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VIDEO: Russian newsreader gets the giggles over Canadian marijuana farm story {Asylum.co.uk}
May 18th 2011 9:42PM Dont they read news live as in uk? looks like it is recorded then broadcast or they would have gone straight to next item.
Air conditioning coming soon to London's Underground {Gadling}
Sep 25th 2008 3:33PM There is as has been pointed out a few flaws in Boris idea . Air-conditioning works by transferring heat from the inside of a building or in this case train to the outside. The problem is where does all the transferred heat & the heat from the energy to transfer it go? Answer: To the air in the tunnel. the air temperature in the stations and tunnels is already very high in the summer so adding heat from the trains is only going to make it far worse. A person will get out of a cool carriage and be hit by the high temperature and humidity of the station, while at the same time the cool air will escape from the carriage being replaced by the hot air outside! this will use even more energy once the train gets going to cool it down again, making the tunnels & stations even hotter The cycle goes on...
Back to the drawing board.
Cool the stations and tunnels & the trains will be bearable.How you may ask not a big problem (send cheque in post for my ideas) The problem is the COST but probably cheaper in the long run than changing all the trains & all the problems of maintaining the on-board air conditioning units against that of maintaining the much bigger static units which would be installed on the underground network. but again it is the cost of installation power consumption & maintenance which is the problem. cancel the 2012 Olympics & using the money will give you some idea & better way to spend the money long term!
Researchers hack RFID credit cards. Big surprise. {Engadget}
Nov 3rd 2007 11:14AM on the subject of rfid I am sure this will be of interest to European and usa readers of how money is being tracked...
http://www.ssrichardmontgomery.com/rfidmoney.htm
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Researchers hack RFID credit cards. Big surprise. {Engadget}
Nov 3rd 2007 11:07AM I do not understand why the card company's are placing persons card info on rfid chip. all it needs is a standard chip with a 10+ digit random number which is associated with the account number at card company computer, checking it in real time & asking for pin if required. no use to fraudster but a little more expensive to card company.1000 times more secure.
N.J. suspected as source of stench {The Brian Alvey Weblog}
Jan 21st 2007 5:50PM If all the residents bought this product it might help!
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=34062&in_page_id=34
