If you don't use rosin...
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Solder in Space
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... wouldn't that prevent the problem of circling solder? It seems to me that the rosin wouldn't be necessary in space because oxidation doesn't need to be prevented. NASA says that
"hydrogen and helium are the prime components and are only present at extremely low densities" in space. Thus, the only reason I could see rosin being necessary is if the soldering would take place inside the space vessel. Otherwise, it seems to me that rosin could be removed from solder that is to be used on the space-side of these vessels.
I disagree. I am a recent college graduate, and I was required for nearly every class I took to complete homework assignments online. In the classes where that wasn't necessary, the homework assignments/instructions themselves had to be downloaded from the internet, and those files were as large as 10mb/file. I suppose in a way that this is related to downloading fast. However, this is far more important and performed more often (at least among myself and my friends) than gettings movies, music, etc.
On a side note, when I was looking for colleges 4 years ago, not all universities offered ethernet or broadband connections in the rooms. Besides, most of the 18-20 year-olds live in dorms, and they are all fully equipped with broadband. I wonder how the percentage falls for recent graduates. Broadband is expensive for the single worker!
If voting actually worked and the people had the power, then why isn't Al Gore the president? Popular vote elected him, but the majority of electoral college votes went to GWB. In this society where everyone is supposed to have a voice, why is it that we still have the electoral college? Don't get me wrong though, I do not believe that the GOP should be prevented from expressing their point of view online, but I can understand the frustration from the hackers that our voices are not being heard and our votes are not counting.
One last thing, why is it that in primary elections, votes per state are given to candidates based on the percentage of votes received per candidate and then in the presidential election, 100% of electoral votes per state are given to the candidate who receives the majority of votes? I think if a candidate only get 47% of the vote, the should receive only 47% of the electoral votes from the state.
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... wouldn't that prevent the problem of circling solder? It seems to me that the rosin wouldn't be necessary in space because oxidation doesn't need to be prevented. NASA says that "hydrogen and helium are the prime components and are only present at extremely low densities" in space. Thus, the only reason I could see rosin being necessary is if the soldering would take place inside the space vessel. Otherwise, it seems to me that rosin could be removed from solder that is to be used on the space-side of these vessels.
On a side note, when I was looking for colleges 4 years ago, not all universities offered ethernet or broadband connections in the rooms. Besides, most of the 18-20 year-olds live in dorms, and they are all fully equipped with broadband. I wonder how the percentage falls for recent graduates. Broadband is expensive for the single worker!
One last thing, why is it that in primary elections, votes per state are given to candidates based on the percentage of votes received per candidate and then in the presidential election, 100% of electoral votes per state are given to the candidate who receives the majority of votes? I think if a candidate only get 47% of the vote, the should receive only 47% of the electoral votes from the state.