The inner parts aren't properly part of the blade - they're part of the blade's support structure. Man, I would NOT want to be near any sort of prop doing mach 4. That would just shake the shit right out of you, then turn your whole body into pulp.
Apparently, the transonic blades can't be used for long because of the effect the infrasound has on the crew and anyone nearby (other planes) - so maybe we'll see a research grant to turn them into a weapon of mass incapacitation.
When Samuel L blows somebody up I want my head to explode, too.
You can do that without 13.1 speakers. Its called "eating your gun."
Don't lose
your head
to gain a minute
you need your head
your brains are in it
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Will consumers soon be getting the full 13.1 audio system that we hear in movie theaters?"
After all, the theatres will then comne out with 16.2 audio or some other such.
Hey, I've only got 2 frigging ears. Wanna make the movie experience more interesting? Drop the prices, the over-priced talent, the anti-piracy stuff, the adverts for glossettes raisins, and maybe you'll find that people will watch. 13.1 sound doesn't make a turkey less of a turkey.
The MPAA doesn't
treat him right
but if they'd
shave the stupidity
dyna-mite!
Burma-Shave
And then pay again to see it? Or would a certain size contribution to the production guarantee you a ticket?
It'll never work.
If he had the ring, it would.
This wolf
is shaved
so neat and trim
the films profits
are now
chasing him
Burma-Shave
It takes money to make money - when you're raking in the bucks, you can afford to sue to make sure the studio isn't jacking your share. So some executives will have to go on half-rations with their coke dealer... big deal.
Its not like there won't be other studios ready to throw money at this guy for his next movie. Look at how they kept "investing" in Woody Allen long after he stopped being interesting. He won't be needing the average fans' money in advance, you can be sure.
Since selling below market price is considered a "gift" under the law
Depends on the market. In some places and circumstances it would be considered dumping. In other places and circumstances it would be considered just plain anti-competitive, especially in a duopoly situation, which is certainly not an efficient free market.
Poor old Intel
sure had trouble
short-term deals
long-term fuddle
Burma-Shave
It's a shame this all has to be dragged thru the courts AGAIN (anyone remember the whole second-source x86 cross-licensing brohuha?) In a way, I'm disappointed. AMD is eating Intel's lunch, so it comes across as kicking someone when they're already down (posted from an AMD-cpu'd machine, btw - there are 2 AMD and 2 Intel boxes in my office, but at home its all AMD).
My impressoin was that they changed the angle of attack, but not enough to actually swap the leading and trailing edges...
But yeah, they are complex little suckers. And with fuel prices going through the roof, its too bad we can't come up with an alternative that is as versatile. I mean, helicopters are every geeks wet dream come true.
As I pointed out, the trailing tip speed is only zero when it is exactly perpendicular to the airflow. At all other angles, there is some lift generated
But lets go even further - lets make the trailing tip speed negative - now reverse the angle of attack - the former trailing edge is now the new leading edge, and vice versa. The blade is now capable of giving lift on the other half of the cycle, because its the airflow relative to the blade that counts. What was formerly air "piling up" on the backside of the blade now generates lift, without having to resort to counter-rotating blades.
Alternatively, if you keep the blades rotating exactly in the plane of motion of the vehicle as a whole, and construct an airshield (think a really thin, streamlined duct) the thickness of the blades, all around the tips (sort of like the toy helicopter blades, if you get the picture), you now have a system where you have removed the horizontal airflow from consideration.
If you're worried about the drag of the shield, have it rotate with (be part of) the blade mechanism, and have the hub be perforated, with little vanes that direct the airflow through and downward on the leading edge, for additional lift.
In this paper a propeller having all sections operating at supersonic speeds is designated a supersonic propeller regardless of flight speed.
And this was back in 1953!
Also, as I pointed out, the tip is only stationary when it is exactly perpendicular to the airflow - otherwise, there is also a "sideways" component. Plus, there's no reason (and some research has been done on this) to assume you can't give your blade what would be a negative pitch if it were moving in the forward direction, so that a blade that was moving backwards could still generate lift as it was "dragged backwards" through the airflow.
Of course, you can (we just need materials that will allow it) also just tilt the blade so the leading edge becomes the trailing edge on the return (back) trip. Or put the whole thing in a thin, circular mini-duct the thickness of the blades, so the forward airflow doesn't come into consideration.
You'd still need some other way to provide forward propulsion, though, but you'd get lift okay with any rotational speed you cared to design for.
