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Post by GTCGreg on Sept 9, 2014 1:30:55 GMT
Turned the radio on at the end of the report... Well, if the radio is in "Standby", why cant it buffer the last [x] minutes of the station last listened to for just that reason?... Standby is not off, so what is it then?... If its off, and power disconnected, then tough, what were you expecting?... Its just I have never fully understood this need for "Standby" when its not doing anything at all to warrant still consuming power. "Saving your stations".... Erm... we have enough technology to use non power consuming memory to do that. Flash memory could be used. Want a longer buffer?... then put in a slot for a micro-SD card. Flash memory has a limited number of times it can be erased and re-written. Battery backed up ram does not. That's why they use powered ram for backup in radios and appliances. I put a new JVC radio in our boat. Because the boat often sits for long periods of time between use, I was concerned about the stand-by power draw of the radio killing the battery so I measured the stand-by current. It was about 500 microamps (0.0005 amps). At that rate, the radio would discharge the 60 Ahr boat battery to 1/2 it's charge in 6.8 years. The self discharge rate of the battery is about 10 times that. AC line operated radios and appliances take a little more power than that in stand-by. That's because they have to use a power supply to convert the line voltage (120 or 240 volts) to the few volts required for the back-up memory. It's the inefficiency of that power supply that wastes most of the power. Of course, as TLW pointed out, in most home appliances, you're also powering the clock circuit and remote receiver when in stand-by. I just look at the wasted power as the "convenience fee" for not having to reprogram the device every time it's powered on. |
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Post by the light works on Sept 9, 2014 5:51:01 GMT
Turned the radio on at the end of the report... Well, if the radio is in "Standby", why cant it buffer the last [x] minutes of the station last listened to for just that reason?... Standby is not off, so what is it then?... If its off, and power disconnected, then tough, what were you expecting?... Its just I have never fully understood this need for "Standby" when its not doing anything at all to warrant still consuming power. "Saving your stations".... Erm... we have enough technology to use non power consuming memory to do that. Flash memory could be used. Want a longer buffer?... then put in a slot for a micro-SD card. Flash memory has a limited number of times it can be erased and re-written. Battery backed up ram does not. That's why they use powered ram for backup in radios and appliances. I put a new JVC radio in our boat. Because the boat often sits for long periods of time between use, I was concerned about the stand-by power draw of the radio killing the battery so I measured the stand-by current. It was about 500 microamps (0.0005 amps). At that rate, the radio would discharge the 60 Ahr boat battery to 1/2 it's charge in 6.8 years. The self discharge rate of the battery is about 10 times that. AC line operated radios and appliances take a little more power than that in stand-by. That's because they have to use a power supply to convert the line voltage (120 or 240 volts) to the few volts required for the back-up memory. It's the inefficiency of that power supply that wastes most of the power. Of course, as TLW pointed out, in most home appliances, you're also powering the clock circuit and remote receiver when in stand-by. I just look at the wasted power as the "convenience fee" for not having to reprogram the device every time it's powered on. remember back when you pulled on the button to program the preset, and it required no power to operate? (the tuner, that is - the radio still needed power to make sound) |
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 9, 2014 8:10:22 GMT
Home radio has Remote Control?.....
Excuse me whilst I get a screen wipe.....
The last bastion of getting the (beep) out of your chair has gone, you can no turn the radio on by remote.
Whats next, a Kettle that will come and find You?....
And dont mention that, because my first paid-for computer assignment was with a commodore 64 and some vic relays, I built a computer that could sing and dance, and then it provided a cup of tea from a trailer with a goblin tea's made on it.
It was a bet.
I won.
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 9, 2014 8:14:15 GMT
Yes it does....
Battery Ram is no more than the memory in your own computer, which is made of the same stuff as Flash memory.
If the life of the memory needs improving, buy better chips?.. and they are available.
Its the thing where we all want it NOW and CHEAP.......
You do get what you pay for?
