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Andrew Zuber Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 3014 Posts |
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On 2011-05-18 22:06, LobowolfXXX wrote: Don't even question me on this one. My dad's friend used to be a cop, and because he once let me ride in his police car, I am legally allowed to arrest you for questioning my authority on the matter.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2011-05-18 17:29, S2000magician wrote: Honest and for true?
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2011-05-18 23:27, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: Honest and for true. I designed single and multiple EFP warheads for ten years. One such warhead was designed to fit into a 2.75" rocket. If that ain't rocket science, nothing is. (I also designed warheads for missiles, which are like rockets, and nobody's called a missile scientist, so that counts, too.) |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Would it be indelicate to ask how you felt about designing WMDs and whether your feelings have changed over the years?
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
"Shut up!" he explained . . . .
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2011-05-19 01:19, landmark wrote: It wouldn't be indelicate, but it wouldn't be pertinent, either, as I never designed WMDs. What I designed were warheads to be used in weapons intended to stop military vehicles; e.g., tanks and attack helicopters. My feelings haven't changed: if we or our allies were being attacked by tanks or helicopters, I'd want them to have the best protection available. |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
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On 2011-05-19 00:25, S2000magician wrote: Me and some friends made some bottle rockets once. They worked too
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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On 2011-05-19 11:50, S2000magician wrote: Thanks for your reply, and again if you feel this isn't the place to discuss this stuff, I understand. But I am very interested in how people who design and/or construct weapons feel about their work. Would you feel the same about designing something like a drone?
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2011-05-19 12:24, landmark wrote: I cannot say, as I would have no interest in designing a drone. The EFP warhead design process is incredibly interesting. The force that explosives unleash is almost unimaginable. In the first warhead test I witnessed, the warhead was a cylinder about 12 inches long and 4 inches in diameter, filled with about 3 lbs. of octol, with a 1 lb. tantalum plate on one side. The target was one ton of rolled homogeneous armor (RHA) standing six feet from the warhead on the shot table. When the explosive detonated it formed the tantalum plate into an aerodynamically stable projectile that hit the target and knocked it six feet. A 1-lb. piece of tantalum moved 2,000 lbs. of steel six feet! What's so amazing is that the designer uses that incredible explosive energy to form a piece of metal - usually copper or tantalum and called a liner - into an aerodynamically stable projectile. It's a delicate process, done with explosives. The mathematics I developed to design EFP liners was state-of-the-art in the mid-90s, and seems to have been state-of-the-art as recently as about 5 years ago. Much of my work involved warheads where the liner would fragment into multiple penetrators; my job was to ensure that the pattern of impacts on the target was controllable and repeatable. |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
I can imagine that the mathematics needed to figure out the patterns of multiple penetrators must be really complex. Thanks for the mini lesson on how warheads work--I had no idea that's what happened. It must be quite an interesting problem to figure out.
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Tom Bartlett Special user Our southern border could use 763 Posts |
Quote: Carbon dioxide emissions are good for the planet, plants need Co2 for photosynthesis. That said carbon monoxide, mercuric oxide and other poisonous gases are a problem.On 2011-05-18 13:59, Andrew Zuber wrote:
Our friends don't have to agree with me about everything and some that I hold very dear don't have to agree about anything, except where we are going to meet them for dinner.
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
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On 2011-05-19 14:03, Tom Bartlett wrote: And carbon dioxide emissions are also used as a fumigant to kill pests. And, of course, many people have died because of it (e.g., miners). So what's your point? Mine would be that too much of even a good thing can be deadly.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2011-05-19 14:03, Tom Bartlett wrote: While it is true that plants need CO2 for photosynthesis, it does not follow that more CO2 is better for the planet. By analogy, we need water to live, but if the world were flooded, we wouldn't survive. John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
But Magnus, then explain why greenhouse operators spend a fortune on carbon dioxide generators.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
Are you serious, Woland?
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2011-05-19 14:16, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: What if we had an ark? |
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
I am serious about the benefits of CO2 for plants, and I think those benefits far outweigh the unproven hypothesis that the increase in atmospheric CO2 has anything to do with climate.
Here are two companies that sell CO2 generators for greenhouses: http://www.johnsongas.com/industrial/CO2Gen.asp http://www.advancegreenhouses.com/greenh......om_a.htm |
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Tom Bartlett Special user Our southern border could use 763 Posts |
What we really have, is an over abundance of man made BS and it is doing more damage than anyone can estimate.
I forgot the smiley face:
Our friends don't have to agree with me about everything and some that I hold very dear don't have to agree about anything, except where we are going to meet them for dinner.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2011-05-19 14:48, S2000magician wrote: And an indefinite supply of food?
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2011-05-19 14:52, Woland wrote: CO2 is good. It does not follow that more CO2 is better. In a greenhouse you have a highly unnatural environmnent for plants, so you have to supply extra water and nutrients, and you can increase benefit by increasing CO2. And you can grow wheat on the desert if you irrigate. What in the world does this have to do with radiative forcing in the upper atmosphere? John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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