Not and option for sailing racing boats - International Sailing FederationRacing Rules of Sailing prohibit this kind of solution:
"53 SKIN FRICTION
A boat shall not eject or release a substance, such as a polymer, or
have specially textured surfaces that could improve the character of
the flow of water inside the boundary layer."
"...(they melted off from extreme heat -- look up the professor who got 3rd degree burns from his Vaio)..."
Tried it but only found this ArsTechnica newsdesk item (about a professor who received 2nd degree burns) And do you really think it's possible to receive 3rd degree burns from a computer if it isn't outright burning?
Reminds me of a comment I once saw on Slashdot claiming that there are places on our planet where one could receive 3rd degree burns from the Sun...
One of the few advantages of beeing born in the former Soviet Union - a chance to learn to assemble the AK-47 in the 4th grade:) (it was part of the curriculum starting from the 10th grade if I'm not mistaken)
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I find such numbers very hard to believe - http://www.fuelly.com/car/honda/insight/2010
Not and option for sailing racing boats - International Sailing Federation Racing Rules of Sailing prohibit this kind of solution: "53 SKIN FRICTION A boat shall not eject or release a substance, such as a polymer, or have specially textured surfaces that could improve the character of the flow of water inside the boundary layer."
Also the fact that Finnish troops had submachine guns vs Russian rifles might have been a factor.
Check out these pictures from a Niva crash test (especially the dummy behind the wheel) and *please* reconsider.
"...(they melted off from extreme heat -- look up the professor who got 3rd degree burns from his Vaio) ..."
Tried it but only found this ArsTechnica newsdesk item (about a professor who received 2nd degree burns) And do you really think it's possible to receive 3rd degree burns from a computer if it isn't outright burning?
Reminds me of a comment I once saw on Slashdot claiming that there are places on our planet where one could receive 3rd degree burns from the Sun...
One of the few advantages of beeing born in the former Soviet Union - a chance to learn to assemble the AK-47 in the 4th grade :) (it was part of the curriculum starting from the 10th grade if I'm not mistaken)