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I can see it now...
The author was killed during some freak accident travelling to Africa.
No seriously though, one of my undergrad profs, who works in quasi-crystals, said he wouldn't ever attempt to make diamonds in the lab, because DeBeers would want his head.
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you should be fine, but I missed out on the extra time, d'oh
I work in cryo-related science and as we all no liquid nitrogen creates a gas layer between its source and the liquid nitrogen as it boils off. This phenomena can be exploited for need tricks such as quickly putting your hand in liquid nitrogen and pulling it out as well as placing it in your mouth and breathing smoke.
Liquid propane on the other creates no gaseous layer when cooling i.e. if you dip your hand in liquid propane its gone. I wonder if this would allow for even greater limits.
First, you have to figure what you want to buy. Read reviews suchs as Tom's Hardware and Anandtech (to name a couple).
Second, get an idea of the minimum cost by searching pricewatch.
Third, find a vendor to buy from:
Pricewatch: I have been burned by the cheaper companies before, so I make sure they have a good return policy.
Large Internet Suppliers: I usually end up buying things from amazon or buy.com (who are now starting to sell components), there are also huge component stores like newegg.com.
Local: But I've found the best service comes from local reatilers, because you can get the part replaced or exchanged the same day. It is up to you and how much time you want to spend.
This topic is going to create some huge flamebait.
I was reading that Xbox Linux Project page and with all the "Circumvention of the Xbox security" references, they are practically quoting one of the DMCA no-nos.
I hope they don't have any problems down the road, because I'd really like to see this succeed.
I had to do this experiment for an undergraduate physics lab.
I have trouble believing this setup will work, because
The experiment is open air and very sensitive to any movement in air flow and also sound. When closing the door to the room, you can consider you're experiment invalid.
A camera is nice for measuring position, but it can also be measured directly by passing the metal balls through capacitor like setup creating much more accurate direct measurements.
Typical measurements yield numbers off by a factor of two. Making it very hard to get a good result. The current constant was measure very far underground where the mass of the Earth is more accurate. A laser has been typically used in this case, but doesn't use a computer.
Experiments today are done with a Cavendish apparatus, which very similar to the one shown. Here's a link with some pics.
This is unreserached thought, so don't come down on me too hard. I am just recalling from my youth
We used to build plasmoid balls as physics demos for kids. My professor said it isn't bad on the microwave either.
Instead of building that complex machinery list at the webpage all you need is a standard 2-liter bottle of soda (pop for Midwesterners, coke for Texans). Cut the bottom off and discard the top (usually about 3-4 inches should do) poke hole in the side for airflow.
Now you need something to hold the match upright e.g. a.b.c. gum or a cock like them.
Light the match close the door, start the microwave. Eventually your 2-liter will melt causing even more fun.
Well, crap I had better return my b.s. in physics and give my students credit on their tests.
Thanks for catching me on that, it was 6:30 am after a LONG night. I was just trying to put a link with my posts like a good boy. It was hard locating voyeurism technology pages. I bet there could be some good things coming out of UV radiation.
Could one use this perhaps to peer through the curtains of our neighbors without the distraction of visible light background? It doesn't show its sensitivity curve. document on filtering visible light
So, I am a PhD student and my work requires me to travel to Brookhaven Nat. Lab synchrotron occasionally. Anyway I went there with my boss, Dr. D, who appeared in Vogue for being one of the sexiest professional women (./ babe!).
Anyway the night watchman (guy there just in case the x-ray beam explodes), Bob or Bill was trying real hard to get in my boss's pants. So, he brought up the fact that his dad is Steve Russell. Then he proceeds to look up all these webpages dedicated to dad. Of course, now I have a tainted view of the situation, because he wouldn't leave from midnight to 8:00 am when the morning guy arrived.
It was interesting to here the story of the original game maker. Apparently the were just bored one day and had lots of CRT technology around.
Original estimates for human genome size were around 80,000. As the genome was getting sequenced this estimate kept dropping eventually reaching the current accepted number of 30,000.
Genes contain introns and exons. The introns are discarded, but the exons can discarded or included in the final protein. So for one gene we can code two similar, but functionally different proteins.
So in this case exon 1 and exon 3 could be different domains that completely change the functionality of the protein.
Another phenomenon that can happen from this is that the reading frame can be shifted from the splicing (if exon_length % 3 != 0) event and you get a completely different protein. This is usually found in organisms with smaller genomes.
I don't know if anyone noticed or cared, but the link was wrong off the main page.
http://people.ce.mediaone.net/bert-hickman/frames/ shrinker.html
it should be a bert-hickman NOT bert.hickman
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Granted you have to be a member, but I've had the best luck with AAA TripTik. It tells you details on construction which can be very helpful especially in CT.
