You said he is a bus driver?
Posted on 10/23/2009 2:32:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 10/23/2009 7:01:36 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Hello Jim,
Since you've done what you've done to another reporter of mine when others seem to be allowed to post back to their blog or sites viablogger section, I've taken the liberty to gathering information about your website.
1. I've determined the need for all that money a month is invalid. I run a major website, and do not need that much.
2. You seem to be running the show, not a major building with staff.
3. Donations like this should be going elsewhere, needed, not into YOUR pockets.
4. I am having a press release written on FR, urging citizens to stop wasting their money on you, and to donate for a better cause, elsewhere.
5. I will not stop, unless the price is right. Yes, this is a bribe, because I will not screw you over had you not screwed me over. But it can change with swift talks.
6. You are not a true AMERICA LOVER.
7. Have a nice day, expect your vendors to pull out soon and your donations frozen.
Kevin Martin SCWXA.org Southern California Weather Authority.
Watch his FR statement on video here and see if you think this is a guy capable of satire. Your skepticism is healthy, but in this case we have a delusional, mentally ill borderline personality who appears ready to go fully psycho.
My friend couldn’t find a lot of the photos he took; only the two he had emailed to his son.
I told him next time I came over, I’d hunt for them. I did. He was looking in the wrong place. So he breathed a sigh of relief and bought me dinner!
He got this new digital camera, a new CPU and he doesn’t know how to even hook up a VCR. But give him a vehicle and he’s in his elefant.
You said he is a bus driver?
It took a while to sort through and process, but that job is done now.
Woeks fer ME!!!
Good! Uh-oh...Thunder close by. later, y’all.
Later...
I’m here! T storms went on by. !
Realized the reasons I'd been feeling weak, shaky and sleepy this afternoon were the medicines LoM gave me. May have stopped the cough (mostly) -- but I think I'll prefer the cough over that stuff. Phew.
Probably going to get jumped for my post over here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396047/posts
You do seem to be a lone voice calling for civility.
Seems a trifle unsporting for us to be celebrating their disaster ... as many of them did ours.
If that was hurtful to us, our conduct is no better than that shameful behavior.
Yoiks.
Soaking is good. Koffing sux! I keep Ricola in several flavors to help my reaction to the winds.
LoM rocks!
It will be interesting to hear what LoM says -- she was in Jeddah for a while (family were "stationed" there by GM) and though she enjoyed swimming/snorkeling/diving in the Red Sea, she hated the climate.
In other news, the LHC has started up! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396025/posts
I am beginning to feel human again, though. AND looking forward to a turkey dinner!
But geez -- something going on outside. Not even 5 PM and it is *NIGHT* already.
Sorry, Sion, but I gotta go to bed!
Later!
We’re back. I’d forgotten how very far Mexican Standard Time is behind Eastern, so we were early for the party, but oh, well. Eventually we got large amounts of very good Mexican pork roast, rice, and beans. The little boys were very pleased with the food.
The party was just heating up when we had to leave at 7:00 because Frank was sleepy and Ash hadn’t been fed. A group of children was going to dance the waltz, and then there would be beer, cake, more beer, more dancing, and more beer. It has to be over at midnight, per the hall rental agreement.
The cop (off-duty sniper from the Monroe SWAT team) said the Mexicans’ parties can get pretty raucous after the people with little kids leave, with occasional knifings and fistfights. Hopefully nothing will happen to embarass the family!
DP took the cop a plate of dinner, which he appreciated.
G’night!
MexST vs EST — 2 hours?
For an event like this, about that. I was thinking more like a Quinceanera, which tends to start about 40 minutes late.
The kids were getting grumpy at first, but the younger ones were unhappy that we had to leave when we did. (Poor Ash ...). They wanted some 5-layer cake!
Basically, the action center is about the size of a large coffee can. The video looks impressive, but everything takes place in a split second.
So far, everything appears to be on schedule and working well. The concept is like forming a tiny bit of ball lightning and then yanking it into a knot.
The increasingly shrinking, and focused, magnetic field is said to squeeze the ions hard enough to produce fusion.
And this isn't just any kind of fusion, either. It's aneutronic, a fancy way of saying it gives a lot of bang for the buck, without producing all that much radioactivity.
