It cannot be bargained with. It cannot be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear.
Taken at the Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Doctor Who And Tesla – A Match Made At 500,000 Volts
From Retro Thing:
If you know electronic music, you know that the Doctor Who theme is a landmark. Not only do millions instantly recognize the tune, but the unique audio manipulation methodology makes the nature of the sound an important part of what makes the song a classic. Many
DNA Logic Gates Could Bring Injectable Biocomputer
From Gizmodo:
DNA-based logic gates that could carry out calculations inside the body have been constructed for the first time. The work brings the prospect of injectable biocomputers programmed to target diseases as they arise
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£2Bn Offshore Windfarm Goes Ahead
From BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition:
Construction work will begin next year on one of the largest offshore windfarms in the world, an energy firm has announced. The £2bn Gwynt y Mor windfarm will have 160 wind turbines around 10 miles off the north Wales coast nea
why neutral earthing is required for DG.
1.why neutral earthing is required for DG. Explain please.
2.For DG synchronized Panel neutral is coming from DG terminal box or take from earth pit. explain please.
Rogue Asteroid, Not Comet, Smacked Into Jupiter
From SPACE.com:
The culprit in a cosmic collision on Jupiter last year was most likely a rogue asteroid and not a comet as scientists originally suspected, a new study suggests. A close analysis of the July 2009 impact on Jupiter in photos from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope led
10 Fantasy Spaceships Turning Into Reality
From SPACE.com:
The age of private spaceflight is almost upon us with a veritable fleet of new commercial spaceships rolling out to the launch pad. As NASA iconic space shuttles retire for good, here's a look at new private ships soon to be reality.
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Steve Ballmer: General-Purpose PC Isn't Going Away
From Yahoo! News: Personal Technology:
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may believe that the personal computer--Mac and Windows PCs--will be diminish in importance in the near future, but Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer sees thing differently. Ballmer, during a Thursday morning interview at th
With CarMD, You Can Heal Your Wheels
From BusinessWeek.com -- Technology:
I just delivered some bad news to a colleague about a cherished family member: His wife's 1999 Honda Accord (HMC) is looking at a $1,000 repair bill. The diagnosis comes courtesy—if that's the right word—of CarMD, an easy-to-use devi
Motion in the Ocean?
Using a microscope and a series of laser pulses and detectors, scientists have captured a complex molecular dance within a simple glass of water (see video simulation). In a series of intricate experiments, the researchers showed that the hydrogen bonds between water molecules are repeatedly breaki
Is Going Green Sustainable?
Do you manufacture sustainable products? Do your customers care? Can you back up the claim? According to research by Underwriters Laboratories consumers do care about green manufacturing, but only 10% trust the green claims made by industry and the government. The Smart Grid is coming, so are you pr
Respect for a Battered Beauty
Tom’s post yesterday about the asteroid hitting Jupiter got me looking at the Jovian system, and since my mind was on impact craters (I’ve been looking at Mercury) I went straight to Callisto. Here’s a really cool image of Callisto taken by Cassini December 7, 2000. Callisto is the lower left, and that’s Europa by the Great Red Spot.
NASA/JPL Cassini 12/07/2000 Jupiter, Europa, Callisto
What’s with Callisto, anyway? From a distance she doesn’t look too bad, but close up the poor thing looks beat to pieces. Battered though Callisto may be, it’s easy to see the ghostly beauty of Jupiter’s 4th Galilean moon.
NASA/JPL Galileo 05/2001 Callisto
As it happens, Callisto’s surface is extremely old. Scientists estimate its surface age is about 4 billion years old. It doesn’t experience plate tectonics or vulcanism, which would work to smooth out impact craters (like it does on Earth). Its surface is a pretty faithful record of its battered past. Callisto has the oldest surface in the Solar System.
Now, before you start thinking of Callisto as a dead and boring hunk of rock (with a lot of potholes), get this; NASA has good reason to believe there is a subsurface salt-water ocean on Callisto.
It also has a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide and molecular oxygen.
NASA/JPL Icy spires on Callisto surface
Callisto is distant enough from Jupiter that it doesn’t receive as much radiation from the planet as the other Galilean moons. If we ever establish a residential base in the Jovian system, it’ll probably be on Callisto. Can you imagine exploring the surface? That’s a 4 billion year old record of activity in our solar system.
NASA/JPL CalTech Callisto surface structures - Galileo
The enlargement of this image is spectacular, by the way.
In spite of its liquid ocean, Callisto is not considered to be a good candidate to support life. We’ll still look to Europa for that, and we’ll probably be sitting on Callisto while we’re looking.
I’d say it’s far from being a dead, boring hunk of rock.
Grid integration of Wind turbine- Matlab simulink Modelling
Hello friends
I am quite new to matlab Simulink, I have started designing of Grid integration of wind turbine
I have used 1. Wind turbine block (have input of speed,pitch angle, generator speed & torque as o/p)
2.the torque is used as input to drive the asynchron
Space X to launch Falcon 9 at 15:00 UT today | Bad Astronomy
[UPDATE 19:30 UT): SUCCESS! SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 9, and the Dragon capsule is now in orbit. We're awaiting the orbital numbers right now (velocity, height, ellipticity, etc). There was a tense time there for a while when they initially had an abort with just six seconds left. But they reset, and launched the bird. A huge CONGRATS to SpaceX for opening a new door on the space age.]
[Update (14:30 UT): The start of the launch window has been moved to 15:20.]
The private rocket company SpaceX plans to have its first test launch of the Falcon 9 rocket today! The launch window opens at 15:00 UT (11:00 a.m. Eastern time), and lasts for four hours. They will start a webcast of the launch at 14:40 UT. The ultimate goal is to get the bird into orbit, but they have a number of flight milestones to achieve.
