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Current Events => Blogs => Topic started by: Cholley71 on July 22, 2012, 12:00:34 AM
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http://www.globalcollegeblog.com/the-smart-grid.html
The Smart Grid
The biggest problem that society faces today isn’t obesity, the unemployment rate, healthcare, or the wars in the Middle East. It’s a problem that most Americans either don’t know about or know little but not enough to give it a second thought. But what if it would shut down for a month our country would cease to exist. The problem I speak of is our aging Electrical grid System. Our way of life revolves around electricity imagine going a couple hours or maybe even a couple days without it. “Electrical power is a little bit like the air you breathe: You don't really think about it until it is missing. Power is just "there," meeting your every need, constantly†(Brain). Most people today take electricity for granted and a lot of other things in life as well for granted until one day all of a sudden it’s gone. The U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force which was created by a joint US-Canadian initiative to investigate the Black out of 2003. “The outage affected an area with an estimated fifty million people and 61,800 megawatts (MW) of electric load in the states of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and the Canadian province of Ontario. The blackout began a few minutes after 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (16:00 EDT) and power was not restored for four days in some parts of the United States.†And after power was restored damages were estimated from four billion to ten billion dollars. A smart grid is a digitally enabled electrical grid that gathers, distributes, and acts on information about the behavior of all participants (suppliers and consumers) in order to improve the efficiency, reliability, economics, and sustainability of electricity services. The smart grid will better handle the supply and demand of the power grid. Right now the electrical utility companies run power plants as back up to surges in demand and these back up plants waste twenty percent of all electricity produced. The current power grid system is primarily analog which mean it can only move in one direction and the farther the electricity travels the more of it goes to waste. If a smart grid was implemented electricity could travel further due to it being digital and computers could calculate the most efficient way to meet the consumer. And can self-heal itself and find were there might be a downed power line and instantly know the location (Carnegie Mellon University 2009).
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If you are here to advertise your blog, there is a separate section for that.
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Hi Cholley, We're missing you on the other thread. You had lots of very good responses. Actually I find my obesity to be the biggest problem I face.
(This is a new paragraph.) Could you please explain the differences between analog and digital electrical transmission.
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In analog technology, a wave is recorded or used in its original form. So, for example, in an analog tape recorder, a signal is taken straight from the microphone and laid onto tape. The wave from the microphone is an analog wave, and therefore the wave on the tape is analog as well. That wave on the tape can be read, amplified and sent to a speaker to produce the sound.
In digital technology, the analog wave is sampled at some interval, and then turned into numbers that are stored in the digital device. On a CD, the sampling rate is 44,000 samples per second. So on a CD, there are 44,000 numbers stored per second of music. To hear the music, the numbers are turned into a voltage wave that approximates the original wave.
The two big advantages of digital technology are:
The recording does not degrade over time. As long as the numbers can be read, you will always get exactly the same wave.
Groups of numbers can often be compressed by finding patterns in them. It is also easy to use special computers called digital signal processors (DSPs) to process and modify streams of numbers (see How CDs Work for a more detailed explanation).
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So we could go to the store and buy CD's of electricity. This is fantastic!!!! How long could I run my house (say 2800sf) on a CD of electricity?
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i honestly just copied and pasted a article im very sleepy and watching a movie
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i honestly just copied and pasted a article im very sleepy and watching a movie
No shit moron. You're even usless as a chew toy. Lazy shit.
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No shit moron. You're even usless as a chew toy. Lazy shit.
If I had gotten to reply first to your Cholley71 quote, I wouldn't have held back as much.
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Hi Cholley, We're missing you on the other thread. You had lots of very good responses. Actually I find my obesity to be the biggest problem I face.
(This is a new paragraph.) Could you please explain the differences between analog and digital electrical transmission.
:rofl:
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No shit moron. You're even usless as a chew toy. Lazy shit.
:lol: H5!
