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I've drive through Vancouver on my way to Alaska before. But that was pre-9/11, so I don't know what has changed since then.

If it will work straight downwind, it will work at any angle. Downwind is the worst-case scenario. The only additional issue is lateral forces working against the mast, but they'll need to deal with that just to overcome the rotor-torque issue anyway.

Very cool. I remember when that first appeared some time ago. The thought in my mind was that the prop operated kind of like a ratchet; locking in the power the wind had already imparted on the craft, allowing it to start with all the power the wind could give from any speed. Eventually, they...

Nope, that is all-in. And gas taxes are pretty high here in CA. $67.25 to fill an Audi A3. Of course, that station only had full-serve, so there is a significant surcharge there as well.

$4.85/gal - the most I've paid for 91-octane in a long time.

I doubt he knew there were bolts in the box at the time. When I was in China, I purchased a 16GB memory stick for ~$8. This was many years ago, and was the first 16GB stick I had ever seen. Connected it to my laptop right there and tried it out. Of course, it had the same issue as the one...

Interesting design. Seems the botched it by making it just too small for 120mm fans in a normal configuration. It wouldn't have taken much. Also, SPCR screwed up by taking a case designed for upward convective flow and not using a GPU or CPU cooler that was conducive to that design.

There are a number of tools out there that re-create the RAM disk and re-populate it with files from a folder on another disk. Someone at one point built a PCI card that held some DIMMs and a battery. IIRC, their second version was even bootable.

I believe in reducing energy consumption through technology, but sacrificing comfort is to be avoided. I have special-order windows more efficient than the local guys had ever seen. I've insulated the house to near Norwegian specs even though I live in central California. The water heater I'm...

Sounds logical to me.

I was doing RAM drives before SSDs came out. Getting some incredible speed; but capacity was stunningly expensive. I took my system to 24GB and made 12 of it a RAM disk for Photoshop (which at the time didn't have a 64-bit version). Unless you are trying to work around limitations in older...

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That is great, particularly once you change the size of the planets and their separation to "actual", then try to find a planet ;)

Wow. Did that happen to be on your subnet? ;)

Meh. The solar with grid backup is where I would go. I just don't have the ~$25k+ to do it at the moment. We need to install a kitchen first ;)

They are using a natural gas fired power plant 10 miles away anyway, so it isn't exceptionally inefficient.

At least. In my experience, they have a very slow charge on bigger UPS. Perhaps trying to be nice to the batteries?

Then don't worry about it. The consumption of the device itself, particularly when the battery is fully charged, is going to be very small.

I don't think you would be that far off. The alternative would be to connect the KW between the UPS and all your devices using power strip(s).

I really like my Kill-a-Watt, but they now have a fancier version.

Nope. I'll look into that, thanks.

The first 284Kwh is $0.12233/kwh. After that it quickly jumps through some intermediary points until you hit $0.40352/Kwh for the rest. Considering I am using electricity for heat as well as everything else, I'm getting clobbered. Honestly I think a solar system could pay for itself very...

You have been missed, little one.

Revised numbers: Water: $47 ($6 usage, the rest taxes and fees) Garbage: $26 Sewer: $20 Internet: $45 Phone: $34 (Vonage) TV: $20 (Netflix) Gas&Electric: $420 (Electricity @ $0.37 cents per Kwh)

Already in bed for the night, and I've only been here 3 months so far, bur here are my best guesses: Water: $45 ($5 usage, the rest taxes and fees) Gas: $25 (about the same ratio) Garbage: $30 Sewer: $20 Internet: $45 Phone: $29 (vonage) TV: $20 (netflix) Electric: $450 (check those F@H numbers...

I suspect you build more systems than I do. The automatic driver detection and download alone is worth it.

I actually use the sandstone rocks to keep it cool. Adding ice is good if it tastes nasty, which some do, but then I just drink something better.

I would consider it as such. I pay quarterly and a service is provided by a regionally-selected monopoly.

What about gas, garbage, phone, internet, sewer, and television?

Trench = tech. And my phone sucks.

For a trench guy you seem awfully averse to change. Different and bad are not the same. 1. Little to no messing with drivers. 2. Very few updates after SP1 if installed.

1. Because it is easier and faster to install, administer, and use? 2. Looks like you need a faster computer. Neither takes any time at all for me ;)

Wow. Getting all my utilities below $500/mo would be awesome.

Nothing that I would like to use regularly. I would probably just go with cheap keyboards and replace as needed. For really nasty environments I've used the roll-up washable/waterproof ones.

Wow, that is 249th overall. Crazy.

Peat, salt, and iodine...yum ;)

Good to see you again, Tannin. I would argue two points with you. 1. Using anything but the built-in Win7 setting for "screen resolution", which is in the right-click menu on the desktop, is a waste of time. 2. nVidia's control panel is no better than ATI's. Perhaps your familiarity with...

:) It's only temporary. Though I do have an i7 870 chip sitting here....

Indeed. The only people I know who like Islay Malts are those who smoke heavily. Considering my favorite alcohol is Vodka (pretty much the other end of the spectrum) with the heaviest thing I enjoy being Tequila, going to the heaviest of the heavies (Islay Malts) seems unnecessarily cruel.

Those would be my finalists as well, with BofA just taking it.

I suspect a variant of Hanlon's Razor applies here. Except replace "malice" with "inadequate engineering".

I've decided to start learning Scotch (about, and how to appreciate). I've done a couple bottles of Black Label (12yr), a Glenlivet 12, Glenfiddich 12, and a bottle of Green Label (15yr). Just picked up a few more Single-Malts in the 12-15 year category, but so far my favorite by far is the...

I think it is significantly paranoid. A) The *nix-based appliances are really secure, particularly as they receive regular updates. B) The guest has very little chance of seeing the host. C) As soon as your firewall is gone there are plenty of avenues to attack a windows box anyway.

I've run 3TB drives on USB without issue, though not those exact drives. I have yet to hear of any RAID controllers that correctly identify and work with 3TB drives of any kind. I would be very cautious in that aspect.

Certainly a great price. 3TB drives do still have issues with some controllers, and all RAID controllers. IIRC, you don't use RAID, and you use newer Intel chipset boards, so you should be fine.

Less time than that.

A good friend just turned 56 (not elderly), but due to some medical issues, decided not to renew his license. My grandmother is 90 (certainly elderly) gave up her license 5 years ago after an accident happened in front of us that she wouldn't have been able to avoid.

Two new personal best days back-to-back ;)

Our big ups system gets all the battery trays pulled and tested every quarter.

I switch hand regularly, and don't keep my hand on the mouse when I'm not moving the cursor. Keyboard shortcuts help a lot here as well.