Comment Re: Really??!! (Score 1) 173
Turbines are great at power density. They are not especially efficient compared to ICE.
Comment Re: So, correct me if I'm wrong (Score 1) 33
or, analog twin. What they're building sounds like an analog computer. Electronic analog computers are pretty much nonexistant by that name these days, but use to be used for, as in this case, near instanraneous solutions to differential equations and other specific problems. Analog control systems exist, which are similar, but with different application.
Comment Re:Yes, we have no bananas! (Score 1) 105
But it wasn't until 1974 that just after dark a truck started down the hill that leads into Scranton, Pennsylvania...
Comment Re: Dam impressive (Score -1) 104
Figure that at ‘onlyâ€(TM) 2% of the companyâ€(TM)s production of electricity, the dams were producing the equivalent of over 3000 tons of coal-fired electricity a day…
Comment Re:Not just cars - in many home goods like furnitu (Score 3, Informative) 60
Correction. US Government agencies can pass regulations with the force of law, completely outside of their authority. Only Congressional (CRA) and legal challenges serve to bound that. The regulations often cause irreversible effects, helpful, harmful, or otherwise in the meantime, even if they are eventually found to be an overreach, which rarely happens.
The Congressional review authority is rarely used, and even more rarely is it successful, since the president (with vested interested) can veto it. In effect, a veto proof majority is required for CRA to be successful.
For example, under the current congress, only 47 items have been looked at, 9 have been approved by both bodies of Congress, and all have been vetoed.
The Congressional review authority is rarely used, and even more rarely is it successful, since the president (with vested interested) can veto it. In effect, a veto proof majority is required for CRA to be successful.
For example, under the current congress, only 47 items have been looked at, 9 have been approved by both bodies of Congress, and all have been vetoed.
Comment Re: "Globally Recognized" (Score 1) 115
You must be new here
Comment Monkey Island OVA? (Score 1) 16
Lucasfilm did produce more than StarWars after all.
Comment Re: Three minutes (Score 1) 62
"A four seat plane with only 145 horse engine and 43 gallon tank..."
43*6 = 258lb of fuel(gasoline)
43*33.4 = 1436kwh stored energy
1436*0.4 = 574.48kwh useful energy
Meanwhile
1200lb of Tesla battery is 85kwh
8110lb of Tesla battery is 574kwh
43*6 = 258lb of fuel(gasoline)
43*33.4 = 1436kwh stored energy
1436*0.4 = 574.48kwh useful energy
Meanwhile
1200lb of Tesla battery is 85kwh
8110lb of Tesla battery is 574kwh
Comment Refer to 10 U.S. Code  246 (Score 2) 503
10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
Comment Re: Reminds me of an old TV show (Score 2) 130
It canâ€(TM)t be an Intel sledgehammer. AMD already used Sledgehammer as a trademark/code name for its K8 line of chips, the first that used the amd64 architecture.
Comment Re: Prayer vs. Testing. (Score 1) 130
The Pentium MMX chips had the f00f bug.
Comment Re: Could you come up with a more biased title? (Score 2) 68
The enemy's gate is down...
Comment Under? (Score 1) 140
You previously had their BETTER installers then. It's not been unheard of that installations from the islands are run over the grass...If sufficiently nestled down between blades, the coax often survives a few mowings...
Comment Xylitol doesn't count? (Score 1) 176
It's both a sugar AND an alcohol. It's been available in powdered form for a long time. I do not believe it can intoxicate humans, so perhaps not considered "Alcohol" by most people, but the article didn't mention ethanol by name.
Comment Re:FU Trekkie geeks (Score 4, Insightful) 138
Don't you mean the forest moon of Endor? I understand that the moon and the planet it orbited (long long ago) had the same name colloquially, but if we must be pedants, let us be truly pedantic.
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