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by scalziand
Thu May 10, 2012 4:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Trees Are Dangerous
Replies: 36
Views: 7799

by scalziand
Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Evil? Now, perhaps. Later? Not so much.
Replies: 483
Views: 135738

Here, have a laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJPm52rmKYI

Or not, depending on your perspective. ;)
by scalziand
Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Moralist Are Creating The Very Forces They Fear
Replies: 52
Views: 11418

Let us look at the historical record. Some where back in the 70s something like 12% of Americans supported legalization. It is now 50% and still rising - but more slowly - fewer target opportunities. Once it is over 60% the war will be over. You might be interested to know that WTNH news in Connect...
by scalziand
Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:29 am
Forum: General
Topic: Models Suitable for Display
Replies: 154
Views: 46728

The price for 3d printing is dependent more on the model size than model complexity or the amount of material in the model.
by scalziand
Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:54 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Whoa Navy!
Replies: 79
Views: 38553

Just remember, their after a total decrease in power generated / used by humanity not an increase. They don't want a viable long term power solution to exist. They want massive loss of human life, to them the animals and plants are more important then humans. From their point of view, the absolute ...
by scalziand
Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:43 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Stronger, easier to manufacture steel creation
Replies: 19
Views: 7490

@Joseph, Ok, you have a point with the austenitic stainless steel.
by scalziand
Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:16 am
Forum: News
Topic: Stronger, easier to manufacture steel creation
Replies: 19
Views: 7490

And laughable is declaration that some certain heat treatment process can convert any grade steel (chemical composition) to the steel with special properties. Often those target properties contradict each other. No it is not. What is the difference between current low grades and high grades of stee...
by scalziand
Thu May 26, 2011 8:49 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Dynamic Casimir Force!
Replies: 16
Views: 10979

Wouldn't the energy to elevate the photon from virtual to real status come from the energy required to move the mirror?
by scalziand
Sat May 21, 2011 3:06 am
Forum: News
Topic: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter
Replies: 880
Views: 541762

The graph is still up there [from last year]. If I may ask, the graph is still up where ? I didn't notice it in any of the recent reports. Do you want them to purge it from their site? As a historian (of sorts—I received a minor in history) I find the idea rather disturbing. Here's a slightly diffe...
by scalziand
Fri May 20, 2011 4:08 am
Forum: News
Topic: 10KW LENR Demonstrator?
Replies: 3678
Views: 1183878

The folks at the Oil Drum are having a thread about the Energy Catalyzer, and it is rather amusing how some of the commenters are scared :!: :!: :!: less over the prospect of practical fusion.

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/7942
by scalziand
Mon May 02, 2011 11:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Commercial fusion race heats up
Replies: 55
Views: 20135

Quite a nice list, unfortunately there is little to no news from each one of these companies, so probably the use of the words "race heat up" is not really the best one.
Aren't you forgetting about the roughly monthly updates from LPP?
by scalziand
Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:09 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Room-temperature superconductivity?
Replies: 1893
Views: 675301

Johan, I wonder what's your take on this paper, as from what I gather, it seems to disprove Cooper pairs in cuprate superconductors. Physical Mechanism of Superconductivity The physical mechanism of superconductivity is proposed on the basis of carrier-induced dynamic strain effect. By this new mode...
by scalziand
Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:00 am
Forum: News
Topic: What is the state of decelerator R&D?
Replies: 54
Views: 28216

LPP are planning on using a rogowski coil instead of a decelerator grid to capture energy from the ion jet. I know alpha "capture" for conversion to DC current has been done Can you kindly provide a reference for that? Is that to a 'useable' DC current, it is pA or kA, is it to a uV or MV potential?...