Does this sound suspiciously familiar to any of you Vonnegut fans out there?
Researchers at Spain's Centre d'Investigació en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (CIN2) have studied the underlying mechanisms of water condensation in the troposphere and found a way to make artificial materials to control water condensation and trigger ice formation at room temperature.
Full article here. For those who don't know what Ice-Nine is, check out this Wikipedia article.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
I'm wondering... no. I'm not even going there. But what I'm thinking of is not a good application of this process. There is a lot than can go wrong with this.Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
--Philip K. Dick
"I'm wondering... no. I'm not even going there."
But you HAVE gone there.
"There is a lot than can go wrong with this."
That's precisely what has gone wrong. At least the NH Railroad knows where it's going and it isn't THERE. (;->)
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Refreeze the Permafrost Now!
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
Reunite Pangaea!Refreeze the Permafrost Now!
Last edited by NQ6U; 08-10-2014 at 12:27 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Criswell predicts...... Ice 9 From Outer Space! It's SHOCKING! It's got a WW2 army surplus store soldier and a lot of really cool old electrical stuff from Ed Wood's closet in it too.
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
73 de Warren KB2VXA
Station powered by atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywater
That article in Science Newsline was published 4 years ago and no comments so far.
Someone noticed!
You're right, it's an old article. I just thought the parallels between what was reported and Vonnegut's Ice-Nine were worth comment.
Polywater is an entirely different thing, though. I use it in place of phlogiston as a coolant in my N-Ray generator. It reduces the emission of stray Upsilon particles.
Last edited by NQ6U; 08-11-2014 at 01:18 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
So?
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
--Philip K. Dick
"It reduces the emission of stray Upsilon particles."
I thought Downsilon would reduce stray emissions but it didn't work in my Homotron modulator. I got it to stop blowing all the trasnsresistors, I just can't get it to stop blowing the fuse.
"Here we are a record in a jukebox, a little piece of plastic with a hole, OH! Play me, play me.
Up yours, up mine, up everybody's that takes time. But we're working on it."
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"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Station powered by atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
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