Since even in the Netherlands a faith healer has been charged with manslaughter of a cancer patient I assume that they are fair game in the USA. As they should if they presume to know more about diagnosing than a doctor.
Because homeopathy is based on the placebo effect. That does not mean it has no effect, it can have a great effect. It just means that the effect is based in the placebo effect.
IMHO what the homeopathy studies SHOULD be looking for is whether there are unwanted side effects. Those should be non-existent because you can always find a placebo with no side effects. In that regard they should be held to a higher standard than non-placebo medicine.
To conclude that the homeopathic medicines do nothing because they aren't better than a placebo is true but meaningless. It sounds smart but is highly destructive. They don't work. They just allow the believers to heal themselves. If that can be done without adverse side effects I see no problem.
Now there are major issues with alternate healing techniques. In the Netherlands there was an actress that was told not to go for real medicine for her cancer by an alternative healer. However, that is just a regular problem that requires suing the quacks.
TFA talks about the filament temperature: 60C. This is no problem. It does use a special gas to keep the temp that low but TFA does not explain what gas because the writers do not know. Presumably helium.
Holding helium for years is easy. Sealed glass is traditional in bulb manufacturing and is sufficiently helium tight. Incandescent bulbs have that, because the filament would not survive oxygen. Typical He leak rates for stainless steel tubing with good welds and good flange connections is 10^-8 mbar*l/sec (my job). I assume serial produced sealed glass bulbs can achieve the same with ease. I'll assume the envelope is 0.125 l and the over pressure is 1 bar. That leak rate then means that the pressure will drop to 0 bar over in 1.25*10^10 seconds. That is almost 400 years. Don't worry about leaking the helium from a well sealed glass bulb. By that time we'll have full RGB spectrum luminescent plants that detect your mood and adjust their spectrum accordingly.
Dogs are quite clear in that regard. You can't force a dog to do this through violence. You need to seduce the dog with treats and stuff like that. The dog must want to do the work.
Space still has trouble with dumping the heat from a high powered laser. 30 Mw at 30% efficiency means 21 Mw of heat needs to be dissipated. That's a lot. The ISS heat dissipation system EATCS can dump up to 70 Kw. In short, you'd either only be able to fire short bursts before the sat overheated or you'd need massive radiators (which makes it easy for your enemy to hit it back)
Oh and of course that 30 Mw is going to have to be generated somehow.
Don't drive the year round with the same tires (unless the temp is the same the year round). All weather tires suck in the winter because they aren't optimized for low temperatures. The rubber compound stays too cold, impeding grip. All weather tires suck in the summer because they aren't optimized for high temperatures. The rubber compound gets too warm. This causes increased wear. Also the winter grip profile has increased rolling losses. If you have real winters it pays to learn how to switch your tires twice a year.
Indeed. The difference between brown dwarves and planets is under discussion. See the wikipedia page. At 13 Jupiter masses fusion is sustainable. I agree with those who say that we shouldn't call it a star below that threshold. This object is 3 Jupiter masses below it.
Pilots (for autopilot equipped planes) need licenses because it makes sense to have redundancy when the lives of so many people are on the line and the plane can't park on the curb when it doesn't understand what happens. Another reason is because of fear. Planes don't crash at all (with reasonable rounding) and most crashes that do happen happen because of pilot error (source not because of mechanical failure (that includes autopilot error). It's not really rational. An autonomous car drives at most a few passengers and can park when it doesn't understand what's happening. Safe failure modes rule.
I am saying CO2 is bad. The fact that some climate change believers use hype and crap science to support that conclusion does not change the fact that it is true.
Just be careful when assembling particleboard furniture with gorilla glue (aka polyurethane glue)... it will NEVER come apart. You will need to smash the particleboard itself if you ever want to break it down as the glue is far stronger than the wood.
Indeed. polyurethane glue is just for a second lease on life. As with most wood glues it is stronger than the particle board.
What this means is...if you build it and it does't sit perfectly flat while the glue cures then your furniture will forever be wonky and crooked. I'm careful when I build and have ikea furniture that's lasted close to a decade through 5 or 6 moves without anything coming loose.
Good point. Having said that, I haven't had an IKEA thing being wonky. Even those given a second lease on life. May be just luck, may be that I take my time when assembling them.
Oh, and good luck if get it on your hands of clothes *sigh*
Hands: it forms a hard coating on your skin. That coating will come off because it isn't as flexible as your skin. You'll be shedding it for a day or two. Washing doesn't help. Anything I know of that dissolves it dissolves your skin even faster. Clothes: Never use glue with nice clothes on. Unless it's water dissoluble glue.
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Key word is "when". See cancer.
Since even in the Netherlands a faith healer has been charged with manslaughter of a cancer patient I assume that they are fair game in the USA.
As they should if they presume to know more about diagnosing than a doctor.
Because homeopathy is based on the placebo effect. That does not mean it has no effect, it can have a great effect. It just means that the effect is based in the placebo effect.
IMHO what the homeopathy studies SHOULD be looking for is whether there are unwanted side effects. Those should be non-existent because you can always find a placebo with no side effects. In that regard they should be held to a higher standard than non-placebo medicine.
To conclude that the homeopathic medicines do nothing because they aren't better than a placebo is true but meaningless. It sounds smart but is highly destructive.
