You probably have plenty of funny stories, but I'd like to tell you my roommate's. He was in the Reserves and was out on exercise. At one point they were warned to don protective gear. As soon as the simulated chem strike hit, the nearest ref signaled he was dead. Turned out he'd done everything perfect... except for zipping his fly. Lesson learned: if you're going to die, at least don't let it be from chemicals attacking your nads.
It was explained in a Scientific American article years back. I think they said something about the curvature of space is strong enough that light is bent into an orbit. Since light travels in a straight line, our typical concept of centrifugal force doesn't make sense anymore. Again, I can't remember all the details and what I do remember seems flawed somehow.
As for the squish, I'm not a believer that the object inside an event horizon is a point. From the outside, yeah it's a singularity. But the inside could be anything. So why can't it be distorted by rotation? Again, I'm out of my league.
If I remember correctly, centrifugal force as we know it actually reverses near a black hole. Pulling inward instead of outward. A rotating black hole may be compressed further by its rotation. Maybe someone familiar with the phenomena can shed more light.
Quick answer is the condensation isn't following the jet. It occurs in air at the edge of the shockwave. As the shockwave passes, the air returns to the same state.
Just my point: cooling effects are minimal. To warm the air, you have to have much warmer ground. Uncomfortably warm.
As for the test you reference, they couldn't figure out what was wrong at first. Mars most certainly has wicked dust storms. Then they added sand. Then the dust bounces right up. There's also an electrostatic effect from dust devils (created by localized heating) which is amplified by the thin atmosphere (nice article in Science News about it).
Of course the dust could reduce heating at ground level solving the first problem, but heating the atmosphere at ground level was the whole point.
The idea of heating a ring is to warm air before it moves to where you are, allow some flexibility in heating, overheat during the day, give the air some time to drop dust, and maybe create a very minor boost in local air pressure by using the inrush of surrounding air to compress the central pocket of air. Even then, still a sucky idea.
Yes, I was serious. But it's so ridiculous sounding, it'll never be done. There have been proposals to build refuge modules to use as a bunker in the even of solar storms or potential debris fields hitting the station. For high velocity debris, loose stuff like trash works very well. Similar effect to the thin bumpers used on the outside. For radiation, the proposal is to use water or plastic (organic molecules). Seems that sewage would fit the bill there too. All it takes is a "can within a can" design. Disgusting, but beneficial.
As far as dealing with atmospheric drag, you were pointing out the down side of what I meant by the double edged sword. But the up side is to increase the time between boosts. Theoretically that shouldn't be needed. Pessimistically, it is. With the space shuttle being retired, there goes a boost method. It wouldn't take many snafus before you'd start missing a timely boost. Is the extra mass of fuel for a boost worth it? Maybe, maybe not. But if that mass is useful in other ways, maybe.
But mostly it's just funny to think of using human waste as something functional. Chill out and laugh.
I'd be curious how hot the ground would need to be to warm the tenuous atmosphere continuously blowing over it to a comfortable temperature. And wouldn't you risk creating a huge localized dust storm from the strong convection currents? Maybe you could heat a ring of land around the point you are interested in and just wait until all the dust is blown away... but I doubt it.
Thank you for pointing out the obvious. Note that I talked about Sandia and LANL being in New Mexico. LANL has their own supercomputer farms. No mention of LLNL because that would screw up the joke. Do you need any more explanation? Like what manana means?
Sandia's supercomputer program, along with LANL's and all the weapon and nuke work done between the two is part of New Mexico's plan to take over the world... mañana.
Actually, even human waste could have value if stored properly. From adding more inertia to the station (a double edged sword) to resist orbital drag, to a mass barrier around critical components (including the astronauts) as protection from orbital debris and radiation.
Or to put it another way, in Soviet ISS, your crap saves you.
From what I've read, capsaicin works by altering the temperature set point for nerves. Sort of like messing up the calibration to temperature. The temperature that causes a burning sensation is lowered to below body temperature. Which also explains why cold drinks tend to help. On a related note, wintergreen oil (and related chemicals) do the opposite: set the cold sense higher. Apparently both work on the same pathway.
Which makes me curious if anyone has combined chile with wintergreen and what happened.
