Man you obviously don't live in a major city. In New York City many of the cooks and buss boys in restaurants are Mexicans. Many day labors for construction work though.
They are good at one thing, making money. The longer they drag it out the more money they make. Simple as that. They care not one wit about SCO, MS, Linux etc.
Ah never mind the comment abou tthe HP, just found the release button. An it does work without the battery. Is my sony one of the few that cannot run without the battery?
MOD parent up. Gambling involves allot of money which is a huge source of tax revenue for the goverment. I have been involved with gambling all my life from the equipment side and I can tell you its all about money. If they cant figure out how to get a cut then its illegal plain and simple.
Every few years you hear about this bogus tech and somehow they manage to pass this crap science as news. Seems like the science journalists went to the same school as the Slashdot crew, they don't check for dupes. Last time I herd it was an English electrician or undereducated electrical engineer. Maybe he swam the Irish sea.
FYI there aren't any permanent magnets in an alternator. Instead there is a coil of wire wound around an intricate interlocked set of "teeth" at alternate between north and south. The coil is fed via the slip rings and needs the battery to get it up and running. Thats why a dead battery will leave you stranded, the alternator cannot self-excite. OT I know but a good tid-bit
Does this mean people will want to play the other maps instead of Dust and Dust 2? I started playing CS since the original beta 2. I was never a real good player but always enjoyed the map rotations even though some maps were of poor quality. Then it was always dust dust dust. BORING. My brother and his friend are the real hardcore players usually getting kicked/banned for "cheating" even though they arent. All they play is Dust and Dust 2 because of the supposed balance the maps have. I play for variety, give me variety! Oh and make some of the other weapons worth buying instead of just gimics.
They wont. There is too much money being made on the so called war on drugs. Just like they need to start a war to boost the economy, they need a war on drugs to keep the money flowing. It creates allot of jobs, something taxing dope wont do.
The 2007 emissions have two separate approaches to reduce emissions. Now I am going by what will be used in heavy trucks so bear with me. In Europe they will use SCR (selective catalytic reduction in addition to EGR). This entails having a urea solution (called Ad Blue) injected into the exhaust stream downstream of the turbo. This will react with the exhaust gas in the catalytic converter to lessen the amount of harmful nitrogen compounds and other particulates. This will entail new trucks to have a small tank for the Ad Blue and all fuel stations to be equipped with ad blue pumps and storage equipment.
In North America the system will be built around an afterburner catalytic converter (in addition to EGR) that will burn off the rest of the harmful compounds. They will cost thousands top replace and need to be cleaned every 100-150 thousand miles. For some reason this system requires more fuel to be burnt to reduce the emissions. I think it has to do with some diesel being injected into the afterburner catalytic converter. Each system has its own draw backs and benefits but it is still a major pain in the ass. After the 2002 emissions rules went into effect allot of people running heavy truck diesels had allot of engine problems.
Funny thing is this will impact our daily lives as every product delivered comes by truck. when it costs a carrier more to operate a truck that cost is passed down to the consumer.
They actually did do this. I forget where I saw it (either on a PBS special or Popular Science) but it worked as you described. The liquid nitrogen was allowed to expand rappidly and the high pressure was used to run a simple single cylinder piston engine. needed a really big heavy insulated tank though. I think MIT made it.
I also forgot to mention that the people who want preformance dont need to worry. An electric motor can devlope peak torque at almost any rpm even when the rotor is locked. So smoking gas/diesel cars off the line will be easy:)
What allot of people don't think about when it comes to electric cars is recharge time and weight. With an internal combustion engine simply pour your fuel into the tank and go. Fueling up takes a minute or two depending on tank size and your off. Batteries can take hours to charge. Who wants to run out of battery power and have to wait hours to get charged when you can have a tow truck gas you up in a minute? Also batteries have a life span, and depending on how fast you charge and discharge them affects their life span. Batteries are also very heavy and easily out weigh a 30 gallon gas tank when full. Plus as you drive a liquid fuel powered vehicle you loose weight as you use the fuel where in an electric car your battery weighs half a ton no matter what your charge level is.
Yea fuel cells will fix all that but progress is slow at the moment and will require a totally different fuel infrastructure (depends on the fuel used though).
