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.Scott replied to the thread Why do all my clocks run slow?.If you have an alarm clock that runs off wall current, it is almost certainly getting it pace from the power company. It will never run...
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.Scott replied to the thread I've seen the noumenal!.Welcome to these forums. (It's a noumenal site) Hope you have a phenomenal time.
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.Scott replied to the thread NASA Shutdown.The ISS crew must be having fun. NASA shut down and Roscosmos operating from a country in economic turmoil and labor shortages.
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.Scott replied to the thread 2:1 Pulley Question.What exactly is meant by "reversing the pulley"? Is it simply reversing the direction that the pulley will be turning? Or is it...
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.Scott reacted to Dale's post in the thread Medical New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours with
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The paper does look very promising. However, it is good to be mindful of the huge pile of promising treatments that have died on this... -
.Scott replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted How would an Earth-like Planet fair with a Uranus like moon system?.The moon system of Uranus is not that stable. According to the wiki article, the inner moons perturb each other and collisions are...
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.Scott replied to the thread Medical New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours.Assuming the mouse is a good model for humans, the very clear implication is that the amyloid deposits are likely normal and the failure...
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.Scott reacted to Borg's post in the thread Medical New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours with
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I've been reading a bunch of articles in this month's Scientific American on Alzheimer's and ran across this article in a web feed that... -
.Scott replied to the thread I Entanglement might be the result of an underlying law?.I won't answer that question, but I will point out that if the laws of Physics were not followed, we would not be here to discuss it. In...
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.Scott replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.In response to my: "The same people who were responsible before the AI "took over". If someone does their home work with AI assistance...
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.Scott replied to the thread What happens if shielded cable has a short to the shield?.As a first order approximation, yes, they would respond independently of each other. If you put the foil and the core close enough to...
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.Scott replied to the thread What happens if shielded cable has a short to the shield?.Let me answer with an example and in terms that are less ambiguous. I will compare a foil conductor to a solid core conductor. The flat...
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.Scott replied to the thread What happens if shielded cable has a short to the shield?.It wasn't clear enough for me. So, what you are describing is a cable that is not connected to any circuit at all. It is just a length...
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.Scott replied to the thread What happens if shielded cable has a short to the shield?.The "to nothing" part was basically a typo. The signal source will be shorted to ground, the same ground as the shielding. So, that...
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.Scott replied to the thread What happens if shielded cable has a short to the shield?.It's worse than that. A single shielded cable normally expects the return current to pass through the shield. The shield will often be...