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• Ro67 commented on "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" 2017 continued.
  You're right, the Indians are doing something different. In China, India and the USA there is work being done on development of what you mention.I found an article on Kirk Sorensen in the library that pointed me to: Flibe-energy.com Through their library link one can find a lot of information on molten salt reactors. [[ link now fixed - mod ]]...
• Scott Sanford commented on "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" 2017 continued.
  I still keep the aluminium blob that used to be my cafetiere to remind me NOT TO LEAVE A HOT STOVE UNATTENDED. I have a wooden cutting block in my kitchen with a charred blob on it, an artifact of my own discovery that the aluminum[1] cladding on a pot could be melted right off, leaving a wood burning liquid inside after all the water boiled off... [1] It's “aluminum” because this gaffe was in America....
• Alatriste commented on "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" 2017 continued.
  Bear in mind Archimedes wasn't really interested in getting perfect accuracy. He was being paid to discover if the King's goldsmith was a crook, nothing more; if the crown wasn't the same volume as a lump of pure gold of the same weight, that was good enough to get him hanged! This said I wonder if Archimedes could have used olive oil since its surface tension is lower. Would viscosity pose a problem?...
• keithmasterson@yahoo.com commented on "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" 2017 continued.
  mixing a surfactant like dish detergent in with your test water should reduce surface tension, and meniscus, enough to improve measurement by a "whole bunch", likewise just using rubbing alcohol instead of water. But the issue is moot already since prospective gold buyers can decrease almost to nil their uncertainty about gold content of their purchases, by avoiding ingots and sticking with coins like the govt issued one ounce gold eagle. It's got a nominal value of fifty bucks, which is pointless in view of the gold being worth around $1200, except for the fact that as a currency coin...
• ljones commented on "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" 2017 continued.
  http://thehill.com/policy/finance/314991-trump-team-prepares-dramatic-cuts That makes bad reading now that trump has come to power officially and if he acts out some of the things there. ljones...