There was a time (Prescott Pentium 4, or maybe all the Pentium 4 processors) when the ALU was "double pumped" - it worked at twice the frequency of the rest of the system. So, it was on "half a general CPU cycle" or a "full cycle of the ALU).
But that was quite a long time ago, and more than 3 microprocessor generations had passed.
This is for Li-Ion or similar batteries used in hybrids (and maybe full-electric cars), not for the lead-acid (which usually are discarded when they have very little usable charge)
A supertanker has a deck about 300 by 30 meters, so 10,000 square meters. With an optimistic 100W from square meter, and 8 hours a day of full power, you'd get about 8 MWh (or some of 28,800 MJ) of energy a day. At 43 MJ/kg for diesel fuel, that's the equivalent to some 700 kg of diesel fuel a day.
Now, ships use heavy fuel oil when outside territorial waters (which is much cheaper), so a full deck of solar panels wouldn't save you very much money. And those panels would be exposed to salt water, storms and so on.
I haven't found the "common" power generation for ultra large crude carriers (oil tankers), but max power seems to be over 80MW - assuming they're going at a quarter of maximum power, the solar cells would give you at most 1/60 of the needed power per day.
I drive an Opel Astra (two doors) with a 54 liters fuel tank. I used to drive a '92 Passat (reviewed as a compact on US sites) which had a 70l fuel tank.
Public transit systems are (usually) heavily subsidized. I remember the city of Tallinn (I think) introduced free public transportation, as the city did pay 75% of the real cost of the tickets anyway.
Home internet at 50 Mbps means 50 Mbps downlink and almost certainly less than 10 Mbps uplink (probably less than 5 Mbps) - and uplink is what matters in this case.
If the roads are sanded, winter tires will grip sand grains in the small creases/cuts, and this will help even on ice. Lacking sand, only chains (in they break the ice under them) and studded tires help.
They were warships, so they provided no economic activity. As for people deciding to quit playing, it's their choice. And I don't think anyone has used real money to acquire them - other than the monthly fee.
If you want 1 million kilometers (or miles) reliability out of a 500+ horse power engine, you really can't go low displacement. Also, huge torque at low rpm means fewer gears needed (even so, at full load a semi can change 10+ gears to 40 mph / 60km/h). So, trucks use diesel engines (typically higher torque at low rpm), optimized for reliability (and get higher torque from higher displacement).
But typical size and weight of cars have been increasing - along with the typical use of AC and other power-robbing technologies. So while we might (just might) have lost on fuel economy, we're having larger, heavier and more comfortable cars (not to mention safer and usually more reliable)
A Formula 1 race is about 300 km, or some 200 miles. But now a car must run on the same engine (not rebuilt) for two races, with all the testing, training, qualifying laps and so on, so I'm not very sure 600 miles is reliable enough.
If you want to buy something for upwards of six figures, be prepared to pay another six or seven figures for the kind of support you request. I'm assuming that if you bought in 2000 such a device with Windows XP drivers, you would have paid 13 years of support in order to be entitled to request drivers for windows 8.1. Considering the approximate price for 15 years of "Gold" or "Platinum" support, you'd be ahead if you bought a system new.
Or, as it was mentioned previously, companies go out of business, business gets unloaded (Kodak no longer makes hardware, IBM no longer makes desktops and laptops, soon Nokia won't sell mobile phones, and so on.
The plants were stopped. Unfortunately, stopped nuclear plants still produce heat, so they need cooling (lots of cooling at that).
The tsunami broke the cooling installation, so the heat from the "non-functional" reactors (or storage pools or whatever) had nowhere else to go fast. If I remember correctly, two of the nuclear plants were to be decommissioned, and were kept at "zero operating power" (that is, as low as possible). As they weren't cooled enough, they had a heat buildup that ended with meltdown.
Winter gasoline might be "lighter" than summer gasoline, and you might leave your engine running longer to defrost windshield before starting to drive. Even considering that, winter fuel use didn't change much from summer
I have a promotional plastic bag that's used only for milk products (about once a week). It held very well for the last 6 or 7 years, carrying up to 5 liters of milk and some more assorted things (butter, yoghourt,...)
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There was a time (Prescott Pentium 4, or maybe all the Pentium 4 processors) when the ALU was "double pumped" - it worked at twice the frequency of the rest of the system. So, it was on "half a general CPU cycle" or a "full cycle of the ALU).
But that was quite a long time ago, and more than 3 microprocessor generations had passed.
This is for Li-Ion or similar batteries used in hybrids (and maybe full-electric cars), not for the lead-acid (which usually are discarded when they have very little usable charge)
Why do the government imprisons pickpockets?
