Superconductors possess a very interesting phenomena. They are anti-magnetic. Several years ago I attended a physics day at a local university. In one of the exhibits a grad student was demonstrating this property. He place a small magnet on a superconductor and poured liquid nitrogen on the superconductor. The magnet rose and floated about an inch above the superconductor. I asked the grad student what would happen if he repeated the demostration and placed a supermagnet (a rare earth magnet) ontop the superconductor. He said he was game. We stole a supermagnet from another demostration and conducted the experiment. When the liquid nitrogen was poured on the superconductor, the supermagnet shot up in the air like a bullet, ricocheted off the ceiling and rattled around the room. The antimagnetic property of a superconductor is not polarity oriented. The effect will work no matter which pole is placed ontop the superconductor. It is a repulsive force not an attractive force. Since superconductors already possess one unique attribute (anti-magnetism), it would be very intriguing if it might possess a second (anti-gravitiationl). The other passing thought is that the world has longed for an anti-gravitational engine, but maybe it was right in front of our noses all the time but it was called something else, an anti-magnetic engine. The Earth along with many planets and stars in the universe possess magnetic fields.
You're right. It's just because I come from the ancient days when sliderules were in vogue. In those days "e" was a logarithmic constant and "E" was used for scientific notation.
By the way did you see that the probability of the asteroid hitting earth has just doubled. It is now 5.4e-05
The cummulative probability cited for 2002CU11 is states as 2.1e-05. The expression "e" is not the same thing as base "ten". This works out to 1.4% probability of impact.
There are probably two choices if a large comet or meteor is on a collision course with earth:
* Bend over and kiss your a** goodbye or
* http://personals.galaxyinternet.net/tunga/
I saw The Time Machine this weekend. After reading all the review, I didn't expect much, but I was very pleasantly surprised. The movie was enjoyable. It has good eyecandy and the storyline wasn't bad.
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Superconductors possess a very interesting phenomena. They are anti-magnetic. Several years ago I attended a physics day at a local university. In one of the exhibits a grad student was demonstrating this property. He place a small magnet on a superconductor and poured liquid nitrogen on the superconductor. The magnet rose and floated about an inch above the superconductor. I asked the grad student what would happen if he repeated the demostration and placed a supermagnet (a rare earth magnet) ontop the superconductor. He said he was game. We stole a supermagnet from another demostration and conducted the experiment. When the liquid nitrogen was poured on the superconductor, the supermagnet shot up in the air like a bullet, ricocheted off the ceiling and rattled around the room. The antimagnetic property of a superconductor is not polarity oriented. The effect will work no matter which pole is placed ontop the superconductor. It is a repulsive force not an attractive force.
Since superconductors already possess one unique attribute (anti-magnetism), it would be very intriguing if it might possess a second (anti-gravitiationl). The other passing thought is that the world has longed for an anti-gravitational engine, but maybe it was right in front of our noses all the time but it was called something else, an anti-magnetic engine. The Earth along with many planets and stars in the universe possess magnetic fields.
I put together a website that look at the threat of a large comet/meteor impact. You can find it at http://personals.galaxyinternet.net/tunga/
You're right. It's just because I come from the ancient days when sliderules were in vogue. In those days "e" was a logarithmic constant and "E" was used for scientific notation. By the way did you see that the probability of the asteroid hitting earth has just doubled. It is now 5.4e-05
The cummulative probability cited for 2002CU11 is states as 2.1e-05. The expression "e" is not the same thing as base "ten". This works out to 1.4% probability of impact.
There are probably two choices if a large comet or meteor is on a collision course with earth: * Bend over and kiss your a** goodbye or * http://personals.galaxyinternet.net/tunga/
I saw The Time Machine this weekend. After reading all the review, I didn't expect much, but I was very pleasantly surprised. The movie was enjoyable. It has good eyecandy and the storyline wasn't bad.