[Info-vax] Intel junk...Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

[Anonymous]

In article <060120182232141882%timstreater at greenbee.net>
Tim Streater <timstreater at greenbee.net> wrote:
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> In article <p2rd2r$g3u$1 at panix2.panix.com>, Scott Dorsey
> <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
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> >Tim Streater  <timstreater at greenbee.net> wrote:
> >>In article <060120181149170429%nospam at nospam.invalid>, nospam
> >>>range is only a problem for long road trips, and in those cases, rent a
> >>>vehicle. eventually, that won't be a problem, as more charging stations
> >>>are built.
> >>
> >>I think some of you guys need to calculate the power rate needed to
> >>charge the higher range cars in any sort of reasonable time. You'll
> >>find it quite high. Then you have the problem of supplying that power
> >>at a safe voltage, and without such a high current needed that even Mr
> >>Muscles can't lift the charging cable, never mind plug it in.
> >
> >It's not that bad, one or two cars at a time.  These days it's not unusual
> >at all for houses to have 200A service and putting a 100A 240V outlet in
> >the garage for a charger does not require a major retrofit.
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> Garage ha ha ha. That'll work a treat on those streets of terraced
> houses, eh?
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> A 50kWh battery is going to need 100A at 1kV to charge up in 30 mins.
> You going to give the punter a cable at 1kV to shove in their car?
>

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