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The OP is kind of correct, though, is he/she not? Electricity is a very vital aspect of our every day life. The idea that this could disappear one day is kind of scary.
Then what?
It seems that it'd lead to some version of intense anarchy overnight. It also seems that this should be something that is seriously considered by all individuals of this country; especially with so much war taking place, and the idea that a world war could be right around the corner.
I can understand why it isn't, though. What can we realistically even do to prepare for such an event, and why even seriously consider such an event taking place?
Just an observation.
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the Biggest problem our country faces is...
The Smart Grid
But what happens when SkyNet becomes self-aware?
Suffice it to say...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H4gGHQJML._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Okie dockie, smart guy. What do you have to say to that?
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The OP is kind of correct, though, is he/she not? Electricity is a very vital aspect of our every day life. The idea that this could disappear one day is kind of scary.
Then what?
It seems that it'd lead to some version of intense anarchy overnight. It also seems that this should be something that is seriously considered by all individuals of this country; especially with so much war taking place, and the idea that a world war could be right around the corner.
I can understand why it isn't, though. What can we realistically even do to prepare for such an event, and why even seriously consider such an event taking place?
Just an observation.
Allow people to build power plants?
Allow people to produce resources?
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How condescending, conservatives started talking about the grid a couple of years ago.
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Allow people to build power plants?
Allow people to produce resources?
Will that help?
What are you suggesting?
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The OP is kind of correct, though, is he/she not? Electricity is a very vital aspect of our every day life. The idea that this could disappear one day is kind of scary.
Then what?
It seems that it'd lead to some version of intense anarchy overnight. It also seems that this should be something that is seriously considered by all individuals of this country; especially with so much war taking place, and the idea that a world war could be right around the corner.
I can understand why it isn't, though. What can we realistically even do to prepare for such an event, and why even seriously consider such an event taking place?
Just an observation.
Ummmm... yeah.
You know, you find the damnedest things when you Google someone's user name.
Look what I found when I Googled yours:
(http://mindysolomongallery.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/aiden-simon-anima-animus.jpg)
Any comments?
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Animus means courage, and Vis Veres mean strength. It is Latin.
No idea what you've just posted.
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Will that help?
What are you suggesting?
Yes
Please re-read my post.
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Ummmm... yeah.
You know, you find the damnedest things when you Google someone's user name.
Look what I found when I Googled yours:
Any comments?
BD why does the word budding come to my mind?
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Yes
Please re-read my post.
Which one?
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Animus means courage, and Vis Veres mean strength. It is Latin.
No idea what you've just posted.
You just failed Latin 101 with a grade of 33%, Spanky. Go look it up.
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Which one?
Yes
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You just failed Latin 101 with a grade of 33%, Spanky. Go look it up.
What definition did you come across?
>>>edit
It can mean more than what I've offered, but it does mean the definition that I've given.
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No idea what you've just posted.
Without translating exactly what he said (I'll put it nicely)...He's calling you a wuss.
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I think Chokeys boyfriend stepped in to defend his butt-boy.
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What definition did you come across?
Actually, kid, I passed Latin 101.
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Actually, kid, I passed Latin 101.
Thats fine. Then you should know that we can both be correct.
Here is a reliable source (http://www.latinwordlist.com/latin-words/) for my claim.
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Thats fine. Then you should know that we can both be correct.
He is a reliable source (http://www.latinwordlist.com/latin-words/) for my claim.
No. You have two nominative nouns. In addition, "veris" (not "veres", which is not a Latin word) means "spring" (as in "the rites of...").
Your final grade is 33%. F. See your student advisor in the morning to register for Latin for DUmmies 101.
Your first assignment is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Have a 1.000 word book report on my desk by next Monday.
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No. You have two nominative nouns. In addition, "veris" (not "veres", which is not a Latin word) means "spring" (as in "the rites of...").
Your final grade is 33%. F. See your student advisor in the morning to register for Latin for DUmmies 101.
Your first assignment is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Have a 1.000 word book report on my desk by next Monday.
