Not to be a total pedantic ass, but isn't the name of the virus "Cornficker", not "CornFLicker"? Cornficker is bad enough, but I must say Cornflicker makes the mind reel...
Helical antennas are quite common. They provide acceptable gain, but more importantly they are circularly polarized which is a great boon for receiving signals from tumbling spacecraft such as Amateur Radio Satellites. A strange instance of a helical antenna is the Quadrifilar Helical antenna. This egg-beater shaped beast is perfect for receiving circularly-polarized signals (from weather sats, for instance). I had one cut for 70cm on my roof for a long time.
The DecTalk of circa 1984 could sing. It was fascinating. You could send it the pitch, duration, volume and phoneme to sing, and off it would go. I had one singing "Ave Maria" in 1987.
Teller did. According to this article, he showed that igniting the atmosphere was possible, but unlikely. He just didn't cover up the data fast enough, and it got out.
Teller also raised the speculative possibility that an atomic bomb might "ignite" the atmosphere, because of a hypothetical fusion reaction of nitrogen nuclei.[citation needed] Bethe calculated, according to Serber, that it could not happen. However, a report co-authored by Teller showed that ignition of the atmosphere was not impossible, just unlikely.[6] In Serber's account, Oppenheimer mentioned it to Arthur Compton, who "didn't have enough sense to shut up about it. It somehow got into a document that went to Washington" which led to the question being "never laid to rest".[7]
That's because both of them treat every citizen equally under the law. If you're going to do something to help citizen X, you must do it for _all_ citizens. No special treatment at all. None. Zero. I am sick and tired of the way things are now: "You can't contribute to a Roth IRA because you make too much". "You can't get a student loan - you make too much." "You need to pay a higher percentage of your income in taxes because you make too much." "We [the gov't] are going to give tax 'credits' [free money] to only those that 'need' it, even if they won't work." "Your company can't bid on that contract - you don't employ enough minorities."
The way I see it, the federal government has way overstepped its bounds by violating The federal equivalent of The Equal Protection Clause, my right to the Pursuit of Happiness, and the prohibition on Specific Welfare.
I think #1 is a dangerous precedent - why not freeze _all_ White house workers' salaries?
I share your situation in #2, but disagree that I should pay a higher percentage than someone who makes $30k. I'm a big fan of a flat sales tax that omits rent, house payments, drugs, health care, and non-prepared food. There's your tax break for the poor and a fair tax system rolled into one.
I recently did the math, so to speak, for #4, and found that all of the so-called welfare and entitlement programs cost the same as giving _every_ household a check for $30k every year. I'd rather see that than have someone decide who is worthy and who is not. Your and my yearly check would go into savings or be spent on luxuries (that would be taxed); others would use it for essentials (and would not be taxed).
Does anyone else think his executive order freezing the pay of those White House workers making more than $100,000/year is a frightening preview of how he intends to define "rich" and "poor" and those that are "not deserving" and those that "are deserving"? What makes a White House worker that makes $95,000/yr any more deserving of a pay raise than one making $105,000? Using such an arbitrary dividing line is divisive, and only shows that he's willing to divide the nation by income. I fear that this will bleed over into the tax code, social security, health care, etc. We already have an illegal (IMHO) 'progressive' (nice irony there) tax system - I surely do not want to see that sort of poison seep into the rest of the government.
Note that passive RFID uses the energy of the exciting field to power the RFID chip - the same thing could be used on your TV if you were willing to have a remote manly enough to generate a 1-4W EIRP field.
Usually power strips are protected by Metal Oxide Varistors. They are typically rated by how many joules of energy they can absorb per overvoltage event. Note that in the event of a sustained overvoltage event, the MOV itself can become a fire hazard. Nifty little things, indeed.
Hanford's tanks are a real nightmare, too. There used to be a paper online that detailed where all of the isotopes came from and where they went. It also detailed all sorts of actions they've taken to try and stabilize the tanks against leakage, self-boiling, criticality, and other nasty things. Oddly, I can't seem to find it anymore. 8-) This paper, while not as detailed, still does a fair job of describing the vast amount of waste that exists in the tanks and how little they know about what is exactly in each tank.
There is a widespread urban myth that distilled water is harmful. I've heard it all my life. Look at all the discussion at these sites. Some say there are benefits, some say it'll kill you. Too bad KiwiCanuck didn't "research a little more."
I suppose that's Baikal in Irkutsk, Montana? The world's most voluminous continental lake (singular) is Baikal. The Great Lakes may cover more area, but that doesn't translate into more water.
I actually heard that song on the radio the other day. I remember hearing it for the first time at my uncle's house on a 45 - I played it over and over. Sci-fi meets pop music. In case you don't know what we're talking about, it was a song that took a stab at predicting the future in 1010 year increments starting in 2525. I was 4 in 1969 when it was released. Sheesh, that makes me feel old!
I get $19.71 (24 hrs/day * 365 days/yr * 75% sleeping) *.02kW = 131.4 kWh/yr * $0.15/kWh = $19.71.
If you want to talk about power hogs, I remember when all-tube TVs starting coming out with the 'Instant On' feature - the TV was designed to keep all of the vacuum tube filaments hot all the time so that when you turned it on, it popped into life instead of taking 30-45 seconds for everything to warm up. Those suckers drew serious Wattage! We're talking 10-15 little heaters drawing a couple of hundred Watts in total.
