kerbiloid Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 (edited) Moar ma-geek... Say, we have a pool or a cup of water, or even a spit, +20°C. Let's froze a little bit of it into a tiny ice ball. Spoiler It will require to take away 20 K * 4200 J/(kg*K) + 330 kJ/kg = 20 * 4200 * 330 000 ~= 456 kJ/kg. But due to the conservation law, we should save this energy somewhere. Let's boil a tiny amount of waterr next to the ice ball. This requires ~= (100 - 20) K * 4 200 J/(kg*K) + 2 260 kJ/kg = (100 - 20) * 4 200 + 2 260 000 ~= 2596 kJ/kg. I.e. per 1 g of ice we get ~0.18 g of overheat water steam compressed to 1 000 kg/m3 density. According to the table, at +370°C its density is just 200 kg/m3, and pressure is 210 atm. So, we can roughly presume the steam is ~1000°C and ~1000 atm, It's almost a tiny volume of explosive net to the ice ball, pushing it like an ice bullet. Say, ~1/3 of this energy is turned into kinetic energy of the ice ball. Then the ice bullet velocity ~= sqrt(2 * 456 000 / 3) ~= 550 m/s. Like a pistol bullet. A rubber bullet energy is ~100 J, a pistol bullet ~500 J. Corresponding diameter of an ice ball is ~ ((100..500) / (456 000 / 3) / 1000 / (4 * pi) * 3)1/3 ~=6..9 mm. So, just mageekally redistributing energy in a cherry-sized volume of water you can shoot with spits or turn any pool into a machine-gun. And it's just physics! Edited September 11, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoLima Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Shower thought: The current version of KSP would be 0.33.3 if version numbers were never skipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Understood who caused the zombocalypse in The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead. It's Morgan (the man with a killing stick). All those zombies are actually people who tried to listen the endless Morgan's sermons and help him with his countless psychological problems. Psychoenergetically vampired, devastated, and zombified. After having completely dried the former series, this messenger of decline has passed into the latter and killed any action with his endless vampiric whining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 We hear in one dimension, for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Actually, not. We have half decent ability to pinpoint the direction of sound. See the video for what happens when you lose that ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 The first shower thought this morning: Wow, this hot shower really feels good this morning... Followed by: I sure hope today doesn't suck as bad as yesterday did. I could really use a low-stress and fun day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) *like* the quadroshooting video. And when you have to locate a source of sound, then close your eyes, turn the the head to the left, match if the sound is to the left or to the right then slowly turn the head to the right, matching the moment when the direction is unclear, then keep turning left-right, decreasing the angle, until you are looking directly at the source. Professionals use gadgets. Spoiler Edited September 19, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Amusingly, I now have excellent directional hearing. Because I have 80% hearing loss in my left ear. So if I hear a noise I turn my head to the left. If the noise gets louder, it's coming from my left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 3 hours ago, kerbiloid said: *like* the quadroshooting video. And when you have to locate a source of sound, then close your eyes, turn the the head to the left, match if the sound is to the left or to the right then slowly turn the head to the right, matching the moment when the direction is unclear, then keep turning left-right, decreasing the angle, until you are looking directly at the source. Professionals use gadgets. Hide contents Those look so... so... Dr. Seuss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 How do you read an article giving you help on how to read if you can't read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 You can listen insteadhttps://usabilitygeek.com/10-free-screen-reader-blind-visually-impaired-users/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheif Operations Director Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Would I rather want to live in the Truman Show, or be told the truth. Interesting concept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) Any true nerd lives in a permanent Truman Show. And remote freelancers, too. Edited September 23, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 “Drat it! Time to clean the hair out of the drain again already??!?” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 The Walking Dead, and Fear them. s05e16. Happy end! Morgan is dead! Besides Morgan himself, one of the most annoying jar-jars of series together with Negan, their practice of leaving gift boxes with goods here and there "to help anyone who needs it" was the peak of strategical moronism. Having a storehouse full of accumulated food and goods, they didn't use it as a base to establish a food-producing settlement, but were just wasting it to supply random walkers who didn't produce anything. If they took this jerk out several seasons ago, right when he started his sermons, both series would be much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Australian tundra. Spoiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra_orbit Kangaroos jumping in snow, so on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) There's likely at least one account in the forums whose owner has actually passed away (and never to see KSP2, or HL3) Edited October 5, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 On 10/5/2019 at 6:23 AM, Aperture Science said: and never to see KSP2, or HL3 At least KSP 2 will be released before the end of the millennium! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerbMav Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 On 9/23/2019 at 7:04 AM, kerbiloid said: Any true nerd lives in a permanent Truman Show. And remote freelancers, too. Always wondered how safe it would be to use one of those small kitchen blowtorches used for creme bruille for that ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 If the internet had appeared before the book printing, this forum would be in Latin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKSPBeginner Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) On 10/5/2019 at 12:23 AM, Aperture Science said: There's likely at least one account in the forums whose owner has actually passed away (and never to see KSP2, or HL3) Big F to him. Edited October 14, 2019 by TheKSPBeginner To pay respects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 What if the title was just punctuated incorrectly and it's actually: Where in the world is Carmen? San Diego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 8 hours ago, 5thHorseman said: What if the title was just punctuated incorrectly and it's actually: Where in the world is Carmen? San Diego. Actually, San Diego is where Mr Fox was found last week.... (CFOX radio contest to win a trip to where Mr Fox was hiding if you guess where exactly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerballingSmasher Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 On 9/8/2019 at 10:49 AM, Lisias said: "A lithobraking you can walk from is a good lithobraking. A lithobraking followed by a takeoff from the same craft is an excellent lithobraking". -- Chuck Yeag... Kerman. absolutely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Potatoblight Ganon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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