Okay, there's a rotational speed where the blade is standing still relative to the airflow for part of the cycle, but if you INCREASE the rotational speed beyond that point, the blade is moving faster than the airflow even on the "return", so it is again providing lift. Plus, the blade is only exactly perpendicular to the airflow only at two points.
Mu, Mu, In the air, Was never a barrier, So I don't care. burma Shave
Try a thought experiment with a blade with a tip velocity of 100 kph.
Now give the craft a forward velocity of 100 kph.
Sure, now the blade on the return side is stagnant (unmoving) relative to the airflow, but only at exactly 1 point. At all other angles, its not.
Now, to get rid of even that one point, increase the tip rotational speed to 200 kph
The blade is now providing lift even at that point because it is still moving at 100 kph relative to the local airflow.
Thanks. It reminds me of a case where a man awaiting execution on death row refused to take his anti-psychotic meds, because they couldn't execute him if he were not sane. So they try to get a court order to force him to take his meds. The courts refuse. But - the courts come back and say "Refusing to take your meds because if you do you'll be sane enough to execute - thats sounds like pretty sane behaviour to us - you can fricasee him now, boys."
Look at that a +2 Troll 'Tis to laugh Ho ho ho Burma Shave
huge numbers of easy girls I encounter when I go out, not to mention the irrefutable statistics that 20% of American adult women are on antidepressants
You obviously fail to see the connection - they're depressed because they've met guys like you.
Women lack the physical strength, bravery, and technical knowledge to produce weaponry to ever enforce rights.
Crock of shit. Google for "Rosie the Riveter". Buy a clue.
The future is the color of blood, and the hearts of men everywhere are filled with rage. Men who have no family to live for have everything to die for...
So maybe they need to see their doctor and get some Viagra if they can't get it up long enough to have kids. Or maybe they need to learn that women are more than just child-bearers, and its their right to say "Fuck off, Dickwad", and start treating them accordingly. No woman is obliged to have your kid, dude.
I also don't see the point of your substitution game. Nothing I wrote there was specific to a particular gender
Guess you intentionally missed the part where I said you can substitute any group, not just Americans or women. Its still just a mindless rant from a less-than-adolescent world view.
I also think it is presumptuous of you to suggest war is bad. This world would be far better if we slaughter 80% of the world's population
And its presumptuous of you to put words in my mouth that I didn't say. I've been advocating massive population reductions, through such measures as education and birth control. Cheaper, more humane, and less messy than war. Turns out, as another poster reminded me, that there's a direct link between educating women and lowering the population.
You can bet Iran has no need to imprison 1 out of every 25 men in their country like the US does
Another stat pulled out of your ass. The US rate is lower than 1 in 25 (oh, and I'm not American, any my country has a much lower rate than the US, as well as a lot more tolerance of dissidents, than Iran does. Iran still owes my country an apology for torturing and killing Kazemi, a Canadian photojournalist, and then lying about it We have NO lessons to learn from Iran in regards to the treatment of reporters.
So suck it up, because we're not buying your bullshit.
Hey, now if someone's sentenced to multiple death sentences, you can kill him, revive him, and kill him all over again.
Talk about extreme punishment...
I can just see death penalty advocates jumping all over this - "See, we'll just keep everyone we execute on ice for a couple of decades, so that if we've made a mistake we can fix it, sort of."
And now we can torture terrorists to death - and beyond. Look out, Buzz Lightyear!
(50% of all marriages end in divorce, the vast majority of which are initiated by the female)
You say that like its a bad thing...
maybe its because the vast majority of men worldwide are neanderthal chest-thumping patriarchal assholes who are too proud/stubborn/stupid/control freak to admit they've made a mistake, but in some countries women have won the right to tell them to shove it.
Divorce is an admission of having made a mistake. Prohibiting divorce won't suddenly fix the mistake - it just lets it fester.
Lets substitute "women" for Americans.
Oh yes, women are free all right. They all work in jobs they hate, have no free time to do anything but watch wretched, depraved television shows produced by a handful of companies dedicated to exploiting human vulnerabilies
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Yeah, women are free alright. They are free to do exactly what they are told. They proclaim their nihilistic values to the world, relishing in their freedom of speech but no one hears them; they can do nothing but whimper.
Women live in fear constantly. Fear of crime, fear of how to raise or maintain their family, fear of losing their jobs, fear of what soul sucking television show they will miss next. Its a wretched existence
... and it can be applied to any group, not just Americans, or women. Life isn't perfect. but I'd bet there'd be fewer wars if we didn't have a bunch of guys in positions of power posturing for history or avenging their fathers political record.
