Stuff burns, but there's ash and smoke totaling up to the same mass as before.
This is true of trinitrotoluene (TNT) and other explosives that depend on chemical reactions, which liberate energy from the high-potential-energy configuration of electrons in the explosive. Nuclear reactions, on the other hand, are much more powerful because they convert a significant amount of matter to heat energy.
That's what I was wondering about. But I meant stuff burning from the intense heat that the reaction produces.
Uh, I'm not a physics major, but I thought mass COULDN'T be destroyed, no matter what. Even if a nuke-u-lar bomb went off, splitting atoms, that mass is still conserved, just in the form of 2 lighter atoms, and a huge release of energy, which burns things and blows stuff up, which causes tons of destruction, but the mass is still preserved. Stuff burns, but there's ash and smoke totaling up to the same mass as before.
That's a pretty good joke. Modern vehicles can sense the knocking and retard timing until it stops. Old school engines are the ones that can be harmed by not running a proper grade of gasoline. And considering the price of bottled water, gas is actually cheaper to put in my car.
I'll step up and call bullshit here. If you run a high compression engine, the difference is clear. Premature detonation is not something that only exists in my mind. I better be getting 93 when I pay for it. If the "93 octane" from your station ends up frying my valves, there's gonna be hell to pay.
As far as I know, Mr. Al has to pay royalties to the original artists. Al mentions his dispute with Coolio, who's record company OK'd Al's parody of "Gangster's Paradise" which angered Coolio to the point of making death threats against Weird Al. Al said he didn't hear much more after the royalty check that Coolio's people got was cashed. Then again, maybe you can't believe everything you hear on VH1.
I'm not sure where in FL you are, but the ones closest to me area all off the coast, and somebody's already posted them. I have yet to see a floating Wal*Mart.
That is mostly because of the over-abundance of live-action actors/actresses. It's hard to get people to really shoot each other, but it's easy to get them to have sex. There isn't much need to render something you can film 10x easier and cheaper.
I think that's more of a reference to a snake or some such critter. If you have a very long supply train compared to your actual fighting forces, you have a low tooth-to-tail ratio.
I guess you're not real big into sports then. Dosen't everybody know the olympics happen every 4 years? Winter olympics get 02, 06, summer gets 96, 00, 04, etc.
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Big deal, stop being such a wimp. In his day, he has to ride to and from everywhere he goes, up hill, in the snow, on sweltering hot days. And that's the way he likes it!
Go ahead and call BS. I've hit 60 going down a decent drawbridge on an off-the shelf race bikes (low/mid end Cannondales)and I've talked to some semi-pro cyclists that have done 70+ down mountains in Europe. They have much nicer component sets, but there's little difference in the frames. The carbon fiber forks on their bike are no different than the ones on my bike.
I'm no expert in international law, but I don't recall DU being banned by the Geneva Convention. DU rounds have one purpose, destroying armor. Anything else is just a side effect.
Sounds like this guy's talking about home-brewing V1 rockets. The allies were pretty damn good at intercepting them once the novelty wore off. They scrambled to intercept, and shot them down. They even got to the point of using the interceptor plane's wingtip to steer the V-1's away. That's why the nazi's came up with the V2. Ballistic missiles are much harder to defend against.
What do you know about sex anyways, this is slashdot!
On a more serious note, if you're doing it right, there's going to at least be some sweat involved, and I don't want to smell somebody else's sweat. Hopefully they can rinse the whole damn thing out with bleach after the previous guests leave, who knows what would be floating around that place!
If he leaves it somewhere and it's beeping incessantly, you've showed great restraint in not smashing it to pieces. Me, I just turn it off if somebody leaves one and it won't shut up.
I've never noticed water towers on top of any of the tall buildings here, including some 30+ story condos I've worked on. But it would make sense if a building is taller than the city's water tower, and/or far enough away that the resistance from the pipes may come into effect.
I'm no civil engineer, but I'm pretty sure that water pressure forces water up the pipes to the toilets on high floors. There isn't a pump there that feeds your faucet.
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Don't worry, they know already. And even if they just think they know, that's good enough for them. You're screwed.
Stuff burns, but there's ash and smoke totaling up to the same mass as before. This is true of trinitrotoluene (TNT) and other explosives that depend on chemical reactions, which liberate energy from the high-potential-energy configuration of electrons in the explosive. Nuclear reactions, on the other hand, are much more powerful because they convert a significant amount of matter to heat energy. That's what I was wondering about. But I meant stuff burning from the intense heat that the reaction produces.
