From Gizmodo:
Bourne Energy's BPP-2 puts a 30-pound, 500-watt generating hydroelectric plant on your back. That's like being able to walk around with 60 solar panels. And when civilization finally collapses, I'll be dragging mine to an as yet undisclosed location. You can use th
John Herlihy, Google Europe's big chief, says that desktops will be irrelevant in three years. Which is precisely why Apple and Google are trying to kill each other, fiercely fighting for the domination of the mobile device world.
Both companies know that mobile computing is where the action is now and where it will be forever. At its presentation, Steve Jobs was adamant that the iPad was the continuation of the battle that started with the iPhone, and repeatedly said that Apple was a "mobile devices company." Google's agreed, which is why Herlihy echoed Schmidt's words at Barcelona's GSM 2010: Everything that Google is doing and planning is centered on the mobile, the cloud, and ubiquitous connectivity.
They are both right: Your desktop computer will disappear, no matter how much the geekdom cries, unless you are an engineer or someone who requires a big screen to work on—and, even then, the idea of the desktop as we know it will change too. The mice will go extinct, and every John and Jane will do their work and their pleasure using mobile devices like phones and tablets. As it should be, because computing has to become invisible, not complicated and cumbersome, like it is today. In a few years, the computing world will be like Star Trek: The Next Generation, but without the Enterprise. [Silicon Republic]
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What are the consequences if a generator CB (11kV, 50Hz) of closing time 90ms is replaced by a CB of closing time 65ms?
Check synchronizing relay settings: Ta = 120ms, delF = +0.5Hz, delV = +/-550V.
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In a hydraulic filter, to increase the flow rate through a filter, a filter with more surface area should be used.
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In ASME B31.1,under fabrication and erection chapter it had shown that if internal mis-alignment of pipe is more 2 mm then ,pipe has trimmed inside.
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First City ever! in Europe with libertarian governing majority
From Eric Dondero:
For the first time ever, a libertarian party has secured a working majority in a city of the Netherlands. Dutch media services are reporting that Geert Wilders and his Party of Freedom (PVV), has won big in Almere; a planned city, only a few decades old. The population is 188,000. It is located in western Holland, south of Amsterdam.
The PVV is a pro-free enterprise, pro-free speech, pro-sexual freedom political party. The party fiercely opposes the institution of Sharia law in Dutch cities, increased immigration from Islamic nations, and government hand-outs to illegal immigrants squatting in Dutch cities.
The party grew out of the Pro-Dutch culture movement of the deceased gay libertarian activist, Parliament member, and presidential candidate Pym Fortuyn. He was assasinated two weeks before national elections in 2003, by a Muslim sympathizer on the streets of Amsterdam.
From Dutch News, Expatica.com:
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) of anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders came first in municipal elections in Almere, east of Amsterdam, with 21.6 percent of the vote, according to partial results released early Thursday.
Radio Netherlands - If they continue to do this well, "Wilders the next Prime Minister"
Final results are not yet in, but all indications are that the PVV will place second in the Netherland's second largest city, The Hague.
And the Dutch press is seeing this as a portend for upcoming national elections. From Radio Netherlands:
Far-right politician Geert Wilders has made major gains in local elections held in the Netherlands. Taking part in two cities it has become the largest party in Almere and the second largest in The Hague.
Mr Wilders was visibly buoyed by the results and was characteristically combative saying this was the first step in the upcoming campaign for parliamentary elections.
"The national campaign begins today in Almere and The Hague, tomorrow in all of the Netherlands… On 9 June, we'll conquer the Netherlands," said Mr Wilders
The Freedom Party has profited more than any other from the fall of the Dutch cabinet ten days ago. The party currently has 9 seats in parliament (out of 150).
If voters had elected a new parliament on Wednesday, the Freedom Party would have won between 24 and 27 seats. In one poll, it would be the largest single party. If his party does that well come June, Geert Wilders could become the next prime minister.
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I have Nokian PF controller N-12 in PFI improvement plant in main distribution board which rating is 3500A currently supplying only 500-700A. Capacitors are connected in following sequence;
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while designing the suspension system for a vehicle... a number of parameters are taken into account and a suitable one is designed.. after that suspension tuning is carried out... what exactly is done here... what parameters are being altered or adjusted here??
My Acer 5570 laptop goes blue screen when trying to start itunes. Has anybody chased up the fix for this sort of thing. I tried remove and reinstall but it just went blue screen even faster. Have done a virus check etc with Norton 360, found nothing. Thanks for comments.
When a team of university and industry researchers tried a novel, foundry-style mold-filling technique to make nanoscale devices, they realized they had discovered a gem.
Determined to play a key role in solving global dependency on fossil fuels, Javad Rafiee, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has developed a new method for storing hydrogen at room temperature.
