Burning Water

[Egon]

Don't worry about translation. That'll just get more confusing.

I'm wondering how this under the hood of car hydrogen production apparatus works when the car key is turned on but the motor is not started?

[Defective]

Originally Posted by Egon

I'm wondering how this under the hood of car hydrogen production apparatus works when the car key is turned on but the motor is not started?

Probably about as good as killing the engine on long downgrades but turning the ignition back on to reverse the gas flow...

[patrick_g]

Iron Horse,

You don't need a translator, you need a level shifter.

Which part do you not understand? It is all pretty simple and is in English but may be masked by unfamiliar terms.

Take for example, HALF LIFE. Often heard in nuclear physics type conversations, but applicable in many other areas.

Lets say you have a quart of Fosters and you drink 1/2 of the bottle's remaining contents every minute. That would be (assuming a 32 oz bottle) 16 oz the first minute, 8 oz the second, 4 the third, 2 the fourth, one the fifth and only 1/2 an oz the next minute and 1/4 oz the next and so forth.

The half life of that Fosters would be 1 min. In theory you would never empty the bottle but for practical purposes you would get close enough. A graph of the remaining volume vs time would be a declining staircase affair "asymptotically" approaching zero with the height of each successive riser 1/2 the height of the previous one.

Many (but not all) technical terms can often be explained in simpler terms BUT it makes for a VERY EXPANDED conversation. For convenience, people use common terms used in the fields under discussion.

Albert Einstein once said, "Everything should be made as simple as possible but no simpler."

Beyond a point, simplification becomes oversimplification and information content is lost or distorted too much to promote clear, concise, and consistent communications.

I'm sure that any of the persons using terms unfamiliar to the majority would not mind explaining them to you, especially if you tried on-line or other resources first and don't need a short course to be taught on the topic at hand.

Pat

[have_blue]

Originally Posted by patrick_g

Iron Horse,

Lets say you have a quart of Fosters and you drink 1/2 of the bottle's remaining contents every minute. That would be (assuming a 32 oz bottle) 16 oz the first minute, 8 oz the second, 4 the third, 2 the fourth, one the fifth and only 1/2 an oz the next minute and 1/4 oz the next and so forth.

I can assure you the half-life of a good cold Abita Amber is much shorter than a Fosters. Of course hysteresis will make the half-life vary a bit.

[Egon]

Iron horse; again you be assailed by comparisons of the Malt kind.

Now in truth these fellows are talking about the purity of non conductors and how thin a layer of them is required to prevent interaction on the layers of the capacitor metal material. The contaminates allow for current flow depending where everything is on the conductive scale.

The capacitor metal material is also subject to purity and the number and size of grain boundaries as it is formed. These grain boundaries, no not cereal grains, are said to be able to allow internal currents within the actual metal which allow heat generated that has to be removed. These grain boundaries may also be the place where contaminates concentrate. It's sorta like setting up a battery within a battery They also depend on where ever thing is located on the conductive scale or what ever it be called!

Now that said if I add 8 plus 10 its required I take my socks off!!

I also find it difficult to relate to a glass of Fosters. It's either being filled or being emptied! no in between!

[Iron Horse]

Right 'o' , i'm with you'se now , as you were . It's all about beer , why did'nt you just say that ?

[Egon]

You gotta remember Iron Horse that some folks here drink wine and other such beverages that require a delicate taste, a clean palate and working olfactory glands. There is also colour and surface tension that must be considered here with the more discerning folk!

Us Blokes that drink beer are working hard, thirsty and require hydration. Nothing sophisticated about us! Beer will suffice quite well for our needs and is quaffed rather that sipped over a period of time. There is no such thing as a half life as the fluid requirements are so much different the intake procedure is very swift.

By the way are you face centered or just cubic??

[Iron Horse]

Burp.

[patrick_g]

Originally Posted by Iron Horse

Burp.

Oh, no! What callous disregard for CO2 emissions! Oh, well, there goes the planet.

Pat

[Egon]

Now Pat. There is a rumor afloat that in the far distant past CO2 belching volcanoes brought an end to the first age of ice.

But later and only a few years ago we Had The Great London Smog!

Met Office: The Great Smog of 1952