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dbratman
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response 55 of 65:
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Feb 9 13:37 UTC 2003 |
Keeping an extra 10 seconds continuously loaded in memory, I suppose.
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mcnally
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response 56 of 65:
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Feb 9 15:02 UTC 2003 |
I don't see how 2 hours' worth of memory refresh could consume as much
battery power as running the motor, laser, and op-amp for another 6 hours.
That's what puzzles me..
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dbratman
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response 57 of 65:
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Feb 12 12:25 UTC 2003 |
I have no idea what activities consume how much power, so I am not
bothered by this. I have battery-operated devices that seem to run
forever, and others that run out of juice constantly. I have a little
voice tape recorder that runs faithfully on 2 AA batteries, and I have
flashlights that seem to die regularly on 3 or 4 D cells. I'd have
thought that keeping the tape running and recording my voice for hours,
together with rewinding, playback, etc., would take as much juice as
shining a tiny weak light occasionally, but apparently not.
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ball
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response 58 of 65:
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Sep 6 04:45 UTC 2006 |
Today I found myself window shopping for an MP3 player. I say "window
shopping" because it's a luxury item that I shouldn't buy at present
even though they're certainly more affordable than they used to be.
In the past I've thought about Proporta's MP3 player because I could
load up one or more multimedia cards (MMC) with MP3 files and it
should just play them...
http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=1187&t_mode=des
...judging by the description it may even work directly with NetBSD.
Today though I've been looking at Sandisk's m2x0 series. The m250 (2
Gbytes) and m260 (4 Gbytes) both cost around 5 cents per megabyte,
which is about the same as blank MMC cards would cost me for the Pro-
porta. In effect I would be buying USB flash storage and getting a
free MP3 player with a backlit display.
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twenex
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response 59 of 65:
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Sep 6 13:15 UTC 2006 |
Stay away from Sandisk; they lock up, apparently, and when they do the company
is about as much use as chocolate fireguard.
Way to resurrect an old item, though ;-)
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nharmon
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response 60 of 65:
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Sep 6 15:49 UTC 2006 |
What is chocolate fireguard?
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twenex
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response 61 of 65:
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Sep 6 17:29 UTC 2006 |
Theoretically, a barrier put in front of a fireplace to protect
children and animals (especially) from a fire, but made of chocolate.
Therefore, in practice a metaphor for "a completely useless object
made to sound useful."
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naftee
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response 62 of 65:
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Sep 6 20:23 UTC 2006 |
chocolate face
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ball
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response 63 of 65:
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Sep 6 22:14 UTC 2006 |
Re #59: pants. I really quite fancied one of those.
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twenex
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response 64 of 65:
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Sep 6 22:33 UTC 2006 |
Sorry! But figure a moment's irritation is better than a stung wallet
;-)
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ball
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response 65 of 65:
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Sep 7 00:18 UTC 2006 |
Point.
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