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Comment Re:So what's that in metric? (Score 0) 409

Been there and added that. At age 38 weight was 225 lbs and 18 % body fat. That does not fit correctly in a BMI chart for 5' 9". 30 years later same weight except my chest and waist sizes have almost swapped positions. I guess I most have chosen my grandparents wisely cuz I have lived beyond the statistical life expectancy the the BMI index reports as 32 with that height and wieght. My uncle Jim was almost the same as I am. .Would he have lived to be 100 instead of 87 if he was 70 lbs lighter ?

Comment Now they will know who to hire (Score 0) 173

I have worked in US Uncivil service system. If you wonder how a unqualified person got selected over a qualified one. The evidence is in the SF 86. Now the only use data based on certanty is the SSN is true. Yes there are many Chinese working in R & D for the .govs, maybe the mother China was just looking for her prodigal children

Comment Re:What is being missed... is the $2 million part. (Score 0) 456

That would work in my house. My old lady is not going to take the time to learn how to change the temp whenever she feels too cold or too warm. Menopause,, married men often go through it. If she is to cold you get too warm. If she is warm you get too cold. I traded mine in for a newer younger model, so I have been there twice.

Comment Re:What is being missed... is the $2 million part. (Score 0) 456

They probably want to network them. Instead of sending someone to the locations to change or review the settings remote control it. This the age of instant gratification. That probably means they have to change HVAC too. The schools will probably save 80 hours a year in labor and travel time per year, maybe. Got to remember you are dealing with academia here, so do not expect things to make common sense. Most likely some persons brother in law will get a cost plus contract to "fix" the issue.

Comment Re:aside from the HD, and kinda sorta her 2 (Score 0) 558

Sold my 960T because my buds Dell dual core AMD AM2 box could not do it any moe. I put it in a giga lmt78- USB 3 with 8 Gb of old ram. along with a EVGA 500 watt power supply that has been in use for I don't how long. Reused his DVD/CD burner & SATA hard drive with a fresh install of Ubuntu 15. Then put all that in a old case that had a p4 in it, for $200 The old lady was kinda concerned because that was her box. But just moved the her Linux HD into the my old air cooled 8350 - GTX 690 and she stopped complaining. My primary is a 9590 with crossfired R9 285s game box

Comment Re:Help me out here a little...me 2 (Score 0) 533

I guess electricity and electronics has changed since 1972, it usta be P = V x A, OK,, with AC not so simple. So is it the capacitive or inductive loading that solar overloads the circuits with ? So when it is 9xF / 4xC and it is daytime and my panels are producing enough current to run my AC unit, I think it may be the money circuits are overloaded, and the CEOs & stockholders are blowing a fuse.

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