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At least until said code controls something that involves massive amounts of energy (mechanical or otherwise). Edit: Btw, stinky chemistry sounds like somethin
by digi_owl 10y ago
At least until said code controls something that involves massive amounts of energy (mechanical or otherwise).
Edit: Btw, stinky chemistry sounds like something right out of Max Gergel's memoirs. A book that Lowe mentioned:
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/05/27/max_gergels_memoirs http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/05/27/max...
And that i have been meaning to finish reading.
- lostboys67 10y agoAt my first job we had a computer controlled wave tank we had built. The guy I shared an office with said you had to be careful when programming it, as a divide by 0 error could have tried to send the paddle to its full travel in 0 seconds. Which would have created a wave so strong it would have flooded the entire lab - and that was using water as working fluid we hade some experiments that used molten metal or Freon
- Bartweiss 10y agoIf you've been enjoying Gergel, definitely give Ignition! a read, also a Lowe recommendation. It's a first-hand account of early rocket fuel research, and it is hair-raising like no chemistry I have ever heard of. http://www.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf http://www.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf
- digi_owl 10y agoAlready have, and loved every page.
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