Well, since K9 was bisexual (well he had both a receptacle and an expandable snout) AND a subbie ("Yes, Mistress! Please, make me scrub the TARDIS kitchen floor!)", nothing further in the series will shock me, unless the TARDIS develops sex organs and demands to do Kyle Minogue.
Archeologists also announced the discovery of an ancient 7-11 nearby, which had been buried under lava for millennia. Inside it were fresh Twinkies and a primitive wooden machine mysteriously labeled 'Apple 0'.
You are ALL missing one very important fact. Back in Greek times, the earth was 1000x closer to the sun, and the sun was 100x hotter. So only one small mirror was needed, and a lot of Coppertone Suntan Lotion. Why do I have to teach you important scientific facts time after time after time?? You Earthmen are stupid, STUPID!! No wonder Xangargo will conquer you.
You brought up a good point. But surely the numbers cannot be constant across the globe, but only some idealized average. Also, I would assume that water vapor in a desert will rise, that is, stratification would occur and so air near the ground would be drier. Nonetheless, on researching, I find quoted in various places that the average relative humidity in the Sahara Desert is 25%. Though 'average' is a very loose term in this case. Somehow I still cannot see desert air containing any significant moisture. I'd still say that whether at 500 ppm,or at whatever 25%RH relates to in PPM, some kind of refrigeration stage would be required to extract the water.
Speaking of getting water out of air in deserts, it can be done, even in air with little or no water vapor, but is very energy-intensive. Here's how: first, you liquify air. Separate out the hydrogen, then burn it. Condense the water vapor that results. This actually works, but takes a heap o power to run the liquifier compressor/fridgeration unit. The heat from the burning could be used in part to provide some of the compressor power but cannot supply all the energy. In theory, a solar-powered engine could run the liquifier thus requiring no fuel.
Do you realize that if that 20 million year old spider had deposited even ONE PENNY in a savings account long ago, he'd be richer than Bill Gates by now.
At the Taco Bell Invitational Science Conference next month I plan to announce the discovery of energy release following the ingestion of Mexican food, from the fusion of farton particles.
The company in the Post article looks like pure carnival sideshow promotion. It's like a used car salesman with a high school education and no idea of real physics seeing sci-fi movies then trying hire people to implement these weapons concepts. A Tesla coil in a briefcase with a 4-foot spark range? Useless; not scalable to a useful range in a handheld weapon; the energy would arc back to the guy holding the weapon. This is obvious to anyone who's built any Tesla coils of moderate size.
And then the $1000 blinding green laser, most certainly just a repackaged $50 oem cost Asian manufacture green laser pointer of the kind that showed up in the news when they were aimed at aircraft cockpits. Nice profit margin.
And delivering weapons in a Burger King parking lot because it's too much trouble to get cleared to deliver it? Bogo-Meter off the scale. The military does NOT take delivery that way except in a TV series. And he would have had to get a security clearance FIRST before producing the 'weapons'. This guy's story smells like a low-rent hustler hyping things.
Hopefully this isn't too far off-topic, but - why did Batman never incorporate sonar or electronic sensors in his costume? It would help to have some way to detect things in the dark. And he has the ears already. Seems to me to be a natural.
I can see a new arms race developing, to create a bomb which when exploded turns your enemy into cavemen. Oh, and I wish to claim patent rights on this before Amazon does. I think I'll call it the 'one-click makes your enemy stoopid' business process.
Well, one starting place might be former dot-coms. A lot of them imploded into black holes. See, you just start with their former URL and look for evidence of nearby routers from which no packets can escape.
I agree completely. I know of a major superchip (8 cores!) that's coming out and there's no distributable internal design document in the company, only meeting notes and the RTL and people's personal notes to themselves. And this is typical of some of the crappy development methods now being used in Silicon Valley. The attitude is, get the chip out, get a couple customers or hook one big one, sell the company to some sucker.
I have one small nit to pick over content on the linked Amiga History site. The Amiga's address generator chip was called the 'Agnes', after a woman's name, and not the 'Agnus', which was a misspelling created by some unknown illiterate which then propagated uncorrected forever after.
Political protesters might need to start carrying aluminized mylar 'space blankets' with them. In an emergency these could block microwave energy although they might reflect it onto people around them. Might also have to wear metalized sunglasses and metalized face cream. Although it would be nice if protesters could use metal mirrors and simply reflect the energy back at the people manning the 'non-lethal' crowd control equipment. I could see six or eight people reflecting enough to have an effect. What are the police going to do, arrest people for holding a mirror?
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Well, since K9 was bisexual (well he had both a receptacle and an expandable snout) AND a subbie ("Yes, Mistress! Please, make me scrub the TARDIS kitchen floor!)", nothing further in the series will shock me, unless the TARDIS develops sex organs and demands to do Kyle Minogue.
