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  24. One thing Dave did not really cover (maybe because he didn't work on them himself) is that mainframes are a whole other world of computing. Sometimes you just have to forget what you think you know. Many of the same terms are used, but in different ways than you might expect. Partitioning is a key aspect of mainframe architecture. The bare-metal partitioning mentioned is called an LPAR. I'm sure you can find more details about that by searching for that term. A mainframe operating system can then soft-partition available memory to different tasks. This essentially contains each process. Each program running at any given time runs in its own [memory] partition. In the frame cabinet, behind the front door, there is one or two laptops that are affixed to the frame to be opened up and used. This is called the Support Element and is the lowest-level access to the complete machine's operation and status. Satellite computer(s) outside of the frame called the Hardware Management Console can do many of the things the SE can, but over the years the distinction has gotten less and less. If you wanted to turn on or reboot or partition the mainframe, you would use the HMC or SE. As mentioned, when failures happen, a hot backup instantly kicks into place, and IBM is automatically notified so a repair will be scheduled. Edit to add to my comment: The zSeries and z- mainframes are a complete 64-bit architecture. They also started out being fully backward-compatible even for old software written in the 60s. Some of that very-older comparability has been removed or minimized in newer z- models, but backward comparability is a huge assurance to customers.
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  653. A "Hot" or "live" wire is a conductor that isn't grounded. That can be earth ground, or frame/chassis ground. The term "hot" is not usually used with isolated DC circuits, although it can be.    The majority of direct current (DC) systems people are familiar with are (–) ground, but (+)-ground systems exist, too. It doesn't really matter, as long as it's known and consistent within a system. Polarity matters in DC.    Alternating current (AC) does not have static polarity, so the idea of (+) and (–) doesn't apply. Either a conductor is grounded, or it isn't. Remember that electricity only flows in a complete loop, called a circuit. If there is no complete loop, then electricity will not flow. DC always flows in a persistent direction, but AC changes back and forth (alternates polarity) and this happens throughout the entire circuit (not just the "hot wire").     Atoms cannot get a "surplus of protons." Atoms want to be neutral, which means a balance of protons (+) and electrons (—). Atoms can become unbalanced by temporarily losing or gaining electrons, and such atoms are called ions. Atoms can only gain protons by nuclear fusion, which is what happens in the core of the Sun, or nuclear decay.  "Hot" or "live" conductors are special only because they are the parts of the circuit which are isolated from the grounded path. There is no voltage potential between the grounded conductor and the ground system itself because they're connected together. The "hot" or "live" is switched/fused because it's a lot easier to further isolate what is already isolated. Plus, it reduces further problems and dangers of accidentally interrupted neutrals. Not all AC circuits have a "neutral" as that really derives from the middle tap of a secondary winding on a transformer. A power source works by inducing a voltage potential in a conductor through a complete circuit. On a battery, the positive terminal isn't more or less "active" than the negative terminal. The two terminals just have opposite roles. One is going to accept electrons, and the other is going to donate them. 9V or -9V is still 9 volts of potential, no matter how you measure it. No one terminal of a power source is "more important" than another, because there still has to be a loop.
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  682. Static electricity doesn't work the same as the electricity we generate with batteries and power plants. It's still a "flow of electrons" but that's about all they have in common. When you use a power source, you're setting up a prolonged voltage potential between the terminals on that power source. For example, a 12 volt battery will have a 12 volt difference between the + and – terminals. That difference is maintained as long as the chemicals in the battery can. When you rub a balloon on your hair, you're not creating or using a prolonged power source. You're causing electrons to be casually shed from one object onto another. This happens because all objects are "solid" because electrons (like charges) repel each other. The rubbing increases the chance that this electron-electron interaction will cause some loosely-held electrons to be ejected into the other material. Atoms want to stay neutral, after all, so when those few electrons leave, the atoms left behind become slightly positive. A static electric discharge is simply the return of those extra electrons back to where they belong. As air molecules move around, they rub together, and rub against the Earth, they transfer electrons just like your hair and the balloon do. Lighting is the static discharge between the charged air molecules and the Earth. So, in way, you can think of static electricity as a "flow of electrons back to its source (source atoms)," but it's more of a quick neutralization...not the sustained flow we typically think of as electricity.
