On Nov 18, 2009, at 7:12 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 05:42 PM Tuesday 11/17/2009, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 17 Nov 2009 at 12:48, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
> starts here . . .
>
> The Best Invention of the Year: NASA's Ares Rockets
> The 50 Best Inventions of 2009 - TIME
>
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1934027_1934003_1933945,00.html
> http://tinyurl.com/yl4evjq
>
> (Includes the "5 Worst Inventions of the Year" and a poll for
voting
> on the ranking: Ares is not #1 in that poll.)
The Ares I darn well should be. I mean, the Ares V is a good enough
concept for bulk launch, never mind that the Saturn V was carrying
arround 75% of the same payload in the late 60's, but sticking
Astronaughts on top of a rocket at this stage? Insane. Spaceplanes,
allready.
AndrewC
I'm guessing I wasn't clear and that you didn't go through the list
at the site. The poll is for visitors to the site to rank the items
in the "50 Best" list. When I was there #1 was what they referred
to as the "Electric Eye," #2 was the 60W LED light bulb (no word on
when they'll come out with one to replace 100W bulbs — here at least
60W aren't bright enough to light up the room well enough from the
ceiling fixture (even though the ceiling is painted white) or to
read by), and bringing up the tail at #50 was the cloned puppy.
Dog Gone Maru
. . . ronn! :)
My main gripe about LED lighting is that, with the sole exception of
IKEA, I think, everyone seems to love "cool white" LED's in lighting
fixtures. I very much prefer "warm white" phosphor GaN LED's (or even
yellow/orange GaAs LED's in some applications). I've just never been
a big fan of that blue-white color balance, never liked it in
fluorescent tubes and really don't like it in LED's.
Of course, it seems like maybe the GaN types are mature enough now
that people aren't as eager to show off the fact that they can get
blue LED's. I've become very annoyed by that color, particularly the
shorter-wavelength variety. Plus they have way too much power
dissipation for some applications. :p
HANK: A man came by from the Shiney Pines trailer park, and he said
you still got a trailer there.
LUANNE: No I don't, it tipped over.
HANK: But it's still there.
LUANNE: No, it tipped over!
HANK: Luanne, let me try to explain. I have a beer can. I tip it
over. Now, is it still there?
LUANNE: I can't live in a beer can. I can live in a trailer, but I
don't have a trailer because the trailer tipped over!
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