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The Second Law of Thermodynamics - Holistic Reasoning and Generalization: It Can Be Challenged, But Cannot Be Violated!
Entropy can be decreased, but cannot be destroyed!Exploring the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Editor: M. Kostic) * Editorial > NIUToday
The 2nd Law is not about disorder and probability per se (or any other math or physics 'tools' per se used to describe it), but about spontaneous, forced-tendency (natural process-forcing displacement) of mass-energy redistribution in certain, irreversible direction (process driving force), from higher to lower energy-potential (mass-energy density in space). Spontaneity implies forced-directionality and in turn irreversibility. No spontaneous, irreversible process could ever be completely reversed or undone. For example,
the driving force for life on Earth is the irreversible dissipation of energy from the Sun.
Challenges to the Second Law Challengers: The 'challengers' need to demonstrate and quantify destruction of entropy to challenge the universal validity of the Second Law. It has been reasoned and thus proven here that destruction of entropy, i.e., violation of the Second Law, is against the forced tendency of natural processes and thus impossible, leaving 'No Hope' for the challengers. After all, the 'Wishful Maxwell's Demon' could not be realized since 1867.
"Nothing occurs locally, nor globally in the universe, without mass-energy exchange/conversion and entropy production. It is crystal-clear (to me) that all confusions related to the far-reaching fundamental Laws of Thermodynamics, and especially the Second Law (Abstract-CiteSeerX), are due to the lack of their genuine and subtle comprehension." > Sadi Carnot's Reflections <*> Clausius Theory of Heat < Elusive Nature of Entropy * The Feynman Lectures on Physics Force or Forcing is a process of exchanging useful-energy (directional, forced mass-energy displacement) with net-zero exchange at forced equilibrium. The Second Law provides conditions and limits for process forcing (energy exchange direction and limit). The miracles are until they are comprehended and understood. > Perpetual Motion Machines (PMMs) and The Fundamental Laws of Thermodynamics and Nature*Presentations*Nature of Thermal and Mechanical Energy Transfer*Reflections and Thermodynamic probability p=W (Wahrscheinlichkeit, the German word for probability)
| Definition of The 2nd Law: The useful-energy (non-equilibrium work potential) cannot be created from within equilibrium alone or otherwise, it only can be transferred between systems (ideally conserved) and irreversibly dissipated towards equilibrium into thermal energy thus generating entropy. Therefore, entropy is transferred and can be reduced (locally) but cannot be destroyed (anywhere): entropy is always and everywhere (locally and integrally) generated or produced.* dS=dStr+dSgen=dQrev/Tb + dWloss/Tdiss *Irr. Cycle Work Loss*IrRev.Eq. Abstract>Harvard & FULL paper* Entropy & the 2nd Law Special Issue-PDF>(http://goo.gl/YRVCq) in NIU Today: Kostic named Guest-Editor of Entropy journal (png)>&2T
M. Kostic, Challenges to the Second Law Challengers, Limits to the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Abstracts), AAAS Pacific Division 97th Annual Meeting, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, June 14-17, 2016
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To 'scoop' the useful-energy (for use or storage) require forcing by transferring the useful-energy from elsewhere or even more since in part it will be dissipated (converted) into thermal energy with generation of entropy. It cannot be 'scooped' from within an equilibrium alone nor obtained more than transferred, thus resulting in impossible entropy destruction (i.e., a wishful process without due forcing). Violating the 2nd Law is the same as lifting more weight than appropriate with the "mechanical advantage" lever or superseding "thermal (Carnot) advantage," i.e., any "energy advantage" device: the useful-energy or work-potential (non-equilibrium) cannot be created but only transferred between, with dissipation (thus partially or fully lost with entropy generation within interacting system/s), and only in ideal limit conserved.* Self-generation of non-equilibrium (work potential), from within an equilibrium or beyond its transfer locally, will amount to self-forcing from nowhere, like self-compression without boundary work transfer (a wishful, boundary self-forcing). A process forcing require transfer of non-equilibrium (the two are cause-and effect, force-flux phenomena) which ideally could be conserved, but is always accompanied with dissipation regardless of the amount (heat & entropy generation, i.e., conversion of other energy types to thermal energy).
Entropy cannot be destroyed by any means but is always generated (or
Entropy is associated with thermal energy-heat and is generated when heat is
generated or irreversibly transferred, otherwise, entropy is transferred and
conserved in reversible processes, including reversible heat transfer (at
infinitesimally small temperature difference).
Even when heat is "reduced" by conversion to work, entropy cannot be
but is conserved in ideal Carnot and reversible heat engine cycles, and
generated during any irreversibility (conversion of any work potential to
heat). The entropy transfer is equal to reversible heat transfer per
absolute temperature since work transfer is not associated with entropy
(e.g., reversible compression/expansion);
entropy is conserved during reversible processes of any kind, generated due
to irreversibility of any kind, and
cannot be destroyed by any process,
since the latter will imply spontaneous generation of non-equilibrium,
including from within equilibrium, thus against the spontaneous forcing. [dS=dStr+dSgen=dQrev/Tb
+ dWloss/Tdiss
*http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AIPC.1411..327K*Presentations ...*http:/
More at www.kostic.niu.edu *SLT2011>Abstract>FULL paper&IG-Carnot* Photos;*Presentations>FIGs.(X)&Abstract-DissectingSPEAKING Enquiry *Kostic's Keynote in China *Entropy(G&T)&Clausius-InEq *Entropy-Book>A>A2*Reflections*Thermo is-NOT Info*E&L* Irreversibility and Entropy generation: Gouy-Stodola Theorem Entropy & 2nd Law Special Issue 1 (PDF) & Special Issue 2 (PDF) Entropy Generation Editorial* NIUToday >More...