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  820.  @robertbrandywine  In essence, there is no difference between the neutral and the hot wires for circuits branching off of the main panel. They are both necessary conductors for a 120V circuit. The only difference between them is the neutral is grounded, and the hot(s) is not. The connections on the transformer, especially the secondary side, are called taps. The neutral is connected to the center tap because it's right in the center of the secondary coil. A 120 volt load is connected to one of the end taps ("hots") and the center tap. This completes a circuit providing 120 volts because we're only using half of the 240 volt secondary coil. (Remember, in a transformer, the number of coils of wire in the coil determines the voltage.) Power flows through the neutral because it is the circuit. It's just as if the rest of the secondary coil isn't there at all—you can pretend it does not exist. A 240V device uses both hots (both end taps) and power flows through both of them because they are both the circuit; the neutral is not used and so no power flows through the neutral for a 240V circuit. The power the neutral actually carries between the transformer and the panel is the imbalance between the load on the two end taps for the sum of all circuits on the panel. Electrically, the two halves of the secondary coil of the transformer are in series to each other. The two halves of the panel are, too; it's just the panel part is a lot more complicated because of all the sub-circuits. I hope you now see that the answer to your last two questions you asked is "yes". Just be sure to avoid phrases like "negative" and "positive" in the AC world.
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  965.  @RRW359  Well, for one thing, it would be the government "restricting" the government... which is not what the Constitution does or intends at all. The idea this is a "First Amendment" issue is thus preposterous. Second of all, all of our rights have reasonable limitations. You don't have unlimited free speech—you can't incite a riot, or yell FIRE and cause a panic, or libel or slander someone, or lie under oath, or lie to the police, etcetera. Third, states are not entities in the same manner that people or corporations are. Forth, the context in this video is pretty misconstrued. The "1100 page document" is actually the latest revision of the FHWA-created standards manual for all road signs, pavement markings, traffic signals, etcetera. Without this standards manual, STOP signs could look different in each state, Red might mean stop in one state but go in another, and road construction zones would probably be a chaotic lottery of survival. The actual pertinent section of this (legally binding) standards manual with regard to these signs is 10 pages long. Fifth, since the creation of this standards manual in 1935, states have been pretty eager to follow it because traffic engineers (who also wrote the manual) know that most drivers are morons and need consistency and lots of hand-holding. Safer roads are better for everyone. But, of course, if that's not good enough for your state (looking at you, California), each state can craft its own version of the standards manual to follow as long as it's "substantially conformant" with the federal one. At the time I write this, 10 states have written their own standards manuals, and 22 have adopted the federal one with minor revisions via supplement. Sixth, if you actually go and read the pertinent parts of the Manual (which anyone can download and read for himself), you'll learn that it largely mandates: – text must be succinct and to the point, and abbreviations must be approved ones; – sign message text must be of appropriate color and size; – animation, flashing, or other transition effects are not allowed; – such signs are intended to display immediately-pertinent control, guide, or warning information to motorists; – no static text or manufacturer logos or names are allowed on the face of the sign; – state agencies using these signs must have a developed policy on their use; – special messages such as for AMBER alerts, civil defense, homeland security, emergency status may be displayed but must not supplant important traffic information; – messages conveying product or services advertising, or (for example) reminders to renew your driver's license, get vaccinated, attend church, or water your plans are strictly forbidden; – messages promoting safety campaigns are allowed as long as do not supplant important traffic information; – all messages should be carefully worded to provide the clearest meaning to the most people; two phrases of up to three lines of text are maximum; abbreviations should be avoided where space allows full words. Finally, this standards manual has historically represented concise and just rulemaking, probably some of the best and most effective by the federal government. You can thank a traffic engineer.
