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Lets see what the total system power consumption is. Hopefully I can get something sub 20W and replace my Geode system.
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The stupid 80 HP power for 6 seconds rule renders KERS pretty much redundant. To encourage innovation, there should be no falsely imposed limits.
BTW. The brake balance problem comes from the way the batteries are charged by using the motor/generator as a brake on the back wheels. Once they're charged you suddenly find you're braking with the front wheels far more then the back.
When I worked at a university it was common practice to dip your bare hand in liquid nitrogen and throw a handfull at a colleague. As long as you don't hold your hand in for more than a few seconds it doesn't even hurt. The person you throw it at gets a bit cold and damp as the nitrogen condenses water from the air.
The liquid boils into a gas as soon as it comes near a warm hand so you're only in contact with the gas. The gas is still pretty cold though (-195 C) so will freeze you if you hold your hand in there long enough.
The main problem I can see with this kit is liquid nitrogen is good for getting things really cold, but it has a low latent heat figure so it doesn't take much energy to boil it away. I can't see this pulling much more heat from your CPU than a good water cooling system would.
One day I'll get around to doing this...
Write a little APP that sits on port 22 and when a connection arrives, make a connection back to the same IP address. Then just pipe the traffic through both ways and hope they try deleting something important before they realise who they're hacking.
The F1 rules seem to have been designed to prevent innovation in the KERS system. It's limited to 82BHP and is only allowed to be used for for 6.8 seconds per lap. So, apart from tweaking the size and weight, there's no technical innovation allowed.
Maybe Bernie doesn't have shared in the right companies to make it worth his while.
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Unless I try to copy and paste, then it's a pile of ****!
I'm on the 3.0.6 beta that installed this morning. I'll wait until Monday for a new beta or leave the beta programme if there isn't one.
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A few weeks back the BBC reported two explosions being heard in a Spanish (I think it was Spain) town.
Later that day the story changed to a military jet had caused confusion by making sonic booms too near the town and said that "The Media" had initially reported it as explosions.
They also got rid of the scrabble picture with the word "bum" on it.
The Pinky-Ponk (as mentioned before on the Register) appears to have a rigid shell. It also carries quite a few passengers considering its size. It gets around the buoyancy problem while unloading passengers by lowering a small spherical anchor to the ground.
Quite frankly I'm amazed DARPA have taken longer to perfect this technology than Iggle Piggle.
The Pinky-Ponk even has a nice balcony for Iggle Piggle and Upsy Daisy to go for a bonk (see episode "Tombliboo Ooo Drinks Everybody Else's Pinky Ponk Juice")