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for your electron containment issue, look to bussard's other invention, the polywell. a fusion concept that only tries to contain the electrons so that ions have a well to fall into, since all ions are crossing the center it really does wonders for your fusion rate. i suppose you can also use it for an electron storage system, but wouldnt it be easier just to generate them on the fly either chemically or with an electron gun for your propulsion needs? polywell should also work for containing positrons provided there isnt a better trapping scheme available.

having a 3 year old rig i get all kinds of sata bugs with my 3 ssds, which almost always are fixed by jiggling the cables. in my next 'everything but the processor' build (because the 4790k is not sufficiently obsolete compared to anything i can afford) im opting for an m.2 slot to remove the cables from the system. never had a hard ssd failure. i was always under the impression you would run into problems with flash degradation before you see hard failures.

health insurance companies have way too much influence over out lives. doctors meanwhile dont have enough power to do their job properly. like i went in for my first physical in 20 years and the doctor didnt check anything i didnt bring up myself. apparently they arent allowed to do basic tests that used to be standard anymore unless the patient explicitly asks for it. explains the bass akward nature of pharmecutical ads (the doctor should tell me what i need, not the tv). aspergers (which every online test on the subject says i have) isnt a thing anymore and is now referred to as an autism spectrum disorder and i no longer fit in that category as a result. adhd which i supposidly also had, was being over applied to troubled kids across the board, usually by an under qualified school counselor. in my adult life i have never had one of these diagnoses confirmed by an actual professional. i blame the schools. a lot of them are only concerned with kids conforming to their standards rather than helping them find their place in the world. its never the doctors calling the shots.

sounds like you got a bad cell.

i attempted to 3d print an r/c hovercraft however i had some issues with the skirt design being too rigid and i think i have an airflow problem as well, which is likely going to require an impeller fan redesign. existing impeller worked fine for cardboard prototype but not the new model.

only r/c plane i owned was a foamy spitfire and the wing was a completely separate piece. this was attached with rubber bands to a couple of bamboo rods and the main load bearing structure in the fusalage seemed to be a laser cut balsa panel glued to the foam. the bamboo rods were placed above this. the top of the fusalage was a removable foam peice that just attached with a single screw at the front. i didnt have much trouble installing electronics in that model. the panel was accesible at both the top and under the wing. servos installed into laser cut holes which were line up to the tubes through which control cables were passed. the aileron servo was installed directly in the wing and the cable was passed through a hole provided for passing cables. the model seemed to be pre-balanced as there was a dedicated location for each component, the motor controller, motor mount (really just a piece square dowel glued to the foam frame) even the place for the receiver were all well designated before hand. it was real easy to put together. before long it was held together by epoxy, duct tape and broken dreams and finally gave up the ghost in a rather catastrophic crash. i then scraped the parts. i found a cheap $40 heli kit and most of my parts found their home in that. it sits in my closet with about $80 worth of brand new cnc parts (replacing broken plastic ones) that have never flown. overall i find the hobby way to expensive for my budget.

talk to her maybe?

i figure it will be like ksp, but with a lot more main characters dieing. now that i think of it thats kind of a tall order.

i think i was meant for a charred wasteland. im not cut out for this so called civilized existence. id actually welcome a nuclear war. i dont think anyone would waste a bomb on this useless little island off the cost of alaska. so survival is definitely an option for me.

you guys should get back together and record ksp sountdrack mkii.

its probibly also a good idea to have a second backup should the commands go awry.

