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Hi. In the formula E = V B L for the "Conclusions" paragraph at near bottom of page ----> http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/8630/report/F B being 0.00004 Tesla, V being 2 metres/second, L being 300 metres; Should the V,L units be in centimetres or metres for E to be Volts ? [ Did not copy and paste the pertinent portion here because figure 4 shows 'Copyright' ]

Thanks. Yes, horizontal currents in bodies of water created by changes in vertical levels from tides. The massive insertion of turbines to extract energy from tidal currents cause slowing of currents and some corresponding warming of churning waters. Natural obstacles as straits of Gibraltar, and north of Labrador, Denmark, Malacca and countless others have been doing it for millions of years just as if those massive bottlenecks were turbines extracting (electric) energy. ----> Has that energy dissipation been altering the earth-moon rotation and orbits since day one ? I can see the planet with no shortage of energy in the future. Brutal engineering and costs needed to implement such extraction from tidal currents. Am sure some said Suez and Panamá canals were impossible to build also. ================================= Edited. added: Found "Tidal friction causes Earth days to lengthen 1.6 milliseconds/century. " =================================

Passing a conductive fluid as seawater trough a permanent magnet pipe; will it create electrical current ? How to 'collect' that current ?

There has to be many applications for such inflating balloon. I was tinkering a year ago with such baking soda and vinegar to propel a submarine glider. Just do your thing and put it the market ! Invite us a hamburger when wealthy.

Hello. Tidal currents are a brutally high potential suppliers of all the energy the planet may need, and much more. The ´generator´ is the orbiting moon. Assumming (or dreaming) that all the tidal currents in all the planet seas and waters were tapped to supply the world energy needs and more; would that affect the rotation or orbits of earth-moon ? -Yes, a lunatic question-

If the moon is observed at 30 degrees azimuth seen from -say meridian 77 in New York- Is the moon said to be also at 30 degrees azimuth at meridian 77 for an observer in Lima ? Sorry, not a subject of my expertise.

Hi all. What is the delay from a lunar noon (moon at 90 degrees azimuth observed from earth) at a given meridian to the high tide maximum at that meridian ? Is that delay constant for the same location ? Does that delay changes for different locations ? I suppose yes, due to geographic and topographic sorroundings of coastal shores. Does that delay changes by the elevation of the moon when at lunar noon ? [ *Perhaps zenith is the wrong term as would imply 90 degrees elevation. I mean lunar noon when moon azimuth is coincidental with the meridian of observer. Should I say 90 degrees azimuth instead of zenith ? ]

Thanks. Am condensing the text above to the pertinent as follows : "...Foaming in a transmission occurs when rotating gears splash in the overfilled fluid reservoir..." IF this condensing or rewording does not match your intended phrasing, ignore this post, as I do not want to distort your opinion. ----> There are no rotating gears splashing fluid in an overfilled fluid reservoir in a transmission. Gears are two 'levels' above the fluid and valve body, in another chamber.

Thanks. Yes, 'heard' that one too. But as far as I know, the transmission pump has a pressure regulator built-in, that would not allow that to happen ¿?.

Even if computers were high power users, there would be no ban against them, because the enforcerers/entities/policing would come to a halt without them. But would be very interesting to have an entire continent doing daily life and business without computers. I think I would enjoy it.

Would be great to find a member that has professionally studied about these devices and can clear myths found everywhere including the web. Or that is not a myth. Excessive fluid level in an automatic transmission is warned against. (Oil in engines too, but I understand why in them) What parts become damaged ? (if damage is the concern) Is there symptoms of overfilled ? If you share the commonly found opinion that overfilling will foam the fluid; where in the transmission, how, why is foaming supposed to form ? Wouldn't 'foaming' happen if there is too little fluid instead, and the pump is sucking some air from the pan ? -That would be the opposite of overfilling- Educate me please ?

That ! explains it. Thanks again, Marc. In my words, the 'any' potential generation from the two metals junction is also short-circuited by their bonding; showing zero. So, is there a 'permanent' electrical current in the bond ?

Thanks. See no relation to the bloom box nor circuit breakers. A termocouple bond creeps closer, but not as in the Seebeck effect, but the Seebeck coefficient. Probing a zinc/copper intimate bond does not register any potential, not even a millivolt.

