insane_alien

yes, it would be lithium hydride with the tritium isotope of hydrogen. Incidentally, Lithium Deuteride (Lithium Hydride with the Deuterium isotope of hydrogen) is used as nuclear fusion fuel in thermonuclear bombs.

The reply was 'so your saying i have crap fashion sense?' again, no right answer.

From extensive testing of this question in real life situations, there is no correct answer to this. The only option is to go for the response which cause you the least amount of grief.

you mean like this one? http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/23-psychiatry-and-psychology/ its been around for a while.

its baloney. there are other threads on this use the search function.

the burner is external to the envelope of helium it functions more like a hotair/helium balloon hybrid. inside the primary balloon which functions like a hot air balloon there is a secondary balloon filled with helium, the helium is heated by contact with the hot exhaust inflating the primary. this will explain it better

well, the practical advantage is a larger volume with no mass addition so the gas is less dense, not a clue what the temperature would be, hotter than the surrounding air which at those altitudes could mean -30*C and they heat it with gas burners.

that has been done for some of the balloon altitude/endurance records. you typically don't want to use it until you get very high up to save on fuel costs.

there would be some plasma formation, this is inevitable. yes, but this won't change significantly in the altitudes the balloon is able to operate at. i'd say at a push you could get to maybe 50km max. far below minimum orbital height (due to atmospheric drag) so you'll still need to accelerate any payload to 7.5 km/s yes, there will be lower drag to start out with but not really that much saving compared to the vast velocity you must attain to maintain an orbit.

the payload would first have to slow down first match speeds with and dock with the balloon. it would also have to go quite deep into the atmosphere. altitude =/= orbit which would have to make most of the journey by rocket. the big problem with launches is the velocity not the altitude

What you're hearing is people with non-rhotic accents. England has quite a few regions that speak with a non-rhotic accent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhotic_and_non-rhotic_accents its not a mispronunciation or a speech impediment or insecurities, its an accent. just like the southern drawl in the US or the nasaly tones of a new yorker. plenty of non-rhotic accents in the states too. now ends this foolishness

me either. luckily i don't browse the web often from my phone.

decided to try accessing the site from my mobile. turns out that orange thinks its a porn site and that i shouldn't be able to access porn sites for some reason.

as i've said before, i miss the indicator for whether you've read the post or not. i'd have that back and thats really about it.

actually, the and is perfectly acceptable and it is definitely well used in the UK at least. i've actually never heard your method used of calling it one hundred one