Hm. I think I can get aerogel. But I really want Zubbles.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
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.
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
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.
flea - Mar 20, 2006 3:02:15 pm PST #5197 of 10001
information libertarian
What at the rules on eye-rolling?
tommyrot - Mar 20, 2006 3:04:46 pm PST #5198 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.
What at the rules on eye-rolling?
Must be less than 30 RPM.
Steph L. - Mar 20, 2006 3:06:37 pm PST #5199 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
flea, did you see when I mentioned the other day that I went past Chicago Gyros (which hasn't been BRIGHT BLUE for a very long time, damn it), and it's been all renovated and yuppified inside, so that the inside looks like a Panera Bread or some such?
It's very traumatic. Chicago Gyros is *supposed* to be skeevy, damn it.