Didn't realize that I spelled it wrong, sorry. I meant Vis Vires.
I thought that you were talking about Animus, which has a few different meanings.
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Didn't realize that I spelled it wrong, sorry. I meant Vis Vires.
I thought that you were talking about Animus, which has a few different meanings.
The two nominative nouns cost you points as well.
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The two nominative nouns cost you points as well.
I can understand. Its meant to be inclusive. Plus, I like how it sounds.
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I can understand. Its meant to be inclusive. Plus, I like how it sounds.
You "like" sounding stupid?
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You "like" sounding stupid?
Veris is just the plurality.. and it sounds cooler together. I did it right in my name, though. (:
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Plus, I like how it sounds.
20 million Romans and 10,000 Latin teachers just rolled over in their graves.
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These two noobies must like humping peoples legs.
This thread is killing me! :lmao: :rotf: :rofl:
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I want to hear more about this new digital electric power technology.
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No. You have two nominative nouns. In addition, "veris" (not "veres", which is not a Latin word) means "spring" (as in "the rites of...").
Your final grade is 33%. F. See your student advisor in the morning to register for Latin for DUmmies 101.
Your first assignment is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Have a 1.000 word book report on my desk by next Monday.
Will his career modeling University of Texas underwear allow time for all that?
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There's is nothing more grotesque on the planet than seeing some young metrosexual punk faggot wannabe in BVD's.
With boobiez.
That's just plain offensive.
But there won't be any bitchslap issued, as the point had to be made. :lmao: :rotf:
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Why is there so much hostility towards the new person here?
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Why is there so much hostility towards the new person here?
Latin is one of the most beautiful, expressive, yet precise languages on Earth, and has been for 2,500 years. Some of the world's most influential books were written in Latin. It is the language of the law and of medicine.
And you single-handedly assassinated it in the span of a morning.
Why in the hell do you think we're hostile?
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAfKFKBlZbM[/youtube]
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Why is there so much hostility towards the new person here?
I don't recall seeing you in the introduction forum. Oh, and you havn't seen hostility yet.
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I don't recall seeing you in the introduction forum.
Animus did: http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,75632.0.html It's the thread starter that didn't.
(i made the same mistake you did)
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Hi Cholley, We're missing you on the other thread. You had lots of very good responses. Actually I find my obesity to be the biggest problem I face.
(This is a new paragraph.) Could you please explain the differences between analog and digital electrical transmission.
analog electrical transmission: When you can cut a stick from any log to beat the hamsters on the treadmill driving the generator.
digital electrical transmission: When the hamsters are so well trained that all you have to do is thump their ears with any digit on your hand to make them use the treadmill.
Power to the DUmmie renewable green energy system.
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I don't recall seeing you in the introduction forum. Oh, and you havn't seen hostility yet.
I'm confused. That would have been enough to upset some of you here?
Wont you just get to know me through my responding in threads?
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But what happens when SkyNet becomes self-aware?
Suffice it to say...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H4gGHQJML._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Okie dockie, smart guy. What do you have to say to that?
I just now saw some of the new replies and you really made my day lol
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Why learn latin thats a waste of money
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Why learn latin thats a waste of money
Worse than a waste of money is a waste of time. So how about coming back over here and responding to some questions? We're waiting: http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,75626.0.html
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Why learn latin thats a waste of money
In your opinion.
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Why learn latin thats a waste of money
I get the feeling you have addressed many fields of endeavor in the same way.
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Why learn latin thats a waste of money
Well, Chumley, some of the first lessons you'd learn would be sentence structure, capitalization, and punctuation.
Much like the English classes you apparently slept through.
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Why learn latin thats a waste of money
Tell the doctors and lawyers that, putz. :loser:
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Tell the doctors and lawyers that, putz. :loser:
Don't forget the Catholic church. They love latin, as a first language.
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Don't forget the Catholic church. They love latin, as a first language.
Yes, I forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me, obumazombie.