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| location | Vancouver, Canada | |
| age | 43 | |
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Mostly C++ programmer in Vancouver.
Specialising in image processing, 3d modeling, Lidar - I'm really a physicist
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Apr 25 |
answered | Wind effect on driving a ground-based vehicle |
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Apr 23 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 17 |
answered | Why not assimilate nuclear waste into “igneous” rock? |
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Apr 15 |
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Does Earth produce metallic elements in its core? Beta decay could produce a metal from a non-metal - but that's just hair (or neutron) splitting |
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Apr 12 |
answered | is frictional force right or wrong |
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Apr 11 |
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Can a dot of light travel faster than the speed of light? This is known as the lighthouse paradox |
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Apr 10 |
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What would happen if a piece of matter, in our atmosphere, were to suddenly vanish? No - if anything the air would be cooled slightly by the drop in pressure. Removing a basketball is only slightly different from opening the valve on a small vacuum tank |
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Apr 10 |
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What would happen if a piece of matter, in our atmosphere, were to suddenly vanish? added 247 characters in body |
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Apr 10 |
answered | What would happen if a piece of matter, in our atmosphere, were to suddenly vanish? |
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Apr 10 |
answered | Liquid oxygen how do they use it as fuel? |
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Apr 10 |
answered | New infrared laser weapon made by the USA - How does it work? |
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Apr 9 |
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Whats the anti-torque mechanism in horizontal take-off aircraft? The tail is slightly angled in some high performance single prop planes to counter torque. In WWII fighters it was a desired feature - allowing the plane to roll more quickly (although in one predictable direction). In very light WWI aircraft with rotary engines (where the engine rotates with the prop) it could be very dangerous |
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Apr 8 |
answered | Why do CD's shatter in a microwave? |
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Apr 6 |
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Calculate/estimate power of a fission bomb Do you mean power or energy? The power is going to vary rapidly depending on the point in the process |
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Apr 5 |
answered | Where can I search for high quality telescope images of Earth's moon? |
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Apr 5 |
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Why does the index of refraction change the direction of light Alternatively, the light ray will take the path that reduces the total time - the question being, "how does it know?" |
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Apr 3 |
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How is celestial navigation done on a low-level? added 327 characters in body |
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Mar 25 |
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Telescope size to view saturn title more relavent for search |
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Mar 24 |
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Difference between nautical and terrestrial miles It;s a great definition if you need to divide fields up. Just like contrived units in physics, eV are great if you are dealing with cyclotrons, but less use for the crane lifting the experiment. In a way a mile is no real use in the C16, most people would have talked about travel time - just like us Astronomers. |
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Mar 23 |
answered | Difference between nautical and terrestrial miles |
