And I can only imagine the number of chemists who ingest more noxious chemicals on a regular basis. One would think that washing hands and cleaning up spills ASAP would be more common!
Then again, I suppose people just weren't as paranoid back then? Probably didn't know any better... =Smidge=
I am sure there is more spent on fuel to truck the apples to the store than I pay for it.
If that were true, then the company selling the product would have to be losing money. There's no way you could turn a profit selling items for less than what they cost you to produce and deliver.
The secret is bulk. They don't send a delivery truck for each can of tuna, and another truck for each bag of potato chips, and a van for each box of cookies. Everything goes into one truck and delivered at the same time.
It costs, say, $40 in fuel to drive a truck from the warehouse to the store and back (About half a tank for most box trucks with the diesel prices around here nowadays). But that truck can carry easily carry over $5000 worth (retail price) of groceries. Go ahead and throw in maintenance, diver salary, and insurance. You're still coming out ahead. That's why you're in the business, after all... to make money.
Now extrapolate that to a container ship that can easily carry a billion dollars worth of assorted cargo and costs $600,000 to sail across the ocean.
If anything, it's more energy efficient to ship things in bulk from halfway around the planet than to harvest only what you need locally. Imagine if every town had to grow it's own food? There's no way hat a hundred million farmers toiling over a hundred million little farms with a hundred million little tractors is more efficient than ten thousand farmers working thousands of acres of land with just three or four machines each.
And I won't even mention that the larger the engine/powerplant gets, the more efficient it becomes. Especially diesel engines and turbines.
In leu of subsidization, it's still cheaper and more efficient to buy in bulk. And if anything, you're paying tariffs on those imported foods! =Smidge=
You know the only people who are going to be able to afford any kind of longevity tratment are going to be rich people and politicians... Imagine a whole senate full of Strom Thurmonds!
I, for one, welcome our new immortal legislative overlords.
The trick to m akign biodiesel is to remove the glycerin from the plant oil. That's it. It's very simple to do...
A simple recipe for making biodiesel can be found here: http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/biodiesel.htm l
Most commercial uses mix 1 parts biodiesel with 5 parts conventional diesel (20%), which yields superior performance (pollution and economic wise) without risking damage to any engine components.
As the other poster said, though, there's really very little stopping you from running off 100% bio-d, or even straight veggie oil. The only hitch is it 'clouds' in cold weather and gums up... but finding a way to preheat the fuel on cold days will solve that problem. (It's not a permanent change). I've seen systems that have a tank of regular and a tank of bio diesel... start the engine on regular, use engine coolant to heat the bio-d, then switch over. Running the engine for a few minutes on regular diesel before shutdown cleans the system out and ensures it won't gum up when you go to start it again.:) =Smidge=
Lesse. THe power core is sealed in a steel shell 30" in diameter and 6 feet long.
At about 95 pounds per cubic foot, this power cell alone would weigh just shy of 3/4 ton.
Then add in the fact that the cell is welded to the end of a 70 foot long steel tube filled with liquid sodium - with no way to access the core except for:
a) Lifting the 76 foot rod out of the ground via crane (required disconnecting everything first of course - probably some noticable downtime)
or b) digging a tunnel down about 70-80 feet, busting through the reinforced concrete outer shell, the steel inner shell, somehow not dying from the 900+ degree heat and radiation, cutting the red-hot power cell off the end of the steel tube (risk spilling high pressure liquid sodium!), then hauling the 3/4 ton cell back up to the surface.
Both a and b require that this operation be done without anyone getting suspicious.
Somehow I don't think some guy is just going to waltz in and pilfer the core.
The only time it would be vulnerable would be during routine maintenance - once every 30 years - and then it would probably be a fairly secure location similar to any other nuke plant refuling. =Smidge=
Which is why we should look into using it as fuel instead of essentially wasting it.
Screw that 'hydrogen economy' crap. The US is already capable of growing most, if not all, of the energy it needs. And I bet a little more chemical engineering will show that vegetable oils can make a very suitable replacement for petroleum oils in almost every application.
Probably put a lot of people to work state-side, too.
If you ever need fodder for a conspiracy theory, this is a good choice... =Smidge=
If there was ever a post tat deserved a +1 insightful, it's the parent post.
Recycling is about anything but saving te environment. It's about economics.
