> As cute as Jurassic Park was, it hardly qualifies as a historical reference.
Well, sure. The movie was just a movie. You know how Hollywood can get carried away and distort the truth. HOWEVER, _Jurassic_Park_ was also published as a BOOK. A real, authentic, authoritative book. Just like the Bible.
> the square root of 9 is three But the Bible says pi is 3. And if you square pi you get about 9.87, not 9. Either you're wrong or the Bible's wrong. C'mon Frymaster, fess up. And you shirt is aqua, not blue.
You know, that's true. I wouldn't want you to think me a loser so I'll go write that letter. I just hope my letter doesn't get lost in all the NAB contributions.
Yeah, but the ignoramuses tend to shout quite loudly. That mouths and brains could be located in the same compartment and yet remain disconnected is evidence against the existence of a god. Come to think of it, it's also evidence against evolution.
They'll look at omni-present header at the beginning of the transfer. And implementing out-of-band meta data is a pain in the ass.
cat sony.wav | lame | pgp | gzip > pronmovie.gz
Do you really believe that? If you live in the US, then the airwaves are owned (licensed? bought? stolen?) by a few large media corporations. Infinity, Clear Channel, and AMFM come to mind. Learn more about the situation at http://www.mediademocracynow.org.
If you really want the airwaves to be free, join us in protest of the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) on September 20-23 in San Francisco during their convention.
Imagine how much better the world would be if God had given you talent instead of arrogance. You go off and fight crime, I'll port video games. OK, superhero?
N2:
density liquid 0.97_kg/l = 34.6_mol/l
density gas 0.00125_kg/l = 22.4_mol/l
Sp Heat 1.04_J/(g*K)
Heat Vap 2790_J/mol
Heating one liter of liquid nitrogen (at 77_K) to 25_C (298_K) requires:
(34.6_mol * 2790_J/mol) + (0.97_kg * 221_K * 1.04_J/(g*K)) = 319000_J
So... A liquid nitrogen engine moves 319kJ of energy aroung for every liter of liquid nitrogen it consumes. A portion of that energy is converted into useful work. The exact fraction depends on your engine cycle. Or maybe you don't use a thermodynamic cycle at all. Energy density looks good though.
One thing to remember folks, this technology will not improve large scale enviromental problems like the greenhouse effect. I would be -shocked- to learn that these nitrogen engines were more than 5% efficient. That is, 5% efficient from the fossil fuel at your coal or gas fired electric plant to the output of you engine (not wheels). People on hydroelectric or nuke power excepted:)
Are you sure hydrogen burns with a colorless flame? I've created small amounts of hydrogen gas via electrolysis and ignited it. It burned with an orangish-red flame. Sort of a HeNe laser orange.
My homebrew intrusion detection system would automatically generate a friendly form letter with the relevant ip addresses and times. Periodically (once a day) I would track down the offending sites and send them the letter. Most of the time the other admin would thank me for letting them know their machine had been compromised. BTW, these were friendly letters. I always assume the other admin had been rooted. This is usually the case.
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> As cute as Jurassic Park was, it hardly qualifies as a historical reference.
Well, sure. The movie was just a movie. You know how Hollywood can get carried away and distort the truth. HOWEVER, _Jurassic_Park_ was also published as a BOOK. A real, authentic, authoritative book. Just like the Bible.
Ryan
> If theres[sic] no life anyplace but earth we are pritty[sic] much screwed for intelegence[sic].
Yeah, thanks for helping out Felinoid. Every little bit counts.
Ryan
Nah, the neanderthals got plenty of vitamin D. It's you pale skinned geeks who spend all your time indoors who should worry.
Ryan
Well, if rational thoughts and civil language don't kill this debate I'm sure HITLER will.
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> the square root of 9 is three
But the Bible says pi is 3. And if you square pi you get about 9.87, not 9. Either you're wrong or the Bible's wrong. C'mon Frymaster, fess up. And you shirt is aqua, not blue.
I refer naysayers to Kings 7:23. Identical wording is present in Chronicles 4:2.