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suddenly ... algae looks pretty good.
And people - don't forget people! Remember, Tuesday is Soylent Green Day.
Viet Cong? Visual C? Venture Capitalist? Victoria Cross? Vatican City? 8-)
Not to be a total pedantic ass, but isn't the name of the virus "Cornficker", not "CornFLicker"? Cornficker is bad enough, but I must say Cornflicker makes the mind reel...
Helical antennas are quite common. They provide acceptable gain, but more importantly they are circularly polarized which is a great boon for receiving signals from tumbling spacecraft such as Amateur Radio Satellites. A strange instance of a helical antenna is the Quadrifilar Helical antenna. This egg-beater shaped beast is perfect for receiving circularly-polarized signals (from weather sats, for instance). I had one cut for 70cm on my roof for a long time.
Weapons grade uranium/plutonium doesn't exactly grow on trees.
It does in Chernobyl.
Now that you've revealed yourself to your neighbors as "The TireSlasher", I'd start looking out for baseball bats and bullets. 8-)
The DecTalk of circa 1984 could sing. It was fascinating. You could send it the pitch, duration, volume and phoneme to sing, and off it would go. I had one singing "Ave Maria" in 1987.
The way I see it, the federal government has way overstepped its bounds by violating The federal equivalent of The Equal Protection Clause, my right to the Pursuit of Happiness, and the prohibition on Specific Welfare.
Thank you.
I agree with you on 3, 7, 8, and 9 outright.
I don't share your optimism on 5 and 6.
I think #1 is a dangerous precedent - why not freeze _all_ White house workers' salaries?
I share your situation in #2, but disagree that I should pay a higher percentage than someone who makes $30k. I'm a big fan of a flat sales tax that omits rent, house payments, drugs, health care, and non-prepared food. There's your tax break for the poor and a fair tax system rolled into one.
I recently did the math, so to speak, for #4, and found that all of the so-called welfare and entitlement programs cost the same as giving _every_ household a check for $30k every year. I'd rather see that than have someone decide who is worthy and who is not. Your and my yearly check would go into savings or be spent on luxuries (that would be taxed); others would use it for essentials (and would not be taxed).
Care to elaborate?
Does anyone else think his executive order freezing the pay of those White House workers making more than $100,000/year is a frightening preview of how he intends to define "rich" and "poor" and those that are "not deserving" and those that "are deserving"? What makes a White House worker that makes $95,000/yr any more deserving of a pay raise than one making $105,000? Using such an arbitrary dividing line is divisive, and only shows that he's willing to divide the nation by income. I fear that this will bleed over into the tax code, social security, health care, etc. We already have an illegal (IMHO) 'progressive' (nice irony there) tax system - I surely do not want to see that sort of poison seep into the rest of the government.
Note that passive RFID uses the energy of the exciting field to power the RFID chip - the same thing could be used on your TV if you were willing to have a remote manly enough to generate a 1-4W EIRP field.
Usually power strips are protected by Metal Oxide Varistors. They are typically rated by how many joules of energy they can absorb per overvoltage event. Note that in the event of a sustained overvoltage event, the MOV itself can become a fire hazard. Nifty little things, indeed.
The tanks described in this paper scare me. Self-boiling, self-criticality, and they really don't know for sure what's in all those tanks.
Hanford's tanks are a real nightmare, too. There used to be a paper online that detailed where all of the isotopes came from and where they went. It also detailed all sorts of actions they've taken to try and stabilize the tanks against leakage, self-boiling, criticality, and other nasty things. Oddly, I can't seem to find it anymore. 8-) This paper, while not as detailed, still does a fair job of describing the vast amount of waste that exists in the tanks and how little they know about what is exactly in each tank.
No. Next question?
There is a widespread urban myth that distilled water is harmful. I've heard it all my life. Look at all the discussion at these sites. Some say there are benefits, some say it'll kill you. Too bad KiwiCanuck didn't "research a little more."
I suppose that's Baikal in Irkutsk, Montana? The world's most voluminous continental lake (singular) is Baikal. The Great Lakes may cover more area, but that doesn't translate into more water.
To paraphrase the words of Hauser/Quaid, "Get [our collective] ass[es] to Mars!"
Landers are cool, 'bots are cool, but people are better!
I actually heard that song on the radio the other day. I remember hearing it for the first time at my uncle's house on a 45 - I played it over and over. Sci-fi meets pop music. In case you don't know what we're talking about, it was a song that took a stab at predicting the future in 1010 year increments starting in 2525. I was 4 in 1969 when it was released. Sheesh, that makes me feel old!
It does if the pill, on its way out, releases Habanero juice into your guts if it detects that you've been a bad boy and not taken your meds.
Like these? I'm kinda glad they're inedible.
I get $19.71 (24 hrs/day * 365 days/yr * 75% sleeping) * .02kW = 131.4 kWh/yr * $0.15/kWh = $19.71.
If you want to talk about power hogs, I remember when all-tube TVs starting coming out with the 'Instant On' feature - the TV was designed to keep all of the vacuum tube filaments hot all the time so that when you turned it on, it popped into life instead of taking 30-45 seconds for everything to warm up. Those suckers drew serious Wattage! We're talking 10-15 little heaters drawing a couple of hundred Watts in total.
Wouldn't it be easier to reconfigure the moon landing soundstage?