I think an osmotic power plant is the lamest type of power i can think of.
Fusion is the only way i can see it going, really if we are going to be great conquerers of the galaxy, and fly around in Millennium Falcon type spaceships.
Anyway, Fusion is the only way to go because, we will either fix the problem, or maybe blow ourselves up.
It will be a race between ITER and the LHC. Between explosion and implosion.
If it is able to fly by magnetic lift, then this is nont a technology worthy of easy field application. unless; you feel like carrying around a magnetic carpet. it seems they require a pre-installed infrastructure of repulsive material...
just wait until we teach them how to build themselves..... *by your command*
Extra days are for golf, biking, rest and friends/family.
extra hour each day not a problem.
Efficiency of work-group, same.
[Teh company i worked for still laid-off ~1500 engineers, in these times.]
I say, take the work where you can, and do the best with your days off.
The Duplo vault will be built in future upon the foundations of the Lego vault.
To save construction costs the engineers designed all of the Duplo vaults' HVAC, electrical and security systems to be easily integrated once placed on top of the existing building. Plans were changed from the origional, reverse design upon discovery that building the Lego facilities upon the Duplo vault would not integrate well structurally.
Fiberglass and carbon composites also have low tolerance for cracks and sudden failure modes,...
I'm sorry, that is not correct. Composite materials have quite adequate tolerances for cracking during failure. Separate laminations of carbon or glass fiber take load when one layer is compromised. This is similar to the natural structure of wood. Composite materials are also relatively repairable, by epoxy pressure treating, or overlaying of additional re-enforcing fiber.
Composites are ideal in aviation because of their light weight, saving fuel costs.
BMG's cannot be mended or repaired, they must be melted and re-solidified.
I am a materials engineer at the University of British Columbia in Canada.
I recently did a technical presentation on 'Bulk Metallic Alloys' which seems to be the category of materials this 'glass' falls into.
BMG's are very exiting materials, their main advantage over traditional alloys is their ability to store energy in elastic deformation.
Esentially, they are the worlds best spring material.
However; Be careful with your application in using these materials, they may have properties of strong alloys, but they have failure characteristics simmilar to ceramics. Usually they can fail with little to no warning, and catastrophically at that. Crack formation cannot be tolerated.
I would not be comfortable with using this material for plane wings. Possibly the landing gear.
This material has its niche in underplating for bodyarmor. Send the bullets back.
For more information, a good website is http://www.liquidmetal.com/
Someone needs to look at this from a thermodynamic perspective.
If there is in fact water on Saturn's moon, it must come from the surface.
I am not sure why orbiting clouds of frozen water vapor (which i believe must have sublimated from the icy surface) are expected to contain Sodium.
Thermodynamically speaking, species with low mass, and high activity (The light elements H, N, O, C, F) tend to undergo phase change before more heavy elements. These low density gases would exit into the moons atmosphere more readily than a sodium atom, even if the surface contained equal concentrations of all.
(on wiki it says the atmosphere is Water, 4%Nitrogen, 3.2%CO2, and 1.7%CH4)
makes sense so far,
Also, i believe that if there was an ocean on this moon, the surface must be ice of near pure water.
If water is going to freeze, it will do so first with minimal sodium.
The sodium content in the ice will increase when the ocean concentration rises, eventually precipitating solid sodium compound when a saturation limit is reached.
This only means that the outer shell of the moons frozen surface might be mostly clean ice
I believe any sodium that could be detected in orbit must first diffuse to the surface through this concentration gradient.
And then gain sufficient activation energy from the suns rays to enter the gas phase for an instant.
I think these scientists could be looking for the wrong indicator.
If we are searching for water, shouldn't we be searching for water?
It is possible they have the right idea, but our instruments are not precise enough to measure such a small Sodium concentration.
And i'm not sure the Seas of Saturn will follow our earthbound concepts of oceanography.
Slashdot Mirror
back in 1994. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.A.N.T.I.S.
And his had awesome darts and a cool helmet.
I think an osmotic power plant is the lamest type of power i can think of.
Fusion is the only way i can see it going, really if we are going to be great conquerers of the galaxy, and fly around in Millennium Falcon type spaceships.
Anyway, Fusion is the only way to go because, we will either fix the problem, or maybe blow ourselves up.
It will be a race between ITER and the LHC.
Between explosion and implosion.
Maybe we should hook.. them,. together?..
^mtrl drtw
But i do have one for sale just like it.
Geeyarr harr harr..
If it is able to fly by magnetic lift, then this is nont a technology worthy of easy field application.
unless; you feel like carrying around a magnetic carpet. it seems they require a pre-installed infrastructure of repulsive material...
just wait until we teach them how to build themselves.....
