I've noticed if i tend to eat cheese or other high fat content food, the -eh, POOP density/weight increases noticably. Think of the difference between dropping a lead brick :-D and a lighter material. The heavier one tends to give a bigger splash (ASS-uming -HA!HA! that the distance between your *be...

The parking lots of shopping malls in the U.S. contain loads of cars in the car-parks.On parking customers generally switch off the engine after a short period (NOT GOOD FOR THE ENGINE!)and stroll in to do some browsing/shopping.It would be better for the car engines if they were left idling. Perhap...

Miss playfull said in an earlier post: You may be the first person to succeed in getting a full frontal nude drawing of a man onto CreativityPool! .Well I,ve recently discovered that this dubious achievement has already been trumped by the Italian central bank! All 1 Euro coins issued by the Italian...

Perhaps a summary of previous points is in order. Waste aka. trash both extraterrestrial and terrestrial imposes costs (whether those costs are acknowledged or not) on both producers and consumers alike. Most of the space debris orbiting the Earth began its' life during the space-race era.The space-...

Sorry 7/8 ths should be 6/7ths ,since 7/7-1/7=6/7 duh!
regards,
a numerically challenged Midoh!

Rishi,your last post reminded me of the problems that dogged Boeing in their efforts to produce the S.S.T. (SuperSonic Transport) a rival to the Anglo-French Concorde. In some aero-space components an original chunk of Titanium weighing 350 kg ends up as a finished product weighing just 50 kg! The p...

Rishi, I think this idea has got real potential.I can see how the difficulties in organising multidisciplinary teams may slow things down a bit. The gamma ray source and Haemo-dialysis immediatley make one think of a large well equipped hospital with Nuclear Medicine and other complex facilities. I ...

:-? I think that an embryonic form of what Miss Playfull has in mind is already in place.There is a programme called SETI@HOME which any compuer user anywhwere in the world can download on to their computer.It's a screensaver with a difference though.During idle times (i.e. when you are not actively...

:-? I think it's becoming very clear that while mankind( particulaly the subset kown as 'westerners' ) find it all too easy to turn cash into trash( whether the trash is terrestrial or extraterrestrial ) we have great difficulty performing the reverse operation:-turning turning trash into cash! Cons...

The last post just reminded me of something But then, another possibility entirely will be the space elevator or even multiple space elevators.This reminded me of the use of Tethers as a method of getting stuff from low earth orbit to higher orbits without using any rocket fuel.If you want to find o...

Hi, sorry for coming so late into the discussion,I outlined a terrestrial trash disposal solution called "Nuke mankinds' Waste". I think some of the objectors to the extraterrestrial trash dump idea are falling into the judgemental/negativity trap invoking the analytical side of the brain ...

Not to worrt rishi,I've done something myself in the meantime.It will be posted up soon (2 heads better than 1!)
Hope you like it
Regards,
Midoh

Actually abseiling as an idea or technique is generally the preserve of the mountaineering/outdoor adventure fraternity.If they thought I was claiming credit for their stuff they might not be too pleased! All I might claim credit for is the suggestion of a new application.On it's own. it would proba...

Rishi, your ideas seem very sound.In particular I like the inspired idea of an abseiling capsule that up to ten people get into.The reason that this is such a good idea is because it eliminates the need for people to have any abseiling experience or expertise.The mechanisms that you've outlined in y...

:-? Rishi,your last post reminded me about a famous chemistry experiment involving simulated lightening bolts!(ie electrical discharges) The experiment consisted of replicating the Earths primitive atmosphere ,a mixture of Methane,Ammonia and Water and passing electrical discharges through this cock...