Do you know what "sheets" are on a sailing ship?
Nope, not the sails. The ropes.
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The money was too good. I got stupid.
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tommyrot - Jan 01, 2007 4:24:49 pm PST #9977 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ginger - Jan 01, 2007 4:29:27 pm PST #9978 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Since wiring isn't leaning so much on hundreds of years of tradition and barrels of rum, I'm hoping it's a bit more literal. I'm sure there's some rum involved, but I generally associate drinking with roofers.
DXMachina - Jan 01, 2007 4:52:56 pm PST #9979 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Nope, not the sails. The ropes.
Some of the ropes, the ones that actually control the sails.
tommyrot - Jan 01, 2007 4:57:38 pm PST #9980 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Some of the ropes, the ones that actually control the sails.
I had a feeling I wasn't being precise enough.
Also, this is where the expression "three sheets to the wind" comes from. But I forget what exactly that means.
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The cylinder bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version.
Damn.
To me, this is the most amazing part:
At maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel in converted to motion.
For comparison, most automotive and small aircraft engines have BSFC figures in the 0.40-0.60 lbs/hp/hr range and 25-30% thermal efficiency range.
So it's about twice as efficient as a car engine. I'm guessing most all this efficiency comes from its size (as well as it being a two-stroke diesel).
DXMachina - Jan 01, 2007 5:12:54 pm PST #9981 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Also, this is where the expression "three sheets to the wind" comes from. But I forget what exactly that means.
Square rigged sails are held by four sheets, one at each corner. If you untie three of them, the sail just flops around in all directions.
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2007 5:26:35 am PST #9982 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does anyone have any good beginner tutorial sites for PHP that they can recommend?
Tom Scola - Jan 02, 2007 5:33:18 am PST #9983 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I usually plod through the documentation at Zend.
Deena - Jan 02, 2007 5:35:35 am PST #9984 of 10003
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I like learning from A List Apart, but for basic PHP (about which I know nothing, yet) would this be useful? [link]
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2007 5:40:52 am PST #9985 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I usually plod through the documentation at Zend.
Is that the same as the documentation at php.net?
Thanks, Deena--I'll pass that link on.
Tom Scola - Jan 02, 2007 5:47:15 am PST #9986 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Zend is the company that controls php.