Practically nobody who is in a position to really 'clean things up' is motivated to do so. People who run recycling plants by and large don't give a hoot about the environment - they're trying to make a profit. Recycling only happens when it's easier/faster/cheaper/more profitable than using new materials. And you can make all the federal laws you want about it, you know how well those work... =Smidge=
You don't need boilers and turbines and stuff. A hand pump would probably be sufficient. The only question I have is if you can achieve the power density required for make a viable for cell phone/portable device.
And for the record, static electricity doesn't produce current at all. That's why it's called "static" electricity.
Also, reading the articles, it sounds more like the channels act as a filter that keeps positive ions one one side and lets negative ions slip trough, creating a voltage potential across the filter. Water is great at dissolving ionizing compounds (like salts), which would explain why salt water works much better than pure water.
I'm not sure about efficiency though. Probably not that good. Energy input is energy to seperate charges + flow losses through filter. Energy output is recovered from charge seperation. I would think pressure drop would be the dominating factor... =Smidge=
But the fact that it IS beverage alcohol is what enables me to make light of this! If it was something that really threatened the stability of the whole state, then I wouldn't make light of it so easily.
Unless the state's economy relies heavily on the distribution and sale of alcohol - which is, of course, the core of the joke:P =Smidge=
As opposed to the arrogance of any other organization...
Did it hurt? Maybe. Since 'negative' emotions - such as those who, say, recently lost a member of their family might succumb to - are widely through to be detrimental to your health and wellbeing. They didn't say anything about observing the family of those that didn't survive to see if the ones that prayed were more sorrowful than those that didn't.
I mean, if you're going to nitpick the issue, may as well really nitpick the issue. If praying has no effect on the outcome, then praying and still having the patient die might have more of an impact on you - emotionally and physically. =Smidge=
Religion: 1 a : the state of a religious (1):the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2): commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance 2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices
Religious: relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity
If, as an athiest, you hold that god's lack of existance is an "ultimate reality", then that makes it a religion.
Of course, as an athiest myself, I simply believe it doesn't really matter if there's a god, but that's another topic completely.
There are only two problems with Athiesm... not nearly as many holidays and no tax writeoffs.
The pledge was enacted into law by Congress in 1954, with one small addition: The words 'under God' were added between 'one nation' and 'indivisible.'
When I say "enacted into law", I mean they officially wrote it out as "this is our official pledge, endourced by the governemnt." - not "law" in the sense that you could get into trouble if you said it differenctly. (Like running a red light is against the law)
So whlie it's still not a clear case by any means, I am inclined to say that this teases the borders of the first ammendment - namely, that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment or religion. I read "establishment" as any kind of religion, even atheism would count... and "respecting" as officially recognizing said "establishment".
That's why this issue still lingers - Congress made a real law that recognized religion. Perhaps no specific religion, and perhaps not an endorsement persay, but definately recognition.
As for the treasury, there's no law saying that "In God We Trust" should appear on the bill. In fact I doubt there's really any official document requiring it - it's just something they've always done. And as the parent mentioned, the Treasury isn't Congress, or even a part of the government persay, so the first ammendment doesn't apply. =Smidge=
No, I can believe it... 'Rediculous' would be a better word. Why don't they sue Microsoft for making the Shift key circumvent the auto-run feature to begin with?
In a sensable world, they would have to prove beyond all doubt that the student made the report with full intention to facilitate piracy, and not simply "Hey guys, this software is crap and here's why"
I hope they don't expect their stocks to go back up after filing this lawsuit! =Smidge=
Actually, I'd probably keep BO2K... WinVNC doesn't have that really useful "Open CD Tray" button!
Seriously, BO2K isn't a 'remote administration tool', since it lacks any kind if real usefullnes to actually administrate the remote PC.
You can run/close programs, upload/download files, echo keystrokes (but you can't see what you're doing unless you type one key then take another snapshot), move the mouse but not click (see echo keystrkes), display dialog boxes, and reboot. None of that is particularly useful for "administration". It's designed specifically for fucking with people.
VNC is a real admin tool, since it provides a complete and functional remote terminal that you can actually do some legit administrating on... Though I will admit to using it on my LAN to fuck with people from time to time:) =Smidge=
New artists are exactly what they're aiming for. As the label (hopefully) gains ground, they will have more and more of a presence and attract more 'major' artists.
