Each cylinder displaces a whopping 111,143 cubic inches (1,820 liters, equivalent to a cube 4 feet on a side) and produces 7,780 horsepower.
Of course it doesn't produce 7,780 horsepower.
Some facts on the 14 cylinder version:
Total engine weight: 2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.) Length: 89 feet Height: 44 feet Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm
I don't typically post, much less as a grandfather, but here goes. Someone somewhere got me interested in the profitability of electronics waste(recycling).
If I remember correctly, to be a recycler, all you have to do is do one of three things. Store it, sell it, or recycle it "properly" (EPA guidelines, etc--probably pretty expensive). So what do these recycling outfits do? In order to maximize profit, they charge you to take it off your hands. Then they sell as much of the stuff they "recycle" as possible, and store the rest of it in giant warehouses. What recycler would actually have any incentive to turn this stuff into non-hazardous waste?
Do a google search for electronics recycling and look how big their warehouses are (typically).
I got this attachment a couple of years ago and saved it because I thought it was funny.. It claimed to have been published in the NYT editorials.
Pretty funny; here's the text:
Dear Sir: I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honor it. I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire salary, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank. My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused me to rethink my errant financial ways. I noticed that whereas I personally attend to your telephone calls and letters, when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded, faceless entity which your bank has become. From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person. My mortgage and loan payments will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank, by check, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate. Be aware that it is an offense under the Postal Act for any other person to open such an envelope. Please find attached an Application Contact Status which I require your chosen employee to complete. I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative. Please note that all copies of his or her medical history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof. In due course, I will issue your employee a PIN number which he/she must quote in dealings with me. I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have modeled it on the number of button presses required of me to access my account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Let me level the playing field even further. When you call me, press buttons as follows: 1. To make an appointment to see me. 2. To query a missing payment. 3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there. 4. To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping. 5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature. 6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home. 7. To leave a message on my computer, a password to access my computer is required. Password will be communicated to you at a later date to the Authorized Contact. 8. To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through 7. 9. To make a general complaint or inquiry. The contact will then be put on hold, pending the attention of my automated answering service. While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, uplifting music will play for the duration of the call. Regrettably, but again following your example, I must also levy an establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new arrangement
Actually, this is a supervised release deal. He will have to report to his probation officer, submit financial information each month, possibly take random drug tests, and in general stay out of trouble. If he causes mayhem again, they can (but don't have to) impose that 3 year prison sentence.
So assuming that he stays out of trouble, then yes, the sentence is probation.
"We tried to pick people that were really on the ground floor of developing Silicon Valley," said Newdoll.
This conflicts with the story of RealDoll, who claimed it was on the ground floor at the time.
RE: They give you an account and tell you NOT to encourage your website visitors to visit the sponsors. How stupid is that?
What? Adsense pays out pretty big for the clicks that I get. I can see why saying on the site, "please click these ads, it will support my time investment and all you have to do is click an ad.", is NOT KOSHER.
RE: They give you a google search box and and tell you NOT to encourage your website visitors to use it. How stupid is that?
What? That's not stupid at all. Read above.
RE: Isn't the entire reason for having ADs is that website users can click those ADs and view advertiser products and services?
The reason Adsense WORKS is because the users are getting directed ads based on the *content* of your site, not at your sole behest. See above.
RE: After pleading my case with Google, I was reinstated. After another month, I was suspended again and simply gave up on AD-sense. They kept my money as well. It wasn't much because I don't have that much traffic. Around $50 or so..
I don't have that much traffic, either, and I have 5 dollars in my adsense account. I probably would have banned you too.
Don't get me wrong, I don't know exactly why you were banned, but there IS a reason that they have the policy of, "don't encourage people to click your ads to support your site".
I really don't understand why this is a major problem. You read the agreement before going to the trouble of putting adsense code on your pages. It clearly states the rules.
This is a situation where you should have a warrantability document that they must read before you do business with them. It doesn't have to be incredibly complex. You can google for thousands of examples of disclaimers of warrantability. I've been in the hospitality/restaurant business, and the IT sector as a small businessman for quite a while.