The phenomenological Laws of Thermodynamics have much wider, including philosophical significance and implication, than their simple expressions based on the experimental observations – they are The Fundamental Laws of Nature: The Zeroth (equilibrium existentialism), The First (conservational transformationalism), The Second (irreversible-directional transformationalism), and The Third (unattainability of 'emptiness'). They are defining and unifying our comprehension of all existence and transformations in the universe. The forces, due to non-equilibrium of mass-energy in space (non-uniform 'concentrations'), causing the mass-energy displacement, thus defining the process direction, are manifested by tendency of mass-energy transfer in time towards common equilibrium. It should not be confused with local creation of non-equilibrium and/or 'organized structures' on expense of 'over-all' non-equilibrium, by spontaneous and irreversible conversion (dissipation) of other energy forms into the thermal energy, always and everywhere accompanied with entropy generation (randomized equi-partition of energy per absolute temperature level). The fundamental laws of nature are considered to be axiomatic and many believe they could not be explained, proven or questioned. However, everything may and should be questioned, reasoned, explained and possibly proven. The miracles are until they are comprehended and understood.
* The 2nd Law defines forced directional displacement of useful/available mass-energy transfer in time, thus all processes, from higher to lower energy density/potential, due to its non-equilibrium (non-uniformity) in space, towards equilibrium (force-flux cause-and-effect phenomena), while part of the energy (up to the whole) is irreversibly converted to thermal energy (dissipated via heat) and thereby generated entropy, equal to the generated thermal energy per absolute temperature. The process cannot proceed spontaneously in opposite direction against the forcing and thus create non-equilibrium and destroy entropy, however the non-equilibrium (useful energy or work potential which is cause of process forcing) could be re-arranged/transferred and in limit conserved (in reversible processes, including forcing advantage potential). The original Clausius and Kelvin-Plank statements are the special cases related to the thermo-mechanical energy conversions. Due to reversible equivalency of all types of (coupled) energy conversions, all different statements of the Second Law (2nd Law) are equivalent...also...and.
There is 'energy' (or 'mass-energy' as the building block of all existence) which is conserved while transferred during forced interactive displacement (subject of the First Law of Thermodynamics: energy cannot be destroyed nor generated from nowhere; and, there is 'useful energy' or 'work potential' as measure of non-equilibrium (an autonomous concept) which is the cause-end-effect of forcing energy transfer (all processes) from higher to lower energy density/potential (subject of the Second Law of Thermodynamics: non-equilibrium is irreversibly dissipated/lost in time towards equilibrium and cannot be generated from nowhere, i.e., the useful work potential is irreversibly converted to heat, and thus entropy is always generated, only in limit it may be conserved but cannot be destroyed, the latter not to be confused with local entropy decrease on the expense of increase elsewhere).
During forced energy transfer a part (and ultimately all) of the useful energy is dissipated (irreversibly converted to thermal energy with the corresponding entropy generation), but in limit, the non-equilibrium (work potential) may be conserved during reversible processes, including localized increase of energy potential on the expense of decrease elsewhere (forcing advantage). See also Perpetual Motion Machines.
is no such thing as a unidirectional force or a force that acts on one body only
(no imaginary boundary vector-forces). Put it very simply: a forcing (force-flux
cause-and-effect phenomena) acts between an interface of pair of objects (forced
interaction: action-reaction, including process-inertial forces), and not on a
single object. The Newton Laws
and the Laws of Thermodynamics
imply that all forces are mass-energy interactions (forced displacements with
momentum and energy transfer and conservation) between different particulate
bodies due to non-equilibrium (available energy or work potential, cause of
forcing) towards the equilibrium.
►Mass-energy is directionally displaced/transferred from its higher to lower density/potential while conserved in time due to forced displacement caused by its non-equilibrium (non-uniform) distribution in space, in an irreversible process approaching equilibrium until its distribution equalize in all directions (equi-partition of mass-energy).
It is reasoned and deduced < www.kostic.niu.edu/2ndLaw > that the Second Law (2nd Law) is universally valid for all space and time scales, and without exceptions. During forced interactions (thus all processes) the momentum and energy are conserved at local scale and therefore at any integral space and time scales. However the momentum and energy are spatially redistributed in time and the latter directionally equi-partitioned into 'randomized' thermal energy (dissipated as heat) giving rise to irreversible generation of thermal energy per absolute temperature, known as entropy. In reality entropy is always generated (in part or in whole) within locality of system structure, while otherwise and in limit it is conserved during reversible processes (without energy dissipation), but entropy cannot be destroyed since it will imply creation of non-equilibrium from nowhere or from within an equilibrium alone, thus defying the existence of equilibrium.