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Post by GTCGreg on Sept 9, 2014 14:45:08 GMT
Yes it does.... Battery Ram is no more than the memory in your own computer, which is made of the same stuff as Flash memory. If the life of the memory needs improving, buy better chips?.. and they are available. Its the thing where we all want it NOW and CHEAP....... You do get what you pay for? It really has little to do with cost. EEPROM flash memory typically has an endurance of 100K to 1M erase cycles. DRAM's endurance is unlimited. That's why you can't use flash memory in a high speed buffer application such as used in CD players. The flash memory would die in a few minutes use. It's also why most SSD's used in computers also contain DRAM that is either powered by a small battery or a supercapacitor. The DRAM is used for buffering and for files that are constantly being updated. When power goes down, the content of the DRAM is then written to the FLASH memory. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Sept 9, 2014 14:53:21 GMT
Home radio has Remote Control?..... Excuse me whilst I get a screen wipe..... The last bastion of getting the (beep) out of your chair has gone, you can no turn the radio on by remote. Whats next, a Kettle that will come and find You?.... And dont mention that, because my first paid-for computer assignment was with a commodore 64 and some vic relays, I built a computer that could sing and dance, and then it provided a cup of tea from a trailer with a goblin tea's made on it. It was a bet. I won. There's an ap for that.  |
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 10, 2014 6:37:03 GMT
I have remote control plugs in use in my hose.
They are in use because some of the plug sockets are behind or underneath furniture, and rather than crawl around the floor behind heavy furniture every time I want a table light on, its easier for the remote.
Its just I dont use them for home entertainment Radio use?....
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Post by ironhold on Sept 24, 2014 1:04:10 GMT
snopes.com/info/news/pizzacops.aspWhen a delivery driver was seriously injured in an accident, a pair of uniformed cops took it upon themselves to deliver the pizza he was carrying to the customers.
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Post by wvengineer on Sept 24, 2014 1:33:26 GMT
How cold was that pizza by the time it arrived? and where they charged for it or the replacement pizza?
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Post by the light works on Sept 24, 2014 15:21:36 GMT
snopes.com/info/news/pizzacops.aspWhen a delivery driver was seriously injured in an accident, a pair of uniformed cops took it upon themselves to deliver the pizza he was carrying to the customers. Portland: official motto: Keep Portland Weird. |
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 25, 2014 9:02:15 GMT
I was asked if I would do pizza delivery once.. bloody glad I said no.
The friend I have who does that, doesnt half go through Cars..... he has had as many as five in one month?....
The number of arguments he has had over paying for the bloody things as well....
I couldn't do that.
However, the place he works for has recently introduced a pre-pay system of Web orders.
Certain area's of Manchester you just know are trouble, like any City.
If someone tries to order from that area, they have to pre-pay, or no order accepted, no cash on delivery is accepted.
No promise of "In half hour or its free" either, they get those who will give strange directions to try it on with getting it free.
And the fact they dont take orders from anywhere far enough away they cant be there in 20 mins anyway...
If they do insist, they put a delivery charge on that makes the customer want to try somewhere closer to their own home?....
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Post by the light works on Sept 25, 2014 13:50:04 GMT
I was asked if I would do pizza delivery once.. bloody glad I said no. The friend I have who does that, doesnt half go through Cars..... he has had as many as five in one month?.... The number of arguments he has had over paying for the bloody things as well.... I couldn't do that. However, the place he works for has recently introduced a pre-pay system of Web orders. Certain area's of Manchester you just know are trouble, like any City. If someone tries to order from that area, they have to pre-pay, or no order accepted, no cash on delivery is accepted. No promise of "In half hour or its free" either, they get those who will give strange directions to try it on with getting it free. And the fact they dont take orders from anywhere far enough away they cant be there in 20 mins anyway... If they do insist, they put a delivery charge on that makes the customer want to try somewhere closer to their own home?.... the running joke when cellular phones first came out was to threaten to call Dominos and tell them, "I'm going [x] direction on [x] street. I'll see your driver in 31 minutes" none of our delivery drivers here seem to go through vehicles that fast. they do prefer to take a credit card number when you place the order, though. |
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 26, 2014 8:12:58 GMT
I think its just him...
I found he bought a Frontera... thats a Vauxhaul big thing that Arctic explorers use?... it chewed through petrol faster than he could fill it, so bloody useless.
Then he had a small phrench thing..... which he hated.
I just think he doesnt have very good taste in cars.
At the moment he has a small Nissan..... 1,000 cc three pot put-put by the sound of it.
Not fast, but economical?....
