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The Year In Ideas
popo writes "The New York Times Magazine has a review of the year's most original and interesting ideas. They include "The Tornado in a Can" ("A contained cyclone, it turns out, is very useful for pulverizing things") and David Stevenson's real-life proposal to dig to the center of the Earth. by sinking heavy iron through the Earth's mantle."
On the moon and call it a "Death Star." Then we hold the world ransom for....one million dollars!
But I think the farmer (with his Tornado in a Can idea) has been watching too many Roadrunner cartoons.
Wow, it's a device that violates conservation of mass!
Here's another page with some pictures of it.
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Furthermore the article states there is still a need for some "clever engineering" concerning the instrumentation.
Sure and "clever engineering" is all thats stands between us and terraforming Venus.
So can I get an "Invention of the year" award for my idea of using one of the moons of Jupiter (i am sure the greenies would whine about using ours) as an extrasolar vehicle/colony so that humans can explore the local region of our galaxy? The propulsion idea still requires some "clever engineering"
They include "The Tornado in a Can" ("A contained cyclone, it turns out, is very useful for pulverizing things")
In other news, I have just concluded a study that has found that a glass of water, it turns out, is very useful for quenching thirst.
Come one now, if they can clear trailer parks in 30 seconds, isn't this just a progression of logic?
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
You're right. It's only acceptible as an adjective. For instance, I can call you a fucking asshole, and that's OK.
Thank you for that clarification.
Is this truly the only Earth I can live on?
The one thing i did not understand about the journey to the center of the earth proposal is how would you attach a sensor package with telemetry to a pile of goo at several thousands of degrees f.
Dude, that's the easiest part. Just slap a big ol' water cooling kit in there (and maybe some neons just for the hell of it).
mmmmmmm..... Pulverized chicken feet....... Yummy!!!
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Yeah, but the iron would stay at the center of the earth, and with a laser you could build a tunnel right through the middle (since we're tossing out improbable scenarios anyway). Then with some "clever engineering" it could be stabilized and you could transport stuff through it. Such as flying pigs.
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For those with too little time to read an admittedly informative and interesting comment, here's a quick summary: Earth has a crunchy center surrounded by creamy nougat and a crisp shell. Heavy stuff sinks slowly, but it's probably not a good idea to go breaking the planet.
- fader
Actually, that wouldn't be ok either because you can't use asshole. Of course, you could say the following to describe a big hole:
That's one fucking big ass hole.
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Is that what they're calling it now?
Oh, and the project itself sounds cool as hell.
This is not my sandwich.
I've been reading it "Winhexe" all this time and thinking about a hexadecimal resource editor I used to use back in the Windows 3.1 days. I'm old and blind.
This is not my sandwich.