Organization/creation of technical (man-made) and natural (including life) structures and thus creation of "local non-equilibrium" is possible and is always happening in many technical and natural
processes while entropy is generated (never destroyed), using another functional structures
(channeling/filtering, pumping, tools, hardware/software templates, information-knowledge-"
The phenomenological Laws of Thermodynamics and Nature have been my intense curiosity (bordering to obsession) since my first course in Thermodynamics, more than tree decades ago. The interest rejuvenated about a decade ago when I have started writing more about energy fundamentals while at a NASA Research Center and later at Fermi and Argonne National Laboratories, while on my Sabbatical and being involved with Nanofluids research, respectively. I have been reasoning the phenomena leading to the proofs of the Laws since 2006 and the culmination of the activities related to the Second Law came recently while preparing for and attending the "Symposium on the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Status and Challenges" within wider The 92nd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), at University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, June 14-15, 2011.
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The Second Law Symposium has been a unique gathering of the unorthodox physicist and inventors (to avoid using a stronger word), who have been poised to challenge and if possible 'bury' the Second Law. My intuition and conventional wisdom, while keeping the mind open, have been telling me that the challenges must have specific physical faults, but some challengers have been 'insisting' on "the proof" that the Second Law could not be violated, not just having a statement based on experiential evidence of not observing otherwise. It has been a daunting challenge and motivation for me (thank you for invitation - what a stimulating time for me!) with intense focused-thinking and reasoning to resolve the challenges as described in my presentation and paper to be published in the AIP Symposium's proceedings: "Revisiting The Second Law of Energy Degradation and Entropy Generation: From Sadi Carnot's Ingenious Reasoning to Holistic Generalization"-Abstract (right-click and save the linked PDF file on your local drive, see also NIU Brief and PPT Presentation). See also Kostic's Second Law Seminar at University of Illinois at Chicago and the Keynote Lectures at Tsinghua University in China.
After attending the Symposium and interacting (as an engineering Thermodynamicist) with unwavering physicist and inventors, helped me understand better the investigators' effort to harvest energy using innovative ways, while 'bravely' believing in violation of the Second Law, based on a fact that they have been successful in achieving a thermal non-equilibrium (hot and cold non-uniformity) using innovative and creative methods and processes, and hoping to utilize it to produce energy from the environment, as a single thermal reservoir. However, with all due respect, nobody has been successful to achieve sustained conversion of environmental thermal energy to work (cyclic or otherwise) nor to provide reliable evidence (comprehensive energy and entropy 'accounting') of achieving a sustainable over-all process efficiency higher than the Carnot's (which is zero-impossible from only a single thermal reservoir). For sustainable work production, there will be a need for maintaining a local thermal non-equilibrium by continuous consumption of external energy or stored energy within, with efficiency below the Carnot's. After all, the Second Law is related to a working process direction (towards equilibrium) and its limitation (degradation up to conservation, but not spontaneous creation of non-equilibrium - generation down to conservation, but not destruction of entropy; just achieving a non-equilibrium state is not a violation of the Law). Furthermore, the 'wishful' Maxwell's Demon could not be utilized since 1867.
I will be posting additional reasoning to justify the universal validity of the Second Law
(with rigorous reasoning
San Diego 2011 Symposium (PDF ...more>Abstract & M. Kostic's paper), more 2nd Law Presentations, and San Diego 2011 Photos (below):
See also All About Entropy by B. Kyle, and The Law of the Jungle (N.K.Borsuk)
Challenges to the 2ndLaw Challengers * Common Sense-Entropy and Evolution Scrutinized * MK *


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Posluszny is the leader of one of the nation's top defenses. He leads Penn State with 108 tackles, which ranks No. 3 in the Big Ten Conference. The Nittany Lion defense is ranked in the Top 10 nationally in rushing (87.8 ypg, 10th) and scoring defense (14.8 ppg, 10th) and sacks (38, T 8th) and is in the Top 20 in total (279.0 ypg, 17th) and pass efficiency defense (104.4 rating, 13th).
A starter in the last 36 games, Posluszny is Penn State's career tackle leader (364) and the first Nittany Lion to earn three 100-tackle seasons. He has108 hits (65 solo), with 7.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and four pass break-ups. He has led team in tackles eight times this season, including the last three games, and has an opportunity to become the first Penn Stater to lead the team in tackles three consecutive years.
Posluszny was selected Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for a conference record fifth time in his career after making 13 tackles and forcing a fumble against Illinois. A three-time All-Big Ten selection, he made a season-high 14 hits in a 13-3 loss at Wisconsin.
The former Hopewell High School standout is Penn State's first two-time team captain since Mike Reid and Steve Smear in 1968-69.
In 2005, Posluszny became the seventh Nittany Lion to earn first team All-America and Academic All-America honors in the same season. He is one of the squad's top students with a 3.56 grade point average in finance. He has made the Dean's List in five of his initial six semesters and is on schedule to graduate in December, in 3 ½ years.

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Review: Pedigree Mum – Fiona Gibson
Wickedly funny and deliciously readable, Pedigree Mum is a delightful romantic comedy from the talented Fiona Gibson!