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Post by mrfatso on Sept 26, 2014 11:35:08 GMT
I was asked if I would do pizza delivery once.. bloody glad I said no. The friend I have who does that, doesnt half go through Cars..... he has had as many as five in one month?.... The number of arguments he has had over paying for the bloody things as well.... I couldn't do that. However, the place he works for has recently introduced a pre-pay system of Web orders. Certain area's of Manchester you just know are trouble, like any City. If someone tries to order from that area, they have to pre-pay, or no order accepted, no cash on delivery is accepted. No promise of "In half hour or its free" either, they get those who will give strange directions to try it on with getting it free. And the fact they dont take orders from anywhere far enough away they cant be there in 20 mins anyway... If they do insist, they put a delivery charge on that makes the customer want to try somewhere closer to their own home?.... the running joke when cellular phones first came out was to threaten to call Dominos and tell them, "I'm going [x] direction on [x] street. I'll see your driver in 31 minutes" none of our delivery drivers here seem to go through vehicles that fast. they do prefer to take a credit card number when you place the order, though. IIRC after a spate of accidents in the 1990a they are not allowed to offer "free in 30 minutes" offers over here, the drivers where cutting corners, breaking traffic laws in order to make it, so it's banned. |
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Post by the light works on Sept 26, 2014 14:40:10 GMT
the running joke when cellular phones first came out was to threaten to call Dominos and tell them, "I'm going [x] direction on [x] street. I'll see your driver in 31 minutes" none of our delivery drivers here seem to go through vehicles that fast. they do prefer to take a credit card number when you place the order, though. IIRC after a spate of accidents in the 1990a they are not allowed to offer "free in 30 minutes" offers over here, the drivers where cutting corners, breaking traffic laws in order to make it, so it's banned. i think I recall that being cited, here, too. |
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Post by WhutScreenName on Oct 7, 2014 17:15:21 GMT
Instead of ticket, officer buys girl booster seat Published on NewsOK Modified: October 7, 2014 at 8:11 am • Published: October 7, 2014 EMMETT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan officer who pulled over a vehicle because a 5-year-old girl wasn't secured in a booster seat decided a ticket wouldn't cut it. Instead, Emmett Township public safety officer Ben Hall bought her a seat. "A ticket doesn't solve the situation," Hall told WXMI-TV (http://bit.ly/1nbAerg ). "What solves it is the child being in the booster seat like she should be. It was the easiest 50 bucks I ever spent." Hall was on patrol Friday in the southern Michigan community when he pulled over the vehicle after someone reported that it had an unsecured young child inside. Alexis DeLorenzo and her daughter were riding with a friend, and Hall said DeLorenzo told him that she had fallen on hard times and couldn't afford a booster seat. "I was in a spot where I could help her," Hall said. DeLorenzo said she knew that they could have been ticketed, but instead, DeLorenzo told her to meet him at a Wal-Mart, where he bought her the seat. "It changed my life," DeLorenzo said. "I'm never going to forget him. And neither will my daughter." ___ Information from: WXMI-TV, www.wxmi.com |
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Post by the light works on Oct 7, 2014 17:53:09 GMT
Instead of ticket, officer buys girl booster seat Published on NewsOK Modified: October 7, 2014 at 8:11 am • Published: October 7, 2014 EMMETT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan officer who pulled over a vehicle because a 5-year-old girl wasn't secured in a booster seat decided a ticket wouldn't cut it. Instead, Emmett Township public safety officer Ben Hall bought her a seat. "A ticket doesn't solve the situation," Hall told WXMI-TV (http://bit.ly/1nbAerg ). "What solves it is the child being in the booster seat like she should be. It was the easiest 50 bucks I ever spent." Hall was on patrol Friday in the southern Michigan community when he pulled over the vehicle after someone reported that it had an unsecured young child inside. Alexis DeLorenzo and her daughter were riding with a friend, and Hall said DeLorenzo told him that she had fallen on hard times and couldn't afford a booster seat. "I was in a spot where I could help her," Hall said. DeLorenzo said she knew that they could have been ticketed, but instead, DeLorenzo told her to meet him at a Wal-Mart, where he bought her the seat. "It changed my life," DeLorenzo said. "I'm never going to forget him. And neither will my daughter." ___ Information from: WXMI-TV, www.wxmi.combecause a $500 fine wouldn't result in her being able to better afford to buy the booster seat. |
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Post by WhutScreenName on Oct 7, 2014 18:00:23 GMT
Agreed, but that's what's cool about the story. The officer recognized that and exercised kindness and good judgment. He was well within his rights to fine her, but she probably learned a better lesson this way.
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Post by the light works on Oct 8, 2014 5:22:02 GMT
Agreed, but that's what's cool about the story. The officer recognized that and exercised kindness and good judgment. He was well within his rights to fine her, but she probably learned a better lesson this way. more to the point, the child was in a proper booster seat. |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Oct 21, 2014 13:55:16 GMT
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