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Christien · Christien's Garage

Yes, you are indeed an a$$@%$e!!

For those who don't know, the resident Monkey helped me greatly with my 915 rebuild which doesn't seem to want to remain continent...

osidak · 09-22-2008, 05:09 PM

love these wonderful machines

Freybird · Freybird's Garage

JTO · 09-23-2008, 07:43 AM

My ten-year-old daughter is reading Steven's "The Galaxy In A Nutshell". Mind blower!

Troy

dependencies · 12:48 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1058317/1m-timepiece-hands-numbers-eventually-unveiled-Stephen-Hawking--15-minutes-late.html

This rather odd piece was on the news locally the other night,
I think they said it reads from inner circle out
being AM/PM
then an hour
minute> seconds etc,

certainly not something to glance at

Saintly · 09-23-2008, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dependencies

[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1058317/1m-timepiece-hands-numbers-eventually-unveiled-Stephen-Hawking--15-minutes-late.html

This rather odd piece was on the news locally the other night,

It was also on Slash dot on Saturday
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/20/213206
quite interesting clock and the video on the site shows the workings quite well...

sand_man · 09-23-2008, 02:52 PM

BTW, would I burn in hell if I added Stephen H. to the annoying "celebs" thread? Nah, I better not risk it...know your limits!

jeffgrant · 09-23-2008, 07:24 PM

Church Wars.

masraum · 09-23-2008, 07:30 PM

And if you think that's cool, these are really cool.

onlycafe · 09-23-2008, 08:05 PM

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

This has got to be from the mind of a 12 year old boy.

http://www.codewolf.com/?content_cat=gadgets

Don't run over this.
http://www.sustainablestyle.org/blog/news

Quote:

Another sea monster emerges from Scottish waters. But this one is going on the grid. The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter (named "Pelamis" for the Latin name for sea snake) is kind of like three train cars, linked together, floating semi-submerged on the ocean and cranking out clean, green power. Since the waves it needs are of the type that will unmoor your lunch from your stomach, the Pelamis is tethered to the ocean floor by anchors and a power cable. The Pelamis is 150 m long (about 490 ft), with three power conversion modules -- one at each joint where the "train cars" are linked together. The Pelamis turns to face into the waves, and as the snake rises and falls, the sections move against each other. Hydraulic rams at the hinges drive generators which produce energy. Ta da! Creator Pelamis Wave Power (formerly Ocean Power Delivery Ltd) is currently working with the government of Portugal to get three of the snakes out into the ocean near Agucadoura. Each Pelamis is expected to generate 750 kw to feed back into the national grid. Future projects include “wavefarms” of up to 40 Pelamis machines deployed over an area of about a square kilometer. Such a farm could potentially produce enough energy for 20,000 homes. More on Pelamis here.