Kerry Tambini thinks that life couldn't possibly get any better for her – she's married to her gorgeous husband Rob, has got two adorable children, a job that allows her to indulge her passion for music and the chance to move away from the hustle and bustle of London to a picturesque seaside village called Shorling-On-Sea. Everything seems to be coming up roses for Kerry, but her perfect life comes crashing down around her ears when she discovers that Rob cheated on her with a twenty year old called Nadine who is now pregnant with his baby! Kerry cannot believe that the man she has loved for thirteen years could betray her in such a heartless manner. Heartbroken, stressed out and desperate to ensure that her two kids do not suffer as a consequence of their father's infidelity, Kerry decides that the only option available to her is to throw herself into her new life in Shorling and try and keep things on an even keel for the sake of her children. But life in Shorling isn't as idyllic as she previously imagined…
Shorling has gone distinctly upmarket since the last time Kerry visited the pretty seaside village as a child. Full of snooty yummy mummies, upmarket cafes and pampered pooches, Kerry soon begins to feel like the town's poor relation. With Rob constantly hassling her, her two kids unable to make friends at their new school and the cold reception which she got from the Shorling mummies at the school gates, Kerry begins to wonder whether upping sticks and moving to the seaside was one of the biggest mistakes she has ever made. Lonely, fed up and desperate to see her kids smiling again, Kerry decides to bite the bullet and get a dog. With the children at school all day and her neighbours being decidedly frosty, a dog seems like the perfect solution to all of Kerry's problems. Yet, little does Kerry realise that getting a dog might lead her into even more trouble – namely of the tall, dark and handsome variety!
When James' wife Amy had walked out on their marriage after twenty years, he hadn't just been left nursing a broken heart, but he'd also been left to look after her neurotic dog, Buddy. Poor James has got enough on his plate, the added complication of a paranoid dog is the last thing he needs. When Kerry offers to rehome Buddy, James is delighted – especially as he hasn't been able to stop thinking about the feisty single mum!
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Hilarious, believable and absolutely impossible to put down, I defy anyone not to fall in love with Fiona Gibson's charming, delightful and simply irresistible book! Pedigree Mum is a brilliant tale of unruly dogs, second chances, picking yourself up and triumphing against adversity that I couldn't bear to stop reading. Fiona Gibson's wonderful book will make you laugh and cry (and I am sure that certain parts will have mothers everywhere squirming in their seats as they find themselves relating to Kerry's disasters!) and it is sure to keep you engrossed from beginning to end!
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Romano is referring to CPS closing an 11-month investigation of Klapheke household six days before the death of her 22-month-old grandchild, Tamryn Klapheke.
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text: On Sat, 19 Aug 2006, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: > Date sent: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:13:27 +0100 (BST) > From: Drsolly <drsollyp at drsolly.com> > > > Hey, you're right to be critical. But some of the criticisms I've seen, > > are totally unfair: > > I'm speaking at a conference in Brazil next week, and the organizers, as part of > their publicity, have been sending along email "interviews" from journos down > there. So far: > Wouldn't it be fun to stand up at a conference and do a big Confession? You've have to do it absolutely straight faced, and with a a good dollop of emotional sincerity. "I can't bear it any more. The lies, the secrecy - it's all too much. The truth had to come out one day, and I'm glad that at last, someone had the courage to ask these important questions. > > - They actually write the viruses > > the last four in a row have asked this - Yes, actually, there's an agreement between the AV companies; each one has a quota of viruses to write. It's based on company turnover. And the growth of the AV industry is the reason why the number of viruses per year is increasing, it's because of that link to turnover. Stop buying AV products, and the supply of new viruses will stop! > > - They hype up the problem > > at least three You've rumbled us! Actually, there's no such thing as viruses. What we've done, is pay unscrupulous journalists to write articles about the fictitious "Slammer worm", "I love you" and so on. Looking around, I see that none of the journos present are on the payroll, but if you want to get signed up on this profitable sideline, contact me later. > > - They deliberately rely on an update-needing technology > > at least four, at different times Damn, we were hoping that this wouldn't get out. Yes, you're right. It's basically the same as the water-fuelled car and the eternal-lasting lightbulb. Just like the big oil companies got together, bought out the patents and suppressed the technology, the AV companies have done the same with the product that we secretly call "The Perfect Antivirus", which never needs updating, and which, if used correctly, will detect all past, present and future viruses, and give no false alarms. Well, since the secret is out now, if anyone wants a copy, come up and see me after the conference, and I'll hand out copies to you. > > > - They've had 20 years to solve the problem, and they haven't yet > > not in so many words Actually, they have, but we've been suppressing the technique that stops all viruses "The Perfect Antivirus", see above. > > - They should employ virus authors because virus authors are all geniuses > > for a wonder, nobody has come up with this. See answer one above. If we tried, we could probably think up lots more stuff along these lines. Maybe involve the Kennedy conspiracy, the Protocol of the Elders of Zion (have you noticed how many AV products came from Israel?), the lunar landing hoax. > (It's somewhat amusing to run what they said about me through Babelfish: > http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=pt_en&trurl=http% > 3a%2f%2fwww.modulo.com.br%2fcsomeeting2006%2fElenco.htm) With any luck, at least some of the journos present would actually believe this, and run an article.


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VoodooPC President Rahul Sood
We chat with Rahul Sood about life after being acquired by HP
Boutique PC builders such as Falcon-Northwest, Alienware and VoodooPC are known for making some of the most hardcore, flashy, and expensive systems on the market. Once known to only a small segment of the market, boutique PC builders now have the attention of consumers and corporations worldwide.
