rastafarian Dec 2017
13 posts, including these fine 6 threads. Next he’ll ask if the first one is suppose to be free.
What is the age limit for drinking on international Delta flights?
Why do most antipsychotics cause drowsiness?
What are some other things besides caffeine can I take to keep me awake?
What medicines do doctors usually prescribe for people with migraines?
What’s the legality of cannabis in The Netherlands?
Are there any chemical substances that darken the skin as opposed to lightening it?
SeniorCitizen007 is making a big deal out of the 21st century having started in 2001, 17 years into the century. He’s right, of course, but he keeps hammering the point over and over.
But it’s so inviting. It has a mound, and home plate, and bases, and a backstop. How can you not help bringing your glove, bat, and ball and getting together a pickup game?
Possible, but not practical outside of a theoretical design. I apologize for this, but I cannot share the paperwork where Ulam himself even acknowledges that it’s impractical.
The main point in that paperwork is that in a vacuum, with no medium to propagate the overpressure of the blast, your detonation will give a fraction of the ‘push’ you’re looking for. Plutionium ain’t cheap, and to construct primaries for propulsion would be far more expensive than a chemical-based rocket.
Besides, once you’re out of nukes, there’s no more propulsion to get you back home.
Tripler
Respectfully, it is not a practical design.
He’s not looking for “toddlers”, he says he’s looking for “todlers”. A “tod” (from the Middle English todde) is a unit of measure for wool equal to 28 pounds, hence a todler is a wool-seller. In medieval Scotland they would hawk their wares on street corners, and a savvy buyer could usually pick up a tod for about sixteen placks.
I had to back away from that thread out of the certainty that mentioning that the issue was academic where he was concerned would be a warnable offense.
