The BATF has a list of approved formulas which must be used to render ethanol undrinkable in order to avoid federal excise taxes. The list is available here:
I wonder if the 100 MLOC figure refers to systems like Ford/Microsoft "Sync" (Runs a version of Windows CE) , GPS/navigator/trip computer/DVD player/Bluetooth/ whatever..
Nowhere in TFA does it mention exactly what this "sensor" actually SENSES. It apparently wakes from sleep mode occasionally to "make measurements", but no specifics are given.
Consisting of only a CPU, battery, and solar cell, the only things it COULD actually measure would be ambient light levels or the battery charge state.
Without the ability to actually measure something external to itself, and just as importantly, output the results of those measurements somehow, this device seems like it's only function is to generate press releases....
Yes, I noticed that shortly after I posted that I used the wrong word there. Limbaugh didn't actually ORIGINATE this particular bullshit story, he simply drew upon his presumably vast knowledge of polymer chemistry and aerospace manufacturing techniques to lend creedence to an unsubstantiated claim made by one of his guests. After all, if it makes environmentalists look bad, then "it sounded likely" to Mr. Limbaugh.
His legions of dittohead followers then picked up on the story and gave it so much traction that it repeatedly surfaces to this day in most discussions of the Columbia accident.
Nothing like using the tragic deaths of 7 astronauts to advance your own career and political agenda. The man is a true douchenozzle.
the second one with crappy environmentally friendly tile modifications was most definitely caused by NASA management listening to environmentalist dipshits instead of the experts.
What exactly are these "tile modifications" you refer to? The fragile thermal tiles played no part in the Columbia accident, which involved a chunk of foam insulation from the external tank impacting the reinforced carbon-carbon leading edge of the orbiter's wing.
And before you try to backpedal, and trot out the old right-wing canard (originated by Rush Limbaugh) about the ET insulation foam having been reformulated without CFCs, try reading the CAIB report (volume 1, Page 51), which specifically states that the portion of the foam that broke loose was the OLD CFC-based formulation.
at the point when urine drug testing was mandated by the government for any company receiving government contracts. You know back in the days of Ronnie Raygun and the "Just Say No" crusades?
If you aren't secure against government searches OF YOUR OWN BODILY FLUIDS, do you really think that they will respect your right of privacy regarding some random 1s and 0s stored on a private corporation's computers somewhere?
Sodium-hydroxide is extremely corrosive to organic compounds but it doesn't attack metals or glass.
Try submerging some aluminum in a strong solution of NaOH, and tell me that it isn't corrosive to metals. Hot concentrated solutions of NaOH will also etch glass (slowly compared to HF, but still damaging).
Almost $20 for a 60 yard roll of 2" wide tape. Those traceable nuclear certs don't come cheap.
BTW, "nuclear grade" doesn't imply that it is any stronger or more durable than standard duct tape. Just that it doesn't contain certain chemical elements that can cause problems with a nuclear reactor. Mostly free chlorides/flourides, boron and cadmium, IIRC.
I don't remember a time when Monster Cable actually sold a worthwhile product. As far as I can remember them (back into the 80s, anyway), it was always overpriced fancy-looking speaker cable that sounded no different than ordinary lamp cord from the electrical aisle at Home Depot.
The bomb described in the Wikipedia article used nitroglycerine, NOT a binary liquid explosive mixed together onboard.
The alleged threat of a terrorist mixing up a bomb from 2 or more inert ingredients smuggled aboard was the story used to justify the TSA liquid restrictions we now fly under. THAT is the threat that even the TSA now admits is farfetched.
Obviously, making a bomb from hitroglycerine is fairly easy (assuming that you don't blow yourself up in the process). But nitroglycerine should also have triggered the explosive detectors at security, assuming that they were operating properly that day.
Including the 440 and the fearsome 426 Hemi. No, they aren't used in production vehicles anymore, but they sell them as "crate engines" for the hot rodding and musclecar restoration markets.
There is a reason they fill SCUBA tanks in concrete water baths. I've seen pictures of a blown out Al-80 tank. It cracked the concrete basin, took out the roof and exterior wall, and took off three of a kids fingers.
Wet filling that tank might actually have CONTRIBUTED to that explosion. WAY too easy to introduce moisture into the inside of the tank, where it will rapidly corrode the tank from the inside:
It's even crazier to think that people run through the woods and smash tanks on rocks while playing paintball. I'm surprised there haven't been more exploding tank accidents - I know I haven't heard of any.
