I'm not convinced liquid H is required. Especially after seeing a running demo of an old combustion (diesel I *think*) that was converted to run off hydrogen and oxygen from electrolysis.
I need to get a volume measurement from my dad to find out how much H he buys and how long it lasts us. I know the bottle is roughly 4' tall with roughly 8" diameter, and it lasts us several months.
I don't think de-orbiting means what you think it means. They did not say "plan to re-entry the ISS."
I think de-orbit simply means the ISS will exit Earthly orbit and head off into space on some tangent to be determined by a bunch of really smart scientists.
I have to dig up the article that I read in the last 1week (autoblog or jdpower?), but it was claiming the Ford Fusion hybrid is the most fuel efficient car available on the market now.
I would have to check with some aforementioned compressed gas dealers, but I don't recall any special treatment of their hydrogen bottles. Also, I'm not sure how much exposure to compressed gasses you've had, but I am 100% positive that the dealers are required by law to test each bottle by filling and pressurizing it with water before each re-fill...
First of all there's a huge difference between something being safely combustible, and being explosive. Of course maybe I'm being generous in my assumption you understand what the phrase "big boom" means.
We (my father and I) use hydrogen and oxygen to power our torches for goldsmithing. We have a tank full of hydrogen, a tank full of oxygen, and a regulator to control the mix. I know of no such problems storing hydrogen, and my father has been using it in his studio for 30 years.
I would have to do some math, and look up some numbers from some compressed gas dealers to be certain, but I recall that a 1:1 ratio of acetylene:oxygen is way more explosive than 1:1 hydrogen:oxygen. Of course I could be wrong, but I don't think I am...
There is no problem storing hydrogen. In fact, I have direct evidence from high school AP science that shows unless you have a 2:1 oxygen:hydrogen ratio you really do not get much bang, if any at all.
The problem arises when you wish to store hydrogen next to oxygen. If you store twice as much oxygen next to hydrogen and have an accident, you can definitely have a big boom.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but to me it seems like a perfect solution. Warn a country with an official statement and 24hrs response required. Deploy autonomous cable cutting vehicles, then (if necessary) press the cut cable button at 24:00.01.
If you want your computers to talk to our computers on the network we invented; you get to play by our rules or you don't get to play at all.
It's interesting to note that while we US citizens supposedly have a legal obligation to report criminal activity; not even the most educated lawyers and judges among us are completely versed in US criminal law.
I don't think you know what the word arbitrary means. I tried to point you in the right direction to have a meaningful discussion, but one of us failed.
If you agree that our modern math has it's roots in base 10, you must also agree that it is not arbitrary. Regardless of your correctness on derivatives. We didn't get to set theory by randomly doing anything. It all started by naming our 10 fingers....
I've seen some news regarding some lawsuits over ringtones being "a public performance." I wonder what would happen if we printed off 1000 copies of the RIAA's Top 10 Billboard Chart songs and gathered around the courthouse each break to sing these copyrighted songs publicly.
DDoS the judicial system by doing public performances of all these copyrighted songs. There's no fucking way the courts could keep up with even 100 of these new cases a day...
I would like more interesting discussion. +4 Insightful is a fucking joke when your post (essentially a whine that you don't like reading about RIAA) is Off Topic.
Can someone mod this guy +5 Whiner and add a filter for Whiners?
Asheron's Call was probably the best known MMO with PVP in terms of balancing in game skills with real life player hand/eye coordination skills.
Think in terms of FPS skill... In Asheron's, your player's abilities grew as you spent the experience points on your "skills," but that meant nothing if you "sucked" at the game. In this case "sucking" at the game meant that your control over your avatar's movements were insufficient to "win" regardless of your avatar's level or in game skill level.
The part where you make the cleverly worded but completely lacking in substance statement of (and I'll quote it again for you):
Mathematicians, through mathematics, have essentially created an entirely arbitrary system of explaining reality
I don't think your reply constitutes a corroboration of how mathematicians created this "entirely arbitrary system."
