Is that the same way that a stick in a glass would wick the water right out of the glass?
I'd think that physics would have something to say about that. The same force that keeps the atmosphere in place during the course of normal business isn't going to all of a sudden hurl the atmosphere into outer space just because there is now a line leaving the atmosphere.
Can you imagine working for a towing company with these cars on the road?
"I'm sorry ma'am, we're not allowed to give jump starts in the rain."
Anything gets wet, and you could have a lot of dead tow truck drivers. Your average mechanic would have to learn a whole new trade that many of them would have difficulty learning part of, much less all of it. How many of the components would be 'sealed'? By sealed, I mean 'not authorized to even open, return to manufacturer.'
I remember when run-flat inflaters were the latest fad. Problem with them was, the gas wasn't inert, it was flammable. You got a puncture, and the poor slob that tried to rasp the puncture out and seal it caused sparks between the rasp and the steel-belts in the tire. A couple people died on a simple tire filler, and now we're talking massive amounts of electricity..
Sorry, I like the idea of biodiesel better. The "death vs cool" ratio is much higher.
I'm not afraid of them taking anything. I'm just saying there is a better way to do it, and it's already in place in a major way in the gov't. If I could use my ID as a passport too, just by them adding a few lines, I think that'd be great. My Military ID works as a passport in NATO countries already, so why not?
I have a military ID that has a chip on it that has nothing to do with RFID. The US Government gave me this card, yet they can't figure out how to put something secure like this on passports?
The card has a chip on it, that is read when you slide the card into a reader. There is no passive proximity reading on this. It contains a fair amount of data, and it doubles as a 2nd factor authentication for government computers too. I have to put my card into them, type in a password, and then I can use the system. Pulling my card out automatically locks the system, or logs me out. The card has my index fingerprints on it somewhere, or can reference them from a remote database as well. Some stations require me to put my fingertip on a reader, with the card in it, and then type in a password.
It is the size of a drivers license, and quite easy to carry. Why can't we make passports like this? You get the right type of card, and it is VERY flexible.
I think work would be a lot more fun if we had a few pedals under the desk. Say CAPS LOCK, CTRL, and Backspace. Maybe a few more, but these are critical. Then, I can convert the entire area in front of my monitor to an alphanumeric version of whack-a-mole, and be tapping pedals with my feet while I work and listen to music. I could save money on the gym, and we could invent a screwy scoring system to make it more like DDR.
Just think. Meetings would me much more interesting! No more fat coworkers! You could tell who was and wasn't working by the sweat level, and/or a calorie counter in the cubicle!
"I'm sorry Johnson, we're going to have to let you go. You've only burned 300 calories the entire last month." - (the drawback)
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Will it display porn??
Is that the same way that a stick in a glass would wick the water right out of the glass?
I'd think that physics would have something to say about that. The same force that keeps the atmosphere in place during the course of normal business isn't going to all of a sudden hurl the atmosphere into outer space just because there is now a line leaving the atmosphere.
Can you imagine working for a towing company with these cars on the road?
"I'm sorry ma'am, we're not allowed to give jump starts in the rain."
Anything gets wet, and you could have a lot of dead tow truck drivers. Your average mechanic would have to learn a whole new trade that many of them would have difficulty learning part of, much less all of it. How many of the components would be 'sealed'? By sealed, I mean 'not authorized to even open, return to manufacturer.'
I remember when run-flat inflaters were the latest fad. Problem with them was, the gas wasn't inert, it was flammable. You got a puncture, and the poor slob that tried to rasp the puncture out and seal it caused sparks between the rasp and the steel-belts in the tire. A couple people died on a simple tire filler, and now we're talking massive amounts of electricity..
Sorry, I like the idea of biodiesel better. The "death vs cool" ratio is much higher.
Congratulations - you are now officially slashdot's leading toilet expert :)
I was thinking fecalfeliac. (coprophiliac, actually.)
I'm not afraid of them taking anything. I'm just saying there is a better way to do it, and it's already in place in a major way in the gov't. If I could use my ID as a passport too, just by them adding a few lines, I think that'd be great. My Military ID works as a passport in NATO countries already, so why not?
I have a military ID that has a chip on it that has nothing to do with RFID. The US Government gave me this card, yet they can't figure out how to put something secure like this on passports? The card has a chip on it, that is read when you slide the card into a reader. There is no passive proximity reading on this. It contains a fair amount of data, and it doubles as a 2nd factor authentication for government computers too. I have to put my card into them, type in a password, and then I can use the system. Pulling my card out automatically locks the system, or logs me out. The card has my index fingerprints on it somewhere, or can reference them from a remote database as well. Some stations require me to put my fingertip on a reader, with the card in it, and then type in a password. It is the size of a drivers license, and quite easy to carry. Why can't we make passports like this? You get the right type of card, and it is VERY flexible.
I think work would be a lot more fun if we had a few pedals under the desk. Say CAPS LOCK, CTRL, and Backspace. Maybe a few more, but these are critical.
Then, I can convert the entire area in front of my monitor to an alphanumeric version of whack-a-mole, and be tapping pedals with my feet while I work and listen to music. I could save money on the gym, and we could invent a screwy scoring system to make it more like DDR.
Just think. Meetings would me much more interesting! No more fat coworkers! You could tell who was and wasn't working by the sweat level, and/or a calorie counter in the cubicle!
"I'm sorry Johnson, we're going to have to let you go. You've only burned 300 calories the entire last month." - (the drawback)
Yeah, but how are you going to sneak up on a city with a cluster of these machines and install them?