I assume you're using APCP or some other high-performance oxidizer+fuel combo.
In looking around a little, wikipedia has this quote: "On March 16, 2009, it was ruled that APCP is not an explosive and that manufacture and use of APCP no longer requires a license or permit from the ATF." That's gotta help reduce the paperwork.
Looking in the Emergency Response guide, I didn't find APCP or rocket fuel, but Ammonium Perchlorate is listed as placard 1442 with response 143 - not particularly dangerous, but a decent oxidizer.
A standard 40' shipping container has 39.5 feet of usable length inside - plenty for your RB and strapping/padding.
Another option would be to ship the RB and have the fuel delivered professionally - that is, if you order the fuel from a company have them deal with shipping it. Of course if you make it yourself, that's a different story. Perhaps you could make it/have it manufactured at your destination?
I intended for my previous response to be encouraging - there are generally ways of getting something done by thinking outside the box (or country, in this case).
A hint for the next time you want to try this: Fed-Ex your rocket to a country with less strict rules, fly yourself there, and launch it! Perhaps an uninhabited Bahamian Island?
Also in the mix are the chips from Microchip - there are no-cost C compilers for most of their line, and they've recently adopted Eclipse as their IDE platform.
I was hacking together projects using their CPUs before Arduino existed (IIRC). Before that, Z-80's. RAS/CAS, anyone?
From the second link: Steven Ambrose... wrote: "Dr. Rush thought these pills would cure any number of ills. The pills were composed of calomel (a mixture of six parts mercury to one part chlorine), and jalap (eds note: jalapeno is a form of jalap). Each portion of the concoction was a purgative of explosive power...the combination was awesome." Dr. Rush suggested that if one pill didn't do the trick, you could take two or three.
That reminds me of when all the 'politically correct' BS started appearing - the NY police were told to call homeless people 'undomiciled'. Seriously. Apparently that practice is still in place.
Sadly, I can't tell if the first link is an honest attempt at PC 're-education' or a spoof.
Comcast has absolutely no control over what ads a given station can display...
Although I don't have comcast, I have noticed a lot of what I consider to be commercial overlaying on my sat provider's channels. For example, a commercial for product X airs, and then a tiny snippet of the tail end of a commercial for product Y immediately follows, after which the 'real' program resumes. I expect someone along the line is hijacking the commercial slot for product Y and running their own commercial for product X, with the resultant slight timing discrepancy. It's really annoying, as if commercials weren't annoying enough in the first place.
There was a big stink years ago about the airlines and/or some of the major online retailers trying 'demographic-based pricing'.
I experienced this just the other day. I went to a local restaurant supply store and bought a bunch of stuff. Since I was a first-time customer, he gave me an instant 10% discount. No one else in the store would've gotten the discount on those or any other items even if they were first time customers as well. I was just more charismatic, I guess.:-)
As also noted, I am currently applying for disability, as I am unable to work.... you're cleaning to earn your room and board...
Sorry to hear you're out of work and injured.
Those two sentences might come back to haunt you in your attempt to qualify for disability. It sounds like you're able to perform some amount of work, just not in your chosen profession.
Many skimmers have their own read head that actually reads the card's magstripe as you insert the card into the ATM - no electrical connections to the ATM needed. Remember, here in the US don't have chip-and-pin - our debit/credit cards have a mag stripe (that's captured by the skimmer's read head) and a PIN you type, captured by the skimmer's built-in camera. That's all that stands between criminal X and you money.
There are tons of pics of very clever skimmer devices on the web.
... Fukushima is at the same "level" as a nuclear accident which melts the entire Western hemisphere. One should wonder why the nuclear industry has a scale where the top rung of the scale covers such a vast range of accidents.
How about classifying radiological incidents (note I didn't use the word 'accident') like this:
Fatalities Relocated area time rating 0 80000 2827.4 km2 20 y 0.97 Fukushima 64 350400 2827.4 km2 100 y 2.91 Chernobyl initial deaths 4000 350400 2827.4 km2 100 y 4.70 Chernobyl lowest deaths 60000 350400 2827.4 km2 100 y 5.88 Chernobyl middle deaths 985000 350400 2827.4 km2 100 y 7.09 Chernobyl highest deaths 7e9 0 0 0 9.85 Whole world killed 0 7e9 5.1e8 100k 2.46 evacuate the whole planet
Slashdot claims I'm using too many junk characters. Why is that?
