If the neighbor's house was emitting dangerous levels of gamma radiation then the suit would definately have merit but this is a severe phobia not a physiological reaction to wifi "radiation." There is zero evidence what so ever that anyone has any adverse reaction to wifi and even if there was. it would not be an "allergy."
neutrons aren't corrosive; corrosion is a chemical process. Neutron radiation is a nuclear process. Sodium metal in liquid metasl cooled reactors is corrosive. Water at extremely high temperatures in the reactor is corrosive. Radioactive materials are not in of themselves corrosive unless their chemical properties dictate this to be such.
1 Curie = 2*10^12 disintigrations/minute 17,000 picocuries = ~~625 disintigrations/second This level of radiation would require.65 picograms of Tritium per liter of water. This water is just marginally more radioactive than brazil nuts.
Depending on how the reboot of the first three goes, the timeline may be significantly changed enough to necessitate the last three be altered as well.
Indeed, it should largely cancel; the momentum transfer should be a bell-like curve centered near zero depending on where the material is in the nebula.
Take a look at the velocity vectors; not all of that velocity is effectively directed in the same direction as the object it's colliding with that has a lower eccentricity.
A transfer of angular momentum from one region of the disk to another would cause some section of the disk to migrate toward the sun while another set migrated outward. However, it probably isn't caused by a drag force through the residual gas in the disk as most of it is orbiting the same direction as the debris its self. As for accretion, it depends on the distribution of close encounters with objects in a more elliptical orbit. It's fairly easy for an object in orbit to catch up to an elliptically orbiting body.
Maybe or maybe it is one more case where the newer generation expects older generations to be proficient at newer technologies. Today, we can communicate instantly with one another and the youngest generation has embraced the technology that allows this degree of communication and expects older generations/peers to be able to catch up to them to some degree. SO it may not be so much a character flaw in the newest generation as it is a failure of the older generations to adapt to and utilize new technology along with their younger peers.
Simple. Give them a good reason to stay. The fact that so many are choosing to return to China is strongly indicative that the US has done something very very wrong in terms of making these students want to remain here. If we want to stay in the lead in terms of scientific research we'd better find a way to up the Chinese government's ante or else we risk getting pwned.
If the US as a whole isn't providing a sufficient incentive for these students to remain here and China is, then I'd say that the problem is mostly our doing. Give them a good reason to stay and they most likely will, treat them like crap and they'll leave.
I never said that smaller length scales couldn't exist, just that they could not effectively be distinguished through measurement according to our current knowledge of physics. The restriction may be sidestepped if gravity acts in a different manner at such extremely small length scales than it does it larger scales. A smaller value for G would effectively decrease the size of the plank scale as an example. However, at the current time, physics as we know it does not allow for measurements to be made that are of greater precision.
the researchers have focused on the magnetic material cobalt niobate. It consists of linked magnetic atoms, which form chains just like a very thin bar magnet, but only one atom wide and are a useful model for describing ferromagnetism on the nanoscale in solid state matter.
Our computer memory technologies are largely based on understanding magnetizable materials at a very short length scale. The next logical step is to understand various phenomena of these materials at the nanoscale which is exactly what they are doing. The research is interesting because it hints at more going on in quantum physics that may at the least be interesting and at most useful in order to advance state of the art technology.
Incorrect. The plank length is the smallest region in space that can theoretically be measured. A photon with a short enough wavelength to take a measurement of anything shorter than the plank length will collapse upon its self as a newly formed black hole. It is the fundamental limit to known physics and is effectively the granularity of space its self.
Exactly. On a somewhat related note, I think it would be interesting to see how the recession has affected the use of FOSS due to the necessity of cutting extraneous costs like software licenses.
An internal power source must obey the laws of thermodynamics and thus would cause the craft as a whole to be an infrared emitter. We are very good at detecting infrared light which would defeat most cloaking devices including this one.
Indeed. C. Elegans is one organism that should never ever be forgotten in terms of medical research. Sea urchins also deserve some mention as they are very important to our understanding of developmental biology.
Could it be because they failed and the "public spectrum" is now "corporate owned?"
Failed to fulfil their stated purpose.. yes; failed to reward entities that have close ties to them.. no. There's only one outcome that should have been expected from auctioning off large chunks of bandwidth: whoever had the most cash wins and that's exactly what happened.
Efficiency means nothing. It is cost that matters.
Oh really? You don't think that the fact that lower efficiency solar plants require much more space and resources to construct has anything to do with cost? 1) land isn't free 2) neither are the materials used to make the plant This is why there is a fair amount of R&D funding going into using mirrors to focus solar energy on to solar cell arrays. The arrays themselves are expensive so reducing the area of them that is required is cost effective. Same goes for solar thermal plants. The lower the efficiency, the more bulky and expensive the plant tends to be.
