I believe U of Illinois at Chicago had that distinction. It was an Xray laser. Used for taking photos of protein folding. I'm too lazy too look up any specifics right now.
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had the R-W impediment, Biggus Dickus had the S-Th lisp
who exactly is supposed to be commanding the centurian?
It's called a Plank second, i believe (like Plank mass and Plank length, it is the smallest division of time (or mass or length) beyond which measurement becomes meaningless (due to uncertainty?)) i believe there was an article a few days ago about the quantisation of the universe (or rather our understanding of it). Everything is grainy, and everything is continuous at the same time.
My hazy recollection of E&M wants to say that no quantity of tesla and gauss will ever be equal because they measure different things. Both pertaining to magnetism, but there is a subtle difference between the two, what that is I can't quite recall at the moment, but there is a difference
That's what I kept thinking in the back of my mind when i read this. First it gets its roots smashed during the leg installation. Then used as a makeshift crane for the body. And it will most likely have to go when its size and root structure begin to threaten the mech itself. Hey this suddenly reminds me of an old mech game where you got points for taking out trees. Terra Firma or something like that.
which is exactly why Kevin J Anderson used a species of bacteria in the book (based on a real bacteria found in deep sea thermal vents that eats a compound very similar to octane), rather than a virus. The original poster got it wrong. Good book though, goes into great depth about a microwave powerplant, with satellites launched from a giant railgun. Cool stuff
Note the date -- Saw an [student] art exhibit paralleling these events with 9/11/01. Not so much the events themselves, since they were not terribly similar poli-wise, but the massive death tolls, the dates (obviously) and just the sheer sadness of the events. Sobering. Too much hurt in the world. Leave your politics at the door.
Liquid Helium is indeed relatively cheap, however, superfluidity is observed when said He is at a temperature of 4K or less. It is the equipment needed to cool the liquid helium to this point that makes the experiment expensive. Also, I believe it has to be pure (nearly so) He(4), as He(3) does not reach superfluidity until a much lower temperature (or maybe not at all, I can't recall the specifics of the phenomena at this point, but I know there was a difference between the two Isotopes)
I took a tour of Ames lab 2 summers ago and we got to talk to the guys working on this. Saw a little demonstration of the alloy at work too. Pretty nifty, just a little metal tab that you inserted between two magnets and pulled out again. They had thermocouplers attached to the thing, got a difference of about 5-10 degrees after a about a minute. At the time they said they were expecting to reach a Carnot efficiency of 99% (the most efficient refrigeration units are about 30% efficient by comparison). I think they were saying it would be 70% efficient at first (not too sure though). I was wondering if the engine could be reversed to create an amazingly efficient generator. I have no idea. Damn cool stuff though.(no pun intended)
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Sarah Vowell did a piece a few weeks back on This American Life about the whole sordid history of The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Give it a listen
I believe U of Illinois at Chicago had that distinction. It was an Xray laser. Used for taking photos of protein folding. I'm too lazy too look up any specifics right now.
had the R-W impediment, Biggus Dickus had the S-Th lisp
who exactly is supposed to be commanding the centurian?
It's called a Plank second, i believe (like Plank mass and Plank length, it is the smallest division of time (or mass or length) beyond which measurement becomes meaningless (due to uncertainty?)) i believe there was an article a few days ago about the quantisation of the universe (or rather our understanding of it). Everything is grainy, and everything is continuous at the same time.
My hazy recollection of E&M wants to say that no quantity of tesla and gauss will ever be equal because they measure different things. Both pertaining to magnetism, but there is a subtle difference between the two, what that is I can't quite recall at the moment, but there is a difference
That's what I kept thinking in the back of my mind when i read this. First it gets its roots smashed during the leg installation. Then used as a makeshift crane for the body. And it will most likely have to go when its size and root structure begin to threaten the mech itself. Hey this suddenly reminds me of an old mech game where you got points for taking out trees. Terra Firma or something like that.
which is exactly why Kevin J Anderson used a species of bacteria in the book (based on a real bacteria found in deep sea thermal vents that eats a compound very similar to octane), rather than a virus. The original poster got it wrong. Good book though, goes into great depth about a microwave powerplant, with satellites launched from a giant railgun. Cool stuff
Note the date -- Saw an [student] art exhibit paralleling these events with 9/11/01. Not so much the events themselves, since they were not terribly similar poli-wise, but the massive death tolls, the dates (obviously) and just the sheer sadness of the events. Sobering. Too much hurt in the world. Leave your politics at the door.
Liquid Helium is indeed relatively cheap, however, superfluidity is observed when said He is at a temperature of 4K or less. It is the equipment needed to cool the liquid helium to this point that makes the experiment expensive. Also, I believe it has to be pure (nearly so) He(4), as He(3) does not reach superfluidity until a much lower temperature (or maybe not at all, I can't recall the specifics of the phenomena at this point, but I know there was a difference between the two Isotopes)
I took a tour of Ames lab 2 summers ago and we got to talk to the guys working on this. Saw a little demonstration of the alloy at work too. Pretty nifty, just a little metal tab that you inserted between two magnets and pulled out again. They had thermocouplers attached to the thing, got a difference of about 5-10 degrees after a about a minute. At the time they said they were expecting to reach a Carnot efficiency of 99% (the most efficient refrigeration units are about 30% efficient by comparison). I think they were saying it would be 70% efficient at first (not too sure though). I was wondering if the engine could be reversed to create an amazingly efficient generator. I have no idea. Damn cool stuff though.(no pun intended)
It hasn't been released yet, but it would seem to be a good bet. Learn about chaos theory and fractals as well as musical composition.
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Or if you just want to do the musical composition (using fractals) check out organised chaos
Dude, try and sing (or say, if your singing voice ain't too good) Clones out loud as a 3 sylable word. I swear it sounds like cojones instead.
That's more or less what I've always thought. I guess now it's more like Bernouli's Principle on crack.
Wouldn't it be amazing floating round in a large, complete, 2000 year old city, which was a famous port, and legendary from antic history?
Haha! I wish I could have taken antic history in school, it would have been far more, um, amusing.
actually, 6 X 9 = 54, which in base 13 is 42, the math is done in decimal, and then converted to base 13