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Some of the ropes, the ones that actually control the sails.
I had a feeling I wasn't being precise enough.
Also, this is where the expression "three sheets to the wind" comes from. But I forget what exactly that means.
IONonComputerN, The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World!
The cylinder bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version.
Damn.
To me, this is the most amazing part:
At maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel in converted to motion.
For comparison, most automotive and small aircraft engines have BSFC figures in the 0.40-0.60 lbs/hp/hr range and 25-30% thermal efficiency range.
So it's about twice as efficient as a car engine. I'm guessing most all this efficiency comes from its size (as well as it being a two-stroke diesel).
Also, this is where the expression "three sheets to the wind" comes from. But I forget what exactly that means.
Square rigged sails are held by four sheets, one at each corner. If you untie three of them, the sail just flops around in all directions.
Does anyone have any good beginner tutorial sites for PHP that they can recommend?
I usually plod through the documentation at Zend.
I like learning from A List Apart, but for basic PHP (about which I know nothing, yet) would this be useful? [link]
I usually plod through the documentation at Zend.
Is that the same as the documentation at php.net?
Thanks, Deena--I'll pass that link on.
Zend is the company that controls php.
Cool. I've already pointed him to the php.net documentation, which is the same, and now the tutorials at Zend from Deena.
I wish I could remember what I used.
I wish I could remember what I used.
You learned your php on the street.
I started with the online doc and a couple of O'Reillys, one on web database stuff, since that's what I was poking at.