On the rocket will be their qualification version of the Dragon payload capsule. This allows them to test both the rocket and the capsule simultaneously.
Weather looks pretty good for liftoff as I write this, though there’s a 40% chance of delays. They also have a launch window for the same times reserved for the next day, Saturday, June 5. Stay tuned, and check the SpaceX site for updates!
Image credit: Chris Thompson/SpaceX
Whiz Kids
An extraordinary documentary about three smart, intense, and talented teenagers in the Intel Science Talent Search.
New Poll: Big Majority in Michigan support the Tea Party
Parties on the Right favored over Parties on the Left
From Eric Dondero:
A clear majority of poll respondents In Michigan favor the Tea Party. WXYZ ABC TV Detroit – Detroit Free Press, contracted with Lansing-based Epic MRA. Over 600 Michiganders were surveyed.
According to WXYZ:
When asked if they support the Tea Party movement, 4 in 10 voters say yes. Among political parties, 65 percent of Democrats oppose the Tea Party, 72 percent of Republicans support it, and Independents are split.
Here are the actual numbers:
Based on what you know or have heard or read about the Tea Party movement, do you support the Tea Party movement and what it stands for, or oppose it?
40% Support
12% Neither support or oppose Tea Party movement
33% Oppose
15% Undecided/Don’t know/Refused
Libertarian Party way above Green Party in support
Another interesting poll finding:
Thinking about the following political parties and groups that are getting involved in political issues these days, which group best reflects your views?
36% The Democratic Party
24% The Republican Party
17% The Tea Party movement
3% The Green Party
8% The Libertarian Party
4% Some other group
8% Undecided/Don’t know/Refused
Though, not being reported as such, Parties on the Right have a clear advantage over those on the Left. Republican, Libertarian and Tea Party equals 49% support. Parties on the Left: Green Party and Democratic Party equals 39%.
Clearly, this is a good sign for Michigan Republicans heading into November. There is no Tea Party political Party in Michigan. Taken together, TP-GOP support comes to 41% over Dems' 24%. The Libertarian Party is fielding a number of candidates for statewide and local offices. Though, the vast majority of LP supporters tend to break Republican in elections.
A recent sampling of Republican vs. Democrat match-ups show the GOP comfortably ahead in the Governors race. Epic/MRA Via Hedgehog:
Pete Hoekstra (R) 47%
Virg Bernero (D) 34%Rick Snyder (R) 51%
Virg Bernero (D) 28%Pete Hoekstra (R) 47%
Andy Dillon (D) 35%Rick Snyder (R) 50%
Andy Dillon (D) 31%
(H/t IPR)
Upgradation of Siemens Teleperm to CitectSCADA
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otor Starting Reactor – 3.3KV, 1800HP
selection of 3.3KV,1800H.P. syncronous motor starting reactor
guideline for selection of single pole & double pole breaker
Can anybody tell me what's the basic logic behind that in some cases we provide
single pole breaker & in some cases we provide double pole breaker in single phase
system....why?
Nikki Haley called a "raghead" by Mark Sanford opponent Sen. Jake Knotts
by Eric Dondero
And now it comes full circle. The very man who allied with Democrats and the liberal media to get libertarian Republican Governor Mark Sanford ousted from office, State Senator Jake Knotts, has now viciously attacked Sanford's hand-picked successor State Rep. Nikki Haley.
In a radio interview yesterday, Knotts said the following via our friend Stacy over at TheOtherMcCain.com:
“We already got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion.” – South Carolina state Sen. Jake Knotts
Ironically, Haley is of Sikh descent and not a Muslim.
The remarks were made on the freewheeling internet radio show "Pub Politics."
The South Carolina GOP immediately called on Knotts to apologize:
“The South Carolina Republican Party strongly condemns any use of racial or religious slurs,” -- Karen Floyd, State Party Chairwoman
Knotts has said he is sorry for the slur. But a firestorm of media and on-line coverage has already taken off, and no doubt calls for his own resignation will soon be forthcoming.
Knotts is the same Senator who famously quipped on MSNBCduring the Sanford affair, "Lies, lies, lies... that's all we have are lies from the Governor."
What's at issue here? With most things in life, follow the money.
Ace at the almighty Ace of Spades blog, has finally had enough of it all. After being an extreme skeptic on Nikki Halley, this morning he formally endorsed her after Knott's remarks.
That's it -- I wholeheartedly endorse Nikki Haley, if only because it will make monsters cry.
However, he also adds a most excellent analysis.
Now, you might ask, what on earth would provoke a large fraction of South Carolina's political class to lose its minds and begin suicide-bombing a single candidate?
Commenters were discussing that last night. Let them put you some information:
Vic: That is one thing that the Sanford detractors try to hang around his neck. That he constantly fought with the SC legislature and "nothing" got done.
Of course that was going from the Dem controlled MFM media here which favors big government. The SC legislature is nominally Republican, but a large portion of them are "converted FDR Democrats" so it is really a Dem controlled legislature.
They believe in "tax and spend" just like Obama. Look at the last major battle with Sanford, a 50 cent a pack tax increase on cigs. He vetoed it and they overrode the veto. That has been the normal thing for the last 8 years.
Obama style tax and spend Democrats-turned-Republican porkers in the legislature, best exemplified by a massive increase on the tax on cirgarettes that a libertarian Governor fiercely opposed.
And Nikki Haley, strongly backed by Mark and Jenny Sanford, not to mention libertarian-leaning Republican Sarah Palin, promises to carry on with Sanford-style fiscal conservatism.
There you have it folks. Real live libertarian elected officials have the tendency to turn regular politicians absolutely bonkers.
