Calling Vernor Vinge! Sandia National Labs -

2007-10-22 Thread PAT MATHEWS
Sandia National Labs announced it is cutting off all access to it's collection of hard-copy content to save money and re-engineer library services for the electronic age. Eventually (note the disjuncture!) the people will have access to a fully electronic library. Jean, I'll send you the

The Sandia Labs library

2007-10-22 Thread PAT MATHEWS
Sandia couldn't keep the hard-copy library open until they had the electronic one in place? Usually when you replace one thing with another, you allow for some interim coverage. I'm taking your old coat; eventually you'll get a new one. Meanwhile, you can freeze. Gaah. Patricia Mathews

Re: The Sandia Labs library

2007-10-22 Thread Dave Land
On Oct 22, 2007, at 6:49 AM, PAT MATHEWS wrote: Sandia couldn't keep the hard-copy library open until they had the electronic one in place? Usually when you replace one thing with another, you allow for some interim coverage. I'm taking your old coat; eventually you'll get a new one.

Re: 150 MPG from a Toyota Prius

2007-10-22 Thread Nick Arnett
On 10/21/07, Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... the five kilovolt battery pack ... I did not realize that Toyota had a 5000 volt electric motor in their vehicle! (I did not know that was possible.) The current Prius have a 273-volt system (228 1.2-volt cells) and a 50

Brin: Fires in California

2007-10-22 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
I heard about the fires. I hope nobody here is in any danger. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin: Fires in California

2007-10-22 Thread David Brin
Thanks, it is almost exactly the anniversary of the 2003 Cedar Fire. We've taken the younger two plus pets to grandma. Watching closely. Avoiding falling ash. Horrible air quality. But wind directions seem to favor us. A very bad santa ana is being opposed by an offshore push right over us.

Re: 150 MPG from a Toyota Prius

2007-10-22 Thread Charlie Bell
On 23/10/2007, at 3:57 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: I was surprised to see that it's only 67 hp... I drove my mother's Prius a while ago and it seemed zippier than that. Lots of torque, I guess. ...and when you're accelerating hard, both the engine and the motor are working together.

Re: Brin: Fires in California

2007-10-22 Thread PAT MATHEWS
Oh, you're out there! Ouch... After the Cerro Grande fire up in Los Alamos some years ago, I bought soft-sided cat carriers for my fellows and made them as attractive as possible in hopes they'd sleep in them. I keep them on waist-high bookcases one near each dor. That way in case we have to

Re: Brin: Fires in California

2007-10-22 Thread Nick Arnett
Those of us up in the northern part of the state are okay... the red flag warning goes to an area about 30 miles south of San Jose (Silicon Valley). But this is the time of year when we've had our worst fires, too. Nick On 10/22/07, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: Brin: Fires in California

2007-10-22 Thread David Brin
;-) --- PAT MATHEWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, you're out there! Ouch... After the Cerro Grande fire up in Los Alamos some years ago, I bought soft-sided cat carriers for my fellows and made them as attractive as possible in hopes they'd sleep in them. I keep them on waist-high

so. cal. fires

2007-10-22 Thread jon louis mann
i just finished watching one of the most beautiful sunsets of the year. here at the beach in santa monica it is calm and peaceful. some of my friends are not so lucky. 250,000 acres so far and 250, 000 evacuees. two old friends for forty years had to abandon their eco-home in the malibu hills.