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  1. Re:Maybe we need more details? on Low-Bandwidth, Truly Remote Management? · · Score: 1

    http://www.baytech.net/ is another company also providing comparable stuff.

  2. www.baytech.net on Low-Bandwidth, Truly Remote Management? · · Score: 1

    www.baytech.net (".net" not ".com") has remote terminal servers, which include banks of rs232 ports and remotely controlled Power outlets. I think they are what you are looking for. Their terminal servers can either be dialed into, or network accessed, and have secure connections. You have telnet access and control of all terminal server functions, as well as the ability to control through SNMP. http://www.baytech.net/

  3. Why we're pessimistic Re:Increased Pessimism on Space Elevator Rebuttal From LiftPort Founder · · Score: 1

    In 1984, a man named Joseph Newman claimed to have invented a perpetual energy machine.
    I can't remember the exact mechanical setup he had, but his pitch went something like this.
    He used some D Cell batteries connected in series to power a small motor,
    at a very slow rate, respectively speaking, the batteries were switched in would provide
    a very short pulse of energy.
    Hi device had some sort of arms that would maintain the energy generated by the motor spinning
    through the use of weighted arms that would retain the momentum due to being weighted.
    I believe he had magnets attached to the end of the arms, and they would in turn pass coils
    or something like that, and generate pulses of energy.

    He went through the process of measuring the output pulse of energy, and claiming that
    only a narrow, very short pulse of energy from the batteries ,created a certain measured
    amount of energy.
    And went further to claim that because the energy put into the system only used
    store bought batteries that it was only a small amount of energy.
    He had never shown any correct and full measurements of the input energy to observers.
    But when the input power from the D Cells was measured, the power from the batteries
    was a few times greater than the energy that his machine put out.
    Even though it was narrow, the Current spike from the batteries was immense.

    MY POINT IS
    THE REPORTERS AND NON-TECHNICAL CROWDS WENT "OOOH!" AND "AAAAH!", BECAUSE
    HE WAS A GOOD SALES MAN, AND FED THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO THE MINDLESS SHEEP
    WHO WOULD FOLLOW ANYONE WITH A GOOD ACT.
    THE GUY WHO CAME UP WITH THIS SPACE ELEVATOR IS ANOTHER GOOD SALES PERSON
    WHO WOULD PROBABLY CLAIM TO PUT A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT, GIVEN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES.

    AND AS FOR THOSE WHO CLAIM THAT THE ENGINEERS ARE TOO CAUTIOUS, WE HAVE TO BE
    TO KEEP THE SHEEP FROM HURTING THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THEIR TOO STUPID TO KNOW ANY
    BETTER.

    When anyone invests in anything, money wise, a person familiar with that field is
    consulted. Investing money see an investment broker, or a good account.

    If your going to invest time in an engineering project do a feasibility study.
    i.e. consult an engineer, and he'll tell you if you have a good idea, or are sheep
    stupidly following an idiot, or worse yet a lemming jumping off a cliff just like the rest
    of the stupid little amnimals.

    signed a pessimistic,
    no wait that's not right
    signed a realistic engineer