New Heat Pump Will Last 10,000 Years 191
formaggio writes "Most heat pumps maintain an average useful life of 10-20 years, but researchers at the University of Stavanger in Norway (USN) and the University of Oslo believe that they have developed a new heat pump that will last up to 10,000 years."
I don't get it (Score:3, Insightful)
An article about itty bitty peltiers? Do they come in white [slashdot.org]?
Re:Poor estimation (Score:2, Insightful)
sounded more like an anti-Colt M-16 rant.
funny how you think complaining that our troops were victims of a bait-and-switch is somehow anti-military. how did you even manage to reply on this thread? it must have taken you all day to mouth the words as you read it.
maybe you meant anti-something-remotely-military-related, but to those of us who read and comprehend english at a normal level, it just sounds like you're retarded.
Re:Solid state heat pump - Peltier Junction?? (Score:4, Insightful)
TFA is on a stupid hippy-dippy design blog site run by children.
I'm sure they're impressed, but anyone who's been reading this grade of journalism in Popular Science for a few decades is not.
Re:Poor estimation (Score:2, Insightful)
What caliber of American ammo can be safely fired in a 7.62x39 AK? Seriously, I've never heard of such a thing.
Now, NATO 9x19 Para ammo can be fired in a Soviet 9x18 Makarov pistol (though this is definitely unsafe). But the Russians didn't design this as a feature -- rather, they designed their 9x18 ammo so that it couldn't fire in a NATO pistol to avoid having their own ammunition being used against them should any of it fall into enemy hands.
Re:Poor estimation (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah, skyscrapers today just don't compare with skyscrapers from ancient Rome.
And have you seen those entire buildings they put up in a couple months with a crew of 20 or so? I bet they won't be standing in 2,000 years.