i keep a lot of my files junctioned over to my d drive where they reside in perpetuity should the os need to be nuked from orbit. i use a batch script to re-establish the junction links when the os is re-installed. its just a list of path pairs (the permanent path and the path of the thing that is linked at that location) and shell commands. since im mostly a windows user the batch script is adequate, if i was doing something multi-platform i would just use lua or python (since im better with the former, id use that) to push the appropriate shell commands. this could detect platform and load paths from a manifest file. i dont junction the entire user folder, it tends to accumulate stuff i dont need, only select folders, like savegames. but the batch script works for me. i think what you encounter is a chicken and the egg problem. you need to log into windows to junction over your user folder, but you need your user folder intact to log into windows. i presume you copied over your user folder (including system and hidden items) to the new location. thats the easy part. the ' mklink /j "linkPath" "realPath" ' command requires that the path you are linking be empty or non-existant (not sure exactly which) and it wont copy the data for you to the best of my knowledge. if you just wanted to junction a specific user, thats easy, simply make a fake user with admin rights, log in as that user, and do the link command from there and when you are done you can log back in as you (in theory) and remove the fake user. otherwise you might need to boot into recovery mode to gain access to the command line. to get windows back you might have to copy your user directory back where it was and see if you can log back in. but in theory you should be able to create junction points in its place.

this is maybe the 20th or so forum that ive joined. currently active in one other. honestly i havent played ksp in at least 2 patches, but this is the only game forum with a semi competent science forum. actual science forums are usually over my head. its a substitute for human interaction which i usually avoid like the plague. i also like cats.

meh, thats nothing

still some months away until i get the cash for a new pc. needless to say my current one is getting kind of clunky. getting close to 3 years old. im looking into replacing it more because its starting to break down, and it doesn't offer many of the new connectivity options. things like usb3.1 and m.2 are completely absent. i built it for efficiency and wanted a reduction in noise over my previous rig. i like the mini itx form factor and have been using it for the past several builds. moore's law isn't quite what it used to be and the options out in similar price range arent that much of an improvement over what im currently running: i7 4790k 8gb ddr3 2400 gtx750ti just the important stuff. some preliminary research with an estimated budget of $700, and preferring to knock that down to $600 if i can (usually the price drops a hundred or so between the time i start planning and the time i actually buy stuff). im keeping all 3 of my ssd drives and my coolermaster elite 110 case and cooling peripherals (one big fan). absolutely want a new video card (thinking 1050ti) to drive the 4k monitor i got last year. and will need a new power supply, only power supply i have that works in my rig and is stable is about 10 years old. its pretty much a ticking time bomb primed to fail. preliminary research leads me to this for my core components: i5 7600 or i7 7700 (no bloody k, i run stock, no oc) 16gb ddr4 2400 (maybe higher if a mobo comes out that supports it and i can afford it, not thrilled about not moving up in memory speed) gtx1050ti with about $240 allocated to mobo and psu this just barely squeezes into my budget with the i5 option. except for the better video card and more ram, this machine doesn't do anything new, it might even be a step backwards if i go with the i5. enter ryzen, which i didnt even know about a few days ago. apparently amd has pulled themselves out of the gutter with a product that can actually do as well if not beat intel. this doesn't surprise me, as intel are trying to squeeze the final bits of processing power out of the silicon before atomic structures cease being a viable building block for a cpu. with amd chasing lower hanging fruit it was only a matter of time before they caught up. haven't really looked into seeing it as an option yet. this will depend on mini itx mobo availability and size of the stock cooler (going to look into seeing if its possible to adapt the case to an sfx psu to save some space). ive looked at alternatives that involve keeping more of the system. for example i thought about upgrading to a better mobo with compatibility with my 4790k and found nothing that was better than what i have or have any new features. in fact i only found four and i didnt like any of them. seems my socket was discontinued. doing just the video might be an option, i can really go nuts with a much higher end graphics card and the psu to back it up. but thats a little disappointing and i risk the machine giving up the ghost. could try the ryzen and see if it is as good as everyone makes it out to be. at the very least it sounds like i can go that way to shave some cost off of my build and not loose too much in the process. i want to do an upgrade path that results in an actual step up.

in before black metal from the 60s oh wait

in before this turns into one of those atrocious threads where everyone just posts videos. i like metal, mostly of the doom, sludge, black, and thrash varieties, outlaw country, classic rock, motorhead (its its own genre imho), with some classical and opera thrown in. i dont like anything that is over processed or autotuned, this is the cancer that is ruining music today.

