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by JEAP
Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:15 am
Forum: Science & Logic
Topic: EmDrive
Replies: 6
Views: 2116

Another site, with a few pictures of the device. It looks interesting, but all the buzz words that usually accompany these devices are in the articles.
by JEAP
Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:37 pm
Forum: Science & Logic
Topic: EmDrive
Replies: 6
Views: 2116

EmDrive

UK research into a propellant-free microwave engine designed for spacecraft propulsion is stirring interest from US and Chinese aerospace companies, its developer has claimed. Despite sounding like the stuff of science-fiction, SPR (Satellite Propulsion Research), the company behind the EmDrive –...
by JEAP
Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:36 am
Forum: News & Politics
Topic: Croc Hunter dead, killed by stingray.
Replies: 7
Views: 1216

Croc Hunter dead, killed by stingray.

Australian environmentalist and television personality Steve Irwin has died during a diving accident. Mr Irwin, 44, was killed by a stingray barb to the chest while he was filming an underwater documentary in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. Paramedics from the nearby city of Cairns rushed to treat...
by JEAP
Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:47 pm
Forum: Philosophy & Theology
Topic: Nuclear, Chemical, Biological...
Replies: 8
Views: 3057

The difference, as mentioned has to do with deathtolls after the weapons use. A nuclear weapon will kill 300,000 people and destroy your target. A pervasive nerve agent will kill 350,000 people and kill everyone in your target. A biological weapon will take two weeks in incubation, be carried to a h...
by JEAP
Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:44 am
Forum: Philosophy & Theology
Topic: Nuclear, Chemical, Biological...
Replies: 8
Views: 3057

Go read about Spanish Flu. Look at the infection and mortality rates, 20% got sick and 2.5% died. Look at how effective quarantines were in that slower age, Marajó, American Samoa, and New Caledonia avoided the flu. Possibly Japan as well. Atleast 50 million people died from it. Now do all those ni...
by JEAP
Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:20 pm
Forum: Gaming & Technology
Topic: OS/Browser discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 3983

Ah, well alright then. I shall strike the link from my bookmarks.
by JEAP
Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:46 pm
Forum: Gaming & Technology
Topic: OS/Browser discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 3983

The answer to all your Windows Woes. Or atleast it will be some where down the line.
by JEAP
Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:33 pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Hoth: why did the Rebels even try infantry?
Replies: 18
Views: 5577

They were probably hoping their artillery would disable the walkers and force the Imperial troops to dismount. Then the Imperials are rushing a trench against heavy fire.

It didn't happen, their artillery pieces were far too weak to disable tghe AT-ATs.
by JEAP
Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:25 am
Forum: Great Hall
Topic: Strangest foods you enjoy
Replies: 34
Views: 6698

Those seasoned fries, now they need ranch and lots of it. Mustard can and often does go on anything. In fact I have several different mustards; a chipotle for Mexican dishes, a horseradish heavy one for brauts and most other things, a Coney Island mix for hotdogs and burgers, and French's yellow gun...
by JEAP
Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:38 pm
Forum: Science & Logic
Topic: A sense of scale...
Replies: 36
Views: 9936

I'm trying to rember a National Geographic special where they linked the development of the Earth to a clock. Earth formed quickly, if I remember correctly, gaining mass and its oceans within the first minutes. The Mars sized moon maker hit, I think, no more than half an hour in and reheated the pla...
by JEAP
Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:01 pm
Forum: Science & Logic
Topic: A sense of scale...
Replies: 36
Views: 9936

These super giant stars only have a short lifespan, don't they? A few tens of millions of years, not anywhere near enough time for life to evolve. I suppose some intelligence could come a long and use a planet in whatever the habitable zone currently is, but that would only be viable for a short whi...
by JEAP
Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:43 am
Forum: Philosophy & Theology
Topic: Is it less ethical to letl a baby die or an adult?
Replies: 11
Views: 3971

