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I used to work for a custom cabinet shop that did a lot of projects for designers.
Typically, they would ask how soon they could get a wall unit and the boss would (sarcastically) reply "Quicker than you can write the check."

Earlier in the week, China announced they would build a 1,000 bed hospital in Wuhan city within 10 days as necessary for the corona virus.

The media in the first few days showed lots of photos and videos of earth moving equipment clearing land at the site. Several days of playing the same videos actually became annoying.

The due date is February 3. What's the update... got hospital?
Checking early today, I see the same photos from day one.

The whole world is watching.

Maybe they are on schedule, but if I were doing an update on the project I'd be using a new set of photos. Perhaps there is a holdup on funding...

Okay, later this evening, I found some updates.

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Forget RACES, Forget SubSpecies. These are destracters.

Biologically speaking Species is defined as organisms which through the exchange of genetic information produce Viable Offspring. For mammals (and that includes Homo sapiens) the exchange of genetic information is achieved through s*xual Intercourse.

Yes, interbreeding is possible across species lines, as in the case of a Horse and Donkey producing a Mule. But the Mule is sterile, ergo can not be considered a Viable Offspring.

For those who think Phenotypic Expressions like skin color, hair texture and eye shape define a species are flat out wrong. Humans are humans, the world around. Blue Eyed Blondes are NOT genetically superior. Nor are the sons of millionaires and billionaires.

Lastly this not a discussion about the use of cryspr to edit genes and the ramifications thereoft.

IF you think otherwise - get over yourself.

Today is the 10,483rd anniversary of the invention of the wheel. It's creator, Ug was born in the village of Grot (population 15) and was orphaned at a young age when his hunter/gatherer parents were eaten by a giant carnivorous chipmunk (now extinct).

Some of Ug's early inventions included the stick, and the sharpened stick. It was obvious to anyone who knew Ug that he was destined for greatness.

Ug moved to the big city (population 27) to carve his niche as a...niche carver and during the course of his endeavors, Ug serendipitously realized that large stones could be rolled if he chipped away the jagged edges.

Ug was working on a particularly large stone when he decided to rest and have a beer... or five. As Ug later tried to push the stone up a hill, he inadvertently discovered potential energy when he stumbled and lost his footing. He apparently had one too many before getting behind the wheel.


This day in history also marks the 10,483rd anniversary of the first road kill.
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*This is a slightly altered version of something I posted years ago.

I was making a can of tomato soup yesterday, following the instructions on the can. Being a man of science, I decided to do a little experiment. Instead of adding one can of water, I added 8 cans of water. Much to my surprise, the soup came out just as thick, creamy, and delicious as when I added only one container of water. When I ate it, it was just as satisfying, and it carried me through to supper, so it was just as nutritious. I tried a can of Chef Boyardi raviolis, cutting it with nine cans of water, and got the same satisfying result. I had equal success with Dinty Moore stew, cream style canned corns, spaghetti sauce, and almost everything else I tried, finding almost no difference from the extra water.

So, if you really want to save some money in the kitchen, just dilute canned foods with several times more water than the instructions suggest. You won't notice the difference, you will enjoy just as much nutrition, and you will get way more food for your dollar.

I have come across lots of illegal Canabis smoking, in my life...
They get highs and lows, and bypass reality, gets totally dependant and addicted...

Now all of a sudden, you can plant it somewhere, to wait for production

It's legal if you're sick, and it's very easy to say I'm down, and desperately need it

How has Canabis helped / not helped you?

to revolutionize energy use?


If one is considering an Electric Vehicle, one might wish to raise the question if the EV could be adaptable to new battery technology.

@ 10:30 - This raises the fascinating prospect, how many nerds with no interest in sports are eagerly anticipating the Tokyo '20 Olympics?

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I read an article last week about doctors employing science on patients where they bring the body temperature to nearly freezing of someone who requires hours of surgery where they would expire under normal conditions. The blood gets replaced with other liquids that creates a state of suspended animation. This borders on true cryogenics... a branch of physics and the study of extremely low temperatures.

Animation legend Walt Disney died in 1966 from complications of lung cancer and reports that his body was frozen waiting for one day when a cure was found that he could be revived for treatment. Don't hold your breath on this... the story was a hoax.

Tonight I pulled up some YouTube videos where people (with enough money) can be frozen in hopes that they can be brought back to life at a later date. The link is to Anita, a woman who died of cancer. She was transported to a cryonics lab where her body was preserved and frozen in liquid nitrogen.

This documentary is very cool...

Of course, a claim like that, has us think about a somewhat similar claim about the Titanic, and we now
know, that didn't work out so well.
But, for a moment, think about a ship made from a material, that itself is unsinkable.

Researchers at the University of Rochester used short pulses of a powerful laser to make the microsurface of metal highly hydrophobic. It now repels water. So, the material itself floats, no matter what shape it is in.

Currently, the shape of the hulls of ships displace a lot of water to make the ship float. However, if the hull is damaged, the ship can sink. Imagine the same hull made from the hydrophobic metal. You could shoot holes in the hull and it would still float.

For more on this topic, here's a video