They don't work. They just allow the believers to heal themselves. If that can be done without adverse side effects I see no problem.
Now there are major issues with alternate healing techniques. In the Netherlands there was an actress that was told not to go for real medicine for her cancer by an alternative healer.
However, that is just a regular problem that requires suing the quacks.
Do you really want a white powder in your suitcase when flying?
TFA talks about the filament temperature: 60C. This is no problem. It does use a special gas to keep the temp that low but TFA does not explain what gas because the writers do not know. Presumably helium.
Holding helium for years is easy. Sealed glass is traditional in bulb manufacturing and is sufficiently helium tight. Incandescent bulbs have that, because the filament would not survive oxygen.
Typical He leak rates for stainless steel tubing with good welds and good flange connections is 10^-8 mbar*l/sec (my job).
I assume serial produced sealed glass bulbs can achieve the same with ease.
I'll assume the envelope is 0.125 l and the over pressure is 1 bar. That leak rate then means that the pressure will drop to 0 bar over in 1.25*10^10 seconds. That is almost 400 years.
Don't worry about leaking the helium from a well sealed glass bulb. By that time we'll have full RGB spectrum luminescent plants that detect your mood and adjust their spectrum accordingly.
It's the reason I never upgraded from twin socket Pentium 4. Running SETI keeps my house warm!
Dogs are quite clear in that regard. You can't force a dog to do this through violence. You need to seduce the dog with treats and stuff like that. The dog must want to do the work.
Space still has trouble with dumping the heat from a high powered laser.
30 Mw at 30% efficiency means 21 Mw of heat needs to be dissipated. That's a lot.
The ISS heat dissipation system EATCS can dump up to 70 Kw.
In short, you'd either only be able to fire short bursts before the sat overheated or you'd need massive radiators (which makes it easy for your enemy to hit it back)
Oh and of course that 30 Mw is going to have to be generated somehow.
Don't drive the year round with the same tires (unless the temp is the same the year round).
All weather tires suck in the winter because they aren't optimized for low temperatures. The rubber compound stays too cold, impeding grip.
All weather tires suck in the summer because they aren't optimized for high temperatures. The rubber compound gets too warm. This causes increased wear. Also the winter grip profile has increased rolling losses.
If you have real winters it pays to learn how to switch your tires twice a year.
Burning CO2 and getting CO2? You should patent that!
Indeed. The difference between brown dwarves and planets is under discussion. See the wikipedia page.
At 13 Jupiter masses fusion is sustainable. I agree with those who say that we shouldn't call it a star below that threshold. This object is 3 Jupiter masses below it.
Pilots (for autopilot equipped planes) need licenses because it makes sense to have redundancy when the lives of so many people are on the line and the plane can't park on the curb when it doesn't understand what happens.
Another reason is because of fear. Planes don't crash at all (with reasonable rounding) and most crashes that do happen happen because of pilot error (source not because of mechanical failure (that includes autopilot error). It's not really rational.
An autonomous car drives at most a few passengers and can park when it doesn't understand what's happening. Safe failure modes rule.
We have trained operators in cars. What we need is a higher percentage of competent operators.
Not everyone who can't run on a treadmill is unfit. Many people in wheelchairs have great health but running on a treadmill can be a tad difficult.
For most cases however, running on a treadmill is quite indicative.
I am saying CO2 is bad. The fact that some climate change believers use hype and crap science to support that conclusion does not change the fact that it is true.
Headline is technically correct. That's a large step up for /..
I agree with you on nuclear. We need more nuclear plants. However, I also feel it should not be the only solution.
Even if it was bad, what's the alternative? Pumping CO2 in the atmosphere?
Though not enough to build a bridge from London to New York.
Yo parents so fat, when you were conceived they emitted gravitational waves detectable with a hardware store laser distance meter.
How often do "neutron stars or black holes merge." ?
Once per pair, give or take.
Earthquakes put stress on pipes. Zombie apocalypses don't.
By the way, how long do you think the pressure will be on the pipes once the electric gas pumps shut off?
This hipster galaxy had metals before it was cool.
Just be careful when assembling particleboard furniture with gorilla glue (aka polyurethane glue) ... it will NEVER come apart. You will need to smash the particleboard itself if you ever want to break it down as the glue is far stronger than the wood.
Indeed. polyurethane glue is just for a second lease on life. As with most wood glues it is stronger than the particle board.
What this means is...if you build it and it does't sit perfectly flat while the glue cures then your furniture will forever be wonky and crooked. I'm careful when I build and have ikea furniture that's lasted close to a decade through 5 or 6 moves without anything coming loose.
Good point. Having said that, I haven't had an IKEA thing being wonky. Even those given a second lease on life. May be just luck, may be that I take my time when assembling them.
Oh, and good luck if get it on your hands of clothes *sigh*
Hands: it forms a hard coating on your skin. That coating will come off because it isn't as flexible as your skin. You'll be shedding it for a day or two.
Washing doesn't help. Anything I know of that dissolves it dissolves your skin even faster.
Clothes: Never use glue with nice clothes on. Unless it's water dissoluble glue.
S5 was IP67 waterproof. The S6 isn't.
In that fashion the S5 was closer to the S4Active than the S6 is.