I would expect your evidence to show how human physiology guides them toward base 10 computations, and then include how choosing base 10 is completely arbitrary. I would also expect your evidence to show how basic arithmetic is arbitrary, such as counting by 1's, the significance of 0 and 1, etc.
If you can't do that, it seems like you're trolling.
I think the problem is that in the 1980's, US Capitalism was replaced with US Corporatism. Subtle difference really. You are right about capitalism, in that traditionally the market will decide. The piece you are missing is that in corporatism, the corporation will decide. Typically in the past we have said that makes everyone but the corporation lose. However, since the 80's the US Federal Government as been (please excuse this vulgarity) sucking large corporations' cocks. This now means that when the corporation decides, the lobbyists and their pocket Senators/Congressmen win.
A lot of my fellow Americans see this as the ultimate downfall of our society. I personally hold out hopes for a 2nd American Civil War or a New American Revolutionary War (against it's own Federal Government).
I disagree and say that this could easily happen in less than 10 years.
However, my opinion is that highly focused people tend to view less focused people as stupid, uncreative, uneducated mounds of flesh. I find life presents me with enough variation to know that just because I myself am able to focus my attention like a laser to accomplish great things, that by default I am not superior to one that may lack this particular skill.
Quite clearly this man is guilty of Copyright infringment, as the photo was likely taken from promotional material and is property of Disney. Quick! Call the RIAA!
Fuck! So does this mean I've been "infringing" Playboys since I was 10yo?
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I'm not convinced liquid H is required. Especially after seeing a running demo of an old combustion (diesel I *think*) that was converted to run off hydrogen and oxygen from electrolysis.
I need to get a volume measurement from my dad to find out how much H he buys and how long it lasts us. I know the bottle is roughly 4' tall with roughly 8" diameter, and it lasts us several months.
de-orbit != re-entry
I expect the headline "ISS sets course for the Moon."
I don't think de-orbiting means what you think it means. They did not say "plan to re-entry the ISS." I think de-orbit simply means the ISS will exit Earthly orbit and head off into space on some tangent to be determined by a bunch of really smart scientists.
I have to dig up the article that I read in the last 1week (autoblog or jdpower?), but it was claiming the Ford Fusion hybrid is the most fuel efficient car available on the market now.
It's true. When you combust 2 parts oxygen and 1 part hydrogen you end up with heat, light, and water.
I would have to check with some aforementioned compressed gas dealers, but I don't recall any special treatment of their hydrogen bottles. Also, I'm not sure how much exposure to compressed gasses you've had, but I am 100% positive that the dealers are required by law to test each bottle by filling and pressurizing it with water before each re-fill...
First of all there's a huge difference between something being safely combustible, and being explosive . Of course maybe I'm being generous in my assumption you understand what the phrase "big boom" means.
We (my father and I) use hydrogen and oxygen to power our torches for goldsmithing. We have a tank full of hydrogen, a tank full of oxygen, and a regulator to control the mix. I know of no such problems storing hydrogen, and my father has been using it in his studio for 30 years.
I would have to do some math, and look up some numbers from some compressed gas dealers to be certain, but I recall that a 1:1 ratio of acetylene:oxygen is way more explosive than 1:1 hydrogen:oxygen. Of course I could be wrong, but I don't think I am...
There is no problem storing hydrogen. In fact, I have direct evidence from high school AP science that shows unless you have a 2:1 oxygen:hydrogen ratio you really do not get much bang, if any at all.
The problem arises when you wish to store hydrogen next to oxygen. If you store twice as much oxygen next to hydrogen and have an accident, you can definitely have a big boom.
Didn't a report just come out saying that there is enough wind power on Earth to meet 23 times the current global energy consumption?