But..but...Linus has a form-fitting penguin suit he wears when going out to fight crime at night.
Archeologists also announced the discovery of an ancient 7-11 nearby, which had been buried under lava for millennia. Inside it were fresh Twinkies and a primitive wooden machine mysteriously labeled 'Apple 0'.
You are ALL missing one very important fact. Back in Greek times, the earth was 1000x closer to the sun, and the sun was 100x hotter. So only one small mirror was needed, and a lot of Coppertone Suntan Lotion. Why do I have to teach you important scientific facts time after time after time?? You Earthmen are stupid, STUPID!! No wonder Xangargo will conquer you.
I think it was Biggus Dickus, but I could be wrong.
You brought up a good point. But surely the numbers cannot be constant across the globe, but only some idealized average. Also, I would assume that water vapor in a desert will rise, that is, stratification would occur and so air near the ground would be drier. Nonetheless, on researching, I find quoted in various places that the average relative humidity in the Sahara Desert is 25%. Though 'average' is a very loose term in this case. Somehow I still cannot see desert air containing any significant moisture. I'd still say that whether at 500 ppm,or at whatever 25%RH relates to in PPM, some kind of refrigeration stage would be required to extract the water.
Speaking of getting water out of air in deserts, it can be done, even in air with little or no water vapor, but is very energy-intensive. Here's how: first, you liquify air. Separate out the hydrogen, then burn it. Condense the water vapor that results. This actually works, but takes a heap o power to run the liquifier compressor/fridgeration unit. The heat from the burning could be used in part to provide some of the compressor power but cannot supply all the energy. In theory, a solar-powered engine could run the liquifier thus requiring no fuel.
Do you realize that if that 20 million year old spider had deposited even ONE PENNY in a savings account long ago, he'd be richer than Bill Gates by now.
At the Taco Bell Invitational Science Conference next month I plan to announce the discovery of energy release following the ingestion of Mexican food, from the fusion of farton particles.
Golly, I thought the dilithium crystal lenses WERE kind of unusual. "'Capt'n, I canna get it to store any more data or it'll blow UP!"
Phooey. I'm patenting something WAY harder than that...It's my ex's heart. I plan to call it Beeyotchonium.
And then the $1000 blinding green laser, most certainly just a repackaged $50 oem cost Asian manufacture green laser pointer of the kind that showed up in the news when they were aimed at aircraft cockpits. Nice profit margin.
And delivering weapons in a Burger King parking lot because it's too much trouble to get cleared to deliver it? Bogo-Meter off the scale. The military does NOT take delivery that way except in a TV series. And he would have had to get a security clearance FIRST before producing the 'weapons'. This guy's story smells like a low-rent hustler hyping things.
Hopefully this isn't too far off-topic, but - why did Batman never incorporate sonar or electronic sensors in his costume? It would help to have some way to detect things in the dark. And he has the ears already. Seems to me to be a natural.
NASA? Puts a whole new meaning on the term 'meat rocket'...
((holding my hands over my eyes and NOT looking at what that Energizer Bunny is doing!))
101. My video games never say "I have a headache."
100. Video games never give you an STD. Well, okay, Ms Pacman did. That bitch.
99. Video games don't require a condom. Although GTA San Andreas ought to...
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I can see a new arms race developing, to create a bomb which when exploded turns your enemy into cavemen. Oh, and I wish to claim patent rights on this before Amazon does. I think I'll call it the 'one-click makes your enemy stoopid' business process.
Well, one starting place might be former dot-coms. A lot of them imploded into black holes. See, you just start with their former URL and look for evidence of nearby routers from which no packets can escape.
Yeah, but look on the bright side. They have a one-in-four chance of becoming Mr. Fantastic!
When does the Hot Coffee mod come out so I can see Stroggs having sex with dead headless Marines?
Brain...slugs...eating...my brain! Must.. resist! Spock, help me... find my ...8-track.. of Grateful Dead!!
I have one small nit to pick over content on the linked Amiga History site. The Amiga's address generator chip was called the 'Agnes', after a woman's name, and not the 'Agnus', which was a misspelling created by some unknown illiterate which then propagated uncorrected forever after.
Political protesters might need to start carrying aluminized mylar 'space blankets' with them. In an emergency these could block microwave energy although they might reflect it onto people around them. Might also have to wear metalized sunglasses and metalized face cream. Although it would be nice if protesters could use metal mirrors and simply reflect the energy back at the people manning the 'non-lethal' crowd control equipment. I could see six or eight people reflecting enough to have an effect. What are the police going to do, arrest people for holding a mirror?
Not only is the laptop suspended in space, but so is the account, right now.
In other news, chimps are learning .NET