Carbon fiber is itchy as hell when it fractures, but it isn't hazardous.
I'm an engineer with a Plastics/Elastics manufacturing firm. One of our materials is a wound carbon fiber / PEEK composite. Our machinists cut it on a lathe, and it gets everywhere. Just itchy, though.
What could the long term affects be, other than those caused by the actual manufacturing of the turbine itself? Someone else on Slashdot, way back, suggested that if we wanted to see the affect of covering an entire continent with wind power generators, look at the affect the massive tree growth in Europe had on wind. The end result will be the same. That is to say, there won't be any problems.
Wind power is just a strange form of Solar power. As long as there are temperature differentials between areas (caused by the sun) as well as other affects, there will be wind regardless of what we put in the way.
The Challenger did not explode. It's likely many of the crew fell unconscious seconds after the detachment of the Shuttle when the crew compartment detached from the disintegrating orbiter and rocket assembly. The only oxygen supply given to the crew was unpressurized air. They likely died on impact with the ocean.
Similarly, Columbia didn't explode, it disintegrated. I would like to find a combustible that can can contain itself and explode at those velocities, but I wouldn't look at the orbiters.
I think the best answer to this debate is to read another source, one who has a P4 but still believes that AMD makes great chips.
I dont think anyone has posted this yet, but hey, post it twice, twice the chance youll take the time to read it.
http://www.64bits.org/cpuheat/cpuheat1.htm
the last intel proc I had was a pentium (pro?) 100, ive had a 266, 400, 450, 750, 850, and now my 1.4, (all AMD) since then, so rather then be biased like the oh-so-many-amounts of other people, I think I'll just go with "both videos have problems, I'm not believing one or the other untill my heatsink falls off (maybe an earthquake or something like that will make it happen?) and my processor reaches many times the necessary heat to melt the aluminum interconnects that supply power to the core" theory.
but, I do think tom's video was entertaining, and isnt that the purpose of the internet?
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Relevant video of crows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loywBRJS9I0
Carbon fiber is itchy as hell when it fractures, but it isn't hazardous. I'm an engineer with a Plastics/Elastics manufacturing firm. One of our materials is a wound carbon fiber / PEEK composite. Our machinists cut it on a lathe, and it gets everywhere. Just itchy, though.
What could the long term affects be, other than those caused by the actual manufacturing of the turbine itself? Someone else on Slashdot, way back, suggested that if we wanted to see the affect of covering an entire continent with wind power generators, look at the affect the massive tree growth in Europe had on wind. The end result will be the same. That is to say, there won't be any problems. Wind power is just a strange form of Solar power. As long as there are temperature differentials between areas (caused by the sun) as well as other affects, there will be wind regardless of what we put in the way.
Seconded, currently reading The Prince (again) on my N800. Reads like a back-lit book because of the high DPI.
The Challenger did not explode. It's likely many of the crew fell unconscious seconds after the detachment of the Shuttle when the crew compartment detached from the disintegrating orbiter and rocket assembly. The only oxygen supply given to the crew was unpressurized air. They likely died on impact with the ocean.
Similarly, Columbia didn't explode, it disintegrated. I would like to find a combustible that can can contain itself and explode at those velocities, but I wouldn't look at the orbiters.
I think the best answer to this debate is to read another source, one who has a P4 but still believes that AMD makes great chips. I dont think anyone has posted this yet, but hey, post it twice, twice the chance youll take the time to read it. http://www.64bits.org/cpuheat/cpuheat1.htm the last intel proc I had was a pentium (pro?) 100, ive had a 266, 400, 450, 750, 850, and now my 1.4, (all AMD) since then, so rather then be biased like the oh-so-many-amounts of other people, I think I'll just go with "both videos have problems, I'm not believing one or the other untill my heatsink falls off (maybe an earthquake or something like that will make it happen?) and my processor reaches many times the necessary heat to melt the aluminum interconnects that supply power to the core" theory. but, I do think tom's video was entertaining, and isnt that the purpose of the internet?