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Comment Twice as efficient, but not half the price (Score 1) 196

by abedegno on Sunday October 01, 2023 @05:23AM (#63891235) Attached to: Heat Pumps Twice As Efficient As Fossil Fuel Systems In Cold Weather

In the U.K. the cheapest gas unit rate is about 5p/kwh. Electricity is around 30p/kwh. Ignoring for a moment that the efficiency of a condensing gas boiler is not 100%, you would need a COP of 6 (30/5) to have equivalent operating cost.

Comment Missed the obvious alternative (Score 1) 365

by abedegno on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @09:33AM (#49469581) Attached to: Can Civilization Reboot Without Fossil Fuels?

Nuclear power.

Droid X Gets Rooted 97

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 23, 2010 @05:01PM from the root-root-root-for-the-home-team dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Droid X forums have posted a procedure to root the new Motorola Droid X, putting to rest Andoid fans' fears that they would never gain access to the device's secrets due to a reported eFuse that would brick the phone if certain boot files were tampered with. Rooting the phone is the first step in gaining complete control over the device."

The Proton Just Got Smaller 289

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 08, 2010 @12:00PM from the size-does-matter dept.

inflame writes "A new paper published in Nature has said that the proton may be smaller than we previously thought. The article states 'The difference is so infinitesimal that it might defy belief that anyone, even physicists, would care. But the new measurements could mean that there is a gap in existing theories of quantum mechanics. "It's a very serious discrepancy," says Ingo Sick, a physicist at the University of Basel in Switzerland, who has tried to reconcile the finding with four decades of previous measurements. "There is really something seriously wrong someplace."' Would this indicate new physics if proven?"

Comment Re:WildBlue? (Score 1) 558

by abedegno on Thursday May 22, 2008 @06:20PM (#23512132) Attached to: Parent-Friendly Wireless Bridge To Span 500 Meters?

We were looking at outdoor wireless bridging equipment and the EnGenius kit is stable and remarkably cheap, 1/5 of the price of CISCO outdoor panels. I've just installed two building to building bridges using a pair of of these NET-EL-EOC-3220PLUS16 and it is rock solid. The web interface is good and will show you the signal strength which helps with positioning - horizontal or vertical mounting makes a huge difference. They also come complete with PoE injectors which makes powering them easy.

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