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  979. AnantaSesaDas - This video is an adequate but very basic explanation about why three-phase power exists and how the phases work. Most homes and some businesses are only supplied with one phase. It doesn't matter which phase is used, but as Joe Meso points out, the power company will want to keep the loads on the phases as balanced as is practical. The distribution of three phase power is more complicated than shown in the video. Usually, the phases are interconnected in some way, creating what's called a "delta" or a "wye" circuit. "Delta" circuits require four wires, and are the most common power line configuration you'll see that are not transmission lines. In these circuits, the voltage potential across the three phases and to the fourth neutral wire is usually not equal. 240/208/240 volt three-phase service is common. Higher voltages are also around, but note that one of the voltages is not the same. Here it matters knowing which phase has a different voltage, so "random" won't work. In the U.S., the wires coming into your home are not phases like this. Instead, one high voltage phase is fed into a transformer which steps down the voltage to 240 volts. But the transformer's output has what's called a "center tap" which means a third wire is connected to the middle of the output winding of the transformer. This means that the original, full winding of the transformer is still 240 volts, but the voltage across the middle wire to either of the other two is 120 volts. This requires three wires into your home. Your grandpa's house does not have 240 volt service at all. In a building with three phase service like described above, there may be secondary transformers in the building to convert the three-phase power to regular 240/120 volt service for lights and regular electrical equipment.
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  1042. Your first paragraph is correct. The neutral essentially does double-duty. Because the voltage and polarity are constantly changing in alternating current, AC current is not as much of a demand on a conductor as DC is. The shared neutral can do double duty because both of the two hot wires are out of phase with each other. Neutral versus ground is not too complicated. The first thing to remember is a circuit does NOT need a ground to work. All circuits are a complete loop, or path from the source, through the loop, and back to the source. AC or DC, makes no difference. All a complete loop. More complex circuits will have many branches and diversions, but it's still a bit loop. No complete loop, no current flows anywhere. You can think of it like the blood vessels in your body. They are just a big, complex loop. The major vessels carry a lot of blood, but they branch into smaller and smaller ones, only to come back together into larger ones and go back to your heart—the power source. This means every basic circuit needs only two wires. One going from the source, and one going back to it. Usually the two wires are kept relatively close to one another, for safety and convenience, but they don't HAVE to be. A while back it was realized that it was safer if one of those wires is connected to the Earth. This eliminates the voltage potential between it and the ground, so it can't shock you. It still carries the same current as part of the circuit, however. But no matter what voltage it's at at that moment, the voltage difference is always the same as the ground, since it's connected to it. That means one of the wires is grounded (or earthed), and the other is ungrounded.  It was then realized that metal chassis and other equipment parts could become the same voltage difference as that other ungrounded conductor when they're not supposed to. If that happens, a person could touch those parts and form a new circuit path through his body and back to the ground or grounded conductor. So, it was decided to connect all those metal parts to each other and the Earth too. That way, if any of those parts got energized, the power would be easily taken down to the earth, back through the ground connection to the grounded conductor, and then back to the source. This would likely cause a short circuit (complete path with little resistance), resulting in a rapid overcurrent and a fuse or circuit breaker blowing. The wire that connects all the metal parts that should never carry current together is called the grounding conductor, or ground. The grounding conductor should never carry current except when something is wrong... and then, ideally, only for a brief period.  The neutral is the common conductor in your first paragraph, which is also grounded. The wire actually connecting it to the ground is the ground wire. The neutral is a required part of the circuit because it normally carries current. The ground carries current only when something is wrong, as a safety feature. Additionally, that neutral is only grounded at one spot: the main disconnect after the transformer. This prevents bad current interplay between the neutral and grounding, system which can happen otherwise. Polarized plugs do not provide a ground connection. Since they have only two prongs, there is no ground prong. Remember, I said above that a ground wire is not required... only the two circuit wires are needed. What polarized plugs do do is make some electrical equipment safer, when it's important that the grounded conductor (the neutral) be connected in certain ways. A lamp is a good example. The screw base of a light bulb socket should always be the grounded neutral, never the "hot" wire. Polarized plugs ensure that's the case.
