let me guess, NASA screwed up the conversion between liters and gallons...... the fuel tank was labeled in gallons, and was filled with the prescribed liters of fuel.
I have a cable for my Treo 650 that will allow it to charge via USB. This is both a cell phone and a PDA. This is also, by no means, the only cell phone or PDA that can be changed via USB. You just need to get the right cable.
I would not want to wait to charge my Treo via USB, though. It takes forever! I forget what wattage the USB port is limited to, but it's far less than the real charger for my Treo.
Oliver Stone had so much conspiracy crap in the JFK movie that he needed to corroborate it with another movie a few years later with more of the same conspiracy crap.
I feel Jackson's bludgeoning of the LOTR series needs to be followed by an equally twisted version of the Hobbit stories to corroborate his misdeeds with the LOTR.
Honestly, I have a laptop so I can travel light. I don't want to cary a mouse, too. If my laptop had a f***ing pointing device can't use, what good is that? It's just dead weight.
I refuse to buy one that does. For what I do, and the way I want to do it, I much prefer the Touchpoint.
Currently, I know that both of the HP Tablet PCs have them (TC-1000 and TC-1100) as well as many of the IBM laptops. In the not too distant past some of the Sony Vaio laptops (only the Picturebooks) had these, as well as some Toshiba laptops.
By the way, does anyone else remember IBM's ScrollPoint Mouse? Basically it was a mouse that had a touchpoint on it (this was before the scroll wheels were popular).
In the article: "When the Vikings came here they were only using renewables, like wind and solar energy," said Bragi Arnason, a professor of chemistry at the University of Iceland who is known as "Professor Hydrogen."
Let's not forget that Iceland's trees were almost all totally clear-cut. Iceland had many dense forests before the Vikings came.
Fluidized Beds
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Gee, I thought that people who worked with fluidized beds knew about this particular phenomenon many, many years ago. If conditions are just right, the bed of material can stay like that for quite some time after the gas stops moving throug the bed.
The US (and many other governments) paid for: A. most of the people to write the papers B. most of the equipment used in the research C. grants at the universities and some companies to do the research D. just about anything else to do with the published articles
So, why does anyone, like the ACS, think they have exclusive rights to any of the information?
Also, when did the US Government get the right to give the rights to the word "scholar" or any other word in the English language. I would think that the UK would have rights to common word use. After all, English is a UK invention.
This is way over the 250 ton/year limit for SO2 for it to be considered a major source, and I cannot find any record of the EPA region 10 approving an air permit for the National Park Service at that site.
Shame, shame on the NPS to operate an attraction that is so polluting. It should be shut down.
Genesis II: Should be easy for NASA
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· Score: 2, Funny
All they have to do is get the Genesis team to try to gently land the copper bullet onto the comet.
These guys did not study chemistry very well. On the "tests" page, they describe their "monopropellant fuel" as a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and ethylic alcohol (another name for ethanol). When this mixture burns, you will get CO2 and traces of CO in the exhaust in addition to the H2O and some O2, O, and O3 (depending on the flame temperature). They will also, depending on the flame temperature at the exit of the engine, produce some NOx from oxidizing some of the nitrogen from the air.
This type of fuel has been around for a while and I would not consider this ecological. I also hope they have put some additives into the mixture to help stabalize the hydrogen peroxide to keep it from decomposing into water and oxygen.
Maybe NASA should try to have a couple more success stories.
I am sick and tired of these catastrophic mission failures. Even counting the success of the recent Mars rover missions, NASA's recent record is still shameful considering their very large budget.
I am sick of hearing NASA's poor-mouthing when they are getting 0.2% of the GDP! With results like today's, I am going to recommend to my congressperson to cut NASA's budget, not increase it, until they show that they aren't wasting my tax money.
Actually, the V1 was the cruise missile. The Arrow is based on the V2. So, this is simply a manned ballistic missile---like the early Redstone based Mercury rockets.
I just did a count. I saw many vehicles (of all sorts) with one person in them. However, in less than 10 minutes I saw more than both hand's worth of SUV's with two or more people in them.
It is interesting to note that almost every tractor-trailer had one occupant. Very bad milage, but can a hybrid pull the trailer, let alone the cargo that one of these can?
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let me guess, NASA screwed up the conversion between liters and gallons... ... the fuel tank was labeled in gallons, and was filled with the prescribed liters of fuel.
I have a cable for my Treo 650 that will allow it to charge via USB. This is both a cell phone and a PDA. This is also, by no means, the only cell phone or PDA that can be changed via USB. You just need to get the right cable.
I would not want to wait to charge my Treo via USB, though. It takes forever! I forget what wattage the USB port is limited to, but it's far less than the real charger for my Treo.
Yet another reason to keep your helmet on while out on the moon.
You can download converted pdf files to the device. It's very expensive, but very cool (170 dpi E Ink display).