Sounds like some people are afraid of losing their power. Pun intended.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but to me it seems like a perfect solution. Warn a country with an official statement and 24hrs response required. Deploy autonomous cable cutting vehicles, then (if necessary) press the cut cable button at 24:00.01. If you want your computers to talk to our computers on the network we invented; you get to play by our rules or you don't get to play at all.
It's interesting to note that while we US citizens supposedly have a legal obligation to report criminal activity; not even the most educated lawyers and judges among us are completely versed in US criminal law.
Isn't the Ford Fusion hybrid the most fuel efficient hybrid now?
I don't think you know what the word arbitrary means. I tried to point you in the right direction to have a meaningful discussion, but one of us failed.
If you agree that our modern math has it's roots in base 10, you must also agree that it is not arbitrary. Regardless of your correctness on derivatives. We didn't get to set theory by randomly doing anything. It all started by naming our 10 fingers....
I've seen some news regarding some lawsuits over ringtones being "a public performance." I wonder what would happen if we printed off 1000 copies of the RIAA's Top 10 Billboard Chart songs and gathered around the courthouse each break to sing these copyrighted songs publicly.
DDoS the judicial system by doing public performances of all these copyrighted songs. There's no fucking way the courts could keep up with even 100 of these new cases a day...
I have no mod points but I'd like to see a +5 Redundant for the rest of this guys whines in this thread.
Want some cheese too?
I would like more interesting discussion. +4 Insightful is a fucking joke when your post (essentially a whine that you don't like reading about RIAA) is Off Topic. Can someone mod this guy +5 Whiner and add a filter for Whiners?
Asheron's Call was probably the best known MMO with PVP in terms of balancing in game skills with real life player hand/eye coordination skills.
Think in terms of FPS skill... In Asheron's, your player's abilities grew as you spent the experience points on your "skills," but that meant nothing if you "sucked" at the game. In this case "sucking" at the game meant that your control over your avatar's movements were insufficient to "win" regardless of your avatar's level or in game skill level.
Omg you must be a gay fish because you put fish dicks in your mouth with plenty of tartar sauce!
Um, what part of it do you find is inadequate?
The part where you make the cleverly worded but completely lacking in substance statement of (and I'll quote it again for you):
Mathematicians, through mathematics, have essentially created an entirely arbitrary system of explaining reality
I don't think your reply constitutes a corroboration of how mathematicians created this "entirely arbitrary system."
I would expect your evidence to show how human physiology guides them toward base 10 computations, and then include how choosing base 10 is completely arbitrary. I would also expect your evidence to show how basic arithmetic is arbitrary, such as counting by 1's, the significance of 0 and 1, etc.
If you can't do that, it seems like you're trolling.
I think the problem is that in the 1980's, US Capitalism was replaced with US Corporatism. Subtle difference really. You are right about capitalism, in that traditionally the market will decide. The piece you are missing is that in corporatism, the corporation will decide. Typically in the past we have said that makes everyone but the corporation lose. However, since the 80's the US Federal Government as been (please excuse this vulgarity) sucking large corporations' cocks. This now means that when the corporation decides, the lobbyists and their pocket Senators/Congressmen win.
A lot of my fellow Americans see this as the ultimate downfall of our society. I personally hold out hopes for a 2nd American Civil War or a New American Revolutionary War (against it's own Federal Government).
I disagree and say that this could easily happen in less than 10 years.
However, my opinion is that highly focused people tend to view less focused people as stupid, uncreative, uneducated mounds of flesh. I find life presents me with enough variation to know that just because I myself am able to focus my attention like a laser to accomplish great things, that by default I am not superior to one that may lack this particular skill.
Do you like fishsticks in your mouth?
Quite clearly this man is guilty of Copyright infringment, as the photo was likely taken from promotional material and is property of Disney. Quick! Call the RIAA!
Fuck! So does this mean I've been "infringing" Playboys since I was 10yo?
Mathematicians, through mathematics, have essentially created an entirely arbitrary system of explaining reality
Citation needed.
Because otherwise I can't argue against why that is wrong on so many levels.