Fastest Hunka Junk In The Galaxy

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:06:38 -0600, (Matthew
Russotto) wrote:

>In article >,
>Dave Head > wrote:
>>On 6 Jan 2006 06:25:00 -0800, "Larry Bud" > wrote:
>>
>>>> The USAF has invented transparent aluminum - Aluminum OxyNitride. The stuff
>>>> will stop a 50 caliber bullet when used as bulletproof glass.
>>>
>>>Wow, that ****'s literally right out of Star Trek.... the 4th movie.
>>
>>Yeppir! And them was Air Force scientists!!! Just love it.
>
>Raytheon scientists, actually.

Okay... I misinterpreted the news release a couple months ago.

The Air Force scientists or engineers are testsing it, tho, which is a big part
of the development of it for these purposes. IOW, its been around for 30 years
and hasn't yet been put to the purpose of bulletproof glass (which I still want
for my eyeglasses...)

>>The stuff is damn near scratchproof, too. Its real expensive, something like
>>$15 a square inch, but I _still_ want a set of eyeglasses made out of it.
>
>Might want to check the abberation value first. A quick search online
>doesn't find it. However, it looks like its refractive index can be kicked up
>well above that of polycarbonate, and there's no way the FDA can bitch
>about it failing the drop test!

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:53:04 -0600, (Matthew
Russotto) wrote:

>In article . com>,
>Larry Bud > wrote:
>>> The USAF has invented transparent aluminum - Aluminum OxyNitride. The stuff
>>> will stop a 50 caliber bullet when used as bulletproof glass.
>>
>>Wow, that ****'s literally right out of Star Trek.... the 4th movie.
>
>It had already been invented at that point; the patent date is 1985.

I wonder if the Star Trek people knew that, or it was just coincidence. I'm
betting they knew - they were always pretty sharp.

Dave Head

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:16:45 -0600, (Brent
P) wrote:

>In article >, Dave Head wrote:
>> Talk about your interstellar hot rod...
>>
>> http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=16902006
>>
>> Warp drive has now been scientifically postulated by people who should know.
>>
>> Hey, could those UFO's actually be really from somewhere else in the galaxy, in
>> spite of what the scientists have been telling us for years is impossible?
>
>Google TR3B black triangle. I think similiar technology is already
>flying.

What I read says its power by a pulse detontation wave engine - extremely fast,
but not the same as an engine that can go to Alpha Centauri, 11 light years
away, in 80 days.

Dave Head
>

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:54:43 -0500, necromancer > wrote:

>Dave Head, > was motivated to say this in
>rec.autos.driving on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:50:48 GMT:
>> Hey, could those UFO's actually be really from somewhere
>> else in the galaxy, in spite of what the scientists have
>> been telling us for years is impossible?
>
>Who says it is impossible? The same scientists who in the '30's and
>'40's said exceeding the speed of sound was impossible?

Naw, Einstein's theory of relativity says its impossible.
>
>Just because our current known technology can't do it doesn't make it
>impossible.

Agree.

Dave Head

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:18:17 -0600, (Brent
P) wrote:

>In article >, Dave Head wrote:
>> to the trucking industries. Ford has an Expedition getting 33 mpg _around
>> town_, which is totally amazing.
>
>hybrids are generally backwards from other vehicles mpg wise, their city
>numbers are higher.

Yeah, the expedition gets 22 on the highway, but that's still pretty good. Its
diesel, which helps. The stored energy of the hybrid drive makes the
acceleration quite good. I understand the problems they're having with it is
that the hydraulic pumps are noisy.

Dave Head
>

In article et>,
necromancer > wrote:

> Dave Head, > was motivated to say this in
> rec.autos.driving on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:50:48 GMT:
> > Hey, could those UFO's actually be really from somewhere
> > else in the galaxy, in spite of what the scientists have
> > been telling us for years is impossible?
>
> Who says it is impossible? The same scientists who in the '30's and
> '40's said exceeding the speed of sound was impossible?

Given that projectiles (bullets) were already exceeding the speed of
sound then, I very much doubt that any scientists were claiming that
exceeding the speed of sound was impossible.

>
> Just because our current known technology can't do it doesn't make it
> impossible.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

In article >, Dave Head wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:16:45 -0600, (Brent
> P) wrote:
>
>>In article >, Dave Head wrote:
>>> Talk about your interstellar hot rod...
>>>
>>> http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=16902006
>>>
>>> Warp drive has now been scientifically postulated by people who should know.
>>>
>>> Hey, could those UFO's actually be really from somewhere else in the galaxy, in
>>> spite of what the scientists have been telling us for years is impossible?
>>
>>Google TR3B black triangle. I think similiar technology is already
>>flying.
>
> What I read says its power by a pulse detontation wave engine - extremely fast,
> but not the same as an engine that can go to Alpha Centauri, 11 light years
> away, in 80 days.

I was refering to the rotating plasma that reduces the mass of the
vehicle. That just seemed to be in a similiar vein to me. But perhaps
not.

On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 04:32:29 GMT, Dave Head > wrote:

>On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:54:43 -0500, necromancer > wrote:
>
>>Dave Head, > was motivated to say this in
>>rec.autos.driving on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:50:48 GMT:
>>> Hey, could those UFO's actually be really from somewhere
>>> else in the galaxy, in spite of what the scientists have
>>> been telling us for years is impossible?
>>
>>Who says it is impossible? The same scientists who in the '30's and
>>'40's said exceeding the speed of sound was impossible?
>
>Naw, Einstein's theory of relativity says its impossible.

Yes, and everyone with any knowledge of physics knows that even
Einstein knew his theory was wrong, it is simply the best there was at
the time.

*************************
What the heck, so will I.
Dave