*by your command*
Microsoft should finish what they started,
or at least, try again;
Allegiance~2
I believe the original cross-class, fps/sim/rt.strat game could expand to cross platform, massive multiplayer, etc,
check out Alleg [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegiance_(computer_game)]
and the community [http://www.freeallegiance.org/]
however, this would ruin the best thing alleg' has going for it; the fact no one knows about it.
Be Warned; the learning curve in this game is tough. dont expect to even know what's going on, even after a month of daily play.
you cant be right once and be believed,
you have to be right twice.
i look forward to any future seismic prediction technology.
complete with references.
of which this event will most likely be a hard data point.
that i bought online on boxing day.
jerks.
don't buy dell.
It is interesting how this post came directly after the one about US UAV flight control. cough.. cough... windows7 mobile: seek and destroy cough...
Extra days are for golf, biking, rest and friends/family. extra hour each day not a problem. Efficiency of work-group, same. [Teh company i worked for still laid-off ~1500 engineers, in these times.] I say, take the work where you can, and do the best with your days off.
That I Didn't Buy A Squeezebox...
The Duplo vault will be built in future upon the foundations of the Lego vault. To save construction costs the engineers designed all of the Duplo vaults' HVAC, electrical and security systems to be easily integrated once placed on top of the existing building. Plans were changed from the origional, reverse design upon discovery that building the Lego facilities upon the Duplo vault would not integrate well structurally.
Fiberglass and carbon composites also have low tolerance for cracks and sudden failure modes,...
I'm sorry, that is not correct. Composite materials have quite adequate tolerances for cracking during failure. Separate laminations of carbon or glass fiber take load when one layer is compromised. This is similar to the natural structure of wood. Composite materials are also relatively repairable, by epoxy pressure treating, or overlaying of additional re-enforcing fiber. Composites are ideal in aviation because of their light weight, saving fuel costs. BMG's cannot be mended or repaired, they must be melted and re-solidified.I am a materials engineer at the University of British Columbia in Canada. I recently did a technical presentation on 'Bulk Metallic Alloys' which seems to be the category of materials this 'glass' falls into. BMG's are very exiting materials, their main advantage over traditional alloys is their ability to store energy in elastic deformation. Esentially, they are the worlds best spring material. However; Be careful with your application in using these materials, they may have properties of strong alloys, but they have failure characteristics simmilar to ceramics. Usually they can fail with little to no warning, and catastrophically at that. Crack formation cannot be tolerated. I would not be comfortable with using this material for plane wings. Possibly the landing gear. This material has its niche in underplating for bodyarmor. Send the bullets back. For more information, a good website is http://www.liquidmetal.com/
Well, I can't say I don't love CN's, and the possible applications are numerous as you have undoubtedly read.
But carbon nanotubes are carcinogenic as shit.
You wont catch me touching any product that has exposed CN's.
They will tare you up from the inside out.
Keep it as reinforcement within composite materials; not as scratch resistant paint on your minivan.
Wont someone think of the children.
I just wonder which country the the USW will 'outsource' its production of this new dream(deadly) material to.
hmmmmmmmmm..
Someone needs to look at this from a thermodynamic perspective. If there is in fact water on Saturn's moon, it must come from the surface. I am not sure why orbiting clouds of frozen water vapor (which i believe must have sublimated from the icy surface) are expected to contain Sodium. Thermodynamically speaking, species with low mass, and high activity (The light elements H, N, O, C, F) tend to undergo phase change before more heavy elements. These low density gases would exit into the moons atmosphere more readily than a sodium atom, even if the surface contained equal concentrations of all. (on wiki it says the atmosphere is Water, 4%Nitrogen, 3.2%CO2, and 1.7%CH4) makes sense so far, Also, i believe that if there was an ocean on this moon, the surface must be ice of near pure water. If water is going to freeze, it will do so first with minimal sodium. The sodium content in the ice will increase when the ocean concentration rises, eventually precipitating solid sodium compound when a saturation limit is reached. This only means that the outer shell of the moons frozen surface might be mostly clean ice I believe any sodium that could be detected in orbit must first diffuse to the surface through this concentration gradient. And then gain sufficient activation energy from the suns rays to enter the gas phase for an instant. I think these scientists could be looking for the wrong indicator. If we are searching for water, shouldn't we be searching for water? It is possible they have the right idea, but our instruments are not precise enough to measure such a small Sodium concentration. And i'm not sure the Seas of Saturn will follow our earthbound concepts of oceanography.