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- Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:23 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Where's the beef?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 71562
- Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:02 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: SO Dr NEbel wants to build a 1.6 meter, 100MW net power WB-8
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17655
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:31 pm
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: Kick the tires, light the fires...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 23162
Thanks, I had to ask to be sure.. I thought it was feasible to have the flywheel precisely made so that it'd grind itself evenly to a stop on the casing after collapsing the rolling mechanism. But if it can cause certain damage within 100 yards even inside buildings, it'd take a really dense shieldi...
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: A test bed for bfr marine propulsion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11903
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:20 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: A test bed for bfr marine propulsion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11903
But if it goes fast enough, and cheap enough, it may become economical once again for ships to compete with planes as a method of transportation. We're deep in speculation here, but wouldn't the same efficiency benefits apply to planes as well, albeit with some time lag in devising solutions accomo...
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:40 pm
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: Kick the tires, light the fires...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 23162
Feasibility
Isn't the real problem with flywheels for cars, no matter how efficient, that a collision involving a car with one could be catastrophic? If a full-spin wheel comes into contact with anything, the damage could be collossal. No? Isn't that just a matter of isolating the flywheel mechanism from every...
- Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:37 am
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: Lend a hand please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15452
I haven't spent a lot of time reading the forums at arstechnica, but from what I've seen, some of the posters don't have much in the way of social graces. And what seems like a tendency to nit-pick things rather than keep sight of the big picture. The WB7 trials are this august, so there's only a mo...
- Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:07 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: magrid configuration brainstorming
- Replies: 632
- Views: 271036
- Sat May 31, 2008 8:29 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Something stirring - Blacklight Power
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14730
Every mention of Mills' work I've seen has pegged people's skepticality (to put it politely) levels, so far... This all the way back to the early BLP days. For example, that his theories/math are inconsistent, or don't do what he pretends they do... So this should be interesting, either confirming a...
- Thu May 29, 2008 3:29 pm
- Forum: Administration
- Topic: about ready to ban GMail
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17351
- Sun May 11, 2008 1:04 pm
- Forum: Administration
- Topic: Thanks for solving my registration problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6782
Thanks for solving my registration problem
Thanks again for setting me up!