The "Anything Goes" thread

[Hayles66]

I was watching the most beautiful cat in the world this morning. Here's the clip. Mindbogglingly beautiful.

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/watching-a-cheetah-run-in-slow-motion-is-still-pretty-damn-fast/

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[AdmiralAdama]

I suppose we should at least be grateful for having opposable thumbs.

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[Richard Brown]

Here is a simple idea for protecting a vehicle from flood water.

However, it may be an idea to restrain the vehicle from floating off and to ensure there is nothing around to puncture the protective cover.

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[Roy Rob]

Here is a simple idea for protecting a vehicle from flood water. YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4aE_X4liN4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

However, it may be an idea to restrain the vehicle from floating off and to ensure there is nothing around to puncture the protective cover.

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Yes I looked at that and immediately thought of a little snag. With all the rain you guys have had the car would be under water INSIDE the cover even if it was sitting on dry pavement! Oops.

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[Good karma]

I was watching the most beautiful cat in the world this morning. Here's the clip. Mindbogglingly beautiful.

Watching a Cheetah Run in Slow Motion Is Still Pretty Damn Fast | Gizmodo UK

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oh boy that video was just tastefully done, the cheetah is so gorgeous, thanks for the link Hayley

That car cover used upside down wont work, as soon as it rains, it will fill with water and those selotape straps will break when water contacts it. utterly useless effort, the car owner is better off driving the car to a safe place.

 

[scifan57]

Here's my new computer, it won't break, no matter what I do to it. It is a tad slow, however.

 

[KevinJS]

OK. I admit, I was wrong. While I was waiting for the image to load, I guessed I was going to be an abacus.

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[Hayles66]

Lol.

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[scifan57]

I was surfing the web and I found this. It's one of only 5 known copies of the map that was the first to use the name America for what became known as the new world.

http://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/13138/1/Cim._107-2.pdf

 

[tlbaker]

Working

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[Richard Brown]

A while back, I posted on the Favourite TV Programme thread about a BBC4 programme called The Three Rocketeers. It told the story of the development do rocket / jet engines to power a supersonic airliner named Skylon. The research team's grail was to overcome problems of dealing with extremely high temperatures which affected the performance of the engine.

In today's papers there is news of the team's breakthrough. They appear to have solved there elm. This means that it should be possible to fly from the UK to Australia in 4 hours. That is NOT a typo!

The rocket engines (called Sabre) breath air and should be able to cool 1000DegC air to -150DegC instantly. Wow!

The TV programme is available on UTube at this link Check out this video on YouTube:

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[Richard Brown]

The developers of the Sabre engine, Reaction Engines have produced an interesting animation. Check out this video on YouTube:

Science Fact.

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[Roy Rob]

The developers of the Sabre engine, Reaction Engines have produced an interesting animation. Check out this video on YouTube:

YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x3Lja1Qutw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Science Fact.

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I saw the same article in the Daily Mail Online. They use liquid helium to cool the intake air from 1000° to -100 or something. It will fly from London to Australia in four hours. All they need to be able to build the prototype is $ funding.

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[AdmiralAdama]

The developers of the Sabre engine, Reaction Engines have produced an interesting animation. Check out this video on YouTube:

YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x3Lja1Qutw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Science Fact.

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Whoa! Am I the only one concerned that this thing is called "SkYLON"?

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[Roy Rob]

Whoa! Am I the only one concerned that this thing is called "SkYLON"?

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Calm down Admiral, weren't your bad guys called Cylons? We have a Skylon Tower on the edge of the falls and so far, no alien unrest.

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