For a new type of orbital launch propulsion. The old tennis ball ontop of a basketball trick. Just let gravity do the work for us. How big of a proverbial basketball would be needed to bounce a 'tennis ball' to escape velocity?
I've thought about this some, as a way to purify water entirly, use electrolysis. Put the energy in, electrolysis is an extremly efficient process, recombine the H and the O (burning or a fuel cell) reclaim some of the energy from that, and your left with pure water.
You misunderstand... Desalination does 'clean' water, but specifically it removes the salt from seawater to provide fresh water for costal communities. This is a good thing because only about 1% of the worlds water is fresh water easily avalible for our use. The only environmental issue is that desalination requires huge amaounts of energy. This is not so much of a problem if the plant has its own small nuclear reactor or solar power setup.
It'd also be hilarious because the non-pornographic scenes (the whole 5 minutes of them in any given movie) usually have laughably bad dialouge and acting.
[doorbell]
"Electrician m'am."
"But I didn't call for an electrictian, we're Amish.
I, being an american youth, posed this question to my mother after she was complaining about all the kids (she works at an elementary school) talking the entire day about the janet jackson fiasco and how horrible what she'd done was.
"Mom, would you rather i see a movie thats rated 'R' for violence, or see a porno?"
And although unbeknownst to her i've seen both, she says she hasn't cared about r movies for years. Then i asked the follow up...
"Ok, would you rather i kill someone or have sex?"
She didn't answer me and then i proceeded to point out how out of whack our country's general moral compass is.
Or, they could have sent home permission slips explaining the importance of the films to the class and also why they were rated 'R'. We watched Shindlers List in 8th grade after they'd sent home a permission slip. IIRC we watched Glory that year too, but i dont think we ever got a slip about that.
There are some people here old enough to know what Porky's is without comparing it to American Pie.:p Although porky's was released 4 years before i was born...
Yeah, most people who dont mind stuff get squeemish about eyeballs, probably because they're the least seen, least touched, least felt, most innocuous body part. Just a theory though.
But people feel nothing for a dot, or an inanamate object that has people inside it. Its seeing a persons face, and knowing that it is, or was, a real live, living human being that effects people.
Just so everyone knows, its not real, theres no way a sunroof motor would have enough tourque or have enough of an edge to sever a cats head. But as a cat hater (highly alergic and the damn things just dont like me) that was a great video. Luckily its not an american car, i'm sure the idiots at PETA would have a field day with it.
Obviously gun control is needed. He is not a well regulated militia. If you wanna argue a gang or whatever is, fine, make an ass of yourself. I enjoy shooting (boyscout up to life, rifle and shotgun merit badges), but i don't own any actual firearms (just airsoft fascimilies), and support the rights of hunters (although i dont hunt), but i believe gun control, specifically hand guns, is needed. The constitution is not enough and does not cover the issues we're faced with today well enough. I wish i were more pro gun, thats the only thing keeping me from registering as a libertarian, but most people in my experience are too stupid/lacking in common sense to be trusted with a firearm of any kind.
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Just fill it with 20 kilo's of regular paintballs.
We'd better not piss off those mooninites. No one can defeat their quad-laser! Jumping...is useless...
For a new type of orbital launch propulsion. The old tennis ball ontop of a basketball trick. Just let gravity do the work for us. How big of a proverbial basketball would be needed to bounce a 'tennis ball' to escape velocity?
Better yet, 10 kilos of normal sized superballs.
I've thought about this some, as a way to purify water entirly, use electrolysis. Put the energy in, electrolysis is an extremly efficient process, recombine the H and the O (burning or a fuel cell) reclaim some of the energy from that, and your left with pure water.
You misunderstand... Desalination does 'clean' water, but specifically it removes the salt from seawater to provide fresh water for costal communities. This is a good thing because only about 1% of the worlds water is fresh water easily avalible for our use. The only environmental issue is that desalination requires huge amaounts of energy. This is not so much of a problem if the plant has its own small nuclear reactor or solar power setup.
Desal! *looks around* D'oh!
Heh, wanna e-mail or IM me a link to that pixies tribute? I'm a big fan.
Its a obviously a dorm, probably the only place with a mirror large enough to do that picture is the bathroom.
busted link for future reference
I'll be in my office...
[doorbell]
"Electrician m'am."
"But I didn't call for an electrictian, we're Amish.
[cue porn groove]"Mom, would you rather i see a movie thats rated 'R' for violence, or see a porno?"
And although unbeknownst to her i've seen both, she says she hasn't cared about r movies for years. Then i asked the follow up..."Ok, would you rather i kill someone or have sex?"
She didn't answer me and then i proceeded to point out how out of whack our country's general moral compass is.Or, they could have sent home permission slips explaining the importance of the films to the class and also why they were rated 'R'. We watched Shindlers List in 8th grade after they'd sent home a permission slip. IIRC we watched Glory that year too, but i dont think we ever got a slip about that.
There are some people here old enough to know what Porky's is without comparing it to American Pie. :p Although porky's was released 4 years before i was born...
I watch 5 hours of tv a day and... ooo, a bird.
Heh, on that note you could probably kill the thing with the last scene of the first Austin Powers movie.
4GB Cd? Is it the size of a laser disc?!
Google case mod sites for something called drive stealthing, this looks like a good application for it.
Yeah, most people who dont mind stuff get squeemish about eyeballs, probably because they're the least seen, least touched, least felt, most innocuous body part. Just a theory though.
But people feel nothing for a dot, or an inanamate object that has people inside it. Its seeing a persons face, and knowing that it is, or was, a real live, living human being that effects people.
Just so everyone knows, its not real, theres no way a sunroof motor would have enough tourque or have enough of an edge to sever a cats head. But as a cat hater (highly alergic and the damn things just dont like me) that was a great video. Luckily its not an american car, i'm sure the idiots at PETA would have a field day with it.
Obviously gun control is needed. He is not a well regulated militia. If you wanna argue a gang or whatever is, fine, make an ass of yourself. I enjoy shooting (boyscout up to life, rifle and shotgun merit badges), but i don't own any actual firearms (just airsoft fascimilies), and support the rights of hunters (although i dont hunt), but i believe gun control, specifically hand guns, is needed. The constitution is not enough and does not cover the issues we're faced with today well enough. I wish i were more pro gun, thats the only thing keeping me from registering as a libertarian, but most people in my experience are too stupid/lacking in common sense to be trusted with a firearm of any kind.
I'm sure theres something on usenet or textfiles to that effect.