombing
45th Infantry Division Museum - lots of good WWII stuff
Oklahoma Railway Museum if you like old trains, and
The Red Earth Museum with Native American traditional and contemporary culture and arts
There's more, just use google maps!
Come on by! Bring money and spend it!
Yeah, I drink more than that in.....wait, is this my inner voice....
Just to be pedantic, there were also important sub-versions in this list you've omitted, ie.: Windows 2.1/286, Windows 2.1/386 see link for details. These we more than just the networking add-on you got with 3.0 > 3.11 .
I play the first time because of the story line, because up until then I've never seen the graphics (on my machine). I keep playing because the story line draws me in and the graphics make it easier. Then...maybe not...
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
IANAL, but it goes something like this: first, you hire a lawyer...
But that's the whole point. I'm an engineer. I know more about computers than the judge does. I want to give reasonable, logical direction in a technical subject to the judge. Yes, there is probably some bias to my point of view, but it's up to the judge to determine the amount, and whether or not to believe my information. Since IANAL, I don't know whether the information in an amicus brief is evidence. I'm certainly not going to lie!