Specific heat of Nickel/Iron 440j/(kg-K) Temp ~6000K Density of Iron 7800kg/m^3, Nickel 8900km/m^3 Diameter of outer core ~5000km Mass of core = 5*10^24 kg, less than the mass of earth = 5.97*10^24 Heat content of core = 12*10^33 J, which combined with this data of 12 trillion kwh electricity usage/year = 43*10^18 J/year gives us over a billion years to drain it 1%, well past the life of our planet.
>We learn from the study of animals how to be inventive and resourceful. Animals, even ones for which we have no DNA, have processes and techniques that we might not have thought of. These might be mimicked mechanically, either to help us or other animals medically, or even just to help us build other kinds of machines. Or they might just expand our imaginations and make us think "gee, there are often more ways to think about something than I had thought".
I have an even better idea for how to use our studies of the animals. We build a park, stocked with actual dinosaurs, and charge people a fortune to visit. Only I'll get lazy and cut some corners, crappy security, no backup plans, etc..., and the whole thing'll get Dresdened by the Costa Rican govt.
Using google to find this data, and a few minutes with matlab, I produced some charts for approximately how long you have left given a certain age, 1-100.
George Cantor established a Theory of Infinite Sets. So yes, there are an infinite number of rational and irrational numbers, but the infinity of irrational numbers is larger than the infinity of rational numbers. It's really only confusing if you assume "normal" (ie non-mathematical) definitions to commonplace words used in math.
>Faith is living a lifestyle that demonstrates what you believe to be true about this Universe, how it was formed, and what its governing principles have in regards to how it affects your life.
from dictionary.com, the second defn. of Faith
Faith: Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
and the first defn. of Religion
Religion: Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe. Going by the defn, then atheism would be simply a rational response to the idea of god, Occam's Razor and all (do not multiply entities beyond what is necessary), while religion *requires* faith, as something supernatural by definition cannot be observed.
So being atheist is the complete absense of faith, at least in a god.
As for >ethics and morals... must be grounded in something more basic like saving the world or helping humanity in general.
That's just your opinion, and an opinion that's not based on any facts. Is it really that hard to believe that some people live by a moral code because they think that's the right thing to do? If you look at history, I believe only jainism has the same number of religious wars as atheism, namely, zero.
To end, I'll mangle a quote from Sylvie and Bruno: "I feel sure, now, that the most absolute Christian may be leading, though walking blindfold, a pure and noble life.", and give a link Founding Fathers quotes against religion
I think a better analogy would be to lock the keys in the car, or throw them in the trash, thereby making the person less likely to leave the keys in the ignition in the future, hopefully.
Yeah, the whole "inertial pump" is crap cause it doesn't rely on inertia at all.
In the article it's got a picture of the proposed system, and its basically just a long U with both ends in the water (with one end at 3000ft). If you imagine one end not in the water, but below sea level (how I began to understand it), then it's just a siphon. So if you put that end in the water, and the pipes are full, then if you start the pump, the water will start flowing, and, like a siphon, it's a pain to start up, but once started only needs to over come the force of friction (a siphon does this because the output is lower than the water level, so the decrease in potential provides the energy).
It seems then, that an "inertial pumping system" is called that because it is sorta like inertia, in that starting it requires massive energy input, while keeping it going requires only enough to make the sum of the forces, friction, 0.
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I assumed CowyboyNeal referred to Neal Cassady, the driver of Ken Kesey's bus Further as chronicled in "An Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test", and the real life Dean Moriarty from Kerouac's "On the Road". Linky:
Neal Cassady
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched "Blade Runner 5: Carnage at the Tanhausser Gate". All these moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain. Time to die.
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Specific heat of Nickel/Iron 440j/(kg-K)
Temp ~6000K
Density of Iron 7800kg/m^3, Nickel 8900km/m^3
Diameter of outer core ~5000km
Mass of core = 5*10^24 kg, less than the mass of earth = 5.97*10^24
Heat content of core = 12*10^33 J, which combined with this data of 12 trillion kwh electricity usage/year = 43*10^18 J/year gives us over a billion years to drain it 1%, well past the life of our planet.
I would like my cube to be made of precious metals, diamonds, and Natalie Portman Naked and Petrified.
>We learn from the study of animals how to be inventive and resourceful. Animals, even ones for which we have no DNA, have processes and techniques that we might not have thought of. These might be mimicked mechanically, either to help us or other animals medically, or even just to help us build other kinds of machines. Or they might just expand our imaginations and make us think "gee, there are often more ways to think about something than I had thought".
I have an even better idea for how to use our studies of the animals. We build a park, stocked with actual dinosaurs, and charge people a fortune to visit. Only I'll get lazy and cut some corners, crappy security, no backup plans, etc..., and the whole thing'll get Dresdened by the Costa Rican govt.
Heard about the scotsman how drowned in a vat of whiskey? Had to get out twice to piss.
Using google to find this data, and a few minutes with matlab, I produced some charts for approximately how long you have left given a certain age, 1-100.