It's going to waste because we're currently using coal to provide power that this naturally occuring thermal difference could provide. I believe that it would be preferable to use the clean renewable resources we have before resorting to our nasty high sulfur coal deposits. Waste heat is also a thermodynamic concept wherein the energy in a thermal difference that isn't put to work in some manner becomes waste heat (the ordered thermal difference becomes chaotic and thus high in entropy and therefore spent)
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If the neighbor's house was emitting dangerous levels of gamma radiation then the suit would definately have merit but this is a severe phobia not a physiological reaction to wifi "radiation." There is zero evidence what so ever that anyone has any adverse reaction to wifi and even if there was. it would not be an "allergy."
neutrons aren't corrosive; corrosion is a chemical process. Neutron radiation is a nuclear process. Sodium metal in liquid metasl cooled reactors is corrosive. Water at extremely high temperatures in the reactor is corrosive. Radioactive materials are not in of themselves corrosive unless their chemical properties dictate this to be such.
1 Curie = 2*10^12 disintigrations/minute .65 picograms of Tritium per liter of water. This water is just marginally more radioactive than brazil nuts.
17,000 picocuries = ~~625 disintigrations/second
This level of radiation would require
It looks like you forgot that he also did the Star Wars Christmas special...
Depending on how the reboot of the first three goes, the timeline may be significantly changed enough to necessitate the last three be altered as well.
Starwars. Episodes 1, 2 and 3 especially.
Indeed, it should largely cancel; the momentum transfer should be a bell-like curve centered near zero depending on where the material is in the nebula.
Take a look at the velocity vectors; not all of that velocity is effectively directed in the same direction as the object it's colliding with that has a lower eccentricity.
A transfer of angular momentum from one region of the disk to another would cause some section of the disk to migrate toward the sun while another set migrated outward. However, it probably isn't caused by a drag force through the residual gas in the disk as most of it is orbiting the same direction as the debris its self. As for accretion, it depends on the distribution of close encounters with objects in a more elliptical orbit. It's fairly easy for an object in orbit to catch up to an elliptically orbiting body.
Indeed. What do they think phone calls are? Speak into the phone and get a reply 5 minutes later?
Maybe or maybe it is one more case where the newer generation expects older generations to be proficient at newer technologies. Today, we can communicate instantly with one another and the youngest generation has embraced the technology that allows this degree of communication and expects older generations/peers to be able to catch up to them to some degree. SO it may not be so much a character flaw in the newest generation as it is a failure of the older generations to adapt to and utilize new technology along with their younger peers.
Simple. Give them a good reason to stay. The fact that so many are choosing to return to China is strongly indicative that the US has done something very very wrong in terms of making these students want to remain here. If we want to stay in the lead in terms of scientific research we'd better find a way to up the Chinese government's ante or else we risk getting pwned.
If the US as a whole isn't providing a sufficient incentive for these students to remain here and China is, then I'd say that the problem is mostly our doing. Give them a good reason to stay and they most likely will, treat them like crap and they'll leave.
I never said that smaller length scales couldn't exist, just that they could not effectively be distinguished through measurement according to our current knowledge of physics. The restriction may be sidestepped if gravity acts in a different manner at such extremely small length scales than it does it larger scales. A smaller value for G would effectively decrease the size of the plank scale as an example. However, at the current time, physics as we know it does not allow for measurements to be made that are of greater precision.
Our computer memory technologies are largely based on understanding magnetizable materials at a very short length scale. The next logical step is to understand various phenomena of these materials at the nanoscale which is exactly what they are doing. The research is interesting because it hints at more going on in quantum physics that may at the least be interesting and at most useful in order to advance state of the art technology.
A measurement cannot have such great precision that the inaccuracy in the measurement is shorter than the plank length.
Incorrect. The plank length is the smallest region in space that can theoretically be measured. A photon with a short enough wavelength to take a measurement of anything shorter than the plank length will collapse upon its self as a newly formed black hole. It is the fundamental limit to known physics and is effectively the granularity of space its self.
Exactly. On a somewhat related note, I think it would be interesting to see how the recession has affected the use of FOSS due to the necessity of cutting extraneous costs like software licenses.
Indirect exposure for some individuals has caused death.
Your allergy to noisy babies and children won't kill you. A severe allergic reaction to peanuts most certainly can.
An internal power source must obey the laws of thermodynamics and thus would cause the craft as a whole to be an infrared emitter. We are very good at detecting infrared light which would defeat most cloaking devices including this one.
Indeed. C. Elegans is one organism that should never ever be forgotten in terms of medical research. Sea urchins also deserve some mention as they are very important to our understanding of developmental biology.
Failed to fulfil their stated purpose.. yes; failed to reward entities that have close ties to them.. no. There's only one outcome that should have been expected from auctioning off large chunks of bandwidth: whoever had the most cash wins and that's exactly what happened.
Oh really? You don't think that the fact that lower efficiency solar plants require much more space and resources to construct has anything to do with cost? 1) land isn't free 2) neither are the materials used to make the plant This is why there is a fair amount of R&D funding going into using mirrors to focus solar energy on to solar cell arrays. The arrays themselves are expensive so reducing the area of them that is required is cost effective. Same goes for solar thermal plants. The lower the efficiency, the more bulky and expensive the plant tends to be.
It's going to waste because we're currently using coal to provide power that this naturally occuring thermal difference could provide. I believe that it would be preferable to use the clean renewable resources we have before resorting to our nasty high sulfur coal deposits. Waste heat is also a thermodynamic concept wherein the energy in a thermal difference that isn't put to work in some manner becomes waste heat (the ordered thermal difference becomes chaotic and thus high in entropy and therefore spent)