Paintball tanks are filled with CO2, a liquified gas under its own vapor pressure. The pressure in the tank is around 800 PSI or so at room temperature. Considerably less than a SCUBA tank at 3000 PSI.
They used a rig that would cleanly sever the valve from a compressed air tank that was laying on the ground, simulating the frequent stories of a welding tank that gets knocked over, snapping the valve off in the fall.
The tanks performed EXACTLY as claimed, shooting across the floor at high speed, and punching cleanly through a cement block wall.
There is a metric buttload of stored energy in a high pressure gas cylinder...
Franken was portraying JFK's real-life science adviser, Jerome Weisner, who was vehemently opposed to manned spaceflight, going all the way back to Project Mercury.
You may not care for Franken, but the attitude portrayed was accurate.
, but he and NASA kept it quiet to prevent a repeat of the Apollo 8 controversy, where NASA was sued by an atheist group over the reading of Genesis from lunar orbit on Xmas eve, 1968.
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The BATF has a list of approved formulas which must be used to render ethanol undrinkable in order to avoid federal excise taxes. The list is available here:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/27cfr21_03.html
The denaturants used range from simply nasty-tasting, to nausea-inducing, to downright lethal.
Apparently, Uncle Sam would rather you be dead or blind than getting driunk without paying the booze taxes...
I wonder if the 100 MLOC figure refers to systems like Ford/Microsoft "Sync" (Runs a version of Windows CE) , GPS/navigator/trip computer/DVD player/Bluetooth/ whatever..
Nowhere in TFA does it mention exactly what this "sensor" actually SENSES. It apparently wakes from sleep mode occasionally to "make measurements", but no specifics are given.
Consisting of only a CPU, battery, and solar cell, the only things it COULD actually measure would be ambient light levels or the battery charge state.
Without the ability to actually measure something external to itself, and just as importantly, output the results of those measurements somehow, this device seems like it's only function is to generate press releases....
Like this group of fundie shitheads:
http://www.christianexodus.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Exodus
The fanboys will need to come into the Apple store for installation of a new iHole...
Being the anniversary of Apollo 1...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
By killing the Constellation project, he is also killing the Orion crew vehicle, which was going to ride on top of the Ares I.
Even if they manage to man-rate a Delta or Atlas, there won't be any place to put the astronauts!
Yes, I noticed that shortly after I posted that I used the wrong word there. Limbaugh didn't actually ORIGINATE this particular bullshit story, he simply drew upon his presumably vast knowledge of polymer chemistry and aerospace manufacturing techniques to lend creedence to an unsubstantiated claim made by one of his guests. After all, if it makes environmentalists look bad, then "it sounded likely" to Mr. Limbaugh.
His legions of dittohead followers then picked up on the story and gave it so much traction that it repeatedly surfaces to this day in most discussions of the Columbia accident.
Nothing like using the tragic deaths of 7 astronauts to advance your own career and political agenda. The man is a true douchenozzle.
the second one with crappy environmentally friendly tile modifications was most definitely caused by NASA management listening to environmentalist dipshits instead of the experts.
What exactly are these "tile modifications" you refer to? The fragile thermal tiles played no part in the Columbia accident, which involved a chunk of foam insulation from the external tank impacting the reinforced carbon-carbon leading edge of the orbiter's wing.
And before you try to backpedal, and trot out the old right-wing canard (originated by Rush Limbaugh) about the ET insulation foam having been reformulated without CFCs, try reading the CAIB report (volume 1, Page 51), which specifically states that the portion of the foam that broke loose was the OLD CFC-based formulation.
http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/caib/PDFS/VOL1/PART01.PDF
http://mediamatters.org/research/200508090007
http://www.sts107.info/kooks%20and%20myths/kooks.htm#EPA
From the "specifications" page at the link:
Only components with complete technical specifications, as provided by the manufacturers, were used.
So where are the schematics, PC board artwork, parts lists, mechanical drawings of the chassis and brackets, etc.?
Not to mention the fact that the chip designs are copyrighted by Intel...
at the point when urine drug testing was mandated by the government for any company receiving government contracts. You know back in the days of Ronnie Raygun and the "Just Say No" crusades?