In the hospitality industry, usually, they just want someone to listen to them whine for a while because they are lonely. I find the ones that have a *legitimate* complaint in a hotel setting are very understanding of mitigating circumstances; They don't expect the sun to blink out *just* for them. The ones who seem unreasonable almost ALWAYS are looking for a free room, or a discount.
In the IT arena, it's not quite the same. Some of them want their money back because they dropped more money than they could afford, and some of them want you to fix a product that was designed in their own fantasy world (i.e., you didn't have a disclaimer of warrantability), so they expect it to do things that it wasn't designed to do.
Thusly, do yourself a favor, and create a disclaimer of warrantability.
After installing a codec pack, winamp will support, for all intents and purposes, any media codec in existance. AFAIK.
Real is a piece of junk. It takes about 1/10 the processing power to run an old winamp as it does to run quicktime, real or wmp. Why would you want the bloat? Trust me, I'm not a winamp advocate. I'm an efficiency advocate. Hell, I can even throw up the AVS on a dual output, watch a DVD on the TV, and have AVS throw up some pretty graphics on a **450MHZ PII**.
Well, the actions and voice could be recorded and played back. A honed version could be used as a head of state replacement during public addresses to avoid assassination attempts.
Futurama, anyone?
I discovered my first fake female chatter on Quantumlink.
This is arguably off topic, but I am reminded of Qlink. This was the primordial rich content service offered by Quantum Computer Systems which trumped all others at the time, and it was strictly for the Commodore (C=64) line. Other offerings such as Compuserve and Delphi were text-only.
I found these links, that some of you may find nostalgic:
Slashdot Mirror
Each cylinder displaces a whopping 111,143 cubic inches (1,820 liters, equivalent to a cube 4 feet on a side) and produces 7,780 horsepower.
Of course it doesn't produce 7,780 horsepower.
Some facts on the 14 cylinder version:
Total engine weight: 2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.)
Length: 89 feet
Height: 44 feet
Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm
It seems that even the submitter doesn't RTFA.
12/08/06: Warner CEO slaps own child on wrist
11/28/06: Pressure on AllofMp3
11/22/06: Pressure on the RIAA
I don't typically post, much less as a grandfather, but here goes. Someone somewhere got me interested in the profitability of electronics waste(recycling). If I remember correctly, to be a recycler, all you have to do is do one of three things. Store it, sell it, or recycle it "properly" (EPA guidelines, etc--probably pretty expensive). So what do these recycling outfits do? In order to maximize profit, they charge you to take it off your hands. Then they sell as much of the stuff they "recycle" as possible, and store the rest of it in giant warehouses. What recycler would actually have any incentive to turn this stuff into non-hazardous waste? Do a google search for electronics recycling and look how big their warehouses are (typically).
I got this attachment a couple of years ago and saved it because I thought it was funny.. It claimed to have been published in the NYT editorials.
Pretty funny; here's the text:
Dear Sir:
I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to
pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have
elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds
needed to honor it. I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of
my entire salary, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only
eight years.
You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and
also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused
to your bank. My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident
has caused me to rethink my errant financial ways.
I noticed that whereas I personally attend to your telephone calls and
letters, when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging,
pre-recorded, faceless entity which your bank has become.
From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person.
My mortgage and loan payments will therefore and hereafter no longer be
automatic, but will arrive at your bank, by check, addressed personally and
confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate.
Be aware that it is an offense under the Postal Act for any other person to
open such an envelope. Please find attached an Application Contact Status which
I require your chosen employee to complete. I am sorry it runs to eight
pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about
me, there is no alternative. Please note that all copies of his or her medical
history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of
his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be
accompanied by documented proof.
In due course, I will issue your employee a PIN number which he/she must
quote in dealings with me. I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but,
again, I have modeled it on the number of button presses required of me to
access my account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, imitation is
the sincerest form of flattery.
Let me level the playing field even further. When you call me, press buttons
as follows:
1. To make an appointment to see me.
2. To query a missing payment.
3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there.
4. To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping.
5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature.
6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home.
7. To leave a message on my computer, a password to access my computer is
required. Password will be communicated to you at a later date to the Authorized
Contact.
