ddrueding
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Good thing you put the smiley in there, otherwise you would merely be stating a common belief.
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Good thing you put the smiley in there, otherwise you would merely be stating a common belief.
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
Just like to wish everyone a happy 12/12/12 ...
jtr1962
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Sounds like the town has taken ample precaution to warn over-sized vehicles (over-sized for this bridge clearance) a few blocks away that they won't fit and the railroad company protects the bridge with a crash bar. Based on reading the FAQ, lowering the road or raising the bridge is a substantial cost. None of the videos show people getting killed and if at most maybe slightly injured in their ego.
There is a bridge a few towns over from me that also has some following because it's known for owning a few stuck trucks under it and also has similar warnings several hundred yards before the railroad bridge. It isn't as low as the 11'8" nor does it get hit as often, but trucks still seem to think the height doesn't apply.
This is neat. GE develops ultra-thin, almost-silent cooler for next-gen laptops and tablets.
[video=youtube_share;Hm5fXj-hUpk]http://youtu.be/Hm5fXj-hUpk[/video]
[video=youtube_share;Hm5fXj-hUpk]http://youtu.be/Hm5fXj-hUpk[/video]
Howell
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What would you do with the water main under the road there?
Believe me, we have the technology to move a water pipe.
All the signs point to money (or lack there of). It's not worth them rebuilding miles of railroad tracks and shutting down the line for a month just to raise the bridge or even rerouting the pipes to route the road lower under the bridge. The destruction of vehicle property is the operator's fault. If people were being injured then maybe this might feel like a larger concern.
ddrueding
Fixture
It is just a stupid filter. Worst case scenario close the road to vehicle traffic.
ddrueding
Fixture
The Corsair Flash Voyager GT 128GB can in fact sustain 140MB/s writes and much faster reads. Awesome.
ddrueding
Fixture
3.0 Thumb Drive. Not sure what a horse drive is?
Bozo
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Horse drive 
Is there a link?
So now the psychotic murderer is back in the US.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/13/justice/florida-john-mcafee/index.html
Bozo
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Actually, I don't know. I found it through Google.
It's horse thievery! :rofl:
mubs
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time
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It's an amazing scam!
The energy stored by lifting a 9kg weight 1 meter is 88 Joules. Even assuming 100% efficiency (more likely <50% with the necessary gears), that's only 88 Watt-seconds (1/40,000th of a kilowatt-hour). Spread out over 30 minutes, you'd have a massive 50mW (0.05W) available to run your tiny red indicator LED ...
To put it another way, you'd have to lift the 20 pound weight more than 80 times to get the same effect as an AA battery.
The energy stored by lifting a 9kg weight 1 meter is 88 Joules. Even assuming 100% efficiency (more likely <50% with the necessary gears), that's only 88 Watt-seconds (1/40,000th of a kilowatt-hour). Spread out over 30 minutes, you'd have a massive 50mW (0.05W) available to run your tiny red indicator LED ...
To put it another way, you'd have to lift the 20 pound weight more than 80 times to get the same effect as an AA battery.
It still might be of some use, but I wonder how much UAT has been conducted compared to other mechanical means of generating and storing power?
ddrueding
Fixture
My brother-in-law and I once did a similar calculation. He needed emergency power for the blower on his pellet stove, and we thought it would be cool to have a weight decend the double-height entryway in case of emergency. He only needed a couple hours of power, but we calculated the weight as several tons (not ok to have suspended near the front door.
DrunkenBastard
Storage is cool
I couldn't jusify the price so I went with the Sandisk Extreme USB 3 models in 16 and 32GB sizes.
Howell
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Chicken
ddrueding
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I was still game, I thought a massive fish tank hung like a chandelier would have been awesome.
That Corsair does not look like a very reliable product, and is not worth it to me either at the ~$140 price. I have far more confidence in an SSD for my portable storage needs. I suppose the USB drive may be useful for some transfers if the data is not important.
Does that goofy scheme fall under the standard home insurance policy?
ddrueding
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ddrueding
Fixture
It is my portable toolbox. Lives in my glove box most of the time and contains all the software I commonly need and system images. I'll also use it to transport backups from "offline" sites to my office. The 64GB wasn't enough anymore.
sdbardwick
Storage is cool
I found this Reddit discussion interesting/amusing/stereotype-reinforcing: Pin and pen are homophones?
mubs
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I didn't do the math like you did
I was excited about the concept, though. Imagine, no batteries to replace, no solar cells. For the poor in the third world, this would be a totally awesome device if it worked. I did find it strange that they pitched for donations at the end of the clip.
This kind of out of the box thinking (even though this idea apparently will not work) will be critical to solving our problems going forward. Reminded me of the guy who came up with the idea of using plastic sheets in Africa to trap dew / condensation to provide drinking water.
Bozo
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Cool! Put in some colored water, a small air pump for some bubbles, and some LED lights. Would look great as an accent light! ;-)
ddrueding
Fixture
We figured it would be a cube 4'x4'x4'.
I'm sure I could get a structural engineer to sign off on it
So? Engineers have signed off on numerous buildings and other structures that are ultimately proven unsound.
mubs
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Bozo
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Badass???? How about Dumbass.
Makes my head spin just looking at the pictures.
Makes my head spin just looking at the pictures.