hmmm, i may have a conversion issue somewhere, i had alot of converting from goggle's answers, but the satellite ping is straight off Wikipedia, so i won't take blame for that one ;) (I was using km as a base and used a few conversion tools online to help me) (i used 299,792,458 metres per second as my measurement)

299792.458 km/s light
40075.017 km Earth Circumference
0.1336758678565556 Seconds around earth

7.480781804783763 if you flip the numbers. my bad.

The time it would take to take light to make a loop around the earth is 7.5 seconds, IF the light was strong enough to make it around the earth through a fiber cable, uninterrupted. (I couldn't find a max length of fiber, but it is used in the intercontinental network of 250,000 km, so at least that per stretch)

Satellite internet has a minimum latency of 1/4 seconds, not counting congestion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Well, if the peak (judging from the last sentence of the summary) is 6w, that is easily in the power envelope of USB. (6w = 5v@1.1a) so, all they mean is a larger Passive cooler. You probably don't need a Heat-sink-fan unit until about 10-15w

well, the devs at XBMC (now kodi i guess) pulled pulseaudio from the main ISO because it introduced some very annoying randomness.

I start with that, add Plex, lxde, Steam and a few emulators. up till the last two, you don't need pulse-audio. so i manually start it via terminal command, and then launch steam. well, steam audio seems flakey, sometimes works, sometimes not, i load up a emulator, and i can play for about 10-20 minutes, the audio will lock up, and i have a loud buzz of what ever sound was playing at the moment of lockup. i have to reboot to get the audio to reset. stopping pulse-audio, logging out, no good.

outside of those 2 applications, alsa-audio works flawless for me.

i like the fact that the first search result under the paid placement is "Why does crapware still exist? Follow the Silicon Valley money trail ..."

A little bit of digging shows the chevy volt uses a 350v setup.

http://gm-volt.com/forum/archi...

so Yeah, 70% in 2 minutes might be a bit more reasonable then.

in the third picture of the device from the top, they show the print head, and to the lower left, the spool. looks like it threads behind the head, and into a holder above it.

this is the breakdown as far as i found:

In a barrel (42gal) of crude you need to divide it into separate parts. These parts are roughly:

        Naphta and other condensates that are liquid. 2gal
        Kerosene, where most is jet-fuel 4gal
        Unleaded gasoline 20gal
        Diesel fuel and heating/furnace oil 10gal
        Engine oil .5gal
        Gear oil .5gal
        Grease .5gal
        Tar/asphalt 1gal

source: http://www.answers.com/Q/How_m...

It pretty much boils down to "Let the active window take priority over background tasks" vs "Distribute processor time fairly evenly" of course, a individual program can take control of the resources given a proper priority flag (like running a video encoder in "real-time" vs "normal" or "low")

right-click "My Computer" | properties
Click "Advanced System Settings"
Click "Advanced"
Under Performance Click "Settings"
Click "Advanced"
you will find a radio option for optimizing windows for programs or background services

as the man said, it all comes down to licensing. in the past, MS locked the number of active cpu's depending if you bought home or pro (I think XP had this, not sure)

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr... I have a couple of these for various reasons (where did i put it this time.....)

The power grid is fairly faulty around here, we have power blips and brown-outs (black out lasting seconds) all the time. to the point of my boss installing 20 UPS all over his gas station. 1 each register, the satellite link(lottery and CC transactions), each pc in the office, and miscellaneous items that really don't like being ungracefully shut off.

at least once a year the woodland creatures stage a revolt and quick-fry themselves on tower transformers and relay stations. this year alone, 3 squirrels have taken out the county's grid. (not to mention the guy with the backhoe who ripped the wires off the pole, idiot's lucky to be alive) In previous years, we had a raccoon who decided the local power relay station would be a cool place to nest, started to renovate his new den, and took us offline for 3 days.

Now in winter, we are blessed with many feet of snowfall, and the branches push on the lines. the power companies hire tree cutting services to clear problem trees from the right of way, but sometimes a tree sags just right from the weight, and oops, there go the lights. most homes have a gas generator just for this, (I have 2 in my garage, no fun finding out one won't start when you need it)

And this is just northern WI, i imagine some areas a bit further north with a sparse population density could have it worse.

the outer oxide layer helps protect the rest of the copper in the statue, but it is in salty air and does degrade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

TV Networks already double dip. they get paid for advertising, and they get paid for a cable carrier to add them to the channel list. now they have a triple dip as they ask customers to pay to gain dvr-type access straight from their web site. (which some add commercials to as well)

this kind of thing is why areo got hammered so quickly. they skipped the second dip for the TV stations. Now cable companies (falsely i hope) are saying that netflix may be in a position of getting a cut like a cable station or risk being blacklisted. (remember Dish network and FOX?)

They have the Autobon, A speed limit free road, and they constantly reach speeds of 95+. In America meanwhile, have you ever seen a SmartCar going down the freeway? Looks odd when it weaves in and out of traffic, but it has a power/weight ratio that rivals some sedans. (made by Mercedes BTW, a European car company)