OT: If anybody sees a klingon warbird...

[narf poit chez BOOM]

...in earth's sky, please tell me. http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/8/8/9

I got the link from here: rotd.keenspace.com

And while I'm here, might I mention how awesome this comic is? http://www.project-apollo.net/mos/index.html

[Aiken]

Nope http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

But they might be cloaked.

[Roanon]

Probably already landed http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[vanbeke]

Has anybody searched Golden Gate Park?

[Atrocities]

Transparant alluminum. Well hot damn

[Fyron]

You just know those researchers are hard core Trekkies... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif

[Roanon]

Next position on agenda: warp drive? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Atrocities]

Artifical Gravity and Dampaners, Holo Suites, and Replicators. Oh ya, don't forget that we also need disruptors and photon torpedos. An orion sex slave would also be nice.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Roanon said:
Probably already landed http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif


Yeah, I realised that after I posted, but it's a cool title so I kept it.

[Baron Munchausen]

Actually, this is not 'transparent aluminum'. It's aluminum oxide, i.e. corundum (called 'sapphire' when it's tinted blue and 'ruby' when it's tinted red), a crystal like quartz. No suprise that it's transparent. This is just a breakthrough in bulk manufacturing so it can be used for large scale applications other than tiny peep holes on pressure chambers & such.

[Kamog]

This is really good. I wonder if the cost will ever come down enough to make things like eyeglasses, car windshields, windows, camera lenses etc? And aquarium walls for whales, of course. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Did these scientists really invent this stuff, or did Scotty come by and teach them?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Baron Munchausen said:
Actually, this is not 'transparent aluminum'. It's aluminum oxide, i.e. corundum (called 'sapphire' when it's tinted blue and 'ruby' when it's tinted red), a crystal like quartz. No suprise that it's transparent. This is just a breakthrough in bulk manufacturing so it can be used for large scale applications other than tiny peep holes on pressure chambers & such.


It's major component is aluminum, right? It's transparent, right? Therefore, it's transparent aluminum.

[Baron Munchausen]

Um, no. Corundum is AL(2)O(3) -- it's 'major' component is oxygen.

[Kamog]

Well, it depends how you define 'major' component. The aluminum would still make up a greater percentage of the mass, since aluminum atoms weigh more than oxygen atoms.