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Own Your Own Fighter Jet 222

Posted by samzenpus on Saturday January 16 2010, @02:02PM
from the only-one-on-the-block dept.

gimmebeer writes "The Russian Sukhoi SU-27 has a top speed of Mach 1.8 (more than 1,300 mph) and has a thrust to weight ratio greater than 1 to 1. That means it can accelerate while climbing straight up. It was designed to fight against the best the US had to offer, and now it can be yours for the price of a mediocre used business jet."

Comment: Re:Where does the energy come from ? (Score 1) 241

by Jesrad on Thursday February 26 2009, @02:46PM (#27002441) Attached to: Motor Made From Liquid Film

That device sounds like a parietal accelerator wound into a loop. French scientist Jean-Pierre Petit suggested it would make an ideal submarine propulsion method.

My guess is that the depth of the film has to be small for the flow to remain stable and entrain all the water.

New Attorneys Fee Decision Against RIAA 144

Posted by Zonk on Sunday September 23 2007, @03:20AM
from the maybe-you-should-reconsider-your-strategy dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA has gotten slammed again, this time in Oregon, as the Magistrate Judge in Atlantic v. Andersen has ruled that Tanya Andersen's motion for attorneys fees should be granted. The Magistrate, in his 15-page decision, noted that, despite extensive pretrial discovery proceedings, 'when plaintiffs dismissed their claims in June 2007, they apparently had no more material evidence to support their claims than they did when they first contacted defendant in February 2005.....' and concluded that 'Copyright holders generally, and these plaintiffs specifically, should be deterred from prosecuting infringement claims as plaintiffs did in this case.' This is the same case in which (a) the RIAA insisted on interrogating Ms. Andersen's 10-year-old girl at a face-to-face deposition, (b) the defendant filed RICO counterclaims against the record companies, and (c) the defendant recently converted her RICO case into a class action"

Florida man makes saltwater burn like fuel->

Submitted by Jesrad on Saturday June 02 2007, @03:30AM

Jesrad writes "While looking for away to heat up and destroy cancerous cells using radiowaves, Sanibel Island resident John Kanzius was surprised to see his saltwater sample ignite and produce a big flame instead of just heating up. It seems the apparatus radiolyses water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen, which can immediately recombine and burn. It's not known yet how energy-efficient the process is, but it could make hydrogen production cheap and fast."
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