WOW if an SUV causes you that much grief I can only imagine the seizure you must have when a semi is involved. I am sick of the anti SUV crowd crying about how big SUVs are when there are much larger vehicles. Its called learn to drive and/or shut the hell up.
I agree with you somewhat but it all comes down to what functions are practicle. I used to have a camera phone but the pictures it took were crap compared to my 4MP canon cam. Now I just have a simple phone that I have a few custom ringers I made on it as well as a wall paper, phone book and clock. It has gps but I prefer gps on a larger screen.
My thing is if they got camera/multimedia phones right like: -High quality camera with at leat 2MP or 1600x1200 -removable flash card that stores the pictures -external screen that acts like a viewfinder, great for taking pictures of yourself with someone -simple usb connectivity -an mp3 player that also works off the flash card that would work on a bluetooth stereo headset that auto pauses the music on a call. I could ride my bike with my phone in my bag listening to some tunes and take a call easily without fumbling with the phone or wires all over. -maybe a video service BUT it has to be based on open standars and can to connect to any video server even one I might host. Also simple video recording to the flash card that can record longer then 15 seconds. -good 3 + day standby time.
Hell there might be such a phone now but im not that on top of those things.
I just click the conclusion page and read that. If they are reviewing 10 motherboards and reccomend one I goto the page of the article that covers that board. Aside from that reading the whole thing is pointless I just want to know what works and what doesent.
$250? Yea that sounds like the good ol days when Super Nintendo cost 200 at launch. And if you want to adjust for inflation I bet its about even. If thats the price, Nintendo will definatly appeal to those with less money. A smaller investment in the hardware leaves you with more money to purchase software which IMHO is way more important then the console. I know a kid who spent 800 on his 360 at launch and didnt have any money left for a single game. He just played his old xbox games for a month before he had enough saved up to buy a 360 game.
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Man you obviously don't live in a major city. In New York City many of the cooks and buss boys in restaurants are Mexicans. Many day labors for construction work though.
We all know that true black metal is Mayhem.
VLB.... Bah. Im sticking with EISA.
They are good at one thing, making money. The longer they drag it out the more money they make. Simple as that. They care not one wit about SCO, MS, Linux etc.
Maybe they were thinking about Drakes Cakes at the time. http://www.drakescake.com/
Two words:
Stacker Meal
Never have I had to shit and throw up after a meal. This game is worse then GTA, giving hungry people poison.
You wouldn't happen to live in Korea would you?
Ah never mind the comment abou tthe HP, just found the release button. An it does work without the battery. Is my sony one of the few that cannot run without the battery?
I know my ancient sony will not work without the battery inserted. And I cant even figure out how to get the battery out of my brothers new HP.
I have only seen two at most. Try this: http://www.octavainc.com/HDMI%20switch%204port.htm
MOD parent up. Gambling involves allot of money which is a huge source of tax revenue for the goverment. I have been involved with gambling all my life from the equipment side and I can tell you its all about money. If they cant figure out how to get a cut then its illegal plain and simple.
Im confused. How will protecting the video from the graphics card to my monitor help anything? One blu-ray/hd-dvd is cracked HDCP will be moot.
The grandparent didn't specify a particular vehicle did he?
Sounds an awful lot like Zero Point Energy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy
Every few years you hear about this bogus tech and somehow they manage to pass this crap science as news. Seems like the science journalists went to the same school as the Slashdot crew, they don't check for dupes. Last time I herd it was an English electrician or undereducated electrical engineer. Maybe he swam the Irish sea.
FYI there aren't any permanent magnets in an alternator. Instead there is a coil of wire wound around an intricate interlocked set of "teeth" at alternate between north and south. The coil is fed via the slip rings and needs the battery to get it up and running. Thats why a dead battery will leave you stranded, the alternator cannot self-excite. OT I know but a good tid-bit
Does this mean people will want to play the other maps instead of Dust and Dust 2? I started playing CS since the original beta 2. I was never a real good player but always enjoyed the map rotations even though some maps were of poor quality. Then it was always dust dust dust. BORING. My brother and his friend are the real hardcore players usually getting kicked/banned for "cheating" even though they arent. All they play is Dust and Dust 2 because of the supposed balance the maps have. I play for variety, give me variety! Oh and make some of the other weapons worth buying instead of just gimics.