How does technology, population size and food production equate to a plague, much less an anthropomorphic deity telling us squat? It's just not that simple. If people would wash their hands more, wear masks, etc, the flu would be almost non-existent. Those are social norms, not technology or population dependent.
And at no point does some woman in a billowy outfit ever come into the picture.
Interesting point. While the US is bound to screw up some day, will the US+ screw up faster or slower? Sort of like MTBF but extended to governance. And you can actually match most of the comments today with RAID levels. Yours is RAID 0. Those who propose splitting off are RAID 1. Those who advocate sharing power believe they will be getting RAID 5. I think we could get RAID 5, but most of the proposals I've heard fall far short.
As the owner of a new 2006 model human, I've found the "baby-shit orange" most often results from inserting carrots in the drooling end. Due to defects in design of digestion and skin, said unit also ends up with an orange ass. Which is all well and good, since the manufacturer (aka "mom") does not consider it a problem and in fact thinks it's hilarious.
I will attest that the wide variety of browns coming from our unit, including orange-brown, matches the Ubuntu theme very well. Close enough that I can almost smell Ubuntu.
This might not be practical at this point in the project, but what are the chances of modifying the power-off sequence? If the OS can detect an "off", could you delay actual shutdown until writes are complete?
Alternately, maybe someone needs to develop a CF with a small capacitor and RAM cache (or maybe put it on the host side). Host device gets shut down yet the CF still has enough juice (and brains) to finish the last few writes, discarding any partial blocks. Putting it on the CF might even make hot-swapping a little more robust.
Funny, I wasn't aware of how poorly Mexican knowledge immigrants with good IT skills were being treated in the US. I was aware of how poor Mexican immigrants that didn't speak English were being treated in the US is only slightly better than how poor immigrants who don't speak Dutch are being treated in the Netherlands.
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You probably have plenty of funny stories, but I'd like to tell you my roommate's. He was in the Reserves and was out on exercise. At one point they were warned to don protective gear. As soon as the simulated chem strike hit, the nearest ref signaled he was dead. Turned out he'd done everything perfect ... except for zipping his fly. Lesson learned: if you're going to die, at least don't let it be from chemicals attacking your nads.
It was explained in a Scientific American article years back. I think they said something about the curvature of space is strong enough that light is bent into an orbit. Since light travels in a straight line, our typical concept of centrifugal force doesn't make sense anymore. Again, I can't remember all the details and what I do remember seems flawed somehow. As for the squish, I'm not a believer that the object inside an event horizon is a point. From the outside, yeah it's a singularity. But the inside could be anything. So why can't it be distorted by rotation? Again, I'm out of my league.
If I remember correctly, centrifugal force as we know it actually reverses near a black hole. Pulling inward instead of outward. A rotating black hole may be compressed further by its rotation. Maybe someone familiar with the phenomena can shed more light.
Quick answer is the condensation isn't following the jet. It occurs in air at the edge of the shockwave. As the shockwave passes, the air returns to the same state.
Just my point: cooling effects are minimal. To warm the air, you have to have much warmer ground. Uncomfortably warm.
As for the test you reference, they couldn't figure out what was wrong at first. Mars most certainly has wicked dust storms. Then they added sand. Then the dust bounces right up. There's also an electrostatic effect from dust devils (created by localized heating) which is amplified by the thin atmosphere (nice article in Science News about it).
Of course the dust could reduce heating at ground level solving the first problem, but heating the atmosphere at ground level was the whole point.
The idea of heating a ring is to warm air before it moves to where you are, allow some flexibility in heating, overheat during the day, give the air some time to drop dust, and maybe create a very minor boost in local air pressure by using the inrush of surrounding air to compress the central pocket of air. Even then, still a sucky idea.
Yes, I was serious. But it's so ridiculous sounding, it'll never be done. There have been proposals to build refuge modules to use as a bunker in the even of solar storms or potential debris fields hitting the station. For high velocity debris, loose stuff like trash works very well. Similar effect to the thin bumpers used on the outside. For radiation, the proposal is to use water or plastic (organic molecules). Seems that sewage would fit the bill there too. All it takes is a "can within a can" design. Disgusting, but beneficial.
As far as dealing with atmospheric drag, you were pointing out the down side of what I meant by the double edged sword. But the up side is to increase the time between boosts. Theoretically that shouldn't be needed. Pessimistically, it is. With the space shuttle being retired, there goes a boost method. It wouldn't take many snafus before you'd start missing a timely boost. Is the extra mass of fuel for a boost worth it? Maybe, maybe not. But if that mass is useful in other ways, maybe.