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  1217. The term ground-fault does have a technical meaning, not quite explained in the video. As electricity must always flow in a loop that we call a circuit, a ground fault is when circuit current leaks onto or passes through the grounding system. The grounding system represents the electrical potential of the Earth itself, and everything not insulated from it. If you're standing on the ground, especially if you're not wearing rubber shoes, then you're the same electrical potential as the Earth. The third prong—the round one you see on these receptacles—is the ground prong, or earth prong. That ground connection allows other things to be connected to the same electrical potential as the Earth. Take the metal shell of a toaster, for instance. If that shell is insulated from the Earth potential, then should an energized wire in the toaster touch the shell, the shell will be come fully energized. Should you happen to touch that energized shell, then ZAP! But, if the metal shell is connected to the Earth's potential, then a ground fault will occur. That ground fault will cause the circuit breaker to sense an overload or a GFCI/RCD to trip, and that will happen before you even have the chance to touch it. This all happens because one of the wires in a utility power circuit is almost always connected to the Earth, too. In the US and Canada, the neutral wire is connected to the Earth, so they share the same voltage potential. When a ground fault occurs, a secondary circuit is completed through the grounding system, which is what causes the circuit breaker overload or GFCI/RCD to trip.
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  1483.  @topherthe11th23  “Someone can imagine fire being hot. That doesn't mean that it's not objectively true that fire is hot.” What is objectively hot? Is it 20 degrees? 200 degrees? 2000 degrees? There's no such thing as "objectively hot." Perhaps the Planck temperature is objectively hot? “I talk to religious people frequently, and I find what they say appalling.” Uh huh. Perhaps I should "talk to" the same "religious" people you do... I don't find people's beliefs appalling merely because they are religious people. I'm intrigued by your feeling threatened by the beliefs (or truths!) of others. “You're that person who believes that if a tree falls in an empty forest it doesn't vibrate the gas-particles in the air near its surfaces (i.e. "make a noise"), who can't differentiate between a noise and some being hearing the noise.” ”The vast majority of people don't have a problem with the idea that something can happen while nobody knows that it happened. Your response will be "then how do you KNOW it happened?"” Poppycock. My response is what difference does it make? “You seem to be much about the idea that if humans can't reliably know what is true, then truth doesn't exist.” My belief is that the human perception of (what we call) reality is not necessarily reality. It's challenging to be sure of absolute truth if one can't be absolutely sure of reality. A truth I'd like to believe is real is that 2+2=4. We can derive a proof of that. But, the very fine line between reality and truth is murky. Part of the human experience is the quest to understand that line. “That doesn't mean that the only things that exist are human perceptions, and it doesn't mean that the things being unreliably perceived don't have an existence independent of the mind perceiving them.” Are you sure about that? The only thing any human knows about the environment (or reality) is what he perceives or reasons from those perceptions. That's the whole point of this discussion: how does a person perceive truth? What can the word truly mean beyond the human experience? Are the two separable? Hearing voices does not mean someone nearby is actually talking to you. But for the person hearing them, it can be difficult or impossible to tell the difference. What is the truth about the voices if two people hear them but not a third? If our reality is some kind of simulation as some have proposed, does that make it real or not real? (These are all rhetorical questions. You are not expected nor equipped to answer them.)
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  1724. Quote Section 1B.01: The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) is incorporated by reference in 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 655, Subpart F and shall be recognized as the national standard for all traffic control devices installed on any street, highway, bikeway, or site roadway open to public travel (see definition in Section 1C.02) in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 109(d) and 402(a). In accordance with 23 CFR 655.603(a), the MUTCD shall apply to all of the following types of facilities: A. Any street, roadway, or bikeway open to public travel, either publicly or privately owned; B. Streets and roadways on sites that are off the public right-of-way that are open to public travel without full-time access restrictions. Examples include roadways within shopping centers, office parks, airports, sports arenas, other similar business and/or recreation facilities, governmental office complexes, schools, universities, recreational parks, and other similar publicly-owned complexes and/or recreation facilities. The above-described examples of streets and roadways are referred to in this Manual as site roadways open to public travel; C. Publicly-owned toll roads, including those under the jurisdiction of a public agency, public authority, or public-private partnership; D. Privately-owned toll roads where the public is allowed to travel without access restriction. This includes gated toll roads or roadways where the general public is able to pay to access the facility; and E. Grade crossings of publicly-owned roadways with railroads or light rail transit. The MUTCD shall not apply to the following types of facilities: A. Roadways within private gated properties where access to the general public is restricted at all times; B. Grade crossings of privately-owned roadways with railroads; and C. Parking areas, including the driving aisles within those parking areas, that are either publicly or privately owned. (end quote) The short answer is: Money. No compliance, no federal improvement project money.
