Re: Controlled Auto-Ignition

2005-11-30 Thread thomas malloy
Dear Vortexians; Some wag who writes for the Wall Street Journal, wrote an article as though he were Toyota. The article ended by expressing the Company's appreciation for the Prius' customers being willing to spend $9500 up front, to save $550 per year in gas. I'm thinking that this figure d

Re: polonium halos -Now OT

2005-11-30 Thread Harry Veeder
> > Wesley Bruce wrote: > >> Very good question! What alternatives are consistant with Atheism? Send >> to my home address if you choose not to clutter Vortex. >> PS sorry the table did not come out right. >> Harry Veeder wrote: >> You may like to read this book. _Can We Be Good Without God

Re: polonium halos -Now OT

2005-11-30 Thread Harry Veeder
I don't know what could be considered consistent with Atheism since there is no definitive text for Atheists. Harry Wesley Bruce wrote: > Very good question! What alternatives are consistant with Atheism? Send > to my home address if you choose not to clutter Vortex. > PS sorry the table did not

Re: polonium halos -Now OT

2005-11-30 Thread Wesley Bruce
Very good question! What alternatives are consistant with Atheism? Send to my home address if you choose not to clutter Vortex. PS sorry the table did not come out right. Harry Veeder wrote: Must an Atheist believe in oblivion after death if he doesn't believe in God? Harry Wesley Bruce wrote

OT: Excerpt from "The Goal of Human Existence"

2005-11-30 Thread Harry Veeder
Excerpt from: "The Goal of Human Existence" Source: Broadcast on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal, November 4, 1943 Sound Recording as MP3 file http://www.albert-einstein.org/sound7.html "Ladies and gentlemen, our age is proud of the progress it has made in man's intellectual development. T

Re: polonium halos

2005-11-30 Thread Harry Veeder
Must an Atheist believe in oblivion after death if he doesn't believe in God? Harry Wesley Bruce wrote: > Harry Veeder wrote: > >> Wesley Bruce wrote: >> >> >> >> >>> Is you world view big enough for God? His is big enough for you. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> An atheist would interpret this

Re: polonium halos

2005-11-30 Thread Wesley Bruce
Harry Veeder wrote: Wesley Bruce wrote: Is you world view big enough for God? His is big enough for you. An atheist would interpret this as a personal request. Based on his beliefs you are asking him if his world is big enough for you. If the atheist has a big heart he would say y

Re: OT: "All your bases"...

2005-11-30 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jones Beene wrote: Stephen L., No, it should not. In fact, between the two versions recorded by Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead, the line takes three forms, "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" and "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to do" Ah... It is re

Re: Secrets of bee flight revealed

2005-11-30 Thread Harry Veeder
The article mentions the forces provided by the vortices...but the origin of the "added-mass force" is not explained. quote: > Lastly, there is another peculiar force known as > added-mass force which peaks at the ends of each stroke and is related to > acceleration as the wings direction changes.

Re: Controlled Auto-Ignition

2005-11-30 Thread hohlrauml6d
Also called homogeneous charge compression ignition. Here, this site has pictures: http://www.hybridcars.com/blogs/hyview/hcci -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:45:31 -0500 Subject: Controlled Auto-Ignition

RE: Secrets of bee flight revealed

2005-11-30 Thread Rick Monteverde
Conceptually that means more stuff to push off of. These kinds of wings create vortices of air which feature increased mass and resistance to downward/rearward movement than a similar surface would encounter while slicing through the medium in a more laminar mode. Probably get increased stabil

Re: OT: Secrets of bee flight revealed

2005-11-30 Thread Harry Veeder
Grimer wrote: > At 01:40 pm 30/11/2005 -0500, Harry wrote: > >> This article was brought to my attention on another list. >> I thought it would be of interest to those who followed >> the vortex discussion on humming bird flight earlier this year. >> >> BTW, the article mentions "added-mass forc

Controlled Auto-Ignition

2005-11-30 Thread hohlrauml6d
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Re: OT: Secrets of bee flight revealed

2005-11-30 Thread Grimer
At 01:40 pm 30/11/2005 -0500, Harry wrote: > This article was brought to my attention on another list. > I thought it would be of interest to those who followed > the vortex discussion on humming bird flight earlier this year. > > BTW, the article mentions "added-mass force". Does anyone > know wh

OT: Secrets of bee flight revealed

2005-11-30 Thread Harry Veeder
This article was brought to my attention on another list. I thought it would be of interest to those who followed the vortex discussion on humming bird flight earlier this year. BTW, the article mentions "added-mass force". Does anyone know what that means? Harry Secrets of bee flight revealed

Re: polonium halos

2005-11-30 Thread Harry Veeder
Wesley Bruce wrote: > Is you world view big enough for God? His is big enough for you. > An atheist would interpret this as a personal request. Based on his beliefs you are asking him if his world is big enough for you. If the atheist has a big heart he would say yes. Harry

Re: Maser

2005-11-30 Thread Grimer
At 10:00 am 30/11/2005 -0600, Richard wrote: >Hi Frank, >Light waves can be propagated longitudinally when you consider a shadow >being cast as a negative of light. Take two spacecraft approaching each >other at mach plus in deep space. Each craft is internally lighted and has >windows. As the t

Re: OT: "All your bases"...

2005-11-30 Thread Jones Beene
Stephen L., No, it should not. In fact, between the two versions recorded by Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead, the line takes three forms, "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" and "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to do" Ah... It is refreshing to notice that

Re: Maser

2005-11-30 Thread RC Macaulay
Hi Frank, Light waves can be propagated longitudinally when you consider a shadow being cast as a negative of light. Take two spacecraft approaching each other at mach plus in deep space. Each craft is internally lighted and has windows. As the two craft pass closely, several interesting events

Re: OT: "All your bases"...

2005-11-30 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jones Beene wrote: The end of November is a celebratory day in certain parts of the world. And the Janus-like seasonal transformation from nice to nauseous, often gets one thinking about other contrasts and self-contradictions. As the other Janis oft-opined, Freedom's just another word fo

Re: Maser

2005-11-30 Thread leaking pen
yes i did.  it was a carbide cannon.  that is, a replica cannon that gives a loud noise and burst of smoke, but without the cannonball.  they made the attackers think it was a real cannon. On 11/30/05, thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did anyone hear the story about the sailors on the crui

polonium halos

2005-11-30 Thread thomas malloy
I'm wondering what the existence of the halos means, www.halos.com --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! ---

Maser

2005-11-30 Thread thomas malloy
Did anyone hear the story about the sailors on the cruise boat who foiled some pirates with a sound cannon? I'm wondering how much the beam attenuated, OTOH, it doesn't take much sonic energy to break your ear drums. --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/