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(...) Oh, let's do. (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Heh. Where am I gonna get 72-pin FPRAM modules these days? I mean, okay, I have 32M lying around, but that's gonna have to go into the P166 I also have lying around. (...) Ah, is that it.. I must admit I've never delved very deeply into KDE. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah. But that's not the problem - 1G constant acceleration is utterly impossible with current tech. (...) Quite possibly. (...) And when the Shuttle solid-fuel-booster blows, you get what? I don't think any of us are going to forget that day (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That was _satire_? Oh, the embarassment. Jasper (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:07:31 GMT, "Selçuk <teyyareci>" <sgore@nospam.superonline.com> wrote: <451F's got everything a book needs> (...) Yup ;) (...) There's a movie? (...) Probably because everyone thinks he's a hack, or something. Whyfor is pterry (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Huh? Standard rockets carry all the fuel they need -- no air required. That's mostly what we've been using way up there, from the start. (...) But rockets aren't about efficient production of energy, they are about the efficient *storage* and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) smart- (...) once (...) 24- (...) Thanks for the clarification! (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, that was (assumed? implied? you choose) in the question. See Todd's solution, (URL) Steve (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I have another ignorant question, relating to a half-remembered tidbit from my Chem1 class in high school, way back when the periodic table consisted of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. I seem to remember something about diamond reverting (my (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, a form of carbon called Diamond would do the trick. But what do you attach to the diamond is still a problem, as it is an excelent heat conductor and would melt most materials you attach to it. Pat Justison (1.5 years until PhD in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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