8. To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through 7.
9. To make a general complaint or inquiry.
The contact will then be put on hold, pending the attention of my automated
answering service. While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait,
uplifting music will play for the duration of the call. Regrettably, but again
following your example, I must also levy an establishment fee to cover the setting
up of this new arrangement
Actually, this is a supervised release deal. He will have to report to his probation officer, submit financial information each month, possibly take random drug tests, and in general stay out of trouble. If he causes mayhem again, they can (but don't have to) impose that 3 year prison sentence.
So assuming that he stays out of trouble, then yes, the sentence is probation.
From TFA:
"It does all of this in real time, meaning that as the viewer's emotions change the artwork responds accordingly," he added in a statement.
In related news, Hentai stocks rose sharply.
"We tried to pick people that were really on the ground floor of developing Silicon Valley," said Newdoll. This conflicts with the story of RealDoll, who claimed it was on the ground floor at the time.
RE: They give you an account and tell you NOT to encourage your website visitors to visit the sponsors. How stupid is that?
What? Adsense pays out pretty big for the clicks that I get. I can see why saying on the site, "please click these ads, it will support my time investment and all you have to do is click an ad.", is NOT KOSHER.
RE: They give you a google search box and and tell you NOT to encourage your website visitors to use it. How stupid is that?
What? That's not stupid at all. Read above.
RE: Isn't the entire reason for having ADs is that website users can click those ADs and view advertiser products and services?
The reason Adsense WORKS is because the users are getting directed ads based on the *content* of your site, not at your sole behest. See above.
RE: After pleading my case with Google, I was reinstated. After another month, I was suspended again and simply gave up on AD-sense. They kept my money as well. It wasn't much because I don't have that much traffic. Around $50 or so..
I don't have that much traffic, either, and I have 5 dollars in my adsense account. I probably would have banned you too.
Don't get me wrong, I don't know exactly why you were banned, but there IS a reason that they have the policy of, "don't encourage people to click your ads to support your site".
I really don't understand why this is a major problem. You read the agreement before going to the trouble of putting adsense code on your pages. It clearly states the rules.
This is a situation where you should have a warrantability document that they must read before you do business with them. It doesn't have to be incredibly complex. You can google for thousands of examples of disclaimers of warrantability. I've been in the hospitality/restaurant business, and the IT sector as a small businessman for quite a while.
In the hospitality industry, usually, they just want someone to listen to them whine for a while because they are lonely. I find the ones that have a *legitimate* complaint in a hotel setting are very understanding of mitigating circumstances; They don't expect the sun to blink out *just* for them. The ones who seem unreasonable almost ALWAYS are looking for a free room, or a discount.
In the IT arena, it's not quite the same. Some of them want their money back because they dropped more money than they could afford, and some of them want you to fix a product that was designed in their own fantasy world (i.e., you didn't have a disclaimer of warrantability), so they expect it to do things that it wasn't designed to do.
Thusly, do yourself a favor, and create a disclaimer of warrantability.
Cheers.
After installing a codec pack, winamp will support, for all intents and purposes, any media codec in existance. AFAIK.
Real is a piece of junk. It takes about 1/10 the processing power to run an old winamp as it does to run quicktime, real or wmp. Why would you want the bloat? Trust me, I'm not a winamp advocate. I'm an efficiency advocate. Hell, I can even throw up the AVS on a dual output, watch a DVD on the TV, and have AVS throw up some pretty graphics on a **450MHZ PII**.
Well, the actions and voice could be recorded and played back. A honed version could be used as a head of state replacement during public addresses to avoid assassination attempts. Futurama, anyone?
I discovered my first fake female chatter on Quantumlink.
This is arguably off topic, but I am reminded of Qlink. This was the primordial rich content service offered by Quantum Computer Systems which trumped all others at the time, and it was strictly for the Commodore (C=64) line. Other offerings such as Compuserve and Delphi were text-only.
I found these links, that some of you may find nostalgic:
http://www.jbrain.com/vicug/gallery/qlinkm eline.htm [scroll down to 1985]
http://internetgames.about.com/od/gamingnews/a/ti
And get the Quantumlink client @ http://www.quantum-link.org/
also.. of course.. the UNBIASED slashdot commentary:3 6
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/19/23212
Looks like this stuff is pretty accurate, but there appear to be several different types of deception:
Some visuals of the difference between "truth" and "deception" (page 2)
Another summary