There used to be an electronic parts store here in Denver where you'd hear "Comin' Through the Rye" every time the door opened. I can only imagine what it did to the guy who worked there.
At my former workplace, one tune or another would occasionally begin running through my head; then it would come up next on the Muzak. My subconscious had memorized the bloody sequence.
I used "ship to store" a lot in the 80's. You could usually get a tool item that way at less than the over-the-counter price. There was a section for it right by the loading dock where you'd submit an order, then come back when you got a phone call, pay and pick it up.
The best part: The people who translated your written list to stock numbers were morons working with a fragile system. You might order a drill BIT and get a drill PRESS -- and you paid for what you ORDERED. If you didn't like it, they'd take it back.
The same system also handled warranty repair, they did it on an exchange basis just like automobile starters, and again they might send back something significantly different from the broken item you returned. Send in your busted 1/4" drill and you might get a 3/8".
Because making nitrogen from air is a resource-consuming process. Un-mixing two gases reduces their entropy, and the Second Law says you can't do that without making more entropy elsewhere. There are ways; if you know anyone in poor respiratory health, you may have seen an oxygen concentrator that does just that (except it throws away the nitrogen instead of the oxygen).
But the object is to get a non-oxidizing gas, and CO2 works for that, often with a cheaper process.
My local supermarket had a Western Union poster on display at the customer service desk for years. Its background was a map of Africa with Nigeria highlighted, and it advertised a reduced rate on money transfers there. Now my area (Denver 'burbs) doesn't have any unusual concentration of Nigerian immigrants; their only possible reason for the offer was to get a piece of the action.
Incidentally, the poster pointed out in the fine print that the customer would get less than the going exchange rate by an undisclosed amount, so WU was proactively going for sloppy seconds.
I once encountered a distraught lady with exactly that problem: her smart fob's battery was dead and it wouldn't unlock her car. I asked for her keys, opened the door with the real key, and directed her to a Radio Shack.
Hole yes, gaping not so much. At 2.5GHz the wavelength is 12 cm, so the amount of energy that gets through will depend pretty heavily on the grille pattern.
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"this side facing moon"
Sounds like a cosmic Claymore mine.
...if the alcohol is coming from the driver or a passenger? Can the air flow be controlled so precisely it can tell when there's a designated driver?
Which would put hurricanes in a much more friendly light.
There used to be an electronic parts store here in Denver where you'd hear "Comin' Through the Rye" every time the door opened. I can only imagine what it did to the guy who worked there.
At my former workplace, one tune or another would occasionally begin running through my head; then it would come up next on the Muzak. My subconscious had memorized the bloody sequence.
Darker half the time, professor. Matter of fact it's daylight on the far side right now.
I used "ship to store" a lot in the 80's. You could usually get a tool item that way at less than the over-the-counter price. There was a section for it right by the loading dock where you'd submit an order, then come back when you got a phone call, pay and pick it up.
The best part: The people who translated your written list to stock numbers were morons working with a fragile system. You might order a drill BIT and get a drill PRESS -- and you paid for what you ORDERED. If you didn't like it, they'd take it back.
The same system also handled warranty repair, they did it on an exchange basis just like automobile starters, and again they might send back something significantly different from the broken item you returned. Send in your busted 1/4" drill and you might get a 3/8".
Correct: Inflight breakup under aerodynamic forces, not an explosion (although fuel burst into flame after the breakup).
Might also google "Benard cell".
Thanks for the psych eval, doctor.
This. The four-sided Bermuda Triangle was an invention of a writer at Argosy magazine in the 1950's.
Did Russians put it there?
No...slavers.
...of yellowcake yarn.
Because making nitrogen from air is a resource-consuming process. Un-mixing two gases reduces their entropy, and the Second Law says you can't do that without making more entropy elsewhere. There are ways; if you know anyone in poor respiratory health, you may have seen an oxygen concentrator that does just that (except it throws away the nitrogen instead of the oxygen).
But the object is to get a non-oxidizing gas, and CO2 works for that, often with a cheaper process.
Oh, and it's 78%.
My local supermarket had a Western Union poster on display at the customer service desk for years. Its background was a map of Africa with Nigeria highlighted, and it advertised a reduced rate on money transfers there. Now my area (Denver 'burbs) doesn't have any unusual concentration of Nigerian immigrants; their only possible reason for the offer was to get a piece of the action.
Incidentally, the poster pointed out in the fine print that the customer would get less than the going exchange rate by an undisclosed amount, so WU was proactively going for sloppy seconds.
...and they were right about Columbus.
For that matter, you can't change just any old Latin singular to plural by changing -us to -i.
I'm 76 years old, and I hear "Yarrow".
Then why did you read his post?
Nobody expects -- oops, sorry.
No, in those days they'd have sold her a battery and put it in her clicker. Today, I'd have sent her to Ace Hardware.
One word: Prototype.
I once encountered a distraught lady with exactly that problem: her smart fob's battery was dead and it wouldn't unlock her car. I asked for her keys, opened the door with the real key, and directed her to a Radio Shack.
Most car bodies have a gaping hole in the front
Hole yes, gaping not so much. At 2.5GHz the wavelength is 12 cm, so the amount of energy that gets through will depend pretty heavily on the grille pattern.
Most people who've encountered clear-air turbulence do.
I see a certain parallel with the private prison industry.