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by kcdodd
Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:43 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sorlox - FRC nautilus compressor
Replies: 56
Views: 48279

Re: Sorlox - FRC nautilus compressor

Nm.
by kcdodd
Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:53 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Polywell = Atom (first approximation)
Replies: 7
Views: 5875

Re: Polywell = Atom (first approximation)

The solutions to the Schodinger equation are spherical harmonics, that are not unique to quantum mechanics and have been known for a long time before that even. You can think of them just as any other complete orthogonal basis like fourier series or the cylindrical version. I'm not sure how they wou...
by kcdodd
Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:07 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: low-complexity time algorithm for n-body simulation
Replies: 28
Views: 16676

Re: low-complexity time algorithm for n-body simulation

Does the "cost" take into account the issue that as your field resolution gets finer, the time-step needs to get smaller too? Having smoother fields lets you step longer. I think that's why most people don't worry about doing n-body even on short length scales. Collisions are slow enough at these de...
by kcdodd
Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:02 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: low-complexity time algorithm for n-body simulation
Replies: 28
Views: 16676

Re: low-complexity time algorithm for n-body simulation

So, on short length scales it's n-body, and on large scale lengths it's grid based?
by kcdodd
Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:21 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: low-complexity time algorithm for n-body simulation
Replies: 28
Views: 16676

Re: low-complexity time algorithm for n-body simulation

Could you give a brief outline, in plain words, of what this code does?
by kcdodd
Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: Afraid To Make Decisions For Themselves
Replies: 6
Views: 2308

Re: Afraid To Make Decisions For Themselves

Life has requirements. Thinking is hard. Grow up.
by kcdodd
Sun Jun 16, 2013 10:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Crime and Punishment: Oklahoma (& Texas) style!
Replies: 983
Views: 401964

Re: Crime and Punishment: Oklahoma (& Texas) style!

*** Attention: FBI Public Content Warning *** This is the first and only warning from the official FBI public discourse office. This thread has been flagged as a grade one offense based on content flagging for public discourse in relation to important individuals security. This allows one warning to...
by kcdodd
Sat Jun 08, 2013 1:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Waht Washington Has Forgotten
Replies: 16
Views: 7016

Re: Waht Washington Has Forgotten

The law says that 501(c)(4) groups are to be used to promote social welfare, not political campaigns. Many of the groups which were targeted for in depth questioning about their expenses and intents named themselves "something something TeaParty." They were obviously political in nature. That in an...
by kcdodd
Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Waht Washington Has Forgotten
Replies: 16
Views: 7016

Re: Waht Washington Has Forgotten

Who and what law is someone asking to not apply to them?
by kcdodd
Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: You can't make this stuff up
Replies: 19
Views: 7062

Re: You can't make this stuff up

Not to mention that some encryption techniques are also vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, which is exactly what a satellite could serve as. The military would need another communication system under their own control anyway to be immune to that type of attack.
by kcdodd
Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Waht Washington Has Forgotten
Replies: 16
Views: 7016

Re: Waht Washington Has Forgotten

Saying that the law was not applied uniformly is missing the point. The point is that the government was/is being used as a political weapon to intimidate opponents and dig up dirt on them. Why exactly do you think Nixon had to resign in disgrace? Noone seems to even care anymore. Simply saying that...
by kcdodd
Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: Waht Washington Has Forgotten
Replies: 16
Views: 7016

Re: Waht Washington Has Forgotten

So basically, necoras, you're saying the problem with the IRS is really that government isn't quite big and abusive enough yet. I can see how that is completely logical and well thought out. (not)
by kcdodd
Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Eugenics Poster Girl!
Replies: 24
Views: 8282

Re: Eugenics Poster Girl!

I first saw this article on a satire news site. So, I don't know that this is even for real.

The world we live in now seems more and more blurred between reality and fantasy. That is what really worries me.
by kcdodd
Sun May 19, 2013 6:16 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Streaming Instability? Sup Brah!
Replies: 11
Views: 10214

Re: Streaming Instability? Sup Brah!

Asymmetry might alter the exact answer, but when we don't even know if there is an instability, or if there is what the growth rate is or how it manifests itself in scale or frequency, a very simple model seems like the best first step. Then if you chose to make it more complicated you have already ...
by kcdodd
Sun May 19, 2013 5:37 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Streaming Instability? Sup Brah!
Replies: 11
Views: 10214

Re: Streaming Instability? Sup Brah!

Yes it would have to be a pic code. But using spherical symmetry makes it simpler, and needs fewer particles, than if you attempted to use all 3 dimensions.