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decimation: 'how much would you have
to pay your enemies not
to crush you in your moment of need'
decimation: yeah but it would have implications for relativity
theory apparently
decimation: one wonders which forgotten scientist will be recorded by history while official science is resigned
to
the dustbin
decimation: well, mircea's
theory is
that musical
tastes randomly change with
time & entropy,
the same is
true for academic fashions
decimation: I called up NIST a few weeks ago, asked
them how much it would cost
to measure
the phase noise of an oscillator.
They said it would only cost
their
time, which would come
to about $10k! for a morning session
decimation: wow,
that sucks. metrology is it's own weird little world
decimation: as in, ensuring
that all of
the masses can be
traced
to some standard, etc?
decimation: But according
to wikipedia, it appears
that
the Eötvös balance is some balls, a rod, some string, and some mirrors
assbot: Logged on 27-07-2014 19:05:02; asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: in 2010 i concocted a variant of
the
test
that could be carried out for approx. 50k USD, from scratch. schwartz answered
that, in his estimation,
the
test would work
to spec, but results would not be accepted by
the field unless carried out on one of
the
two existing eotvos balances. one - adelberger's, one - chicom.
☟︎ decimation: asciilifeform: it seems
to me
that an Eötvös balance would be pretty straightforward
to build
The20YearIRCloud: And now, peer reviewed studies seem
to come out every few months continaully supporting entanglement
The20YearIRCloud: I'd have
to find
the papers, but 30-40 years ago it was supposed
to violate several principals
The20YearIRCloud: and in
the case of emdrive as well, it's signfiicantly more efficient
than ion drives, but not absurdly so
The20YearIRCloud: And from
the papers I've seen, it doesn't seem
to be signfiicantly more different
than
the
theory behind VASMIR, and NASA was all over
that 15 years ago
The20YearIRCloud: It's going
to JPL for
testing, which is a pretty darn good sign as
to it working
The20YearIRCloud: We have been very much on
the upswing concerning superconductors. 50 years ago you had
to be near absolute zero, now you can do it at like -200c
The20YearIRCloud: Most of
the data I'm seeing seems
to support
that once we reach
that point, everyone gets
their own airship
decimation: The20YearIRCloud: doubtful. in most circuitry heat loss in conductors isn't
terribly critical, and it's hard
to imagine said superconductors would be better/cheaper
to fabricate
than
the metals we are discussing
The20YearIRCloud: The little bit of silver soldering I've done has been quite smooth
too
The20YearIRCloud: This is of course until we discover room-temperature superconductors,
then it's all off
decimation: gold is also used exclusively
to connect pins
to chip dies if I recall correctly
The20YearIRCloud: Although
theoretically silver wire with gold connectors would be
the bee's knees
The20YearIRCloud: gold connectors are usually large, so
there's more conductivity (due
to lower resistence)
The20YearIRCloud: Well, considering how little of
the connection is used for
the gold, it makes plenty of sense
decimation: gold actually has worse conductance
than copper, but it doesn't oxidize
decimation: asciilifeform: yeah oxidation,
terrible contacts
decimation: silver makes excellent electrical conductors
though.
decimation: after 'backing' your currency with relatively worthless metal,
the next logical step being
to 'back' it with nothing it all
decimation: yeah back in
the early 1900's
the whole idea of
the 'silver dollar' was
the precursor
to
the modern bezzle
The20YearIRCloud: In
the us , gold hording could be jailable, but silver hording was encouraged
decimation: asciilifeform: brings
to mind
the play quoted by Mr. Yarvin where
the kulak is found guilty of hording foreign currency in basement
The20YearIRCloud: Other
than
that, it's pretty easy
to stay quiet, and slowly sell off
the horde without signfiicant attention
The20YearIRCloud: With regards
to coins, you only need
to avoid
the very, very limited
types
that are assumed
to be stolen from
the mint
The20YearIRCloud: The serial numbered portion is
the only part essentially
that's illegal
The20YearIRCloud: if
they're real-deal AKs you just demill
the reciever,
then
the rest can be sold
The20YearIRCloud: Theoretically it'd be possible
to sell
them in any state if you
take
the right steps
decimation: "Army officials say
the canisters, if
they exist, do not pose a
threat
to
the affluent Spring Valley neighborhood as long as
they remain undisturbed." << "it's okay for you"
The20YearIRCloud: If I find a box of AKs here in
the US
there's nothing
to do but leap for joy
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform ah
that's where saddam was keeping his chem weapons ?
decimation: one wonders about
the potential 'laundry' being done off of such a rich stash
The20YearIRCloud: heck we had a local auctioneer do one guy's coin collection,
the whole collection fit on a few small
tables and sold for $350k
decimation: :The so-called Saddle Ridge Hoard, made up of denominations of $5, $10 and $20, could bring in $10 million when
the sale is all said and done, with several pieces expected
to command prices as high as $1 million, experts say."