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Comment Re:What's this for? (Score 1) 41

by Quelain on Monday September 09, 2013 @06:11PM (#44803251) Attached to: Tricorder Project Releases Prototype Open Source 3D Printable Spectrometer

It uses a diffraction grating to split visible light into a spectrum which can then be measured by the camera sensor. Yes, you do have to set fire to your sample. :p

Comment Re:OT: Driving me crazy; where does this come from (Score 1) 267

by Quelain on Monday February 16, 2009 @10:05PM (#26881087) Attached to: Earth May Harbor a Shadow Biosphere of Alien Life

I'm pretty sure it was a ToS episode where they find a silicon-based critter that tunnels through rock.

Comment Re:Accuracy (Score 3, Informative) 211

by Quelain on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @06:31PM (#23942051) Attached to: Power Consumption of a Typical PC While Gaming

I don't think they are accurate at all on switch mode power supplies. I have one which is definitely wrong when measuring a PC PSU.

I think they expect to see peak current at the peaks of AC voltage, but a switch mode PSU will take small bites of current which may or may not coincide with the voltage peaks.

Space Shuttle Launch Delayed Until July 77

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday March 14, 2006 @10:11PM from the another-in-a-long-line-of-dissapointments dept.

DarkNemesis618 writes "NASA decided on Tuesday to delay the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery until July, squashing all hopes that it would launch in May. The external fuel tank is again the culprit, but this time it's not the foam. One of the four fuel sensors in the fuel tank that control when the space shuttle's main engines cut off was discovered to be faulty. This delay does however, give NASA the time it needs to decide what to do about the small crack found on the robotic arm. Over a week ago, a worker bumped the arm leaving a small crack in it. The arm is key to this next mission as the cameras and lasers used to inspect the shuttle for damage are mounted on the robotic arm. All things aside, NASA engineers are saying that the next possible launch date will be July 1st."

Comment Re:You know the coolest thing about thinkpads (Score 1) 192

by next1 on Tuesday May 03, 2005 @04:47PM (#12424790) Attached to: Lenovo Completes Acquisition Of IBM's PC Division

mine just peeled off - i have an r50. on mine it's the same type of sticker as the pentium stickers.

Journal Journal: first laptop

Journal by next1 on Monday May 10, 2004 @06:37AM

Well, after trawling the net for days straight, I have finally decided on my new laptop.

I'm going to go for the IBM R50 (Thinkpad).

It has all the main features I want at the price I want to pay and good linux support.
The only compromise is the resolution: I would have liked to get 1400x1050 res. but it adds $600 to the price so I decided to compromise and go for the 1024x768 model.

Spec. is as follows:

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