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This Day in History -1618: Johannes Kepler discovered his harmonics law. 1836: Francis Baily observed "Baily's Beads" during an annular solar eclipse. 1863: Frank Hornby, English toy manufacturer who patented the Meccano construction set, was born. 1859: Nobel laureate Pierre Curie, who along with his wife, Marie, ...
A sociology paper from the University of Oxford has suggested there is a tie between the mindset of Electrical Engineers and that of extreme Islamic terrorists.
"Abstract. We find that graduates from subjects such as science, engineering, and medicine are strongly overrepresented among Islamist movements in the Muslim world... We also find that engineers alone are strongly over-represented among graduates in violent groups... Do engineers have a 'mindset' that makes them a particularly good match for Islamism..."
I suggest printing out the entire 90 pages and using it as bathroom material - not necessarily for reading.
Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has finally released the video of astronaut Takao Doi's famous boomerang toss in space. Q: Will it work outside the ISS.
Kikusui does not provide an estimate of how long it will take their PLZ6000R 6kW Regenerative DC Electronic Load to pay for itself, but the concept uniqueness alone makes worthy of further investigation. Regular electronic loads consume load power by having semiconductor devices convert it into heat. By contrast, PLZ6000R converts load power into reusable electric power, rather than converting it into heat as is typically done, and feeds this power to the AC line.
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Since the cost of energy affects engineering, from transportation to powering industry, this U.S. National Gas Temperature Map should be of interest. Maybe the old saying that "Misery Loves Company" inspired the topic. Here is a version for Canada. Venezuelans pay about 20˘/gal, Iranians about 35˘/gal - less than what the government takes in taxes per gallon. U.S. crude oil suppliers: #1 is Canada, #2 is Saudi Arabia, #3 is Mexico.
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I will pose here a question with a seemingly obvious answer – a rhetorical one of sorts. Most likely to you and definitely to me, the answer indeed is obvious, but unfortunately for far too many, the answer is what is termed a non sequitur. Here is the question: If you accept the fact that the government is going to extort outrageous tax dollars from the producers of society, would you rather that the money be spent distributing handouts to people who have no intention of contributing positively to the economy, or to companies who employ those willing to be productive and thus ease the overall burden on everyone? Most politicians, whose primary function in life is, based on empirical evidence, to get elected and then remain in office, know from ample experience that rewarding certain types of bad behavior can have its advantages. For instance, if a lazy person knows that he can indulge his inclinations and is content with just eking out a continued existence, then he is happy to spend his days living off the hard work of others. If we are fortunate, he will at best cause no trouble for the rest of us beyond the bite he takes out of our paychecks. At worst – and this is all too often the case – his idle lifestyle will provide opportunity for causing mischief. That, of course, will require that more be withheld from our paychecks in the form of taxes to police, prosecute, incarcerate, rehabilitate, and then monitor him his entire life. Generations of such people have been created and coddled all for the sake of maintaining a nice, fat, somewhat reliable voter ... (more)
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