AngusThermopyle

What is guteral insight? Is that where you proclaim an insight in a low raspy rough tone of voice? Or perhaps you meant to say visceral, as in a gut feeling?

A Crossbow is actually just a lever, the fixed point of the bow acts as the fulcrum. I have a question for you, this is not meant to be contentious in any way, merely asked out of curiosity. Have you ever studied engineering and physics? I simply want to try to understand why you argue a contrary point when others have pointed out that I'm correct and cites have been shown to back this up.

If these operations are not on indigenous land or land under contention then why should Aboriginals have any say in the matter at all? Also under those circumstances why should they have any right to share the profits at all?

As you can see from the above definition a lever can most certainly be considered to be an engine. If we follow your line of reasoning then the fuel used in an internal combustion engine is actually the engine as it provides the energy that is to be converted to work. This is obviously a false premise as the mechanical construct that converts the energy is actually the engine. As I said before this is all just physics 101 stuff.

You are incorrect a lever is most certainly considered to be an engine, albeit a very simple one. An engine is any mechanical device that converts applied energy to work. As such a lever converts energy applied to work. For instance, you apply a force (energy) to one end of a lever, this in turn becomes a force that performs work at the other end of the lever. A capstan could also be considered to be an engine. In that case the motive power is not internal combustion but the force applied by people pushing the bars of the capstan. The force applied by the people is converted to work by the rotation of the capstan. As such a capstan is a very simple engine As a former engineer I can assure you that the definition of an engine does not relly on the specific use of combustion but rather the conversion of energy to work by whatever means it is applied. As such those who named Babbages machines were correct, they are indeed engines, just engines that do not rely on combustion for their motive force. Your statement that a lever does not do work is 100% incorrect, you must have failed basic physics in school as that is one of the very first principles they teach you.

Not always. Yes internal combustion engines would fit that definition however there are many other kinds of engines also. For instance, a heat engine does not fit the internal combustion model. A simple lever and fulcrum could also be considered an engine as it is a mechanical device used to perform work.

Very cool, I figured you'd be using a Xeon/Clovertown Quad but wasn't sure if you'd use a multi CPU board, always wanted to build one myself but those boards are horendously expensive. I am a bit surprised by the RAM and Drives though, RAM is cheap right now unless its ECC, but of course you'll be running ECC for the Xeon so maybe its not so cheap. The RAID 1 configuration of the drives is expected but the overall size is surprising, they're not that large, but then again they're only used for text so maybe not. You don't happen to know anything about the SCSI controller do you? Is it an onboard solution or a seperate card? Thanks for indulging us junkies.

Ooooh nice! What you gettin, come on, tell us. CPU speed, type and configuration, drive configurations, RAM capacity and speed. Who is providing it, come on, give us details. This is exciting.

In the Curta Mechanical Calculator thread I mentioned Babbage and his devices, here is the link to a short video on these machines. One must keep in mind the time period during which he formulated these devices and the state of technology at that time to truly understand the magnitude of what this man did. Although he did build the Difference Engine he did not live long enough to build the Analytical Engine, this was not done until much more recent times (the nineties). When viewing the video of these machines at work it becomes apparent that this man had the ability to think on a plane far removed and above that of the average person. Not only is the operation of them very impressive but they are also fascinating to watch. The Analytical engine as mentioned previously, could perform complex mathematical operations, print a paper hardcopy and also produce a stereotype for either printing or long term storage. Of interest is also the fact that the printer would stop the machine when it required more consumables, paper etc. One must keep in mind the fact that he designed these machines back in the late eighteen hundreds, a feat which places him at an exceptional level for mechanical innovation and understanding of applied practical mathematics. He himself however considered the code that he used to identify the parts in the drawings of these machines to be his greatest accomplishment . Anyway, check it out, it truly is amazing.

Actually it appears that you do not abide by the forum rules. As I said, almost everything you post is an insult directed at specific members. Not only do you flaunt the rules you also make yourself appear petty and unworthy of any form of debate.

So you say, however I am not the one frothing at the mouth and making all sorts of strange, insulting and unfounded accusations about someone whom you know absolutely nothing at all about. In fact, based on your recent posts it appears that you are no longer capable of posting without tossing around personal insults. Very strange indeed.

When speaking of such changes "suddenly" is usually measured in thousands of years.

Wow! This is really way out in left field stuff, the entire post. I guess CR wants to be banned, at least I imagine calling someone a thief, rabble rouser, skinhead etc would indicate such a desire. As for the measure of truth, well coming from CR thats just too funny for words.

Or like you are to this forum.

Well said Bill. Therein lies the huge difference, the Israeli's try to eliminate Hamas, not the general population. I find it hard to believe that those who condemn Israel for retaliating against attacks will in the next breath espouse the elimination of an entire country. Personally I believe that Israel is correct in its actions, if someone strikes you, you strike them back twice as hard, or harder. This crap about proportional warfare is just that, crap, nothing more and nothing less. War is not a game of crib, its war and should be waged to be won, not to be popular. Oh yes, the targetting a field stuff, I don't believe Hamas intended to hit a field, they wanted bodies. Just because they're incompetent and ineffective does not ascribe higher moral values to them.

We use WP in the CAF. What do think makes a tracer round trace? It seems the ninny crowd are just grasping at any straw that floats by in order to villify the Israeli's. The fact is that just about every millitary force in the world uses willy pete in some capacity or another.

I be she'll milk this for all its worth.

Okay lets get the comments rolling, you know...boob bombs, Playtex Cross Your Heart bomb vests. That sort of thing.

You really are supremely arrogant. You talk to me oh so sanctimoniously about seeing, knowing and understanding death when in fact you don't have a clue. Think about it, three of my tours were Somalia, Yugoslavia and Rwanda. I most certainly have seen death and undoubtedly understand the meaning of it in ways you cannot imagine. You allude to the constant state of energy in the Universe as some sort of immortality when in fact that constant state has nothing in a meaningfull context to do with us as corporeal living beings. So in answer to your little meaningless disjointed fantasy about a state of no death I can tell you that I have a very first hand understanding of death and I did not have to resort to the fantasies of an Oprah guest in order to gain that understanding. Delusion and fantasy are not reality. The reality is that when you see someones brains spilling into the dirt it doesn't matter if you think or don't think they are dead. They simply are dead, period.

I thought it was "some guy" who told her.

Actually I believe you meant to say my ability to live in reality as opposed to nonesensical fantasy is what you expected. Once again you prattle about perception. Well the truth is that your "perception" does not change reality one iota, not even a little bit. Just because you believe your own delerium does not make it real or fact. As to your second question about seeing someone die, yes I have. In fact I've seen many more people die than you ever would if you lived ten lifetimes. So what was your point? If you had one at all that is.

We already tried the build our own trucks thing and it cost us a fortune. We actually built a plant to produce the trucks and when the procurement contract was finished we shut her down. Does anyone think thats a wise way to do things?

What exactly do you mean by that comment? If its what I think you mean then you truly are an ignorant sob, hopefully it isn't though.

Your non answer is all the answer I needed.

I'm so glad you came along to tell us all the truth. Now I realise that Iran has wanted nothing but the best for Israel all along. Thank you for the enlightenment that sprouts from your words of unfailing wisdom.