It's available from some of the more popular grey-market importers from Japan.
Have you seen the way people drive near King of Prussia? You would think that they are all NASCAR fans, too.
Oliver Stone's JFK and Nixon movies?
Oliver Stone had so much conspiracy crap in the JFK movie that he needed to corroborate it with another movie a few years later with more of the same conspiracy crap.
I feel Jackson's bludgeoning of the LOTR series needs to be followed by an equally twisted version of the Hobbit stories to corroborate his misdeeds with the LOTR.
Mabye it's just me....
and HP is back to making cool tech.
Unfortunately, what really burns me is that (according to the Bush administration) Carly is on the short list to head the World Bank.
UGH! What's next, printing Euros with inkjets?
That's how I read the article. I hope that is not what it means.
Two more words: travel light
Honestly, I have a laptop so I can travel light. I don't want to cary a mouse, too. If my laptop had a f***ing pointing device can't use, what good is that? It's just dead weight.
I agree that the trackpoint sucks.
I refuse to buy one that does. For what I do, and the way I want to do it, I much prefer the Touchpoint.
Currently, I know that both of the HP Tablet PCs have them (TC-1000 and TC-1100) as well as many of the IBM laptops. In the not too distant past some of the Sony Vaio laptops (only the Picturebooks) had these, as well as some Toshiba laptops.
By the way, does anyone else remember IBM's ScrollPoint Mouse? Basically it was a mouse that had a touchpoint on it (this was before the scroll wheels were popular).
There is only one "standard" keyboard (QWERTY) and everything else.
And until there is something that is easy enough to learn without any practice, I doubt that anything will replace QWERTY.
Finally, you should CHECK EMAIL SENT TO DADDYPANTS. Why isn't this done?
I second this!
Has there been a ruling about removing the stickers on the really old chemistry books about the phlogiston theory?
Maybe it is a decoy. The Martians put it there to lure the rover in closer...
In the article:
"When the Vikings came here they were only using renewables, like wind and solar energy," said Bragi Arnason, a professor of chemistry at the University of Iceland who is known as "Professor Hydrogen."
Let's not forget that Iceland's trees were almost all totally clear-cut. Iceland had many dense forests before the Vikings came.
Gee, I thought that people who worked with fluidized beds knew about this particular phenomenon many, many years ago. If conditions are just right, the bed of material can stay like that for quite some time after the gas stops moving throug the bed.
Oh, well.
The US (and many other governments) paid for:
A. most of the people to write the papers
B. most of the equipment used in the research
C. grants at the universities and some companies to do the research
D. just about anything else to do with the published articles
So, why does anyone, like the ACS, think they have exclusive rights to any of the information?
Also, when did the US Government get the right to give the rights to the word "scholar" or any other word in the English language. I would think that the UK would have rights to common word use. After all, English is a UK invention.
This is way over the 250 ton/year limit for SO2 for it to be considered a major source, and I cannot find any record of the EPA region 10 approving an air permit for the National Park Service at that site.
Shame, shame on the NPS to operate an attraction that is so polluting. It should be shut down.
All they have to do is get the Genesis team to try to gently land the copper bullet onto the comet.
Or are they trying to figure out why they can put a man on the moon in the 60's but can barely keep things in orbit in the 21st century.
There are also plenty of areas in Japan where you cannot get 3G service.
These guys did not study chemistry very well. On the "tests" page, they describe their "monopropellant fuel" as a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and ethylic alcohol (another name for ethanol). When this mixture burns, you will get CO2 and traces of CO in the exhaust in addition to the H2O and some O2, O, and O3 (depending on the flame temperature). They will also, depending on the flame temperature at the exit of the engine, produce some NOx from oxidizing some of the nitrogen from the air.
This type of fuel has been around for a while and I would not consider this ecological. I also hope they have put some additives into the mixture to help stabalize the hydrogen peroxide to keep it from decomposing into water and oxygen.
Maybe NASA should try to have a couple more success stories.
I am sick and tired of these catastrophic mission failures. Even counting the success of the recent Mars rover missions, NASA's recent record is still shameful considering their very large budget.
I am sick of hearing NASA's poor-mouthing when they are getting 0.2% of the GDP! With results like today's, I am going to recommend to my congressperson to cut NASA's budget, not increase it, until they show that they aren't wasting my tax money.
Actually, the V1 was the cruise missile. The Arrow is based on the V2. So, this is simply a manned ballistic missile---like the early Redstone based Mercury rockets.
I just did a count. I saw many vehicles (of all sorts) with one person in them. However, in less than 10 minutes I saw more than both hand's worth of SUV's with two or more people in them.
It is interesting to note that almost every tractor-trailer had one occupant. Very bad milage, but can a hybrid pull the trailer, let alone the cargo that one of these can?
What a f-ing, ignorant tree-hugger.