In defense of the OP, the article seems to imply that this device is somehow the first/only MEMS device out there instead of being only one of many instances of MEMS.
"War operations involving destruction of aircraft due to accidental detonation of onboard munitions and explosives, civilian, subsequent encounter" "Sexual harassment on the job"
I sure am. After exposure to as little as 500 W/cm^2 for an hour I develop red patches on my skin. Longer exposure times lead to blistering and painful exfoliation.
If their argument were true, they would be unable to function during the day. The sun provides about 1000 W/m^2 peak power density at the Earth's surface - that's 100x the Maximum Permissible Exposure limit for uncontrolled access of 1 mW/cm^2 as defined by the FCC (assuming we use the same limit that applies at the top of their scale, 100 GHz).
For WiFi, allowing for a 100 mW 2450 MHz transmitter into a (generous) 3 dBi rubber ducky antenna, the power density falls below the 1 mW/cm^2 limit 5.5 cm from the antenna. To reach the same power density as the sun, you'd have to be that same 5.5 cm away from a 20 Watt 2450 MHz transmitter.
Assumptions: Yes, I assume that all of the sun's radiation falls under the same RF exposure limit. There is some RF that is low enough in frequency to be covered by limits under 100 GHz, but not that much. Also, the MPE is based on SAR, which is frequency-dependent.
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Must've been Stephen Hawking. All of Hawking's shootings be drive-bys.
I assume you're using APCP or some other high-performance oxidizer+fuel combo.
In looking around a little, wikipedia has this quote: "On March 16, 2009, it was ruled that APCP is not an explosive and that manufacture and use of APCP no longer requires a license or permit from the ATF." That's gotta help reduce the paperwork.
Looking in the Emergency Response guide, I didn't find APCP or rocket fuel, but Ammonium Perchlorate is listed as placard 1442 with response 143 - not particularly dangerous, but a decent oxidizer.
A standard 40' shipping container has 39.5 feet of usable length inside - plenty for your RB and strapping/padding.
Another option would be to ship the RB and have the fuel delivered professionally - that is, if you order the fuel from a company have them deal with shipping it. Of course if you make it yourself, that's a different story. Perhaps you could make it/have it manufactured at your destination?
I intended for my previous response to be encouraging - there are generally ways of getting something done by thinking outside the box (or country, in this case).
A hint for the next time you want to try this: Fed-Ex your rocket to a country with less strict rules, fly yourself there, and launch it! Perhaps an uninhabited Bahamian Island?
Also in the mix are the chips from Microchip - there are no-cost C compilers for most of their line, and they've recently adopted Eclipse as their IDE platform.
I was hacking together projects using their CPUs before Arduino existed (IIRC). Before that, Z-80's. RAS/CAS, anyone?
I like that.
Any no baby in baby oil.
You mean like Rush's Thunderclappers as used by Lewis and Clark?
From the second link: ... wrote: "Dr. Rush thought these pills would cure any number of ills. The pills were composed of calomel (a mixture of six parts mercury to one part chlorine), and jalap (eds note: jalapeno is a form of jalap). Each portion of the concoction was a purgative of explosive power...the combination was awesome." Dr. Rush suggested that if one pill didn't do the trick, you could take two or three.
Steven Ambrose
Wow.
That reminds me of when all the 'politically correct' BS started appearing - the NY police were told to call homeless people 'undomiciled'. Seriously. Apparently that practice is still in place.
Sadly, I can't tell if the first link is an honest attempt at PC 're-education' or a spoof.
2 wrongs don't make a right,never has never will.
But in New Jersey, 3 rights make a left.
Belgium never had any to be proud of.
They have a righteous Formula 1 track.
Comcast has absolutely no control over what ads a given station can display...
Although I don't have comcast, I have noticed a lot of what I consider to be commercial overlaying on my sat provider's channels. For example, a commercial for product X airs, and then a tiny snippet of the tail end of a commercial for product Y immediately follows, after which the 'real' program resumes. I expect someone along the line is hijacking the commercial slot for product Y and running their own commercial for product X, with the resultant slight timing discrepancy. It's really annoying, as if commercials weren't annoying enough in the first place.
There was a big stink years ago about the airlines and/or some of the major online retailers trying 'demographic-based pricing'.