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  1909. @John McDonnell To expand on Steven's answer a bit... Yes, DC circuits usually have Black as negative (assuming that's the chassis or ground), and the other color (usually Red) as positive. The battery circuits in this video are not designed to be illustrative of DC circuit practices, but merely to compare the straightforwardness of a simple DC circuit to how simple a home AC circuit is. DC circuits do not typically have a "neutral" and it's just best to not take that section of the video too literally. AC wiring in homes and businesses generally has different conductors (wires) with three different roles: — grounded conductors   — grounding conductors   — hot (or live) conductors.       Electricity must flow in a closed loop called a circuit. One wire goes from the power source to the lamp, and the other wire goes from the lamp back to the power source. Both conductors carry the current. If you also connect one of those conductors to the Earth, then you erase any voltage difference between that conductor and the Earth. This is called grounding the conductor, and that conductor becomes a groundED conductor. The wire connecting that conductor to the Earth is called the groundING conductor. In fact, any other parts such as a chassis or whatnot can also be connected to the Earth through a grounding conductor. This just leaves the "hot" conductors, which really is just any conductor that is not grounded. In the United States, you can generally assume: — grounded conductors (White or Light Gray)     — grounding conductors (bare, or Green, or Green/yellow) — hot (or live) conductors (Any other color).     In the United States, Black is usually used as the primary "hot" line, Red as the secondary, and Blue as the tertiary. When three voltage phases are involved (meaning the alternating polarity changes at different times) there can be alternate color schemes in place.
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  2096.  @MrThelittleguy903  That isn't how the legal system works. The legal system may have failed here (multiple times), but every person innocent-until-proven-guilty of a crime deserves legal defense. The whole point of our legal system is to act as a tug of war under the assumption that the truth will be revealed and a righteous outcome will happen the majority of the time. It isn't perfect, but it's a far better system than one where the prosecution or defense automatically fail because of wilful incompetence. In short: do not blame good attorneys for doing their best as required by moral and legal obligation. I believe in rule of law, despite how pathetic, ineffectual, and overpowered our systems sometimes are. I do not support capital punishment, because our justice system is too flawed for an outcome too permanent, as well as I don't believe killing is one thing our governments should be doing while telling us not to do. I also do not support mob rule, and I detest groupthink and herd mentality. But I also support righteousness and justice, and what this town did for its greater good seems righteous in my eyes. If you commit a crime, you are taking your own life into your hands. This is one reason the Second Amendment is so important. The right to defend one's self against grievous harm or worse is paramount to a free society, because not everyone in society is of sound mind and good intentions. I hope all gun owners hope to never need to use their weapons to defend themselves all the while being prepared to do so if called to. Mr. McElroy seems to have been a terrible person, with no redeeming qualities, and I suspect most people know of at least one such person. "The town bully" is an apt title, and it's no wonder the hopeful and patient people of Skidmore could only take so much.
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  2261. Electricity always flows in a closed loop called a circuit. The lower resistance there is to that flow, the more current flows. At 8:14, he shows current flowing in the circuit, but there isn't any current flowing through the outlet because nothing is plugged into it. The potential is there (120 volts) but no current flows because there's no complete loop there. The person then touches the "hot" terminal of the outlet. This can create a complete circuit from the hot wire, through the person, to the ground system, and back to the source. The amount of current that flows depends on all of the resistance offered throughout that circuit, including the resistance of other loads on the circuit (other outlets with things plugged in, lights, etc.), the resistance of the person's body, the ground or other surfaces he's touching, etc. It's mentioned that the person is barefoot and that the ground he's standing on is wet. Pure (distilled) water does not conduct electricity, but water is also really good at dissolving minerals and metals that will allow it to conduct electricity. Only as much current will flow as the worst conducting piece of the circuit will allow. Electrocution is death by electric shock. In order for a shock to be fatal, it has to disrupt your heart's ability or desire to beat. That really depends on the voltage (how easy it is for the electric current to overcome the body's inherent resistance; dry skin, for example, conducts poorly) and where through the body the current travels.
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