> It is used to increase the apparent size of the hips and buttocks to resemble those of a female. The padding is intended to improve the person's chance of passing as female by altering their apparent waist-hip ratio and shoulder-hip ratio.
"NiTiNOL 60, or 60 NiTiNOL, is a Nickel Titanium alloy (nominally Ni-40wt% Ti) discovered in the late 1950s by the U. S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory (hence the "NOL" portion of the name NiTiNOL). Depending upon the heat treat history, 60 NiTiNOL has the ability to exhibit either superelastic properties in the hardened state or shape memory characteristics in the softened state."
Interesting that he was American but served in the RFC (predecessor to the RAF). I didn't know that you could do that. It seems that back then nationality was a looser concept? We didn't yet have the closed border regime that we have now across the first world. But there had to be limits, especially given the war. Inquiring minds want to know...
"Save the rain forests" has (for most first-world residents not presently part of #OccupyRainForest) a concerned-but-distant feel about it. It raises consciousness without doing too much to cause mental anguish.
Spend some time thinking about how things can fail (not uncommon for tech types, particularly on the ops side), and you start realizing there are a large number of paths to that destination. Some more probable than others.
For complex systems in general, the problem isn't the stuff you've got lots of -- yes, you can fit the human population into the state of Texas with a reasonable amount of breathing space (about 1025 ft^2 -- 32 feet square) -- but what constrains you -- Leibig's Law of the Minimum:
Turns out there are a lot of things humans (and civilization) depend on which are in fairly short order: energy, environmental sink capacity, topsoil, phosphorus, freshwater, and a whole slew of critical industrial minerals for starters.
And it's kind of a downer to think about it.
But ignoring problems doesn't make them go away.
How close is the tipping point? Good question.
I've been playing with some geometric grown and consumption calculations:
Turns out that if you take the numbers for oil consumption from BP's Annual Review for 2013 and plug them in, oil at present reserves, rates of growth, and consumption, runs out cold in 2048. What that actually means is that the rate of delivery is going to start getting choked much sooner, and it's peaked as of 2005 with a bit of a bumpy plateau since. Oil fuels 95% of all transporation, which in Richard Heinberg's eloquent turn of phrase is the heart of commerce.
I could go on about oil exploration capex (Steve Kopits), fracking well depletion rates, and a slew of other stuff, but you probably don't want to hear about it.
Victor Amadeus of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (Schaumburg, 21 May 1744 – 2 May 1790), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch through the sub-branch of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym and a Russian General under the service of Empress Catherine II the Great.
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[ 9.4 ms ] story [ 170 ms ] threadI did not know that.
"NiTiNOL 60, or 60 NiTiNOL, is a Nickel Titanium alloy (nominally Ni-40wt% Ti) discovered in the late 1950s by the U. S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory (hence the "NOL" portion of the name NiTiNOL). Depending upon the heat treat history, 60 NiTiNOL has the ability to exhibit either superelastic properties in the hardened state or shape memory characteristics in the softened state."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_MacGillvary_Brown
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check out the animation
Insect that can damage insect collections.
Reportedly we are going to run out as early as 2020, definitely before 2030.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120618-global-resources-st...
A bit of a downer, but interesting to think about.
Breaking bad news gently.
"Save the rain forests" has (for most first-world residents not presently part of #OccupyRainForest) a concerned-but-distant feel about it. It raises consciousness without doing too much to cause mental anguish.
Spend some time thinking about how things can fail (not uncommon for tech types, particularly on the ops side), and you start realizing there are a large number of paths to that destination. Some more probable than others.
For complex systems in general, the problem isn't the stuff you've got lots of -- yes, you can fit the human population into the state of Texas with a reasonable amount of breathing space (about 1025 ft^2 -- 32 feet square) -- but what constrains you -- Leibig's Law of the Minimum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_law_of_the_minimum
Turns out there are a lot of things humans (and civilization) depend on which are in fairly short order: energy, environmental sink capacity, topsoil, phosphorus, freshwater, and a whole slew of critical industrial minerals for starters.
And it's kind of a downer to think about it.
But ignoring problems doesn't make them go away.
How close is the tipping point? Good question.
I've been playing with some geometric grown and consumption calculations:
http://consumptiongrowth101.com/RunningTheNumbers.pdf
Turns out that if you take the numbers for oil consumption from BP's Annual Review for 2013 and plug them in, oil at present reserves, rates of growth, and consumption, runs out cold in 2048. What that actually means is that the rate of delivery is going to start getting choked much sooner, and it's peaked as of 2005 with a bit of a bumpy plateau since. Oil fuels 95% of all transporation, which in Richard Heinberg's eloquent turn of phrase is the heart of commerce.
I could go on about oil exploration capex (Steve Kopits), fracking well depletion rates, and a slew of other stuff, but you probably don't want to hear about it.
You're welcome to visit http://reddit.com/r/dredmorbius if you like though.
Only interesting in how uninteresting it is. Only one true sentence on the page.
Victor Amadeus of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (Schaumburg, 21 May 1744 – 2 May 1790), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch through the sub-branch of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym and a Russian General under the service of Empress Catherine II the Great.
"Specific leaf area is defined as the ratio of leaf area to dry mass."