Earlier this year,
Dell bought Alienware
, which could have triggered the attentions (and perhaps imaginations) of other Tier 1 companies. Just 6 months following Alienware's abduction, it was announced that
Hewlett-Packard acquired VoodooPC
We recently had the chance to sit down with Rahul Sood -- President of VoodooPC and occasional
blogger to discuss life after being acquired by HP.
Just to clarify, VoodooPC approached HP, and not the other way around, correct?
Rahul Sood:
Correct. We started discussions with HP in January of 2005. I had face to face meetings with some HP people in July of 2005 as well. After Mark Hurd came into the picture things moved very quickly.
You guys decided to back in touch with HP after Dell acquired Alienware. Did Dell's acquisition of Alienware play any role in the decision processes between HP and VoodooPC?
No, as a matter of fact Michael Dell contacted me directly at some point in November of 2005. We didn't really align in our way of thinking - it seemed that Dell was more interested in "moving their needle" for topline sales. HP, on the other hand, didn't buy Voodoo because they needed sales. HP acquired Voodoo because we derived a strategy that made sense - and rather than working seperate from one another and competing we decided it made much more sense to work together to help build HP's newly formed gaming business unit.
Do you view the marriage with HP as vital in order for VoodooPC to stay competitive?
We believe the marriage with HP is vital to keep the PC industry innovative. HP has killer innovative abilities in HP Labs, and Voodoo can help commercialize many of these innovations in a matter of time. ..and let's face it, the Windows PC industry has been somewhat dull up until now. We plan to change that.
HP is not known for gaming. Are you worried that the HP brand may dilute the Voodoo brand? Will gamers look at VoodooPC and see the big HP brand in the background?
Most people don't realize this, but HP is leading the gaming market in two key areas. First, on the server side HP servers are used by the largest online gaming companies for their back ends. Secondly, HP workstations are widely used to develop games, they are some of the best workstations on the planet. HP did not acquire Voodoo to dilute the brand - in fact right from Mark Hurd to Todd Bradley, this brand will remain high end. We have no intentions of ruining what we have established - and we believe we can keep the Voodoo brand elite and still apply our DNA to the entire HP gaming business unit successfully.
The cool part of this deal is we are answering to the CTO at HP Personal Systems Group, Phil McKinney. HP's entire management team buys into the concept of innovation. With guys like Todd Bradley and Phil McKinney leading the group it's clear that this is a true testament to innovation.
How do you plan to separate HP's high-end PCs from Voodoo's PCs?
We cannot really discuss our product strategy at this time. Let's just say we won't be competing against each other - HP and Voodoo will work together - not separately - to be successful.
After reading through some of the comments from your "Project Vampire" blog post, it appears that several outspoken individuals view that "being acquired by a big fat corporation is a failure on many levels." How do you respond to that?
I say give us time to prove ourselves. At the end of the day everyone has an opinion, and we recognize that. I would also say that HP is a very successful company and they know how to execute a strategy and stick with it. As a growing business ourselves we sometimes experience growing pains - this acquisition will help us streamline our business model which will help us focus on improving the overall customer experience.
There's been mention of several HP innovations that were on display at the
New York launch party. Could you share with us what some of those innovations were?
Absolutely. One product that recently came out of Labs is something called Panoply. Panoply allows us to project a seamless image from multiple projectors to a wide screen with a super high resolution. The cool thing about it is it's completely scalable and it really gives a truly immersive experience. Not only that, but you don't see any lines or transitions. This is a seriously cool concept - we were demonstrating a car racing game with a Voodoo OMEN and Panoply. People were going nuts over it. There are also many other innovations in labs which we feel will improve the gaming experience.
You've made it clear that the deal was made to improve VoodooPC product with help from HP's $3.5B R&D lab, but will you also take advantage of HP's supply chain?
Sure, but that's just an added benefit to the transaction. To be clear, we chose to work with HP because they could help us with innovative products, we didn't choose them to innovate our supply chain.
With you and
Ravi taking up formal positions at HP, will your attentions be split between HP's Gaming Division and VoodooPC?
Actually all Voodoo employees will now be HP employees. The Voodoo brand and our corporate DNA will become the nucleus of the entire gaming division for HP. Our attention will be focused on developing our strategy to kick start some serious innovations into the industry. As well we will strive to create the ultimate end user experience.
I will be taking the position of Chief Technologist for HP Gaming Worldwide, while
Ravi will be Director of Strategy for HP Gaming Worldwide. As stated above both of us answer directly to Phil McKinney (I recommend everyone check out
Phil's blog
and listen to his Podcast, it's pretty awesome).
I will be one of four Chief Technologists sitting on the R&D Council for HP PSG (a $30B+ business) - so you may see our fingerprints on HP's entire portfolio as time goes on. No this doesn't mean you'll find overclocked printers with custom paint and windows - but hey, you never know.
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I know your products aren't meant to be cheap ... But if you guys can use the inovations on HP's suply chain to be a litle cheaper won't hurt anyone, AND i might turn in a custumer insteade of only a fan of your work.
Will HP's R&D mean software inovation or only hardware, and what software voodoo has to ease the experience of the custumer?
Congrats and kick ass in the game industry
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She was blonde from birth and had big chocolaty eyes and a bright pink tummy, so much so that early on she was dubbed Miss Pinkness.
