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Wasn't in the quoted article. Got it from another article.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891 -
interesting illustration of the differences in surface tension between OJ, H20, and grape juice.Originally posted by DanS
Here's another cool picture, with the caption...
“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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They're all H20 with various amounts of extra stuff thrown in
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ph33r teh scientific innovation of the Republic of Texas and it's Pacific holdings.Comment
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the most important question about this stuff:
Can you make bongs out of it?To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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So how strong is this stuff?Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Not very strong, since the carbon nanotubes used were multiwalled, among other factors. They said that weight-for-weight, the ribbon was stronger than steel, mylar, and kevlar, which I guess isn't that exotic for carbon nanotubes.
Looking forward, I think they would use at least a slightly different method for applications like the space elevator, which would require the highest tensile strength. They would also use single-walled carbon nanotubes. The following MSNBC article says that after some tweaking, they will try to win NASA's space elevator materials prize...
The first competition is in September, so maybe they'll submit something for that.Last edited by DanS; August 19, 2005, 21:37.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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notice Dan says the US had the scientists and Australia "collaborators"
Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?Comment
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woohoo!
Nanotubes
And yes, I also thought it would be incredibly sharp; if you just walked through it, it would slice you in half. So that's not really people-friendly is it.be freeComment
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Oh, I have read that a string of nanotubes could hold the weight of the golden bridge for a few minutes.
That's why I am so interested in nanotubes, they can solve so many issues in one go.
be freeComment
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OK, 4 scientists from Texas, 1 from Australia. "Scientists from Texas and Australia" makes it sound like there was more than one author from Australia.Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
notice Dan says the US had the scientists and Australia "collaborators"
Apparently, Aussies are thin skinned.
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Now, now, Dan, this is Australia's first claim to fame since, well, ever. Let them be.Comment
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Well the article that I quoted didn't even mention the Aussie. I feel unfairly abused.
The Aussie was probably 5th author or something.
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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like Texas is one to brag, eh?To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Don't you have little kiddies on BF2 to teamkill, dear ol' Sava?Comment
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