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Apparently, the transonic blades can't be used for long because of the effect the infrasound has on the crew and anyone nearby (other planes) - so maybe we'll see a research grant to turn them into a weapon of mass incapacitation.
Before I'd spend money on 13.1, I'd put a fridge in the room - and I ain't gonna do that.
Hey, I've only got 2 frigging ears. Wanna make the movie experience more interesting? Drop the prices, the over-priced talent, the anti-piracy stuff, the adverts for glossettes raisins, and maybe you'll find that people will watch. 13.1 sound doesn't make a turkey less of a turkey.
Its not like there won't be other studios ready to throw money at this guy for his next movie. Look at how they kept "investing" in Woody Allen long after he stopped being interesting. He won't be needing the average fans' money in advance, you can be sure.
Actually at lest some of the designs for supersonic blades are shorter, with more blades.
misbehave
grunt and grumble
rant and rave?
shoot the brute some
Burma-Shave
... or just shoot him, period.
While you're at it, keep in mind that in Soviet Xorg, desktop displays you!
But yeah, they are complex little suckers. And with fuel prices going through the roof, its too bad we can't come up with an alternative that is as versatile. I mean, helicopters are every geeks wet dream come true.
But lets go even further - lets make the trailing tip speed negative - now reverse the angle of attack - the former trailing edge is now the new leading edge, and vice versa. The blade is now capable of giving lift on the other half of the cycle, because its the airflow relative to the blade that counts. What was formerly air "piling up" on the backside of the blade now generates lift, without having to resort to counter-rotating blades.
Alternatively, if you keep the blades rotating exactly in the plane of motion of the vehicle as a whole, and construct an airshield (think a really thin, streamlined duct) the thickness of the blades, all around the tips (sort of like the toy helicopter blades, if you get the picture), you now have a system where you have removed the horizontal airflow from consideration.
If you're worried about the drag of the shield, have it rotate with (be part of) the blade mechanism, and have the hub be perforated, with little vanes that direct the airflow through and downward on the leading edge, for additional lift.
Hey, maybe I should patent it ...
Also, as I pointed out, the tip is only stationary when it is exactly perpendicular to the airflow - otherwise, there is also a "sideways" component. Plus, there's no reason (and some research has been done on this) to assume you can't give your blade what would be a negative pitch if it were moving in the forward direction, so that a blade that was moving backwards could still generate lift as it was "dragged backwards" through the airflow.
Also, iirc, around the time of the first OPEC crisis, McDonald-Douglas was working on a supersonic turboprop with 6 curved blades per engine.
You'd still need some other way to provide forward propulsion, though, but you'd get lift okay with any rotational speed you cared to design for.
Now give the craft a forward velocity of 100 kph.
Sure, now the blade on the return side is stagnant (unmoving) relative to the airflow, but only at exactly 1 point. At all other angles, its not.
Now, to get rid of even that one point, increase the tip rotational speed to 200 kph
The blade is now providing lift even at that point because it is still moving at 100 kph relative to the local airflow.
And it's not even Tuesday yet :-)
So suck it up, because we're not buying your bullshit.
Talk about extreme punishment ...
I can just see death penalty advocates jumping all over this - "See, we'll just keep everyone we execute on ice for a couple of decades, so that if we've made a mistake we can fix it, sort of."
And now we can torture terrorists to death - and beyond. Look out, Buzz Lightyear!
Could this be a way to LEGALLY scam an insurance company?
- Submit to procedure
...
- Have next of kin collect insurance money, since you're dead
...
- Get revived (hopefully before aforementioned next of kin spend all the money)
Or just put $100 in the bank and wait a couple thousand years while compound interest does its magic.Divorce is an admission of having made a mistake. Prohibiting divorce won't suddenly fix the mistake - it just lets it fester.
Lets substitute "women" for Americans.
... and it can be applied to any group, not just Americans, or women. Life isn't perfect. but I'd bet there'd be fewer wars if we didn't have a bunch of guys in positions of power posturing for history or avenging their fathers political record.Since when are paperbacks 9 inces tall? Or are these RIAA paperbacks or something ...
Heck, by the same logic, I can offer a MILE of books for the *unbelievably low price* of $2.00.
It's just 1 paperback, passed through a paper shredder.
Guess we now know the new job for the guy who did the math for the Mars probes that missed.
My personal library is about the same size, including lots of thick computer manuals, and it takes up less than half that.
They probably dropped a decimal point.
s/Dender/Sender/;
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