rodent - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Sperry (Score 1) 620

by rodent on Friday July 24, 2015 @08:39PM (#50178897) Attached to: What's the Oldest Technology You've Used In a Production Environment?

When I saw OS2200 and VAX on this I knew you had to be an old timer. That's a mighty nice set of triple digit /. uid you have there.

I've produced nuke certified data sets for weapons on hardware build in the 60's where we had to use dip switches on the front to deposit bits into the registers to boot from tape. This was in the early 90s.

Comment Re:reading this poll (Score 1) 525

by rodent on Saturday November 17, 2012 @02:21AM (#42010311) Attached to: My relationship to military service:

I did my tour as an REMF in the late 80's/early 90's.

All I can say from those of us safe at home right now is thank you to your and your brothers for putting your asses on the line for us. I wish you weren't there, but I'm glad you have our backs.

Ultracapacitor Bus Recharges At Each Stop 419

Posted by kdawson on Monday October 19, 2009 @08:25PM from the fill-er-up-with-electrons dept.

TechReviewAl writes "A US company and its Chinese partner are piloting a bus powered by ultracapacitors in Washington DC. Ultracapacitors lack the capacity of regular batteries but are considerably cheaper and can be recharge completely in under a minute. Sinautec Automobile Technologies, based in Arlington, VA, and its Chinese partner, Shanghai Aowei Technology Development Company, have spent the past three years demonstrating the approach with 17 municipal buses on the outskirts of Shanghai. The executive director of Sinautec touts the energy efficiency of this approach: 'Even if you use the dirtiest coal plant on the planet [to charge an ultracapacitor], it generates a third of the carbon dioxide of diesel.'"

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