Recent content by DaveC426913

Domestic as an antonym of imported, not as in an antonym of wild. Got it!

Yes, I read all those facts. Perhaps domestication means something different there than here. I mean, while coons may be ubiquitous, they seem to be no more domesticated than, say, city rats.

I wondered about this. What do you mean by domestic? Donning my Googles, I see that the EU has legally classified raccoons as an "invasive alien species". There are legal restrictions on keeping them, even if found in an urban area. I suppose, informally, they might be tolerated and accepted...

I thought these were only seen on The Flintstones. Seriously. I mean, they have to be fixed. It never occurred to me you could make a half-way in-between device that's portable, and can be calibrated with a compass.

By what criteria are you able to estimate her age to be 25-30?

To clarify: This button lets you see and edit the code that controls how text renders. I use this a lot when fixing up nested quotes.

Yes. But also too contemporary-sounding for a stone age group. The writing style tries to keep in the mentality of stone age people. Names of groups of animals is good but I haven't found anything appropriate.

The conversation got more and more generalized as we ostensibly got to the crux of the phenomenon. There was much discussion about power formulae, etc. I never thought we were talking about gear ratios. In fact, I thought the goal was to abstract away from specific mechanisms and their...

OK, so you are confirming that the exhaust velocity is the limiting factor for rockets.

I chose a rocket because it is the simplest case. Surely, every other example is the special case. OK, that is what I expected. But it seems to fly directly in the face of what I quoted you saying. You are talking about the rocket's decreasing mass. I specifically ignored that. (Say my...

This seems wrong. I am thinking about a rocket in space. Ignoring the change in mass due to fuel loss, surely a rocket accelerates at a constant rate for a constant appliciation of force. What am I missing? (Have I forgotten to factor in the max velocity being limited to twice exhaust velocity?)

In reality, this doesn't work so well. To lift a given mass of rocket/payload while using only 60% (3/5) thrust will require engines that are 5/3 more powerful, and - in the best case - proportionally more massive. The challenge is to make up the additonal 2/5 of power without the corresponding...

The female sex: : exists for 2 billion years : Government department: "Oh hey. Didn't see you there."