That still falls into a kill room style situation with a mechanism on the inner door of one opening the outer door of the other. I suppose its a good example, but its just not something that would be implimented in reality. With a bit more though, the best I can come up with is a burning building. T...
by JEAP
Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:52 am
Forum: Philosophy & Theology
Topic: Is it less ethical to letl a baby die or an adult?
Replies: 11
Views: 3971

Can you give a better scenario? All I can come up with are kill rooms, a crashing plane (One parachute for the three of you), and possibly an ocean lifeboat sitution. The kill room likely won't happen in reality. In a crashing plane, if you can take along an extra 90kg on you chute, the 7 the baby w...
by JEAP
Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:36 am
Forum: News & Politics
Topic: Dan Simmons: The Century War
Replies: 8
Views: 1358

Mr. Simmons has made a follow up post to his April story. It's an interesting read that expands greatly on what he wrote in April.
by JEAP
Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:25 am
Forum: Fantasy & Comics
Topic: Ra's al Ghul vs Lex Luthor
Replies: 14
Views: 3826

Ra's has the Lazurus Pits, though. One dip and he's back, right?

Or was the Babel incident more permanent (no body left)?
by JEAP
Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:00 pm
Forum: Fantasy & Comics
Topic: Transformers, Prime's leadership.
Replies: 12
Views: 3517

He's a good leader, a figure you could rally behind. More of a Roosevelt than an Eisenhower, though. He should have turned the fighting of the war to someone else, Ironhide or Prowl maybe?
by JEAP
Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:56 pm
Forum: Science & Logic
Topic: Can you follow instructions?
Replies: 19
Views: 5661

The "before continuing" in 2 is the improtant part, isn't it? You must read all the instructions before continuing with this exercise. Therefore you will read instructions 3-9. You will reach 9, having followed instruction 2, reading all the instructions before continuing, and see that instruction 1...
by JEAP
Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:17 pm
Forum: Science & Logic
Topic: Reading in Dreams
Replies: 8
Views: 2152

Left brain right brain thing, I've heard. One handles your ability to read and the other handles dreaming, anything you read in a dream is going to be jumbled up.

I just thought I was weird because I could read stuff in a dream and have it make sense.
by JEAP
Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:13 pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Futurama vs StarTrek
Replies: 29
Views: 7565

Didn't Zap beat the Ghandians of the Pacifist Nebula? He certianly has no qualms about attacking a defenseless people. And then beating them mercilessly.
by JEAP
Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:53 pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Futurama vs StarTrek
Replies: 29
Views: 7565

It's been slow here lately. Just trying to stir up a bit of life.
by JEAP
Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:16 pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Futurama vs StarTrek
Replies: 29
Views: 7565

The Planet Express ship also tows stars, don't forget that. And don't its engines move the universe around it rather than moving it through the universe?

Hmm, it would have been better to match it to Culture or something.
by JEAP
Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:36 pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Futurama vs StarTrek
Replies: 29
Views: 7565

Futurama vs StarTrek

Who wins in this battle?

I have my money on Futurama as they build sidewalks that can support the weight of Nibbler's poop.
by JEAP
Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:21 pm
Forum: Great Hall
Topic: Transportaion
Replies: 47
Views: 10166

I used to drive a nice Chevy S10 truck, but with gas prices what they are I scrounged up enough for a VW bug that I've been working on for the last few months. Gonna be a nice little baja Bug when I'm finished.
by JEAP
Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:58 pm
Forum: Great Hall
Topic: A Question of Great Importance
Replies: 56
Views: 9294

Root beer float ice cream in a root beer float?

There's probably a flavor explosion in that glass.
by JEAP
Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:53 pm
Forum: Great Hall
Topic: A Question of Great Importance
Replies: 56
Views: 9294

Pralines 'n Cream!

A good Vanilla base with the caramel and nuts adding extra flavor and texture.