The big labels of today started out pretty small too. (Except maybe Sony, which probably had backing/brand recognition from their parent company...) =Smidge=
"It takes longer to get any large loads going" -No, not really.
Yes. Really. quoth the article: "Ion propulsion systems are less powerful than conventional chemical rockets..."
Power = Energy/Time = Mass * dV^2/dt
If average power is less, velocity increases at a slower rate. Therefore, the probe will take longer to get to a specific destination than a conventional rocket. MUCH longer.
It may be slightly more economical..." just slightly? considering that the available fuel is practically infinite with no fuel from earth being used (except for leaving earth)
Again, quoth the article: "...but can run for ten times as long using the same mass of propellant."
So even the ion drives have a finite amount of "fuel" which must be loaded before liftoff. So much for that.
Combine these two, and you have an engine that is very poorly suited for transporting humans.
It is, however, very well suited for probes and the like, since the engine is smaller and lighter than chemical booster. That can decrease cost of lift and size of craft by a good margin... and since most probes don't starve to death you can afford to take 15 months to get there.
The moral of this story is, ion drives as they currently stand are not the end-all solution for space transportation. I agree it's well suited for this particular use, though. =Smidge=
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And I can only imagine the number of chemists who ingest more noxious chemicals on a regular basis. One would think that washing hands and cleaning up spills ASAP would be more common!
Then again, I suppose people just weren't as paranoid back then? Probably didn't know any better...
=Smidge=
I am sure there is more spent on fuel to truck the apples to the store than I pay for it.
If that were true, then the company selling the product would have to be losing money. There's no way you could turn a profit selling items for less than what they cost you to produce and deliver.
The secret is bulk. They don't send a delivery truck for each can of tuna, and another truck for each bag of potato chips, and a van for each box of cookies. Everything goes into one truck and delivered at the same time.
It costs, say, $40 in fuel to drive a truck from the warehouse to the store and back (About half a tank for most box trucks with the diesel prices around here nowadays). But that truck can carry easily carry over $5000 worth (retail price) of groceries. Go ahead and throw in maintenance, diver salary, and insurance. You're still coming out ahead. That's why you're in the business, after all... to make money.
Now extrapolate that to a container ship that can easily carry a billion dollars worth of assorted cargo and costs $600,000 to sail across the ocean.
If anything, it's more energy efficient to ship things in bulk from halfway around the planet than to harvest only what you need locally. Imagine if every town had to grow it's own food? There's no way hat a hundred million farmers toiling over a hundred million little farms with a hundred million little tractors is more efficient than ten thousand farmers working thousands of acres of land with just three or four machines each.
And I won't even mention that the larger the engine/powerplant gets, the more efficient it becomes. Especially diesel engines and turbines.
In leu of subsidization, it's still cheaper and more efficient to buy in bulk. And if anything, you're paying tariffs on those imported foods!
=Smidge=
You know the only people who are going to be able to afford any kind of longevity tratment are going to be rich people and politicians... Imagine a whole senate full of Strom Thurmonds!
I, for one, welcome our new immortal legislative overlords.
=Smidge=
The trick to m akign biodiesel is to remove the glycerin from the plant oil. That's it. It's very simple to do...
m l
:)
A simple recipe for making biodiesel can be found here: http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/biodiesel.ht
Most commercial uses mix 1 parts biodiesel with 5 parts conventional diesel (20%), which yields superior performance (pollution and economic wise) without risking damage to any engine components.
As the other poster said, though, there's really very little stopping you from running off 100% bio-d, or even straight veggie oil. The only hitch is it 'clouds' in cold weather and gums up... but finding a way to preheat the fuel on cold days will solve that problem. (It's not a permanent change). I've seen systems that have a tank of regular and a tank of bio diesel... start the engine on regular, use engine coolant to heat the bio-d, then switch over. Running the engine for a few minutes on regular diesel before shutdown cleans the system out and ensures it won't gum up when you go to start it again.
=Smidge=
Commence beating!
=Smidge=
It all depends on how they define success.
... See?
"I really don't expect ANYONE to buy these things..."
(a few months later)
"Holy shit, someone actually bought one! Break out the Champagn!"
=Smidge=
And what's the brand of your kitchen sink?
