Sorry for my last comment; I was thought I were commenting on VORTEX's earlier post. On Feb 29, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:
> 1) Suppose a wish list is composed, containing suggested technological > innovations for Artificial Intelligence (AI) robots. Would such a list be > useful to leaders of technology? > > 2) My first wish would be a computer operating system (OS) which allows for > at least three hundred of "human undo steps, no matter how many buttons were > pressed, and how many different applications are involved. > > 3) And my second wish would be a mind-reading OS. > > Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia) > > ======================================== > > On Feb 29, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Vibrator ! wrote: > > On Feb 29, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Vibrator ! wrote: > >> Can't help thinking optical thermometry would be preferable since it's >> impervious to heat damage... assuming the steel currently used for chambers >> is entirely incidental to the reaction, a transparent ceramic would would >> allow direct observation - if not for the whole chamber, then at least a via >> a small window... >> >> For example Perlucor is stable up to 1,600 c and 3-4x stronger than glass: >> >> https://www.ceramtec.com/perlucor/ >> >> >> You'd think it'd be practical to fabricate a whole test chamber from this >> stuff.. >> >> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> H LV <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Notice the delayed rise in T4 at the beginning of the experiment. The >> rise in T4 after power is turned off might just be the delayed >> dissipation of heat from inside to the outside. >> >> I do not think so. Look closely as the power is being reduced, at around >> time 14:00, shortly before "Power off." (About 7 minutes before.) T4 >> suddenly pops up, from 110°C up to around 120°C. >> >> Maybe that is just noise, but if it is real, it does not look like delayed >> dissipation to me. >> >> Unless the configuration of the cell is changed, I do not see how the >> dissipation could increase suddenly like that. By "changed" I mean for >> example, suppose the MgO insulation is wrapped around and attached with >> adhesive tape. Suppose you loosen the tape. The outside temperature might >> change suddenly. I doubt anyone would make such changes to the cell during a >> test. >> >> If there were heat left in the cell that had to be dissipated after the >> power is turned off, I suppose the T4 curve would continue rising at a >> steady pace for a while, then it would drop off. It would not have leveled >> off after 13:20. It seems the temperature inside the cell continued in a >> stable condition if we can believe that either T1 or T2 was working >> correctly. So there was no large increase in the internal temperature. >> >> Granted there was a sudden increase in temperature in T1 and T2. It happens >> at time 14:20. I just drew some lines on the graph, and I think that T1 and >> T2 go up and reach a peak about 6 minutes before T4 suddenly increased. T1 >> continues for 26 minutes at the higher temperature. >> >> I would not expect T4 to pop up like that in response to the increase shown >> by T1 and T2. I would expect T4 to gradually rise in response to that >> increase. Perhaps it might continue after T1 peaks, but it would be a >> continual, gradual rise. That kind of slow rise is what T4 does after the >> initial jump, followed by a gradual decay. >> >> - Jed >> >> >
