/sci/ - Science & Math

>>4542913
if we run out of oil then we are going to actively fund research for alternative energy. If we start having wars we are going to actively R&D better tools for use in said wars, which will probably have some domestic use after said wars are over (if they do end).

>>4303742
>say the investors are atheists
I laughed way too hard at this

>>4151949
actually if I HAD to name a couple drugs to watch out for it would be meth and crack and thats it.

I know pizza delivery guy who does heroin every 2 weeks and delivers on a vespa. Hes living good and living WELL within his means, provided he continues to live alone. INB4 pizza delivery guy peasant tier.

>>4151703
I disagree, do whatever you want just do it in moderation.

Any drug is pretty much alright if you aren't a dumbass.

enjoy that ego OP...

good on ya though, I'm glad you're happy

>>3656766
>Thanks, but don't say I deserve it, I really don't. I feel horribly underqualified. Then again I always feel that way. (._. )
stop that shit, goddamn man believe me when I tell you that nothing good will come out of feeling that way. Look at where you are and what you have done, do you HONESTLY believe that anyone else could be where you are? fuck no, you worked your ass off to be where you are and you deserve so don't fucking beat yourself up over succeeding.

and don't even give me that bullshit that someone else would be better suited for your position because if they were then they would be there not you, you are there because you worked harder than them. They didn't want it as bad as you so they didn't get it.

Being humble, great. but DON'T think for one second that everything you've accomplished hasn't been done by your own hands.

>>3656672
I want to say i told you so but since it already happened I'll just give you the congratulations you're due. Believe me, if I had the money to help fund your or your employers endeavors I would. I'm glad you guys aren't struggling for funding anymore though, and I hope you guys do good things for the progression of mankind.

>>3656574
>1atm habitats need thick steel hulls to withstand a large pressure differential. They also need docking rings, like on the ISS, since you cannot use a moon pool. At the depths we're discussing, using a surface buoy to pump down air isn't feasible, you would need to extract oxygen from sea water.
that makes alot of sense, I've seen pictures of deep sea animals that were brought to the surface and turned into a gelatinous mess because of the pressure difference. I didn't know that oxygen was hazardous at that level though.

Also bereaucracy is something that can't be beat, the best bet for this to get funding is to show a corporation how this could be profitable and to be honest, I don't know how it could which sucks because then the cycle continues. this isn't profitable so it doesn't get funding which means technologies in that area don't advance which means nobody wants to take the risk and invest in it. its fucked.

I'd honestly say you are our best bet at having an undersea base. keep working on your hampture and expanding upon it and such and someone WILL take notice I guarantee it.

>>3656485
>>3656485
>Storms move the water. Water moves like very thick air. Think of the ocean as a thick, inner atmosphere.
OF COURSE goddamn you've got some good ideas man, and thanks for the pic that helps alot.

Why isn't this getting funded?

>>3656409
>but there's also the fact that you could simulate the difficulties of delivering the modules via lander and needing to move them off of the lander with robots. They would be weighted such that, underwater, they would be exactly as heavy as they would on Mars.
can I get some pictures and such of these landers and robots, to visualize what you're saying better. I'm a bit retarded, bear with me though.

>if you did this in shallow water, you'd definitely get an accurate simulation of storm stresses
what? how? why?

>>3656264
who wouldn't support it the thing is, I dunno if you could recreate this by using the ocean. On mars you have many factors to worry about such as storms and also places where such devices could get stuck. In the ocean you don't have to worry about that so you don't have to design the equipment around being dust storm proof in a sense.

the ocean is good for testing out habitats that need to maintain an equilibrium of pressure and have adequate safety systems, but as for movement related devices like rovers and other such things. the ocean wouldn't be the most ideal testing point.

unless you're just talking about habitats, in which case I'm an idiot and you should disregard this post.

>>3310392
I would guess it would be for a number of reasons:

- we don't really know how to do it at the moment and well I would think the government in NA would say we don't have the money to research and find out
- if we did and if what H+ says its true then those corporations that control that industry would lobby the fuck out of the government to pretect their industry.

basically bereaucracy

>>3310277
typo

>>3310229
>I don't really see a point though. For overpopulation? sure. But if you're doing for when the sun will explode, then there's really no point.
Yeah because everything that humanity has accomplished was done with one giant leap right. We went from walking to immediately making cars. So I'm sure we can go from just living on earth to immediatly colonizing a plant many lightyears away from us.

that article was pretty great but those comments were depressing

will I be able to see it with the naked eye... or binoculars (poorfag here)

whoa, will I be able to see this even with quite a bit of light pollution

Unobtanium

>>3109591
blowing things way out of proportion. I use to take hydrocodone and oxycodone all the time when it was available to me. The minute it was gone, I stopped and didn't feel a thing.

>>3085565
yeah, I explained all that in my post.

I stated that there was one kid who thought about it and challenged his beliefs but the teacher was quick to put an end to that and now he doesn't question his beliefs anymore.

also what is it with richard dawkins having his name as the first thing you see and larger than the actual title of the book

>>3085528
kids don't do that, they do what they are told. Example being the afterschool methodist place I work at. Every day we have about 30 min of "devotion" in which case the teacher reads a bible verse and discusses it or just talks about the bible in general. The kids are in grades k-2.

One day we were discussing whether the bible was true or not and some of the kids guessed yes and the others guessed no. The kids who guessed no did some thinking and said "well some of them are true but the ones where people come back to life or the big floods are untrue", the teacher then told them that they were wrong and that even those bible stories were true. One kid challenged that asking how is that even possible people can't come back to life and the teacher just said god makes miracles happen... The kid no longer questioned/s his beliefs.

>>3054190
what a coincidence, I'm there right now. I checked on the sci's guide to the internets page. I'm having trouble finding the planet earth series in any of the docu websites on the guide, so I'll have to postpone watching that. Any suggestions to watch on the PBS site? all i'm looking for is a documentary on really odd looking deep sea animals.

>>3054134
hey thanks man