No seriously though, one of my undergrad profs, who works in quasi-crystals, said he wouldn't ever attempt to make diamonds in the lab, because DeBeers would want his head.
you should be fine, but I missed out on the extra time, d'oh
got it!
keyLYme314159
Looks like the server is backed up.
I know this is a online smiley face, but was the smiley face prominent among typewriter messages, because that would take away from the whole effect.
I work in cryo-related science and as we all no liquid nitrogen creates a gas layer between its source and the liquid nitrogen as it boils off. This phenomena can be exploited for need tricks such as quickly putting your hand in liquid nitrogen and pulling it out as well as placing it in your mouth and breathing smoke.
Liquid propane on the other creates no gaseous layer when cooling i.e. if you dip your hand in liquid propane its gone. I wonder if this would allow for even greater limits.
I am currently in the same situation.
First, you have to figure what you want to buy. Read reviews suchs as Tom's Hardware and Anandtech (to name a couple).
Second, get an idea of the minimum cost by searching pricewatch.
Third, find a vendor to buy from:
Pricewatch: I have been burned by the cheaper companies before, so I make sure they have a good return policy.
Large Internet Suppliers: I usually end up buying things from amazon or buy.com (who are now starting to sell components), there are also huge component stores like newegg.com.
Local: But I've found the best service comes from local reatilers, because you can get the part replaced or exchanged the same day. It is up to you and how much time you want to spend.
This topic is going to create some huge flamebait.
vossman
I was reading that Xbox Linux Project page and with all the "Circumvention of the Xbox security" references, they are practically quoting one of the DMCA no-nos.
I hope they don't have any problems down the road, because I'd really like to see this succeed.
I have trouble believing this setup will work, because
Experiments today are done with a Cavendish apparatus, which very similar to the one shown. Here's a link with some pics.
This is unreserached thought, so don't come down on me too hard. I am just recalling from my youth
vossman
We used to build plasmoid balls as physics demos for kids. My professor said it isn't bad on the microwave either.
Instead of building that complex machinery list at the webpage all you need is a standard 2-liter bottle of soda (pop for Midwesterners, coke for Texans). Cut the bottom off and discard the top (usually about 3-4 inches should do) poke hole in the side for airflow.
Now you need something to hold the match upright e.g. a.b.c. gum or a cock like them.
Light the match close the door, start the microwave. Eventually your 2-liter will melt causing even more fun.
vossman
Well, crap I had better return my b.s. in physics and give my students credit on their tests.
Thanks for catching me on that, it was 6:30 am after a LONG night. I was just trying to put a link with my posts like a good boy. It was hard locating voyeurism technology pages. I bet there could be some good things coming out of UV radiation.
vossman
Could one use this perhaps to peer through the curtains of our neighbors without the distraction of visible light background? It doesn't show its sensitivity curve.
document on filtering visible light
So, I am a PhD student and my work requires me to travel to Brookhaven Nat. Lab synchrotron occasionally. Anyway I went there with my boss, Dr. D, who appeared in Vogue for being one of the sexiest professional women ( ./ babe!).
Anyway the night watchman (guy there just in case the x-ray beam explodes), Bob or Bill was trying real hard to get in my boss's pants. So, he brought up the fact that his dad is Steve Russell. Then he proceeds to look up all these webpages dedicated to dad. Of course, now I have a tainted view of the situation, because he wouldn't leave from midnight to 8:00 am when the morning guy arrived.
It was interesting to here the story of the original game maker. Apparently the were just bored one day and had lots of CRT technology around.
Anyway that's my story. Sorry its not so cool.
-vossman
Genes contain introns and exons. The introns are discarded, but the exons can discarded or included in the final protein. So for one gene we can code two similar, but functionally different proteins.
e.g. (numbers correspond to exons)
gene: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
protein 1: 1 - 2 - 4 - 5
protein 2: 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
So in this case exon 1 and exon 3 could be different domains that completely change the functionality of the protein.
Another phenomenon that can happen from this is that the reading frame can be shifted from the splicing (if exon_length % 3 != 0) event and you get a completely different protein. This is usually found in organisms with smaller genomes.
More info available here.
There is actually a database dedicated to this phenonmena here.
Note: I am a crystallography and I admit to knowing very little about genetics, so take this at its face value
While here is the full research article in science magazine.
Both of these require a subscription, but you can read the abstract without paying.
I don't know if anyone noticed or cared, but the link was wrong off the main page. http://people.ce.mediaone.net/bert-hickman/frames/ shrinker.html
it should be a bert-hickman NOT bert.hickman