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Entry: Memory Hole Back To Near-100% Efficiency Blog: scott's blog
| this reminds me of another incident. General George S. Patton of ww2 fame who was killed in an accident approx. 2 months after the war ended. having known many vets and some of my own relatives who were under his command there seemed to be a concensus that he was killed because the us gov. feared his return to the states after seeing his ability with the 3rd. army to march accross europe . they feared he might do the same thing to washington. of course an investigation was launched which determined it was a tragic accident . you will never get his troops to 100% agree with it !! so i guess when your no longer needed by the government your done !! DEAD !!! |
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docfeelsgood |
Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:23 pm |
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Entry: MIT Sketch Board Blog: scott's blog
| It looks to me like the actual simulator is WM2D. They've just put a more paper-and-pencil design interface in front of it that creates something that they can (via "remote control") import into it and run it...
I wonder how they might cleanly extend the flat 2D drawing board interface to support 3D - I guess they'll have to add a hologram projector and 3d position sensing "mouse" for drawing... :) |
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amateur |
Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:18 am |
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Entry: Baby Bang experiment could open door to new dimension Blog: scott's blog
| If the chances are low that it could destroy a planet, then what chance is there, that this will create a mini small bang or black hole by smashing protons.
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"There is also something called dark energy, and that is an even bigger question.
It makes up about 70 per cent of the energy in the universe, but again we have absolutely no idea what it is."
How can they say 70% of energy called dark energy is in the universe, but don't have a clue what it is, If this is the case, How did they measure it and how did they discover dark energy. Its like saying the moon is made out 70% cheese, when in fact its not. |
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trevie |
Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:19 pm |
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Entry: Tax Time, USA Blog: scott's blog
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Techstuf |
Tue May 09, 2006 5:48 pm |
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Entry: Finally... a better battery Blog: scott's blog
| HOWDY ALL; somewhere in one of the forum threads it was talked about selling power back to the "grid" and making an income of it. back about 25 years ago i ran into a man who had tried that . he had an old "Jacobs" wind generator and several thousand $ in switchgear . first thing the power company does is put in a new meter with a ratchet pawl so it cant spin backwards. they then install another meter to measure the power your feeding back into the grid . BUT the exhorbitent rental price per month of the 2nd meter cancells out any chance of your making any money. and the automatic switchgear requirements are very strict . basically they're in the business of selling megawatts and the extra paperwork involved to buy a few paltry watts from you is just a thorn in their side. so the man i talked to had a modern well insulated home with hot water baseboard heat . he took a electric water heater and hooked it into his boiler system direct to the wind generator . now you get your best winds in wintertime so he had free heat all winter. in the summer he used the setup as a tempering tank for his domestic hot water . so instead of giving away his kw's at 1 1/2 cents per kw. he was using his own at their going rate of approx. 15 cents per kw. he was very dissapointed he ever invested all that money in switchgear !!! whether your using wind , water , diesel or perpetual motion it pays to look at every angle before investing . he lived at 42 degrees n. latitude where the air is always moving . REGARDS "DOC" |
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Wed May 03, 2006 6:42 am |
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Entry: Putting equilibrium on hold Blog: scott's blog
| What I find amazing is not the lack of equilibrium, but the fact that they can make a tube that can contain atoms in 1 dimension! |
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Mr.Umez |
Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:09 pm |
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Entry: Finally... a better battery Blog: scott's blog
| ME ; thank you for your opinion. i can understand your saying they're not for "everyone". but neither is perpetual motion. i think most pm builders are tinkers and mechanics. i believe when pm is acheived it will probobly be most suited for the generation of direct current power which can be stored in a battery bank. fed back through an inverter to your needs. a battery bank also gives you the extra you'd need during peak power demands . due to the large motor home business in this country just about every appliance imaginable is now made in voltages of dc. 12v,24v,32v,110v. same with electric motors. i think it takes 88 cells to make a 110v. bank. so i will admit that pm and battery banks are not for everyone. but it is something to consider. the invention of "on demand" sine wave power inverters over dynamotors has done a lot for the home built power industry. REGARDS "DOC" |
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docfeelsgood |
Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:54 am |
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Entry: Finally... a better battery Blog: scott's blog
eeh no sarcasm intended,just a thought which came to mind [most Just-not-PM-devices need a little push]
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| you know you cant have the general population owning a battery that lasts forever |
But the general population also doesn't want a big battery when they can have smaller and cheaper ones. |
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ME |
Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:07 am |
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Entry: Finally... a better battery Blog: scott's blog
| ME ; i am not sure if your reply was intended as sarcasm or not. but i have found my original "Edison" battery literature. they were made in many sizes . the large one "A 12" was 450 amp. hours, of course 1.2 volts per cell. it held 13.8 pounds of solution . i think you can see this is not for your pocket flashlight !! if you were to put a bank of them together to meet your needs it takes considerable space . however they also made ones as small as belt models consisting of 3 cells welded together for miners cap lamps. called model "P" it was very popular . i see them all the while on ebay . at the beginning of ww2 the gov. got into the deal by rationing everything. they realized that the way to increase production was in electric locomotives and better lighting. so they made some kind of deal to furnish these items. of course when gov. gets its hooks in something ???????? they only became available to gov. and rail roads . you know you cant have the general population owning a battery that lasts forever !!!!! "DOC" |
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docfeelsgood |
Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:38 am |
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Entry: Bye bye incandescent light bulb? Blog: scott's blog
| Wow, this invention was considered science-fiction a few dozen years ago, now it is becoming a reality. I'd like to be able to invest some money in this. |
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Rick |
Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:25 pm |
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