She was part of their family for 13 years and passed on last week.
If she had been human she would have turned 91. But Lucy was a yellow lab, the matriarch of three. She belonged to our daughter Cathy and her husband Todd.
Her genetic sister, Babs, came along five years later and Bella, who was rescued from an abusive situation, was adopted three years ago. Babs is full of sparkle and spunk and is their Diva Dog. Bella is the most quiet and reserved. Lucy had the sweetest disposition, and always sought out the neediest person in the room in her role as complete caregiver.
Todd said they were introduced as she was propelled along in a wheelbarrow crowded with her litter mates. When the pups were gently decanted, she came straight to Cathy and sat on her lap. And that was it, says Todd.
Lucys engaging quirks included her love of shoes. Shed often crawl into the closet and lie atop them on her back and go to sleep with a look of ecstasy on her face. She also liked rump rubs and showed her emotions by a distinctive patterned tail thump.
She was the peacekeeper, between both humans and dogs. If there was a lot of yelling at a football game or a squabble between her sisters Lucy would step right in the middle to be sure everyone was all right. Shed then shake her head at the fuss and glide off for a nap.
A couple of years ago she began showing her age, developing arthritis and breathing problems. She could no longer negotiate the backdoor steps, so Todd built a ramp especially for her which Lucy let us use as well. Three months ago she had surgery to help with her breathing and was taking a litany of medications for multiple issues.
Her hips gave her trouble and she sometimes hopped like a rabbit trying to get around. Like most aging creatures she had her good days and her bad days.
One of her problems was eating so fast she tended to choke, so their vet, Jan Greathouse at Westburys, prescribed tennis balls in Lucys feeding bowl so she would have to eat between them and slow down.
Todd and Cathy knew time was getting short as it became harder and harder for Lucy to move around and she still had breathing problems.
On the day Lucy died she had had a difficult night followed by a bad morning. Going to work, Cathy impulsively added a kiss to Lucys head, reinforcing the regular goodbye petting ritual. Todd checked in on her after an early appointment to find Lucy in great distress, unable to get up and gasping for breath. He immediately took her to the vet and called Cathy. They agreed it was time to end Lucys suffering.
Cathy said Todd lay on the floor beside their dog comforting and stroking her until she slipped away.
My favorite memory of Lucy is that whenever I visited, she would wait until I got settled in my chair and then come over and sit on my feet. That, Cathy told me, is because she doesnt want you to leave.
Thats the way we all felt about her.
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SHALLOTTE — West Brunswick senior Randaisa Daniels signed a letter of intent April 20 to accept a scholarship to attend Johnson C. Smith University and play softball.
"My main reason I picked Johnson C. Smith is because it is close enough for home visits if I get homesick," he said. "And they have a really great athletic program.
"I plan to study biology. I want to be a dentist."
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West Brunswick won 10-0 in a five-inning baseball game April 19 at Laney, West's 17th straight victory this season.
West had nine hits and five walks. Johnathan Carlyle was 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Tyler Stanley had two RBIs. Owen McDowell was 2-for-3. Tristan Lewis stole three bases. Cam Davis walked twice and scored twice.
Winning pitcher Dylan Jeffries, a freshman, gave up one hit in five innings. He walked one and struck out three.
West had nine hits and five walks. Johnathan Carlyle was 3-for-3 with RBIs. Tyler Stanley had two RBIs. Owen McDowell was 2-for-3. Tristan Lewis stole three bases. Cam Davis walked twice and scored twice.
Winning pitcher freshman Dylan Jeffries gave up one hit in five innings. He walked one and struck out three.
West is 7-0 in the Mideastern 3A/4A Conference, 18-1 overall. Laney is 4-15 overall.
SHALLOTTE — West Brunswick beat Hoggard 10-2 Friday in a Mideaastern 3A/4A Conference baseball game on Mike Alderson Field.
West's 16th straight victory this season improved the Trojans to 6-0 in the conference, 17-1 overall.
Johnathan Carlyle was the winning pitcher. He gave up four hits in six innings and two runs (one earned). He walked two and struck out six. Reliever Greg Noll struck out two batters. West made two errors.
The Trojans scored in the first on a home run to right field by Tristan Lewis.
LELAND — North Brunswick seniors Tasia Bolling and Jade D'Louhy signed letters of intent Friday to attend Johnson C. Smith University and play softball.
"Great girls, probably two of the hardest-working kids I've had," North coach Brittney Lehrschall said. "Probably two of the most coachable kids I've had.
"We put them all over the field, and they have done quite a bit — successfully."
SHALLOTTE — Myah Morse threw a no-hitter as West Brunswick beat North Brunswick 10-0 in five innings April 14.
Morse walked three batters, hit two batters and struck out eight.
"That's by far the best game she's thrown all year," West coach Joe Noble said. "I'm proud of her. It comes at the right time. Topsail lost last night in the conference, so that means if we win out, we win the conference. It's good time for her to start throwing (like that).
The Brunswick Community College baseball team rallied from deficits of 10-1 and 12-4 to beat 17-12 Louisburg in a non-region baseball game April 13 at Founders Field.
BCC scored nine runs in the bottom of the eighth inning in taking the 17-12 lead.
A three-run double to right field by Nolan Clenney cut the lead to 12-11.