I experienced this just the other day. I went to a local restaurant supply store and bought a bunch of stuff. Since I was a first-time customer, he gave me an instant 10% discount. No one else in the store would've gotten the discount on those or any other items even if they were first time customers as well. I was just more charismatic, I guess. :-)
How about letting them trade not being able to vote for tax relief? Let's re-institute the poll tax! ~sarcasm
As also noted, I am currently applying for disability, as I am unable to work. ... you're cleaning to earn your room and board...
Sorry to hear you're out of work and injured.
Those two sentences might come back to haunt you in your attempt to qualify for disability. It sounds like you're able to perform some amount of work, just not in your chosen profession.
Many skimmers have their own read head that actually reads the card's magstripe as you insert the card into the ATM - no electrical connections to the ATM needed. Remember, here in the US don't have chip-and-pin - our debit/credit cards have a mag stripe (that's captured by the skimmer's read head) and a PIN you type, captured by the skimmer's built-in camera. That's all that stands between criminal X and you money.
There are tons of pics of very clever skimmer devices on the web.
...their bad breath is going to be the last thing you notice.
Actually 48 hours of starvation can cause ketosis, which gives you fruity-smelling acetone breath and urine.
... Fukushima is at the same "level" as a nuclear accident which melts the entire Western hemisphere. One should wonder why the nuclear industry has a scale where the top rung of the scale covers such a vast range of accidents.
How about classifying radiological incidents (note I didn't use the word 'accident') like this:
Rating = log(number_dead + 1) + 0.1 * log((number_relocated * km2_polluted * yrs_polluted) + 1)
This yields
Fatalities Relocated area time rating
0 80000 2827.4 km2 20 y 0.97 Fukushima
64 350400 2827.4 km2 100 y 2.91 Chernobyl initial deaths
4000 350400 2827.4 km2 100 y 4.70 Chernobyl lowest deaths
60000 350400 2827.4 km2 100 y 5.88 Chernobyl middle deaths
985000 350400 2827.4 km2 100 y 7.09 Chernobyl highest deaths
7e9 0 0 0 9.85 Whole world killed
0 7e9 5.1e8 100k 2.46 evacuate the whole planet
Slashdot claims I'm using too many junk characters. Why is that?
If only there were a mainstream language that runs on nearly every platform out there...
Same here. My male cat will fetch a balled up soda straw wrapper, etc and drop it in your hand, ready for you to throw it again.
In defense of the OP, the article seems to imply that this device is somehow the first/only MEMS device out there instead of being only one of many instances of MEMS.
Whoosh on you. Clearly he didn't choose that out of thin air.
... theoretically, "Xyzzy" could mean something.
It already does.
Spacecraft: http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/MEDICALCODES0911/#term=spacecraft
Nuclear Weapons: http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/MEDICALCODES0911/#term=nuclear+weapon
3 pages of alcohol: http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/MEDICALCODES0911/#term=alcohol including "Blood alcohol level of 240 mg/100 ml or more"
Primary Thunderclap Headache??? : http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/MEDICALCODES0911/#term=clap
Contact with hot toaster (as opposed to being hit over the head with a cold toaster, I aasume): http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/MEDICALCODES0911/#term=toast
"War operations involving destruction of aircraft due to accidental detonation of onboard munitions and explosives, civilian, subsequent encounter"
"Sexual harassment on the job"
The mind boggles...
I sure am. After exposure to as little as 500 W/cm^2 for an hour I develop red patches on my skin. Longer exposure times lead to blistering and painful exfoliation.
Sunburn sucks.
If their argument were true, they would be unable to function during the day. The sun provides about 1000 W/m^2 peak power density at the Earth's surface - that's 100x the Maximum Permissible Exposure limit for uncontrolled access of 1 mW/cm^2 as defined by the FCC (assuming we use the same limit that applies at the top of their scale, 100 GHz).
For WiFi, allowing for a 100 mW 2450 MHz transmitter into a (generous) 3 dBi rubber ducky antenna, the power density falls below the 1 mW/cm^2 limit 5.5 cm from the antenna. To reach the same power density as the sun, you'd have to be that same 5.5 cm away from a 20 Watt 2450 MHz transmitter.
Assumptions: Yes, I assume that all of the sun's radiation falls under the same RF exposure limit. There is some RF that is low enough in frequency to be covered by limits under 100 GHz, but not that much. Also, the MPE is based on SAR, which is frequency-dependent.