In other words, even though technically the reactor produced 3500 watts of net energy, you would be lucky to harvest enough energy to power a single 40 watt light bulb.
Razziel
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Cold Fusion Update
by metatron inhttp://coldfusionnow.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/first-commercial-cold-fusion-reactor-tested-in-bologna/.
i continue to think that this device has survived too much examination to be completely fake.
the remaining question is how efficient is it?.
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Cold Fusion Update
by metatron inhttp://coldfusionnow.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/first-commercial-cold-fusion-reactor-tested-in-bologna/.
i continue to think that this device has survived too much examination to be completely fake.
the remaining question is how efficient is it?.
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Razziel
Even if this is real, it has a long way to go before it would be practical, because of the concept of exergy and Carnot efficiency. It is difficult to extract useful energy from a thermal gradient of 5 degrees. The theoretical maximum efficiency (1-Tc/Th) of a heat engine with such a small difference between thermal reserviors would be about .01%. You would have to have massive quantities of reactants and have a massive mass flow rate of steam to get anything useful at that efficiency.
That blog calculates the absolute energy change of steam for 5 degrees with that mass flow rate and in absolute terms it sounds like a lot, but thermodynamics dictates the amount of useful work you can actually get for that temperature difference is very very small.
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Razziel
Based on the fictional character Raziel... Redeemer and destroyer... Pawn and messiah. Also an archangel who is the Angel of Mysteries and Keeper of Secrets in Jewish mysticism. I used the name for several years in an MMORPG as a Dark Elf.
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Do you tell people?
by MrFreeze inas an ex-jw do you tell people about your jw past?
how much detail do you go into when you tell non-jw's about the organization.
i usually only ever say anything if somebody asks about my religious affiliation or mentions jw's.
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Razziel
I rarely bring it up because few people, even close friends, I've talked to really get how pervasive and controlling the religion is. Most just think it's a quirky and harmless little religion known for knocking on doors and not celebrating holidays.
You really have to get into the little details about all of the rules, and the shunning, and the constant mind altering and repetitive literature that trains us to act like obedient dogs. Even then most don't get it if they haven't lived it themselves.
As a born-in, even being out several years, I have to mentally make myself step back every day and realize I'm still looking at a news article, or a conversation with someone, or an outlook on life through a warped JW worldview. After so much indoctrination, your mind just gravitates to that way of thinking and it takes a huge mental effort to figure out what is motivating my current viewpoint and decision-making process.
Mostly, only trained professionals really understand what years of indoctrination does to your mind. Others will just think you're a little strange if you talk about it too much.
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CERN claims faster-than-light particle measured
by botchtowersociety inhuh?.
cern claims faster-than-light particle measuredgeneva (ap) -- a fundamental pillar of physics - that nothing can go faster than the speed of light - appears to be smashed by an oddball subatomic particle that has apparently made a giant end run around albert einstein's theories.. scientists at the world's largest physics lab said thursday they have clocked neutrinos traveling faster than light.
that's something that according to einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity - the famous e (equals) mc2 equation - just doesn't happen.. "the feeling that most people have is this can't be right, this can't be real," said james gillies, a spokesman for the european organization for nuclear research, or cern, outside the swiss city of geneva.. gillies told the associated press that the readings have so astounded researchers that they are asking others to independently verify the measurements before claiming an actual discovery.. "they are inviting the broader physics community to look at what they've done and really scrutinize it in great detail, and ideally for someone elsewhere in the world to repeat the measurements," he said thursday.. scientists at the competing fermilab in chicago have promised to start such work immediately.. "it's a shock," said fermilab head theoretician stephen parke, who was not part of the research in geneva.
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Razziel
This story is tachy..
But puns aside, I'm betting the experiment's range of uncertainty will eventually be found to be larger than the measured value. I read elsewhere that the time measurements were based off of the GPS system which has error in the tens of nanoseconds.
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I am trying to figure out my future if I should go to college or just keep working a regular job...............................
by andys ini am faced with a dilema right now and need some advice on what i should do with my future, i realize that eventually i'll grow old and will need to somehow work my way up so i have something to fall back on, like someone told me once i don't really have a support structure to fall back on, if something happened where i could not work i would probably wind up homeless, moving back in with my parents house would be out of the question because i would never go back to the borg.. this is my situation right now, everything is going good, i love my job, i am single no kids, i work at a hosptal making $10/hour doing janitorial work, also my rent is very cheap about $350 a month for rent on a duplex, i live less then a mile from work, right now i have the most ideal situation to save alot of money even on $10/hr job, but also i realize that everything can go all at once, if i ever lost my job since i don't have no support structure and could not find work i would be sol.. now to some of the things i like doing, i like to drive, one of the things i have always wanted to do is learn truck driving, since i don't have no extra responsibilites, i am still having a hard time though making a decision, on one hand i like my current job, but on the other hand i realize that i do have to plan for the future, if anyone can give me some advice i am at a loss of what to do, also because of the way the econommy is here in the us right now sometimes i think its best to stick with the job that i have but still don't know whats best..
