20/09/2008, 03:57 AM
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20/09/2008, 04:18 AM
that's epicness! lol that site's quite cool though i don't know for sure if the values are correct haha.
20/09/2008, 04:19 AM
wow, that's actually quite scary.
just looking at how fast some of the figures go up around 200 times per millisecond, it just appears unbelievable
just looking at how fast some of the figures go up around 200 times per millisecond, it just appears unbelievable
20/09/2008, 04:29 AM
Save the trees!
20/09/2008, 04:40 AM
holy poo poo that's cool.. and scary - yeah
20/09/2008, 05:25 AM
wow, nice find. its strange how more energy is produced than is consumed. i wonder waht happens to that excess energy? stored? wasted?
EDIT: this reminds me of something. there is a power station in north wales at a place called Dinorwig. there are 2 lakes, a top one and a bottom one. water flows down from the top one, powers generators and flows out into the bottom lake. During the night when there is spare electricity floating aroung the national grid, all the water is pumped back up to the top lake. because of this the power station isn't used very often because it can't actually produce electricity, it just stores it up for later use like a giant capacitor. One time it was used was at the end of the 2006 football (soccer for all you out there in ameriacaland) world cup final.
at the end of the game there was a massive increase in the demand of electricity as everyone boiled the kettle for a cup of tea at the end of the game. the operators at the power station were all watching the game so they could work out when to turn on the turbines. too early, and there would be too much power in the grid and things would start to explode. too late and there wouldnt be enough power in the grid and there would be massive blackouts.
anyway, the operators had to turn on the turbines about 10 seconds before the big spike in demand (the power station only takes about 10 seconds to go from fully off to fully operational). they were hoping that the game wouldnt go into penalties because it would be harder for them to judge when to turn on the power. the game did go into penalties and they just had to guess when to hit the button. luckily they were only about 2 seconds too late. the AC frequency of the power dropped from 50hz to 48hz. lights dimmed and TV's flickered but the power stayed on as the grid struggled to power the nations kettles. after a few seconds it recovered and everyone sat down for a good cuppa.
In case you're wandering why i know this i went on a geography field trip to north wales and had a tour around the power station last year.
EDIT 2: damn, i know too much...
EDIT: this reminds me of something. there is a power station in north wales at a place called Dinorwig. there are 2 lakes, a top one and a bottom one. water flows down from the top one, powers generators and flows out into the bottom lake. During the night when there is spare electricity floating aroung the national grid, all the water is pumped back up to the top lake. because of this the power station isn't used very often because it can't actually produce electricity, it just stores it up for later use like a giant capacitor. One time it was used was at the end of the 2006 football (soccer for all you out there in ameriacaland) world cup final.
at the end of the game there was a massive increase in the demand of electricity as everyone boiled the kettle for a cup of tea at the end of the game. the operators at the power station were all watching the game so they could work out when to turn on the turbines. too early, and there would be too much power in the grid and things would start to explode. too late and there wouldnt be enough power in the grid and there would be massive blackouts.
anyway, the operators had to turn on the turbines about 10 seconds before the big spike in demand (the power station only takes about 10 seconds to go from fully off to fully operational). they were hoping that the game wouldnt go into penalties because it would be harder for them to judge when to turn on the power. the game did go into penalties and they just had to guess when to hit the button. luckily they were only about 2 seconds too late. the AC frequency of the power dropped from 50hz to 48hz. lights dimmed and TV's flickered but the power stayed on as the grid struggled to power the nations kettles. after a few seconds it recovered and everyone sat down for a good cuppa.
In case you're wandering why i know this i went on a geography field trip to north wales and had a tour around the power station last year.
EDIT 2: damn, i know too much...
20/09/2008, 07:31 AM
"Cumulative hours waited for webpages to download"
Awesome LOL!!!
Awesome LOL!!!
20/09/2008, 08:38 AM
omg death always happening :P
20/09/2008, 08:41 AM
there was another website that did the same thing.. if i find it wee can compare to see if its true.
20/09/2008, 10:24 PM
lol, its sooooo cool!!!!!! the figures look a bit fake though... haha.....
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