Uh, I'm not a physics major, but I thought mass COULDN'T be destroyed, no matter what. Even if a nuke-u-lar bomb went off, splitting atoms, that mass is still conserved, just in the form of 2 lighter atoms, and a huge release of energy, which burns things and blows stuff up, which causes tons of destruction, but the mass is still preserved. Stuff burns, but there's ash and smoke totaling up to the same mass as before.
That's a pretty good joke. Modern vehicles can sense the knocking and retard timing until it stops. Old school engines are the ones that can be harmed by not running a proper grade of gasoline. And considering the price of bottled water, gas is actually cheaper to put in my car.
I'll step up and call bullshit here. If you run a high compression engine, the difference is clear. Premature detonation is not something that only exists in my mind. I better be getting 93 when I pay for it. If the "93 octane" from your station ends up frying my valves, there's gonna be hell to pay.
As far as I know, Mr. Al has to pay royalties to the original artists. Al mentions his dispute with Coolio, who's record company OK'd Al's parody of "Gangster's Paradise" which angered Coolio to the point of making death threats against Weird Al. Al said he didn't hear much more after the royalty check that Coolio's people got was cashed. Then again, maybe you can't believe everything you hear on VH1.
I'm not sure where in FL you are, but the ones closest to me area all off the coast, and somebody's already posted them. I have yet to see a floating Wal*Mart.
Then sign up for a tour, and go visit.
The heat my Al Powerbook generates reminds me to get out of there pretty quick. Otherwise, my legs will have 3rd degree burns.
Thanks to advances in Wi-Fi technology, I can read slashdot while I drop one. Say goodbye to those low tech paper news sources.
That is mostly because of the over-abundance of live-action actors/actresses. It's hard to get people to really shoot each other, but it's easy to get them to have sex. There isn't much need to render something you can film 10x easier and cheaper.
What the hell kind of geek are you? Caffeine is life, I always bring Coke or Mt. Dew to work with me.
I think that's more of a reference to a snake or some such critter. If you have a very long supply train compared to your actual fighting forces, you have a low tooth-to-tail ratio.
Kinda like this? http://www.ucomics.com/nonsequitur/2004/07/17/
I guess you're not real big into sports then. Dosen't everybody know the olympics happen every 4 years? Winter olympics get 02, 06, summer gets 96, 00, 04, etc. (Que reply stating "You must be new here, slashdotters aren't into sports...")
Big deal, stop being such a wimp. In his day, he has to ride to and from everywhere he goes, up hill, in the snow, on sweltering hot days. And that's the way he likes it!
"...found out how much speed they lost..." That would imply that they had speed in the first place.
Go ahead and call BS. I've hit 60 going down a decent drawbridge on an off-the shelf race bikes (low/mid end Cannondales)and I've talked to some semi-pro cyclists that have done 70+ down mountains in Europe. They have much nicer component sets, but there's little difference in the frames. The carbon fiber forks on their bike are no different than the ones on my bike.
I'm no expert in international law, but I don't recall DU being banned by the Geneva Convention. DU rounds have one purpose, destroying armor. Anything else is just a side effect.
Sounds like this guy's talking about home-brewing V1 rockets. The allies were pretty damn good at intercepting them once the novelty wore off. They scrambled to intercept, and shot them down. They even got to the point of using the interceptor plane's wingtip to steer the V-1's away. That's why the nazi's came up with the V2. Ballistic missiles are much harder to defend against.
What do you know about sex anyways, this is slashdot! On a more serious note, if you're doing it right, there's going to at least be some sweat involved, and I don't want to smell somebody else's sweat. Hopefully they can rinse the whole damn thing out with bleach after the previous guests leave, who knows what would be floating around that place!
The symbol on a power button is pretty universal.
If he leaves it somewhere and it's beeping incessantly, you've showed great restraint in not smashing it to pieces. Me, I just turn it off if somebody leaves one and it won't shut up.
I've never noticed water towers on top of any of the tall buildings here, including some 30+ story condos I've worked on. But it would make sense if a building is taller than the city's water tower, and/or far enough away that the resistance from the pipes may come into effect.
I'm no civil engineer, but I'm pretty sure that water pressure forces water up the pipes to the toilets on high floors. There isn't a pump there that feeds your faucet.