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From: E Z Peaces on 18 Feb 2010 17:19 E Z Peaces wrote: > > I find Console with Searchlight. Oops.... Spotlight!
From: Tom Stiller on 18 Feb 2010 17:56 In article <ufmdnfeyfvZXK-DWnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net>, russotto(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote: > In article <160220102203159807%star(a)sky.net>, Davoud <aaa(a)bbb.ccc> wrote: > > >Bzzzzzt! The "stress" caused to a piece of electronic gear by turning > >it on and off is pure myth. Study after study, some published and some > >not, and tons of empirical evidence support that. > > Sorry, but power supplies most often fail when you turn them on. > Older hard drives most often failed to spin up rather than dying in > use. > > >> I've always tended to agree > >> with the latter (ever notice that light bulbs tend to fail more often > >> during > >> the electrical surge that occurs when you flip the switch, rather that > >> while > >> they're running constantly in steady state?). > > > >Bzzzzzt! There is no surge when you turn a switch on. The voltage goes > >from 0 to 117V almost instantaneously; a "surge" implies that the > >voltage overshoots the 117V and then settles back to 117V. > > It's not a "surge", it's an inrush current. The resistance of a cold > light bulb is much less than the resistance of a hot light bulb, > resulting in high current flow when the switch is turned on. > > Power supplies experience inrush current as well, due to the large > capacitors in them. Some supplies have inrush limiting circuits. That's a pretty thin distinction between the definitions of "surge" and "inrush". I'm not even sure there is one. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Leonard Blaisdell on 19 Feb 2010 01:58 In article <C7A0C0E4.53480%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > And you earned your PhD in Climatology where? I couldn't have said this as well with collaboration <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/04/is_climatology_a_scien ce.html> and agree with every sentence. Climatology is younger and more snot nosed than cosmology. Both draw on true science and extrapolate blindly. Both are infantile today. The former draws politicians like flies to rotted meat. FUD. On the other hand I run a Mac and will be connecting it to a big screen TV (I hope). I just need a mini DVI to HDMI connector and wireless keyboard and mouse (I think). Wish me luck folks! never political leo
From: D Finnigan on 19 Feb 2010 14:53 AES wrote: > > Could you educate me on what I need to type into the Go >> Go to Folder > menu command to view the "system log"? > Check /var/log/
From: Nick Naym on 21 Feb 2010 20:51
In article leoblaisdell-5B2ACE.22584118022010(a)News.Individual.NET, Leonard Blaisdell at leoblaisdell(a)sbcglobal.net wrote on 2/19/10 1:58 AM: > In article <C7A0C0E4.53480%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> And you earned your PhD in Climatology where? > > I couldn't have said this as well with collaboration > <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/04/is_climatology_a_scien > ce.html> and agree with every sentence. So, you look to political blogs for assessments of scientific theories? > Climatology is younger and more > snot nosed than cosmology. And let's not forget that cosmology is still "up for grabs" as well, right? > Both draw on true science and extrapolate > blindly. Yeah. Blind is right. But who, exactly, is being blind? > Both are infantile today. The former draws politicians like > flies to rotted meat. FUD. Yet you look for scientific validation -- or lack thereof -- to a blogger on a website called "Real Clear Politics." Yeah...that makes sense. > On the other hand I run a Mac and will be connecting it to a big screen > TV (I hope). I just need a mini DVI to HDMI connector and wireless > keyboard and mouse (I think). Wish me luck folks! > > never political leo Methinks there's a lot that you need. -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.8) |