The Queens University of Charlotte women's golf team won the South Atlantic Conference championship tournament April 13, the first SAC title for the program.
West Brunswick graduate Cameryn Smith, a freshman, is a member of the championship team.
The Royals shot a final-round 313 and finished at 938, four strokes ahead of
2015 conference champion Carson-Newman College. The tourney had 11 teams.
SHALLOTTE — Dustin Ruppart signed a letter of intent April 13 to attend Catawba College and compete in swimming.
Ruppart is the first West Brunswick swimmer to sign with a college.
"I like the school," he said. "The campus is nice. They have the major that I'm looking for and I think that their program would put me on the right path to continue what I wanted to do, which is to become a chiropractor."
Swimming and academic scholarships will cut his tuition costs by more than 75 percent.
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My past experience with snakes has not been at all satisfying. I am afraid of them even though I recognize that my fear is irrational.
Despite that, I was thrilled to join herpetologist Robert Zumstein and my friend Jerry Lazarczyk on a search for timber rattlesnakes in western Pennsylvania. Bob and his wife, Lisa, operate Tandem Training and Tracking, a company that provides safety, educational and conservation programs related to the timber rattlesnake and other venomous species. They also work with surveyors to locate individual timber rattlesnakes in order to protect them.
I learned much about these snakes from Bob. Their world is very different from ours. Because their vision is weaker than ours, their main contact with the world is through scent, body heat and vibration. Most active at night, they are ambush predators: that is, they hunt by locating by smell small animal pathways and coiling there in wait. When the rattler senses prey of suitable size, it strikes, its fangs injecting venom. To protect itself from injury, the snake then quickly releases its prey. The poison acts quickly and the snake follows its scent trail to the dead animal, which it then slowly swallows whole. As you might expect, timber rattlesnakes have to live for long periods between meals.
Bob had scouted the areas we were to visit the day before our hikes, so few of our hours in the field were wasted. I had hiked in this area years earlier, so I was used to the vegetation of this Appalachian forest community. It differs from ours by its profusion of rhododendron, mountain laurel and sweetfern. But what best characterizes the region is its many rock outcroppings, so many in fact that Appalachian Trail hikers replace the state name with Rocksylvania. Many boots are worn out hiking here.
Where we hiked that day took us past a number of these limestone rocks and at several of them Bob searched carefully for snakes. We had walked less than a quarter mile when he pointed to the base of one of these rocks and announced the presence of two gravid female rattlesnakes, one of them already in the birthing process, having produced a single young snake, the first of up to 14.
So well-camouflaged were these snakes, however, that it took me several minutes to see them. Bob gently hooked out one of them and held it up. It was almost 5 feet long and very thick bodied, nearly black, but its rich patterns were evident. To me it was quite simply beautiful. It was still frightening, however. I kept my distance.
Despite being held up over Bob's pole, the snake was quite docile. Once I had a chance to photograph it, the rattler was carefully returned to its den and we moved on. By the end of the day, we had found several more females in similar locations.
Finally, and thrillingly, Jerry almost stepped on a handsome lighter-patterned male. To me it seemed a kind of greenish yellow. The snake retreated to a garden of ferns but Bob followed it. He was finally able to maneuver it into an open space where it coiled, its threatening head poised and its tail up buzzing away at us. The rattles were in contact with a fern stem and their shaking made the entire plant shake in turn.
This last episode represented a great conclusion to a day with dangerous snakes. But the day was even more than that. Bob is an excellent teacher and he shared not only his information about snakes but also his stories about his encounters with criminals who kill the snakes for their rattles or skins or simply for what they consider fun.
Some readers (my wife among them) urge that venomous snakes be destroyed. But the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists describes them as magnificent species, valued elements of our natural heritage, a unique component of North America's biodiversity, and one that is increasingly imperiled. Bob also pointed out that there have been no recorded deaths from rattlesnake bites since records have been kept in Pennsylvania.
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One could not ask for a better start than Derek Lowe gave Indians fans today. Lowe pitched 7.2 innings of shut out baseball, only allowing 3 hits, 2 singles by Kendrys Morales and a single hit by Chris Iannetta. He worked very efficiently, keeping his pitch count low all game by forcing Angel batters to hit the ball into play, letting the defense do their job. At one point in the game, Derek Lowe retired 13 straight batters. His spectacular performance today won Derek Lowe is 2nd Player of the Game honors with a score of 8.14, the highest score of any player this season.
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During the past 2 games, Torii Hunter has been listed in the "Feathers Down" portion of the game recap. Today, Hunter receives a giant "Feathers Up." It was Hunter's 2-run error in the 5th inning that led to the first 2 Indians runs. Asdrubal Cabrera hit a routine fly ball to right field with 2 runners on and 2 outs. Torii hunter appeared to be under the ball ready to catch it, but he apparently lost the ball in the sun, allowing both runners to score.
While Torii Hunter could not handle the sun, Aaron Cunningham decided to deal with the sun in style. The inning after Hunter's error, Cunningham wanted to make sure the same thing didn't happen to him. When a line drive was hit to him in right, he lost his footing, fell down, and proceeded to get up and still make the catch.
The Indians took advantage of another Angel error in the 8th inning when releif pitcher Kevin Jepsen threw wildly to first base on a Jack Hannahan sacrifice bunt. This allowed pinch runner, Jason Donald, to score from 2nd on the overthrow and gave the Indians an extra out. The Indians were able to add 2 more runs to their lead, giving them a 4-0 advantage after 8 innings.