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I can't check for impurities. My experiment used a two liter bottle and some modeling clay. I'll take your word for it though. :-)
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You know, that's true. I wouldn't want you to think me a loser so I'll go write that letter. I just hope my letter doesn't get lost in all the NAB contributions.
Ryan
They never have in the past.
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Yeah, but the ignoramuses tend to shout quite loudly. That mouths and brains could be located in the same compartment and yet remain disconnected is evidence against the existence of a god. Come to think of it, it's also evidence against evolution.
Ryan
Go play in a microwave you fool. Exactly how long did you think before posting?
Ryan
You are wrong Vlad. Jupiter is approximately 3.4 times as far from the Sun as Mars. Mars orbits at about 1.5 au, Jupiter at 5.2.
Ryan
> I thought it was ALWAYS illegal to be in possession of something illegal
IANAL, but it seems to me that "things" are never illegal, only actions. If a "thing" were illegal, who would be prosecued? The "thing?"
Ryan
> The only truly secure box is the one that is turned off.
My win98 box has a wakeup-on-lan-traffic feature.
Ryan
They'll look at omni-present header at the beginning of the transfer. And implementing out-of-band meta data is a pain in the ass.
cat sony.wav | lame | pgp | gzip > pronmovie.gz
Ryan
> No one really "owns" the airwaves
Do you really believe that? If you live in the US, then the airwaves are owned (licensed? bought? stolen?) by a few large media corporations. Infinity, Clear Channel, and AMFM come to mind. Learn more about the situation at http://www.mediademocracynow.org.
If you really want the airwaves to be free, join us in protest of the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) on September 20-23 in San Francisco during their convention.
Ryan
Gee, I was betting on fuel cells. I suppose this stuff beats methanol for power density.
Ryan
Jpeg eats cycles.
Imagine how much better the world would be if God had given you talent instead of arrogance. You go off and fight crime, I'll port video games. OK, superhero?
N2:
:)
density liquid 0.97_kg/l = 34.6_mol/l
density gas 0.00125_kg/l = 22.4_mol/l
Sp Heat 1.04_J/(g*K)
Heat Vap 2790_J/mol
Heating one liter of liquid nitrogen (at 77_K) to 25_C (298_K) requires:
(34.6_mol * 2790_J/mol) + (0.97_kg * 221_K * 1.04_J/(g*K)) = 319000_J
So... A liquid nitrogen engine moves 319kJ of energy aroung for every liter of liquid nitrogen it consumes. A portion of that energy is converted into useful work. The exact fraction depends on your engine cycle. Or maybe you don't use a thermodynamic cycle at all. Energy density looks good though.
One thing to remember folks, this technology will not improve large scale enviromental problems like the greenhouse effect. I would be -shocked- to learn that these nitrogen engines were more than 5% efficient. That is, 5% efficient from the fossil fuel at your coal or gas fired electric plant to the output of you engine (not wheels). People on hydroelectric or nuke power excepted
Ryan
Are you sure hydrogen burns with a colorless flame? I've created small amounts of hydrogen gas via electrolysis and ignited it. It burned with an orangish-red flame. Sort of a HeNe laser orange.
Ryan
> There's always initiative and referendum
Is this true for federal law? I suspect not.
Ryan
'Z' stands for zero. Almost as good as a bit, but half the cost.
Ryan
My homebrew intrusion detection system would automatically generate a friendly form letter with the relevant ip addresses and times. Periodically (once a day) I would track down the offending sites and send them the letter. Most of the time the other admin would thank me for letting them know their machine had been compromised. BTW, these were friendly letters. I always assume the other admin had been rooted. This is usually the case.
Ryan
> MP3 (which is, frankly, the worst lossy sound format currently out there)
Nah. You haven't lived until you've heard classical music through a 2.4 kbit/s linear predictive speech codec. Boinga boinga boinga.
Ryan
My mp3s sound quite nice. I haven't done extensive listening tests, but they seem fine. I encode with lame 3.85, VBR, avg bitrate 180. Here's the command line:
lame -V1 -b128 -h -mj -q1 foo.wav foo.mp3
I suppose you might be using Xing 128 kbit CBR or something equally horrid. Try lame.
Ryan