If you aren't secure against government searches OF YOUR OWN BODILY FLUIDS, do you really think that they will respect your right of privacy regarding some random 1s and 0s stored on a private corporation's computers somewhere?
Sodium-hydroxide is extremely corrosive to organic compounds but it doesn't attack metals or glass.
Try submerging some aluminum in a strong solution of NaOH, and tell me that it isn't corrosive to metals. Hot concentrated solutions of NaOH will also etch glass (slowly compared to HF, but still damaging).
under p/n 76155A29
Almost $20 for a 60 yard roll of 2" wide tape. Those traceable nuclear certs don't come cheap.
BTW, "nuclear grade" doesn't imply that it is any stronger or more durable than standard duct tape. Just that it doesn't contain certain chemical elements that can cause problems with a nuclear reactor. Mostly free chlorides/flourides, boron and cadmium, IIRC.
I don't remember a time when Monster Cable actually sold a worthwhile product. As far as I can remember them (back into the 80s, anyway), it was always overpriced fancy-looking speaker cable that sounded no different than ordinary lamp cord from the electrical aisle at Home Depot.
Pot plants pull CO2 out of the atmosphere while growing, making pot smoking a carbon-neutral activity, no?
The bomb described in the Wikipedia article used nitroglycerine, NOT a binary liquid explosive mixed together onboard.
The alleged threat of a terrorist mixing up a bomb from 2 or more inert ingredients smuggled aboard was the story used to justify the TSA liquid restrictions we now fly under. THAT is the threat that even the TSA now admits is farfetched.
Obviously, making a bomb from hitroglycerine is fairly easy (assuming that you don't blow yourself up in the process). But nitroglycerine should also have triggered the explosive detectors at security, assuming that they were operating properly that day.
Including the 440 and the fearsome 426 Hemi. No, they aren't used in production vehicles anymore, but they sell them as "crate engines" for the hot rodding and musclecar restoration markets.
http://www.mopartsracing.com/parts/blocks.html
http://www.bouchillonperformance.com/MPCrateEngines.asp
I wonder if GM will still maintain some limited production capacity for this type of market?
There is a reason they fill SCUBA tanks in concrete water baths. I've seen pictures of a blown out Al-80 tank. It cracked the concrete basin, took out the roof and exterior wall, and took off three of a kids fingers.
Wet filling that tank might actually have CONTRIBUTED to that explosion. WAY too easy to introduce moisture into the inside of the tank, where it will rapidly corrode the tank from the inside:
http://www.fillexpress.com/library/dryfills.pdf
It's even crazier to think that people run through the woods and smash tanks on rocks while playing paintball. I'm surprised there haven't been more exploding tank accidents - I know I haven't heard of any.
Paintball tanks are filled with CO2, a liquified gas under its own vapor pressure. The pressure in the tank is around 800 PSI or so at room temperature. Considerably less than a SCUBA tank at 3000 PSI.
I would assume that they mean anything in Schedules II through V of the controlled substances act.
Lots of drugs are "Rx only", but that doesn't make them "controlled substances" in the legal definition.
They used a rig that would cleanly sever the valve from a compressed air tank that was laying on the ground, simulating the frequent stories of a welding tank that gets knocked over, snapping the valve off in the fall.
The tanks performed EXACTLY as claimed, shooting across the floor at high speed, and punching cleanly through a cement block wall.
There is a metric buttload of stored energy in a high pressure gas cylinder...
So why would the guards be interested in reducing the availability of the currency needed to pay for the drugs that they are selling?
Seems like killing their own market, no?
from mobile scanner bans. Not sure about FL, though.
I assume that you used the proper type of sign, though.
Something along the lines of:
http://www.interfacebus.com/rf-radiation-hazard.jpg
or
http://www.celltowersafety.com/assets/images/RF.JPG
The symbol used on the "hamsexy" car is NOT appropriate, being intended for use with ionizing radiation sources.
http://frenchquarterradiationfree.com/img/dangerrads.jpg
Franken was portraying JFK's real-life science adviser, Jerome Weisner, who was vehemently opposed to manned spaceflight, going all the way back to Project Mercury.
You may not care for Franken, but the attitude portrayed was accurate.
, but he and NASA kept it quiet to prevent a repeat of the Apollo 8 controversy, where NASA was sued by an atheist group over the reading of Genesis from lunar orbit on Xmas eve, 1968.