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[Oct. 30th, 2009|11:29 pm] |
http://iecfusiontech.blogspot.com/2009/09/polywell-gets-dough.html
I'm on a forum that discusses Bussard's fusion design and other setups. The next couple of years will give us the results.
http://www.theinstitute.ieee.org/portal/site/tionline/menuitem.130a3558587d56e8fb2275875bac26c8/index.jsp?&article=tionline/legacy/inst2009/oct09/featuretechnology.xml
This is something I was interested in, until I found Dr. Sankai's work, which doesn't need surgery. It gives better bandwidth though.
http://gizmodo.com/5206539/mass-production-planned-for-hal-exoskeleton-your-personal-iron-man-conversion-to-cost-4200#viewcomments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMMOwZVgrZU
"HAL" doesn't need electrodes to take commands, making the interface easier in many ways. This is much more appealing to me for power armor(my interest) than surgery, or master/slave systems.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww
HAL and neural interface tech are complementary to things like the Big Dog by Boston Dynamics. There might be some work to scale it, but they have quite a bit of potential for many applications.
There are a number of new ideas for batteries too:
http://azocleantech.com/Details.asp?newsID=6823
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/upgrade/4332917.html
These promise to make some stretchy techs, like wind and solar that can't provide baseload power practical. Also more portable things, like electric cars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleforce
One of the scary things about Tesla's beam is that I think it's quite possible technically. One of the paper's I've read on the system says that other experiments with macro-particle beams shows that they propagate much farther in atmosphere than other beams, and even a claim that a study of Tesla's papers indicates he did indeed build a prototype. It's also less energy intensive to generate a teleforce beam than a laser or regular particle beam with the same power yield and range.
Other ideas like rail guns are much easier when you look at the problem right.
http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1324
http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/09/mach-effect-interview-with-paul-march.html
Mach effect thrusters are very fascinating, especially when combined with Bussard or DPF(dense plasma focus) fusion. They basically harvest gravitational energy from the universe. A thruster that doesn't use propellant would have many advantages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heim_theory
Heim theory though, promises true anti-gravity, provided the physics prove out.
Some of these will be able to drive themselves through the depression. Fusion power, for example, has enough promise that I'm inclined to believe it will work--and a working reactor is worth more than its weight in gold. Others might have trouble. The particular things I'm interested in doing with them, would be hard to get money in good times, let alone with the economy we'll have soon. I'm not planning to go hide in the woods with a rifle and a box of MREs, but I don't expect to be able to do many things I want to do. Floating tanks with rail guns and space ships with beam cannon and power armor with mecha don't go so well in a financial crisis.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/learn-how-to-invest/The-real-unemployment-rate.aspx
Some estimates go even higher. How's the change?
We're inflating a fiat money supply. This is the same thing done in Weimar Germany, Zimbabwe, Argentina to some extent IIRC, the depression of the 70s/80s, and just about everywhere else you've had serious economic problems. They're also trying to pass universal healthcare, which has had very dubious results everywhere you find it. Trade wars threaten: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/business/global/14trade.html
The only plus side is that the debts I've been incurring for my education, small as they are, will get even smaller. I'm having some luck with some personal problems, but building robots and power armor and death rays does very little if no one wants to buy them. It'll take me a bit to get through school, but considering how liberals have dealt with the past crises, I don't expect things to be much better three and a half years from now. Heck, I expect a civil war before then, so go figure. I'm just not sure what I should be trying to do besides the obvious--get education, minimize debt, etc. |
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[Oct. 30th, 2009|06:49 pm] |
Mally makes his debute at the "Safe Treat" the college put on. Aside from being mistaken for a wolf, it went off pretty good.
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[Oct. 27th, 2009|05:46 pm] |
Just took these a few minutes ago:
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[Sep. 19th, 2009|08:54 pm] |
I'll be carrying my phone and multitool in an M1 carbine mag pouch now.
Yesterday I finished my first fursuit commission, and sent it out. We had some issues communicating soon after RCFM, and then me being procrastinator extraordinaire, among other things, led me to get it done late, incomplete, and not the best situation for either of us. I'll be doing much better on the one due in October, which I'll be start on Tuesday or so. It's a hard business to run, especially with school. I plan on not doing any more after this next one until summer, when time will be had in greater quantity. For now I need to catch up on schoolwork.
School is going well for now. I only have three classes this semester, and one of them is a pinch, despite the time it takes. We're rehashing a lot of stuff I get last semester in chemistry, so it's an easy A. Comp sci is doing java, which takes some adjusting from C++, calculus is kind of confusing though. They're four credits each though, so I'm still full time. Physics and a few more core classes are next semester. |
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[Aug. 17th, 2009|11:31 pm] |
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Goin' to college, be right back! |
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[Jul. 22nd, 2009|08:49 pm] |
Just in case you guys were wondering what it'll be like when the gov takes over the rest of healthcare, I called the VA to make an appointment for new glasses since mine broke, and they said their first appointment was in September.
/capital one commercial voice
How long is your waiting line?
/capital one commercial voice |
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[Jun. 24th, 2009|09:26 pm] |
I challenge the networks of at the very least the industrialized nations, to, before this decade is out, gather a team of ameteurs and hobbyists, and have them launch to the edge of space(or at least as close as they can get it) a car, and return it safely to earth again. Then repeat the task with the same boosters and other hardware. This will be reality TV, to inspire interest in science and technology, and make the execs a lot of money. It will also be a visible point of national pride that they can gather people without higher education in these areas, who have enough interest to gain that knowledge.
See here for inspiration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20 |
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[Jun. 23rd, 2009|07:51 pm] |
In our backyard. In the middle of suburban middle America. Crazy or what? |
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[Jun. 22nd, 2009|01:12 pm] |
http://www.examiner.com/x-2912-Seattle-Exopolitics-Examiner~y2009m6d19-NASA-moon-bombing-violates-space-law--may-cause-conflict-with-lunar-extraterrestrial-civilizations
The planned October 9, 2009 bombing of the moon by a NASA orbiter that will bomb the moon with a 2-ton kinetic weapon to create a 5 mile wide deep crater as an alleged water-seeking and lunar colonization experiment, is contrary to space law prohibiting environmental modification of celestial bodies. The NASA moon bombing, a component of the LCROSS mission, may also trigger conflict with known extraterrestrial civilizations on the moon as reported on the moon in witnessed statements by U.S. astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, and in witnessed statements to NSA (National Security Agency) photos and documents regarding an extraterrestrial base on the dark side of the moon.
If the true intent of the LCROSS mission moon bombing is a hostile act by NASA against known extraterrestrial civilizations and settlements on the moon, then NASA and by extension the U.S. government are guilty of aggressive war which is the most serious of war crimes under the U.N. Charter and the Geneva Conventions, to which the U.S. is subject. The U.N. Outer Space Treaty, which the U.S. has ratified, requires that “ The moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all States Parties to the Treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes. The establishment of military bases, installations and fortifications, the testing of any type of weapons and the conduct of military manoeuvres on celestial bodies shall be forbidden.” 98 nations have ratified and 125 nations have signed the U.N. Outer Space Treaty.
They mention later the Moon's "delicate ecological balance." What ecology? The rest just finishes them off. Some of the comments are funny too. |
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[Jun. 22nd, 2009|12:52 pm] |
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Cousin says high from Souda, Crete, don't let me forget to tell the rest of the family. |
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[Jun. 11th, 2009|05:37 pm] |
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Saw UP last night. Wonderful movie. I'm gonna buy my second hand lion, and take it with me when I float my house down to South America with helium baloons. |
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