But mostly it's just funny to think of using human waste as something functional. Chill out and laugh.
I'd be curious how hot the ground would need to be to warm the tenuous atmosphere continuously blowing over it to a comfortable temperature. And wouldn't you risk creating a huge localized dust storm from the strong convection currents? Maybe you could heat a ring of land around the point you are interested in and just wait until all the dust is blown away ... but I doubt it.
Thank you for pointing out the obvious. Note that I talked about Sandia and LANL being in New Mexico. LANL has their own supercomputer farms. No mention of LLNL because that would screw up the joke. Do you need any more explanation? Like what manana means?
Sandia's supercomputer program, along with LANL's and all the weapon and nuke work done between the two is part of New Mexico's plan to take over the world ... mañana.
Actually, even human waste could have value if stored properly. From adding more inertia to the station (a double edged sword) to resist orbital drag, to a mass barrier around critical components (including the astronauts) as protection from orbital debris and radiation.
Or to put it another way, in Soviet ISS, your crap saves you.
http://dict.die.net/hack/
The first entry might just be what you were looking for.
Cincinnati Ohio: At the moment you can get 3Mb/768kb for $20/mo That comes with free wireless access.
My mom, in Rio Rancho NM, can get free wireless. It's only 512Kb/60Kb and for 1 hour a day, but it's free.
From what I've read, capsaicin works by altering the temperature set point for nerves. Sort of like messing up the calibration to temperature. The temperature that causes a burning sensation is lowered to below body temperature. Which also explains why cold drinks tend to help. On a related note, wintergreen oil (and related chemicals) do the opposite: set the cold sense higher. Apparently both work on the same pathway.
Which makes me curious if anyone has combined chile with wintergreen and what happened.
Not as tasty. At least I assume they aren't.
Instead of Baptist vs. Methodist, think Catholic vs. Protestant. Then think 30 Years' War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Year_War
There's probably better analogies, and let's hope Iraq doesn't take 30 years.
If it's compounded, you get to live 1.62x10^16 % longer!
Because once they are, the duals I want will become the cheap alternative.
How does technology, population size and food production equate to a plague, much less an anthropomorphic deity telling us squat? It's just not that simple. If people would wash their hands more, wear masks, etc, the flu would be almost non-existent. Those are social norms, not technology or population dependent.
And at no point does some woman in a billowy outfit ever come into the picture.
Microbes that live off of radiation: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/524387/
Interesting point. While the US is bound to screw up some day, will the US+ screw up faster or slower? Sort of like MTBF but extended to governance. And you can actually match most of the comments today with RAID levels. Yours is RAID 0. Those who propose splitting off are RAID 1. Those who advocate sharing power believe they will be getting RAID 5. I think we could get RAID 5, but most of the proposals I've heard fall far short.
In practice, it's not what makes rational people switch.
Do I even need to give examples of how such people are a minority?
As the owner of a new 2006 model human, I've found the "baby-shit orange" most often results from inserting carrots in the drooling end. Due to defects in design of digestion and skin, said unit also ends up with an orange ass. Which is all well and good, since the manufacturer (aka "mom") does not consider it a problem and in fact thinks it's hilarious.
I will attest that the wide variety of browns coming from our unit, including orange-brown, matches the Ubuntu theme very well. Close enough that I can almost smell Ubuntu.
This might not be practical at this point in the project, but what are the chances of modifying the power-off sequence? If the OS can detect an "off", could you delay actual shutdown until writes are complete? Alternately, maybe someone needs to develop a CF with a small capacitor and RAM cache (or maybe put it on the host side). Host device gets shut down yet the CF still has enough juice (and brains) to finish the last few writes, discarding any partial blocks. Putting it on the CF might even make hot-swapping a little more robust.
Funny, I wasn't aware of how poorly Mexican knowledge immigrants with good IT skills were being treated in the US. I was aware of how poor Mexican immigrants that didn't speak English were being treated in the US is only slightly better than how poor immigrants who don't speak Dutch are being treated in the Netherlands.
Yes, but saying it that way wouldn't have been as snide a comment. This is Slashdot, remember.