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The Indians continue their homerless streak. Tribe hitters have not hit the ball out of the park in 11 games.
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Just came from the field and quess what I was flying? Acrobipe, did not even bother with other planes because the wind was picking up....:-)
If you read carefully my previos post you will be able to find every detail you are looking for. I flew those little marvels in all flayable conditions and never had a need for rudder. You can rely on ailerons only and have very precise flying model.
Make sure to set plenty of right and down thrust. Flies better this way.
Good luck with your conversions!
Acampo, California
Joined Nov 2005
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Thanks Chuck, Manish and Janusz for all your valuable information.
I've just mounted the Rudder and Elevator servos. I need to head to the hobby shop before installing the aileron servo.
Manish I used your suggestion and mounted the servos through the fuslage sides. Looks like there going to work just fine.... I've taken a bunch of work-in-progress pictures which I hope to send along, as soon as we get our new computer (hopefully this week). I'm using BlueArrow BA-TS-3.6 servos with the Plantraco DSP 4SC Rx and the GWS EDP-50XC for power.
Janusz...after reading all the threads I realize that you don't need the Rudder but I'd like to see if this little guy can take-off from the ground....
Thanks again you guys....pictures soon.....David
David ,
My Acro will take off from the ground in couple of feet as long as the surface is very even. small wheels do not help here. Plus of course there is short coupling issue.
I like just to gently toss it to the air and amuse myself how smoothly and perfectly straight it goes. I really keep my TX completly nonshalantly down..... just for kicks.
The whole secret is in proper CG and lateral balance. My set up with 730mAh is rather on crazy side but it gives me 1/2 hour flying - plenty enough for my needs. I do not need to take out battery etc.
Dexter, Michigan USA
Joined Nov 2003
1,197 Posts
Hello All,
David, I would like to see my acro take-off from the ground as well, that is why I will "create" a fullhouse version soon. You can rest assured that hand launching the little bipe is not a problem. It is an amazing little plane and forgiving, stalls are straight forward and predictable. My first flight was un eventful. Im just waiting for the weather to break so I can go out and fly it again. Maybe I will create a "gymnasium flyer" out of my spare bipe still in box. Post the pics as soon as you are able too. I really want to see the fuse mounted servo's, Im thinking it looks just as cool as the "Big Boy's" do.
What are you thinking of using for a battery pack? Some options would be 350 mah Lipo to 700 like Janusz is using.
Acampo, California
Joined Nov 2005
15 Posts
Oh my god!!!
Maiden flight today...what a fun plane...took it with me to work today and hand launched her in a field near work. With nice breeze blowing I launched the little bipe into the wind and she flew just great. No problem with the wind at all...I have more problems in the wind with my Shock Flyer Pitts than I do with the Arco Bipe.
You were right Janusz that little guy flys in the wind with athority. Sorry guys no new computer yet, so pictures will have to wait.
Manish, my batteries are a Kokum 360 mah and a Poly Quest 300 mah.
I'd like to thank everyone for your help in getting the little one in the air.
This is a great sight with a wealth of information on it, not to mention all the great nice friends I've met so far. I'll be taking the plane to work again tomorrow and will let you know how it goes... Thanks again......David
Dexter, Michigan USA
Joined Nov 2003
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Hi David,
Congratulations!!! And your welcome. Glad you like it. Like I was saying, no surprises for this little guy, it fly's well. Im going to have to throw my bipe in the car this Spring for some lunchtime flying sessions as well. Im going to upgrade the power to a Feigao brushless motor, but won't do that till April when the weather is better. What kid of flight times are you getting? We all look forward to your pics, Have fun!!!
Just for the record: Feigao on 2 cell 730TP battery with 3x3 GWS prop - more that 1/2 hour of flying in moderate wind conditions. This set up really works.
I am planning of getting creative with my Acro - add some colors and foam panels to make impression of "scale" model. Had one finished in F3F Gruman style - really cool look. The whole problem is that one should leave frontal area smooth, no "radials" there - the prop is too small for the task.
Lets see what will come this time....
Dexter, Michigan USA
Joined Nov 2003
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Hi Janusz,
Yes, no radial cowls here. Yes the prop is tiny so as much prop area you can get the better. My HF Bipe is ready to go, just waiting for nice weather. I think this is the first time I have a plane rady to fly before the flying season. It is definately going to be flown a lot!
Hi Manish,
I did not get it....what you mean by "flying season"????...he...he...
Acampo, California
Joined Nov 2005
15 Posts
Hi Everyone.....I've tried to upload all the pictures of the plane but lost them all while trying to get them to this thread. So let's try them one at a time.
Acampo, California
Joined Nov 2005
15 Posts
Going to try for three more pictures.....
Acampo, California
Joined Nov 2005
15 Posts
This dial-up up loading is going to drive me crazy. So slow! That's it for pictures for the day, I have more but tired of waiting so long for up-loading.
We have the new computer but we have yet to get the high speed connection.
Hi double,
You need to move those servos all the way forward!!! You will be not able to balance the Bipe properly. This huge carbon rod on the chorizontal stam will not help eather.
You need to keep the tail area as light as possible.
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