Thanks. My poorly composed original post should had beed focused in the area of interest, the copper cladding of zinc as blank rounds metal source. The process of minting is explained in several sites. Do you know details about that process ? Edited, added: Found something at many sites, by searching with proper terminology ----> http://smt-holland.com/#/explosive_cladding

Hi. Over twenty years ago, I was told that the cent coins (pennies) were made from zinc sheets with bonded copper foils above and under by a very high pressure explosive method, and then the blank rounds cut from the resulting layered sheet, to be later stamped at a mint. Is that true ?

Hi. Do bimetallic junctions with no electrolyte at all, and both at same temperature (no thermoelectrics related) produce a minute amount of voltage ? As in explosive bonding, electroplating, sputtering or other processes, where two dissimilar metals are intimately joined.

Drooling with the skills of these kids... ---->

This can be cruel to some, pleasant to others... ----> http://www.cnbc.com/id/102029217#.

In spanish the 'voy a tener', 'van a ser' , and zillion more are products of bad translation from English mostly originated in translated news, sadly from ignorant translators that have deeply contaminated spanish to the point of being widely used, rarely being noticed even by people self-convinced they speak properly; to the point of wrong language being disseminated. Correct spanish for the above is tendré; serán. Hasta el irrisorio 'vamos a venir' ¿O vas o vienes ? Ninguno de ellos. The correct is 'vendremos'. Fourth grade of elementary school. And very few people notices. ----> You were not aware of such by replying Spanish being an example. Wrong. Widely misusing a language does not make it correct.

Hello. Always had this doubt about the expression being perfect English. - He is going to switch this on. - He will switch this on. (He is going nowhere to switch this on. The switch is right here) Understandable in this case: - We are going to eat at the restaurant tomorrow. - We will eat at the restaurant tomorrow. (Because the restaurant is not here, we have to go there) - There is going to be elections next week. - There will be elections next week. ( I believe 'going to' is not correct, or better said, 'not perfect') Yes, both ways are commonly used, perhaps the 'going to' more often. Even when there is no actual going anywhere/moving/traveling to express future. The point is if the 'going to' is an accepted aberration or degenaration from an antique/pure/perfect 'will' expression. English has no verb conjugation as other languages, or very limited. But the 'going to' smells like widely misused or from vernacular. Educate me please ?

If this should be in the religion forum, please move. If too impacting, please delete. ----> http://www.hoax-slayer.com/muslim-protest-london.shtml

Hi all. Along my life, I have seen some variety of manufacturing machinery. Never had the luck to see how mechanical wristwatch parts are made. Not even pictures. And they have been built since at least 1700. How were the parts made then ? The tooling is a mystery to me. And beyond this, who makes and how is the machinery to make wristwatch parts ? The entire factory fits in a suitcase, right ? There is a hidden universe there. What do you know about ?

Hi all. Name the favorite toys, the ones that stayed in your retina, the ones you had, the ones your rich friend had and you always drooled for... Starting... - Pedal firetruck... well, I was like six. Unforgettable. Zero plastic. - A building blocks set. Not Lego, did not exist then ! - 9 transistor radio. Had shortwave band ! Fixed it when was ~15 - Lionel electric train given used from rich people, and still in the family. Real all metal. - A free-flight diesel engined model airplane balsa kit, given to me by someone out of the family because was too complex to put together. I did, and crashed first launch as I was reluctant to give full trottle. - An electric boat, about 30cm, made with real wood, 'D' batteries and perfect metal fittings, zero plastic; a perfection masterpiece that should had cost a brutal amount to my poor dad salary. But he saw me drooling for it on a store window. - A firetruck, with a pressurizable reservoir, hose and valves. Tadpoles grew to frogs in it, as I forgot them for a week+. Ah... metal cast, zero plastic. - A CocaCola metal delivery truck with dozens of individual 1cm bottles, and cases and shelves for them. - A Schuco Mercedes benz, windup, with working gear shifting and steering. All cast metal too. - A .177 caliber air pistol. Nobody else had or seen one. - A galena radio. This kicked me into electronics engineering. Envy from friends: - Real chemistry set, when you could really make experiments without today's legalese intrusion, - A vacuum-forming set. Made objects from plastic sheets... still want one. - Bicycle So sad to see kids today hooked to the f'kn Nintendos and other screen crap. Your turn...

Thanks ! Was not that far. In English, simply, gentilic it is. And a bonus from your responses, gentilic = demonym <--- That, I did not know.

Gentilice is french. Gentilicio is spanish. Volksbezeichnung in german. Gentilico in portuguese. -AFAIK- Is there such word, or perfect translation/meaning in proper English? I thought having seen such word somewhere within English text, but may be confounding the spelling to look for it. I do not want to believe in on-line dictionaries for this one.