1-5 76.278 75.275 74.279 73.288 72.302
6-10 71.32 70.342 69.367 68.394 67.423
11-15 66.453 65.485 64.517 63.549 62.581
16-20 61.613 60.644 59.674 58.703 57.731
21-25 56.757 55.782 54.805 53.826 52.846
26-30 51.864 50.881 49.896 48.91 47.922
31-35 46.934 45.944 44.954 43.963 42.972
36-40 41.98 40.989 39.999 39.009 38.021
41-45 37.034 36.05 35.067 34.088 33.111
46-50 32.139 31.17 30.206 29.247 28.294
51-55 27.347 26.406 25.473 24.547 23.629
56-60 22.72 21.821 20.931 20.052 19.184
61-65 18.327 17.483 16.651 15.833 15.028
66-70 14.239 13.464 12.705 11.963 11.237
71-75 10.529 9.8394 9.1681 8.5161 7.8839
76-80 7.2721 6.6813 6.1119 5.5646 5.0399
81-85 4.5383 4.0602 3.6063 3.177 2.7728
86-90 2.3941 2.0414 1.7152 1.4158 1.1437
91-94 0.89932 0.68293 0.49493 0.33568
95-97 0.20547 0.10462 0.033396
98-100 -0.0079334 -0.019137 0
The data that I used is in my journal if anyone wants to play with it, or find any glaring errors that I made.
Symbolic of your struggle against reality.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire.
Beat that, or did I just blow your mind?
Doh.
>Some of us smart people are capable of something called "disassociation".
Hate to break it to you, but chugging a bottle of Robitussin isn't limited to smart people.
Beautiful post -defuses flamebait attempt to go on offensive, and ends with clever jab.
BLASPHEMER! Everyone knows the Great Arkleseizure is BLUE!
George Cantor established a Theory of Infinite Sets. So yes, there are an infinite number of rational and irrational numbers, but the infinity of irrational numbers is larger than the infinity of rational numbers. It's really only confusing if you assume "normal" (ie non-mathematical) definitions to commonplace words used in math.
If you're gonna correct someone, at least spell mode right.
How ironic, pwn got pwn3d.
>Faith is living a lifestyle that demonstrates what you believe to be true about this Universe, how it was formed, and what its governing principles have in regards to how it affects your life.
... must be grounded in something more basic like saving the world or helping humanity in general.
from dictionary.com, the second defn. of Faith
Faith: Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
and the first defn. of Religion
Religion: Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
Going by the defn, then atheism would be simply a rational response to the idea of god, Occam's Razor and all (do not multiply entities beyond what is necessary), while religion *requires* faith, as something supernatural by definition cannot be observed.
So being atheist is the complete absense of faith, at least in a god.
As for >ethics and morals
That's just your opinion, and an opinion that's not based on any facts. Is it really that hard to believe that some people live by a moral code because they think that's the right thing to do? If you look at history, I believe only jainism has the same number of religious wars as atheism, namely, zero.
To end, I'll mangle a quote from Sylvie and Bruno: "I feel sure, now, that the most absolute Christian may be leading, though walking blindfold, a pure and noble life.", and give a link Founding Fathers quotes against religion
Karma whoring linkey The Relativity of Wrong
I like the part where he owns the english major.
You could simplify things and instead of having conservatives and liberals, just call them what they are, morons.
Plus, according to this comment http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=150952 &cid=12661506, then the secretaries could be naked, start website www.hotnakedtypists.com, and that's another few hundred per week.
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I think a better analogy would be to lock the keys in the car, or throw them in the trash, thereby making the person less likely to leave the keys in the ignition in the future, hopefully.
Yeah, the whole "inertial pump" is crap cause it doesn't rely on inertia at all.
In the article it's got a picture of the proposed system, and its basically just a long U with both ends in the water (with one end at 3000ft). If you imagine one end not in the water, but below sea level (how I began to understand it), then it's just a siphon. So if you put that end in the water, and the pipes are full, then if you start the pump, the water will start flowing, and, like a siphon, it's a pain to start up, but once started only needs to over come the force of friction (a siphon does this because the output is lower than the water level, so the decrease in potential provides the energy).
It seems then, that an "inertial pumping system" is called that because it is sorta like inertia, in that starting it requires massive energy input, while keeping it going requires only enough to make the sum of the forces, friction, 0.
Is that a good explaination?
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*kit contains: 1 blow up doll (natalie portman naked and petrified), 1 bottle lube.
I assumed CowyboyNeal referred to Neal Cassady, the driver of Ken Kesey's bus Further as chronicled in "An Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test", and the real life Dean Moriarty from Kerouac's "On the Road". Linky: Neal Cassady
Where in my post does it mention anything about pumping? I was pointing out that inertia is simply a property of momentum. As for an example of an inertial pumping system, First link from google search of "inertial pumping system".
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched "Blade Runner 5: Carnage at the Tanhausser Gate". All these moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain. Time to die.