I will be receiving units from Samsung and Asus for review and will share my findings soon. Suffice it to say for now that both companies have listened to user input and responded accordingly. You can look forward to many improvements and innovations in this evolving platform.
Store the nickel and lithium based rechargeable battery at about half their charge. Storing them at full charge will drastically shorten their life. It depends on the specific battery type, but in general about half charged or 40% charged is good. Also, don't store lithium ion battery that have no charge. If it is down to 0, charge it a little bit before you store it.
GPS stands for Global Positioning System. That is a fancy term that tells you exactly where you happen to be. Sort of like those fantastic maps cobalt mining copyright within the malls which have a dot that states You Are Here". It does this by talking with government satellites. You will find over 24 of them, but the GPS only requires 3 to be able to discover your place. It does this by triangulation (Am I becoming way too technical?) Today's GPS, if Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) capable, can calculate your place to within 3 meters (about 10 feet), but do not depend on that sort of accuracy. The GPS ought to be in a position to establish your place to 30 feet or even less.
7) No start: A snow blower that ran fine the last snow storm but now won't start, especially if it is very cold out, might just have a small amount of moisture in the tank, fuel line or carb that is frozen. Thawing out safely and adding gas line anti-freeze should do the trick but, if there is too much water in the fuel, you may have to remove the fuel line and drain the tank. But that doesn't remove water in the carb. Some older snow blowers have a spring loaded drain on the bottom for that purpose. If not, you can crack the high speed adjustment screw or jet (as the case may be) open a few turns to drain the float bowl. This a messy job as the fuel usually goes in all directions or down your arm so have a coffee can and some rags ready.
The trading of bullion is done in two ways - bulk ingots and coins. The government is lithium mines ontario given the responsibility to mint their own bullion coins. So far, a minimum of 10 countries have been minting their own bullion coins from silver and gold. The countries are U.K., S. Africa, Poland, copyright, Austria, China, Switzerland, U.S.A. and Mexico. The issuance of precious bullion coins are considered as legal tender. However, since minting is done by imposing nominal values, the actual face value is usually way below the current price of metals.
In terms of charging these powerful cells, when specifically used in an LED flashlight, special chargers are available all over the internet. Most will handle a 18650 battery as well as a variety of other Li-ion sizes.
You cannot go wrong with this type of plan. In the end, if the world is OK, you still have your gold and silver, you just may have missed out on the next dot com bubble.