In a nutshell, a nucleus of Boron, with a total of eleven protons and neutrons, is collided with a proton from Hydrogen.
This produces something like a billiards break shot, with three nuclei of helium racing off like kids at recess.
It's an amazing concept, and it appears to work!
Now all we have to do is start building these doohickeys in our garages and basements. And in our space ships.
Not sure how much longer I will be on... the tiredness is growing again.
Looks like fusion-triggered fission. Very interesting — but I bet that capacitor bank is not so easy to build, given that any reactances (stray capacitance, inline inductance) is going to work against one.
I have a horror of being late, so I’ll probably be early for my own funeral, and all my Mexican friends will miss it entirely, but can celebrate Dia de Los Muertos with my remains when November rolls around ;-).
I’m tired, too - I’m going to try to persuade Frank that *he’s* tired!
I grew up in a culture of punctuality — I will most certainly be present at my funeral and be right on time for it too, if I have any say in the matter. *\;-)
The capacitors are big, that's for sure. But apparently the real problem is in operating the "switches". That's a lot of current to switch, and they are using state of the art diamond switches.
What I'm wondering is if any of that ancillary equipment can be shrunk down a bit. After all, they are hoping for break-even with this device, so they should get more energy out than they have to put in.
So it would by nice if the output energy could be reflected back to trigger the next pulse. You still have to get it started, just as you do with a diesel engine, but after it starts turning over ... wow! That's power!
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Also take note: The LHC, Focus Fusion, and even Bussard's Whiffle-Ball require Superconducting coils. I'm predicting a growth industry.
I am on time. And most of the time in the right place. If I go to the wrong place I get there on time. It would be nice if this was part of my job. Most of the time when I meet my boss it is for food. I am NEVER late for food almost.
Superconducting coils. Again, I've not been tracking state of the art in superconductors. I know they have higher temperature (almost room temperature?) superconductors, but there is still the current/(magnetic field intensity?) limit.
You are correct, though -- if they can't extract enough energy from one cycle to power the next, there's probably not much purpose unless you're really interested in some side-effect whose value exceeds the sunk energy.
Heh! I bought lunch for my American boss Wednesday -- I had no particular agenda, but he's such a busy guy we never get to just talk, and this was necessary. Worth every penny (not all that many) and more.
OTOH, this year I will not have seen my German boss at all. We were going to get together when I went to Strasbourg in September, but then his "boss" reminded him of a commitment that Sunday.
One of the side effects the producing company wants to market is a ready source of high-intensity X-rays.
Lemons into lemonade, and all that.
We’ll need really high magnetic fields. They’re talking about using the strength of the magnetic field to suppress the formation of X-rays, which is an energy drain for the fission process. (Bremsstrahlung radiation).
I think it would be rather elegant if they oculd fit this “coffee can” inside a magnetic torus which would be used as a magnetic shield and energy storage unit.
Something compact, about the size of a delivery van. And producing five megawatts of power or so.
A hole in the water?
*swoon*
The hard part is lack of opposable thumbs.
BWA-HA-HA-HA!!
Thanks! I appreciate that. At least I’m not alone, here!
Me too. Not well enough for church, though.
Where is the food court?
Head straight to Altair, turn right, next system over.
I’ve discovered I have an ulcer. Again. Man. I thought I was done with that. Ohwell. I have a good stock of chicken soup...and cinnamon. :o]
Ulcer. Ugh. I got up to “pre-ulcerous” once and that was bad enough. Tagamet took care of it in short order.
Each Hab has it’s own scullery/kitchen area. Most are located centrally to each Hab, but where the centrifugal force can help aid in digestion. It also provides for some amazing viewing while eating as you can look “outward” from the viewscreens at whatever we happen to be orbiting/traveling through.
Tagamet took care of mine too. Looks like I’ll have to get some more.
At least it’s not prescription now.
Which is good for me! I’ll get some tomorrow.
Took a nice hot shower — feel better now. And not quite as tired as yesterday.
That’s good. I hope you feel betterer tomorrow, too. ;o]
Thanks!
Wekkum!
Have you chosen our new home?
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