[Vo]:Anyone recognizes this astronomy integral?

2010-10-04 Thread David Jonsson
Integral from -r0 to +r0 of (r0^2-r^2)/(R0-r)^2 dr r0 is radius of star. R0 is distance to star center from a satellite of the star. The integral is most often approxiamted with something proportional to 1/R0² which is the case when r0 - 0. I think the approximation is too course for modern

Re: [Vo]:Meteor Impact in Columbia

2010-10-04 Thread David Jonsson
Sorry, the picture was a Latvian hoax http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33479916/ David David Jonsson, Sweden, phone callto:+46703000370 On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:15 PM, David Jonsson davidjonssonswe...@gmail.comwrote: Here is a crater picture.

Re: [Vo]:Meteor Impact in Columbia

2010-10-04 Thread David Jonsson
Here is a crater picture. http://www.space.com/common/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26034 David David Jonsson, Sweden, phone callto:+46703000370 On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 4:26 AM, Harry Veeder hlvee...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks for the link. Harry - Original Message From: Terry Blanton

Re: [Vo]:Semi-off-topic: Economic cognitive dissonance

2010-10-04 Thread Michel Jullian
Hoyt, I see no explanation for cars costing less than freight, but regarding the multifunction printer, what they make money on is replacement ink cartridges. Razor and blade business model. Michel 2010/10/3, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. hoyt.stea...@gmail.com: Summary: I should be able to buy a

[Vo]:A theory of zone melting

2010-10-04 Thread David Jonsson
Zone melting is a technique to separate impurities in a material. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_melting There is no public theory on the purification effect of zone melting. It is an empirical subject. Wikipedia says just blankly that the impurities diffuse more towards the center of the

Re: [Vo]:Space-based solar power from solar wind

2010-10-04 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:10 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to  Terry Blanton's message of Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:50:28 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 6:21 PM,  mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to  Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:12:43 -0400: Hi, [snip] On

RE: [Vo]:Semi-off-topic: Economic cognitive dissonance

2010-10-04 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
Hey - that's a good model for a car -- give them away then sell fuel modules that can only be obtained from the manufacturer :-) . Actually, the consumables in my printer/fax machine last for around 400 pages which is more than I'll probably use in their lifetimes, so they'll lose on my accounts.

RE: [Vo]:A theory of zone melting

2010-10-04 Thread Mike Carrell
Zone melting purification is standard in the semiconductor industry since the 1940’s when it was developed at Bell Laboratories, enabling the development of the transistor. After standard purification of the silicon or germanium bole, zone melting provides the final step of purification before a

Re: [Vo]:A theory of zone melting

2010-10-04 Thread mixent
In reply to David Jonsson's message of Mon, 4 Oct 2010 18:49:04 +0200: Hi, [snip] Zone melting is a technique to separate impurities in a material. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_melting There is no public theory on the purification effect of zone melting. It is an empirical subject.

Re: [Vo]:Space-based solar power from solar wind

2010-10-04 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 4 Oct 2010 13:38:06 -0400: Hi, [snip] That's easy, 0. The solar wind is neutral. Then how does the satellite work at the beginning of this thread? It uses a magnetic field to separate the two (see MHD). There must be far more electrons than protons.

Re: [Vo]:Space-based solar power from solar wind

2010-10-04 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:24 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to  Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 4 Oct 2010 13:38:06 -0400: Hi, [snip] That's easy, 0. The solar wind is neutral. Then how does the satellite work at the beginning of this thread? It uses a magnetic field to separate the

Re: [Vo]:A theory of zone melting

2010-10-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mike Carrell mi...@medleas.com wrote: Zone melting purification is standard in the semiconductor industry since the 1940’s when it was developed at Bell Laboratories, enabling the development of the transistor. . . . It was secretly developed after hours, against the explicit orders of

Re: [Vo]:Space-based solar power from solar wind

2010-10-04 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 4 Oct 2010 20:29:09 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:24 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to  Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 4 Oct 2010 13:38:06 -0400: Hi, [snip] That's easy, 0. The solar wind is neutral. Then how does the