An honest congressman - how the hell did you find one of them?
OK - I know honest politicians exist - I can name 5 out of 635 British MPs that are definitely honest, but an honest and reasonable US politician in the land of lobbies and graft?
How did that happen?
Anyway, well done Barney Frank for looking at a problem on its merits, rather than on who's paying him.
Peel is great, but there's to little David Stafford on radio. And as others have pointed out, he'll be back off holiday soon, so don't worry.
Don't forget that Radio 4 also gave us Goodness Gracious Me, The League of Gentlemen (filmed just next door to me in Hayfield) and myriad other little gems.
And Quote Unquote has its moments - it's just a bit posh for most of us.
I'm more upset that when the BBC had The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as part of the 'Big Read' season, I could still remember 'Turkish Delight', some 31 years after reading the damn book.
Disclaimer: not an explosives major, so this may be wrong.
I think with slower burn explosives (where you don't get a real detonation, just a gas release) that the degree of confinement has a huge effect on the final blast pressure - this is why they have the caveat that the gunpowder had to be tightly packed in barrels for maximum effect.
Even then, I doubt that the blast pressure could be the same as the equivalent amount of TNT, but it'll be a lot more than you'd think.
Fertiliser + diesel makes a slow burn explosive, but when confined within a vehicle, it's quite a big bang (as Bali 2002 showed).
I'm sure some qualified explosives expert can explain better, but that's my understanding.
The Germans must have had a pretty impressive fermentation plant then - there were about 4.5 tonnes of alcohol in a V2, and that means that nearly all the carbohydrates in the original 30 tonnes must have been converted (average carbohydrates in a spud are ca. 16% - which would give 5 tonnes for conversion).
At that rate, potatoes could be one of the best biofuels, and Idaho could become the centre of the known universe!
Myself, I'd much prefer to keep moving most of the time, and run the risk of getting caught in an occasional 'mega-jam' or whatever term would undoubtedly be coined.
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OK - I know honest politicians exist - I can name 5 out of 635 British MPs that are definitely honest, but an honest and reasonable US politician in the land of lobbies and graft?
How did that happen?
Anyway, well done Barney Frank for looking at a problem on its merits, rather than on who's paying him.
Omaha? Nah.
Texas Hold-'em? Nah.
I've got it - it's Utah Bluff, where loud and inaccurate boasting about your hand is mandatory.
Delta-dominated drivel, dynamically deconstructed Derrida-style.
Doh!
Aw, screw it, never mind...
Peel is great, but there's to little David Stafford on radio. And as others have pointed out, he'll be back off holiday soon, so don't worry.
Don't forget that Radio 4 also gave us Goodness Gracious Me, The League of Gentlemen (filmed just next door to me in Hayfield) and myriad other little gems.
And Quote Unquote has its moments - it's just a bit posh for most of us.
I'm from the Noggin the Nog generation, and can't think of anything else when I hear Postgate's voice.
BBC's 'Correspondent' had a report from Africa by a reporter that had a Postgate-ish voice, and I couldn't listen to the report for laughing.
Made my girlfriend laugh, though. ;(
I definitely enjoyed the books, thought the TV series was fun, and hate to think what the Americans will do to the film.
I'm looking forward to the new radio treatment - it won't be as good as the original, but it'll be a hell of a lot better than a lot of stuff we hear.
And "I expect the movie to be awful but I hope I'm wrong." is a terribly Marvinesque thing to say.
Marvin - the finest leterary creation since Eeyore.
It was certainly more destructive - no trace was found of at least one locomotive caught in the blast.
I think with slower burn explosives (where you don't get a real detonation, just a gas release) that the degree of confinement has a huge effect on the final blast pressure - this is why they have the caveat that the gunpowder had to be tightly packed in barrels for maximum effect.
Even then, I doubt that the blast pressure could be the same as the equivalent amount of TNT, but it'll be a lot more than you'd think.
Fertiliser + diesel makes a slow burn explosive, but when confined within a vehicle, it's quite a big bang (as Bali 2002 showed).
I'm sure some qualified explosives expert can explain better, but that's my understanding.
Get the politicians involved - that's what they are for, in the land of pork-barrel politics.
Venus in Blue Genes!
Note - appaling pun aimed at those of the older persuasion.
Arkwright's invention was independent, but there was very prior prior art.
Hemp.
Fuel, fibre and fun in one simple to grow crop.
At that rate, potatoes could be one of the best biofuels, and Idaho could become the centre of the known universe!
What's left, and what Schmeiser is appealing, is a dubious interpretation that allows Monsanto to claim patent infringement.
There's a really good article on Schmeiser's site that looks at the logic of this interpretation, and how the Supreme Court should view it.
It raises a lot of questions about the feasibility of patent-protection for GMOs, without being wildly alarmist or OTT.
Then I read the article, and wasn't disappointed.
Burgess's creation has come to life in this shallow, empty journalist.
Kinda makes you wonder why it was a 128 node test, doesn't it?
Still, an 80% performance mark over 128 nodes is impressive, and we'll have to wait and see what the final architecture does.
1. Recurrent gridlock, with frustration every day
or 2. The occasional 'interesting' failure.
Myself, I'd much prefer to keep moving most of the time, and run the risk of getting caught in an occasional 'mega-jam' or whatever term would undoubtedly be coined.
All material on azoz.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties, but it all seems rather pointless.
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Priceless.