was just theorycrafting a new build to be thrown together in october when the state of alaska gives residents free money for no good reason what so ever. its going to be a partial rebuild, but only the case and ssds are getting reused this time. i usually use this for a big purchase like the monitor im currently using, or a computer. its been 3 years since my last build. im not even sure the thing is going to be an improvement. since im probibly going to be dropping from a i7 4790k to an i5 7600 (no bloody k). bringing with it a drop in cache, drop in ghz and none of that threadly goodness the i7 comes with. also im going to move up to 16gb ram, been running at 8gb for no fewer than 4 builds. then again its going to be the first thing on the chopping block when i run into monetary concerns. found a mini itx mobo that has everything i need, an odd coincidence when the cheap model has all the things i want. no storage no drives. if i had any faith left in my current power supply, id avoid that "upgrade" as well. at first glance im looking at an overall decrease in tdp. 550w should cover it. the oldest stable power supply i own is a thermaltake toughpower 700w from my old core2quad rig. its been a solid backup every time need an emergency psu. im going to get the 550w model, because its enough (math will be done closer to order time). i did a rosewill last time, mostly because thats my second oldest functional power supply. the new one on the other hand didnt last 2 years. not that i trust any psu company to not let their quality slip, but what can i do. either blow a third of my budget on power or buck the problem a couple years down the road (i usually do this). also wondering if i cant mod the case to accept a smaller psu form factor, like sfx. throw in an adapter kit to the parts list. never did like the cpu cooler clerance on this thing. absolutely the thing i need to do is upgrade the gpu. still running that 750ti, i liked it but its time to move on up. i notice that some of the video cards out there are still quite absurdly long. my case can only handle one about 8 and a quarter inches, its very petite mini itx case. i like it and i usually keep cases i like for at least a couple builds. so im looking at a 1050ti. of course im going to do more research closer to build time. looking about $700, but last time i saw priced drop over a hundred bucks below my planned target. in retrospect i should have upgraded gpu and psu last year, saving more money for cpu this year, but the state decided to put a cap on the pfd and ruin my plans.

i think part of it was the superluminal and the subluminal actually share the same space but particles in one cant interact with the particles in the other except through gravity. its not my theory though, honestly i only posted because i was wondering if someone else knew what this was, my google fu produces nothing. nvm, i found it. thought it was something i read but it was a youtube video. derp. crock are not?

i remember reading about a theory awhile back, but i cant quite remember the source. essentially it states that we exist in the subluminal part of the universe. this is accompanied by a superluminal part where nothing can go slower than light. there is also a luminal part that is the divider between the two, everything in that "plane" goes exactly c. proximity to this plane, velocity wise, is what causes relativistic effects. dark matter is essentially the material in the superluminal part of the universe. gravity is shared between both parts. the ftl nature of the superluminal "material" pretty much means it can never form atomic structures or be anything more than a soup of really fast particles. it will however be attracted to and orbit mass in our part of the universe. it sounded interesting, but i dont even know what its called.

to be fair i like most of the big four, anthrax is the one i really couldnt get into. thats the political end of the thrash spectrum, where megadeth crosses into from time to time. but still thrash bands tend to have good musicianship. but in my opinion slayer is the only one that hasnt devolved into dadmetal in their old age (im pointing at you metallica).

you might be able to do a buoyancy glider for titan. every time the altitude gets too low inflate a couple balloons with hydrogen, rise to a high altitude and glide again. same idea as this but for use in atmospheres instead of the ocean (perhaps space oceans).

forbidden planet cast the mold for this type of sci-fi. star trek just brought it to the living room. or even metropolis, which set almost every scifi trope for the following 30 years and you still see some of them today.

megadeth, the wimpiest one of the big four. i recently got into slayer and dont know what i was missing. incidentally when i stopped being a trekkie i became a metalhead.

with bitcoin the fpga miner came in after gpu mining. and once you have the verilog code for a feasable hash processor design its only about $2million to have an asic made. bitcoin asics were pretty much crowdfunded overnight. its only a matter of time. another "gold" rush.