They hate competition
A supertanker has a deck about 300 by 30 meters, so 10,000 square meters. With an optimistic 100W from square meter, and 8 hours a day of full power, you'd get about 8 MWh (or some of 28,800 MJ) of energy a day. At 43 MJ/kg for diesel fuel, that's the equivalent to some 700 kg of diesel fuel a day.
Now, ships use heavy fuel oil when outside territorial waters (which is much cheaper), so a full deck of solar panels wouldn't save you very much money. And those panels would be exposed to salt water, storms and so on.
I haven't found the "common" power generation for ultra large crude carriers (oil tankers), but max power seems to be over 80MW - assuming they're going at a quarter of maximum power, the solar cells would give you at most 1/60 of the needed power per day.
I drive an Opel Astra (two doors) with a 54 liters fuel tank. I used to drive a '92 Passat (reviewed as a compact on US sites) which had a 70l fuel tank.
Not to mention parking spaces, which usually are at a premium in cities
Public transit systems are (usually) heavily subsidized. I remember the city of Tallinn (I think) introduced free public transportation, as the city did pay 75% of the real cost of the tickets anyway.
Home internet at 50 Mbps means 50 Mbps downlink and almost certainly less than 10 Mbps uplink (probably less than 5 Mbps) - and uplink is what matters in this case.
It's Old World, New World and Third World
If the roads are sanded, winter tires will grip sand grains in the small creases/cuts, and this will help even on ice. Lacking sand, only chains (in they break the ice under them) and studded tires help.
M+S stands for "Mud and Snow". As such, in my country (Romania) only tires with M+S, MS, M.S. rating are legally accepted as winter tires
You're probably running on winter tires - something that probably doesn't happen in Atlanta.
They were warships, so they provided no economic activity.
As for people deciding to quit playing, it's their choice.
And I don't think anyone has used real money to acquire them - other than the monthly fee.
If you want 1 million kilometers (or miles) reliability out of a 500+ horse power engine, you really can't go low displacement. Also, huge torque at low rpm means fewer gears needed (even so, at full load a semi can change 10+ gears to 40 mph / 60km/h).
So, trucks use diesel engines (typically higher torque at low rpm), optimized for reliability (and get higher torque from higher displacement).
But typical size and weight of cars have been increasing - along with the typical use of AC and other power-robbing technologies. So while we might (just might) have lost on fuel economy, we're having larger, heavier and more comfortable cars (not to mention safer and usually more reliable)
A Formula 1 race is about 300 km, or some 200 miles. But now a car must run on the same engine (not rebuilt) for two races, with all the testing, training, qualifying laps and so on, so I'm not very sure 600 miles is reliable enough.
Tobacco is addictive. Alcohol can become addictive. Even computer games can become addictive. Where do you draw the line for drugs versus non drugs?
Not to mention Airbus would have opened US factories to build the tanker for US Air Force (if they would have won the contract)
If you want to buy something for upwards of six figures, be prepared to pay another six or seven figures for the kind of support you request. I'm assuming that if you bought in 2000 such a device with Windows XP drivers, you would have paid 13 years of support in order to be entitled to request drivers for windows 8.1. Considering the approximate price for 15 years of "Gold" or "Platinum" support, you'd be ahead if you bought a system new.
Or, as it was mentioned previously, companies go out of business, business gets unloaded (Kodak no longer makes hardware, IBM no longer makes desktops and laptops, soon Nokia won't sell mobile phones, and so on.
The plants were stopped. Unfortunately, stopped nuclear plants still produce heat, so they need cooling (lots of cooling at that).
The tsunami broke the cooling installation, so the heat from the "non-functional" reactors (or storage pools or whatever) had nowhere else to go fast. If I remember correctly, two of the nuclear plants were to be decommissioned, and were kept at "zero operating power" (that is, as low as possible). As they weren't cooled enough, they had a heat buildup that ended with meltdown.
Winter gasoline might be "lighter" than summer gasoline, and you might leave your engine running longer to defrost windshield before starting to drive. Even considering that, winter fuel use didn't change much from summer
I have a promotional plastic bag that's used only for milk products (about once a week). It held very well for the last 6 or 7 years, carrying up to 5 liters of milk and some more assorted things (butter, yoghourt, ...)
I pull the plug when I don't want them. That way, they aren't susceptible to voltage spikes and other problems.
My Sony compact audio system uses about 30W while off. My cable box uses about 20, with 10% more if it's on.
Not to mention infrared (IrDA) - it was common on PDAs (and you could connect to an IrDA printer, for example)