Elkay
I dunno... guess it matters to me.
=Smidge=
Lesse. THe power core is sealed in a steel shell 30" in diameter and 6 feet long.
At about 95 pounds per cubic foot, this power cell alone would weigh just shy of 3/4 ton.
Then add in the fact that the cell is welded to the end of a 70 foot long steel tube filled with liquid sodium - with no way to access the core except for:
a) Lifting the 76 foot rod out of the ground via crane (required disconnecting everything first of course - probably some noticable downtime)
or b) digging a tunnel down about 70-80 feet, busting through the reinforced concrete outer shell, the steel inner shell, somehow not dying from the 900+ degree heat and radiation, cutting the red-hot power cell off the end of the steel tube (risk spilling high pressure liquid sodium!), then hauling the 3/4 ton cell back up to the surface.
Both a and b require that this operation be done without anyone getting suspicious.
Somehow I don't think some guy is just going to waltz in and pilfer the core.
The only time it would be vulnerable would be during routine maintenance - once every 30 years - and then it would probably be a fairly secure location similar to any other nuke plant refuling.
=Smidge=
New York. At least it was the same continent :)
=Smidge=
Which is why we should look into using it as fuel instead of essentially wasting it.
Screw that 'hydrogen economy' crap. The US is already capable of growing most, if not all, of the energy it needs. And I bet a little more chemical engineering will show that vegetable oils can make a very suitable replacement for petroleum oils in almost every application.
Probably put a lot of people to work state-side, too.
If you ever need fodder for a conspiracy theory, this is a good choice...
=Smidge=
If there was ever a post tat deserved a +1 insightful, it's the parent post.
Recycling is about anything but saving te environment. It's about economics.
Practically nobody who is in a position to really 'clean things up' is motivated to do so. People who run recycling plants by and large don't give a hoot about the environment - they're trying to make a profit. Recycling only happens when it's easier/faster/cheaper/more profitable than using new materials. And you can make all the federal laws you want about it, you know how well those work...
=Smidge=
You don't need boilers and turbines and stuff. A hand pump would probably be sufficient. The only question I have is if you can achieve the power density required for make a viable for cell phone/portable device.
And for the record, static electricity doesn't produce current at all. That's why it's called "static" electricity.
Also, reading the articles, it sounds more like the channels act as a filter that keeps positive ions one one side and lets negative ions slip trough, creating a voltage potential across the filter. Water is great at dissolving ionizing compounds (like salts), which would explain why salt water works much better than pure water.
I'm not sure about efficiency though. Probably not that good. Energy input is energy to seperate charges + flow losses through filter. Energy output is recovered from charge seperation. I would think pressure drop would be the dominating factor...
=Smidge=
But the fact that it IS beverage alcohol is what enables me to make light of this! If it was something that really threatened the stability of the whole state, then I wouldn't make light of it so easily.
:P
Unless the state's economy relies heavily on the distribution and sale of alcohol - which is, of course, the core of the joke
=Smidge=
I think the real problem here is that a temporary restriction in the supply of alcohol is labeled as a 'crisis'
Maybe the submitter skipped out on his AA meeting to report this story?
"I have an alcohol problem - I can't seem to find anyplace to sell me any!"
=Smidge=
As opposed to the arrogance of any other organization...
Did it hurt? Maybe. Since 'negative' emotions - such as those who, say, recently lost a member of their family might succumb to - are widely through to be detrimental to your health and wellbeing. They didn't say anything about observing the family of those that didn't survive to see if the ones that prayed were more sorrowful than those that didn't.
I mean, if you're going to nitpick the issue, may as well really nitpick the issue. If praying has no effect on the outcome, then praying and still having the patient die might have more of an impact on you - emotionally and physically.
=Smidge=
Religion:
1 a : the state of a religious (1):the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2): commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices
Religious: relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity
If, as an athiest, you hold that god's lack of existance is an "ultimate reality", then that makes it a religion.
Of course, as an athiest myself, I simply believe it doesn't really matter if there's a god, but that's another topic completely.
There are only two problems with Athiesm... not nearly as many holidays and no tax writeoffs.
*shot at for old joke and horrible pun*
=Smidge=
The pledge was enacted into law by Congress in 1954, with one small addition: The words 'under God' were added between 'one nation' and 'indivisible.'