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Razziel
You mentioned you are able to save some money up in your current job. I would advise before you do anything, try very hard to save up a six month emergency fund. Then don't touch it. If you go back to school, and something happens where you lose your job, or if you get sick for awhile and can't work, you'll have a few months to get better or find another job and get back on your feet without being SOL.
If you want a bang for your buck technical degree which gives you something to fall back on, think about being a Nurse. You can easily make over $20/hr (often much more) with a 2 year Nursing certificate, and you will never have to worry about finding a job.
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in your opinion what is the best way to stop drinking?
by stuckinamovement ini have found myself drinking more and more since i realized that the truth was a lie just to quiet my mind.
it's not like i am a drunk or anything, it hasn't affected my work or relationships, it is that i really don't like being a slave to anyone or anything including delicious beer.
mmmm beer.... so to avoid being a slave to a habit, i have determined to stop drinking.
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Razziel
I second Terry's suggestion. Drink an equivalent amount of water for every beer you drink and you'll find yourself cutting way down. Also, for me anyway, I find that if I drink the really dark beers, like Guiness or some Bocks, I can only drink 1 or 2 because they are so filling. It's the light beers that will get me in trouble because they drink as easy as soda, and before you realize it you've finished a six pack.
Also, keep in mind the difference between being an alcoholic and being an alcohol abuser. If you find yourself craving a drink every day or thinking about it all the time, you could be at risk for alcoholism. If you are the type who doesn't crave it, but if you've got it in the house you'll drink it till it's gone, you're at risk for being an alcohol abuser. I think there are more abusers now in the US than alcoholics. A lot of people don't have a drop during the week, but then get completely sloshed on the weekend or their days off. They aren't alcoholics, they're abusers.
I have worked with a lot of guys who make sure not to buy alcohol in large quantities so they won't drink too much on accident. I say accident, just because it's so easy for a couple of drinks to turn into 4,6, or 10 without really thinking about it. If those guys want a beer that day, they'll buy a couple of tall boys on the way home from work, not the 24 pack that will get them in trouble.
Anything can become an addiction, including going to the gym or being a health nut. Moderation and variety seems to be the key to about everything in life. Before I completely swore off alcohol, I'd give some of the moderation advice here a try first. Don't keep enough in the house to over-drink, take up some other activities, and drink a lot of water. If you do that, and then you find yourself constantly running down to the gas station to pick up a six pack after you drank the only 2 beers you had in the fridge, then you might take it to the next level and abstain completely.
Unless alcoholism or addiction run in your family, or there's a little more you aren't telling us, I wouldn't beat yourself up over it too badly. That said, not affecting your work or relationships doesn't really mean anything as there are more functional alcoholics than there are those who get so bad they can't keep a job or family, so you can't really use that as a measure of if you're an alcoholic.
And for full disclosure, I typically have between 1 or 2 drinks a day, except the 2-3 days a week I work out, where I abstain. If I'm too lazy to go to the store, I might go a couple of weeks without a drink, which happens quite often because I can be pretty damn lazy. Once every couple of months, usually on a Saturday night, I'll have 5 or 6 socially (typically because I'm trying to get lucky with the wife). When the full force of the JW deception hit me, I overdrank for awhile, but that was abuse, not alcoholism. It didn't take too long for me to back off, (perhaps like you are trying to do) and find a happy medium.
Take all advice, including mine, with a grain of salt because everybody is different, and what works for some won't for others.
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A question for the economist, roll back the gas prices.
by jam inthe goverment mandate a freeze on oil prices and.
roll the price back to $2.
a gallon for two years.. how would it help the economy.
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Razziel
Price fixing = shortages. Just look at any command economy that sets or subsidizes low prices. They have constant shortages, have to give out ration tickets, etc. This had already been tested in the US by the way in the 70's. When OPEC lowered oil supply, the US instituted price controls instead of letting supply/demand dictate the price. The result was long gas lines, shortages, you only had certain days you could buy gas, etc.
So your choice is 2.00 gas that you will be lucky to find because it's sold out as soon as it gets to the station, or paying 3.60 a gallon and having access anytime you want it. It's not really a hard decision. Price controls do not work.
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Is Microwave bad for your health?
by Iamallcool ini googled it up and most people say yes.
what is your opinion?
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Razziel
I've never done any research on this, but a microwave should be designed as a faraday cage. Put your cell phone inside one and close the door. It should lose signal. By the same principle, electro-magnetic radiation from the elements inside won't travel outside the shielding of a closed microwave.
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Any Ex-JW's in The Dallas, TX DFW area?
by troubledfiancee inhi guys, i'm new to the forum.
i'm looking for anyone in the dallas area that has left jw's for any reason and has since learned the real truth about the watchtower and jw doctrine.
i've never been involved with jw myself, but my fiancee grew up as a jw and is having thoughts of going back.
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Razziel
Sent you a PM.