They wont. There is too much money being made on the so called war on drugs. Just like they need to start a war to boost the economy, they need a war on drugs to keep the money flowing. It creates allot of jobs, something taxing dope wont do.
The 2007 emissions have two separate approaches to reduce emissions. Now I am going by what will be used in heavy trucks so bear with me. In Europe they will use SCR (selective catalytic reduction in addition to EGR). This entails having a urea solution (called Ad Blue) injected into the exhaust stream downstream of the turbo. This will react with the exhaust gas in the catalytic converter to lessen the amount of harmful nitrogen compounds and other particulates. This will entail new trucks to have a small tank for the Ad Blue and all fuel stations to be equipped with ad blue pumps and storage equipment.
In North America the system will be built around an afterburner catalytic converter (in addition to EGR) that will burn off the rest of the harmful compounds. They will cost thousands top replace and need to be cleaned every 100-150 thousand miles. For some reason this system requires more fuel to be burnt to reduce the emissions. I think it has to do with some diesel being injected into the afterburner catalytic converter. Each system has its own draw backs and benefits but it is still a major pain in the ass. After the 2002 emissions rules went into effect allot of people running heavy truck diesels had allot of engine problems.
Funny thing is this will impact our daily lives as every product delivered comes by truck. when it costs a carrier more to operate a truck that cost is passed down to the consumer.
They actually did do this. I forget where I saw it (either on a PBS special or Popular Science) but it worked as you described. The liquid nitrogen was allowed to expand rappidly and the high pressure was used to run a simple single cylinder piston engine. needed a really big heavy insulated tank though. I think MIT made it.
I also forgot to mention that the people who want preformance dont need to worry. An electric motor can devlope peak torque at almost any rpm even when the rotor is locked. So smoking gas/diesel cars off the line will be easy :)
What allot of people don't think about when it comes to electric cars is recharge time and weight. With an internal combustion engine simply pour your fuel into the tank and go. Fueling up takes a minute or two depending on tank size and your off. Batteries can take hours to charge. Who wants to run out of battery power and have to wait hours to get charged when you can have a tow truck gas you up in a minute? Also batteries have a life span, and depending on how fast you charge and discharge them affects their life span. Batteries are also very heavy and easily out weigh a 30 gallon gas tank when full. Plus as you drive a liquid fuel powered vehicle you loose weight as you use the fuel where in an electric car your battery weighs half a ton no matter what your charge level is.
Yea fuel cells will fix all that but progress is slow at the moment and will require a totally different fuel infrastructure (depends on the fuel used though).
WOW if an SUV causes you that much grief I can only imagine the seizure you must have when a semi is involved. I am sick of the anti SUV crowd crying about how big SUVs are when there are much larger vehicles. Its called learn to drive and/or shut the hell up.
I agree with you somewhat but it all comes down to what functions are practicle. I used to have a camera phone but the pictures it took were crap compared to my 4MP canon cam. Now I just have a simple phone that I have a few custom ringers I made on it as well as a wall paper, phone book and clock. It has gps but I prefer gps on a larger screen.
My thing is if they got camera/multimedia phones right like:
-High quality camera with at leat 2MP or 1600x1200
-removable flash card that stores the pictures
-external screen that acts like a viewfinder, great for taking pictures of yourself with someone
-simple usb connectivity
-an mp3 player that also works off the flash card that would work on a bluetooth stereo headset that auto pauses the music on a call. I could ride my bike with my phone in my bag listening to some tunes and take a call easily without fumbling with the phone or wires all over.
-maybe a video service BUT it has to be based on open standars and can to connect to any video server even one I might host. Also simple video recording to the flash card that can record longer then 15 seconds.
-good 3 + day standby time.
Hell there might be such a phone now but im not that on top of those things.
I just click the conclusion page and read that. If they are reviewing 10 motherboards and reccomend one I goto the page of the article that covers that board. Aside from that reading the whole thing is pointless I just want to know what works and what doesent.
$250? Yea that sounds like the good ol days when Super Nintendo cost 200 at launch. And if you want to adjust for inflation I bet its about even. If thats the price, Nintendo will definatly appeal to those with less money. A smaller investment in the hardware leaves you with more money to purchase software which IMHO is way more important then the console. I know a kid who spent 800 on his 360 at launch and didnt have any money left for a single game. He just played his old xbox games for a month before he had enough saved up to buy a 360 game.