When I say "enacted into law", I mean they officially wrote it out as "this is our official pledge, endourced by the governemnt." - not "law" in the sense that you could get into trouble if you said it differenctly. (Like running a red light is against the law)
So whlie it's still not a clear case by any means, I am inclined to say that this teases the borders of the first ammendment - namely, that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment or religion. I read "establishment" as any kind of religion, even atheism would count... and "respecting" as officially recognizing said "establishment".
That's why this issue still lingers - Congress made a real law that recognized religion. Perhaps no specific religion, and perhaps not an endorsement persay, but definately recognition.
As for the treasury, there's no law saying that "In God We Trust" should appear on the bill. In fact I doubt there's really any official document requiring it - it's just something they've always done. And as the parent mentioned, the Treasury isn't Congress, or even a part of the government persay, so the first ammendment doesn't apply.
=Smidge=
Go get your aluminum foil beanie already.
Are you crazy?! Didn't anyone ever tell you not to put metal objects in the microwave?!
=Smidge=
No, I can believe it... 'Rediculous' would be a better word. Why don't they sue Microsoft for making the Shift key circumvent the auto-run feature to begin with?
In a sensable world, they would have to prove beyond all doubt that the student made the report with full intention to facilitate piracy, and not simply "Hey guys, this software is crap and here's why"
I hope they don't expect their stocks to go back up after filing this lawsuit!
=Smidge=
Actually, I'd probably keep BO2K... WinVNC doesn't have that really useful "Open CD Tray" button!
:)
Seriously, BO2K isn't a 'remote administration tool', since it lacks any kind if real usefullnes to actually administrate the remote PC.
You can run/close programs, upload/download files, echo keystrokes (but you can't see what you're doing unless you type one key then take another snapshot), move the mouse but not click (see echo keystrkes), display dialog boxes, and reboot. None of that is particularly useful for "administration". It's designed specifically for fucking with people.
VNC is a real admin tool, since it provides a complete and functional remote terminal that you can actually do some legit administrating on... Though I will admit to using it on my LAN to fuck with people from time to time
=Smidge=
New artists are exactly what they're aiming for. As the label (hopefully) gains ground, they will have more and more of a presence and attract more 'major' artists.
The big labels of today started out pretty small too. (Except maybe Sony, which probably had backing/brand recognition from their parent company...)
=Smidge=
The 1984 Chevrolet Caprice station wagon had a hydraulic brake booster that ran off of the power steering pump.
Dumbest fucking idea ever, actualy... and outragiously expensive ($350 for the booster alone, and it's not even anti-lock!).
=Smidge=
Are you sure? Have you fallen off one?
Somehow I doubt that the thing grinds to a dead stop as soon as the warning light comes on.
Though I suppose they call them "idiot lights" for a reason...
=Smidge=
Until you're driving on the freeway, ignoring the light/gauge, and suddenly your car runs out of gas and stalls.
Now you're doing 70mph, deccelerating quickly (engine braking), with no power steering or brakes.
If you only need a few stiches in your scalp after getting out of that pickle, you're one lucky guy.
Same thing with a segway, really. Make sure you're got enough power to keep you going and you'll probably be okay.
=Smidge=
"It takes longer to get any large loads going" -No, not really.
/dt
Yes. Really. quoth the article: "Ion propulsion systems are less powerful than conventional chemical rockets..."
Power = Energy/Time = Mass * dV^2
If average power is less, velocity increases at a slower rate. Therefore, the probe will take longer to get to a specific destination than a conventional rocket. MUCH longer.
It may be slightly more economical..." just slightly? considering that the available fuel is practically infinite with no fuel from earth being used (except for leaving earth)
Again, quoth the article: "...but can run for ten times as long using the same mass of propellant."
So even the ion drives have a finite amount of "fuel" which must be loaded before liftoff. So much for that.
Combine these two, and you have an engine that is very poorly suited for transporting humans.
It is, however, very well suited for probes and the like, since the engine is smaller and lighter than chemical booster. That can decrease cost of lift and size of craft by a good margin... and since most probes don't starve to death you can afford to take 15 months to get there.
The moral of this story is, ion drives as they currently stand are not the end-all solution for space transportation. I agree it's well suited for this particular use, though.
=Smidge=