I totally want aerogel.
ETA: waits patiently for JZ to update Secret Santa 2006 list...
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
JenP - Mar 20, 2006 2:28:47 pm PST #5187 of 10001
amych - Mar 20, 2006 2:30:05 pm PST #5188 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I want floam just because it sounds so exactly like a product out of Futurama.
JZ - Mar 20, 2006 2:30:58 pm PST #5189 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I want floam just because it sounds so exactly like a product out of Futurama.
I would keep it on a shelf in the fridge right next to my 6-pack of Slurm.
Allyson - Mar 20, 2006 2:37:04 pm PST #5190 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Hm. I think I can get aerogel. But I really want Zubbles.
tommyrot - Mar 20, 2006 2:46:27 pm PST #5191 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Aerogel is (I think) almost as light as air. I'm wondering if it's possible to create an aerogel-like substance that has no air molecules spaced in between its atoms. And if that's possible, would it be lighter than air?
If that were the case, it would have to be disposed of carefully. If you dropped it outside, it would just float up to, say, 10,000 feet altitude and stay there. Or until it "washed ashore" on a mountain. Or got hit by a plane.
Then there'd be a new job: LtA (Lighter than Air) Aerogel Waste Disposal. You'd fly around in a Zeppelin armed with a big net, as you went about rounding up floating clumps of LtA aerogel before they got hit by some plane....
Allyson - Mar 20, 2006 2:53:58 pm PST #5192 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I have no idea what any of this means, but I have held aerogel in my tiny fist, and it is supercool
The lowest density solid, 7x10 2
• The smallest pore size, ~ 50 nm
• The highest porosity, >99.9 %
• The lowest thermal conductivity, 1100 m 2 /g
• Low tensile strength, 1 x 10 13 m 2
I am an aerogel BNF.
flea - Mar 20, 2006 2:56:34 pm PST #5193 of 10001
information libertarian
Things I like to say:
Zubbles
Tagliabue
tommyrot - Mar 20, 2006 2:56:52 pm PST #5194 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
but I have held aerogel in my tiny fist, and it is supercool
Sometime back I posted a link to where you could buy the stuff. I think it was about $70 for a small piece.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2006 2:59:01 pm PST #5195 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ita's Rules Of Order:
- Don't giggle when nothing's funny
- Don't go to sleep
- No navels
- No aureolae
- No staring at boobies
- No audible yawning
- Please don't sigh
Thank you for your time.
Allyson - Mar 20, 2006 3:00:40 pm PST #5196 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Please don't sigh
Okay, that's unreasonable, dictator ita.