ALUMINUM:

YukonRon

theyolksonyou said:

I see nothing wrong with this, except of course, the lack of duct tape.

Darby_Crenshaw

YukonRon said:

Darby_Crenshaw said:

YukonRon said:

I use an aluminum colander wrapped with silver duct tape, inside and out, and wear it on my head to keep the government from using special energy waves to read and control my thoughts. It is working. I would hate to have to give up my brain shield because it is aluminum.
Oh well, back to the lab.

Funny thing is that wearing a tinfoil had would improve, not block, reception!

That is what the government wants you to think.

aaaaawwwwww  shiiiii....  I had not. considered. THAT.

YukonRon

Darby_Crenshaw said:

YukonRon said:

Darby_Crenshaw said:

YukonRon said:

I use an aluminum colander wrapped with silver duct tape, inside and out, and wear it on my head to keep the government from using special energy waves to read and control my thoughts. It is working. I would hate to have to give up my brain shield because it is aluminum.
Oh well, back to the lab.

Funny thing is that wearing a tinfoil had would improve, not block, reception!

That is what the government wants you to think.

aaaaawwwwww  shiiiii....  I had not. considered. THAT.

Let me know if you need one.

Theophan

Darby_Crenshaw said:

Funny thing is that wearing a tinfoil had would improve, not block, reception!

Maybe you already knew this, but this discussion made me curious about where this idea of wearing tinfoil hats came from and I found that some MIT students actually studied whether aluminum foil hats protect the head from radio waves, and found that they actually did the opposite!  They concluded (though some think this may have been tongue in cheek ) that the government actually provoked the "tinfoil hat" craze to make it EASIER to control people's minds! 

It requires no stretch of the imagination to conclude that the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the Government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC. We hope this report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs to avoid falling prey to these shortcomings.

Eggcelsior

None of this stuff even touches the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.

nolaegghead

The objective with the tinfoil hats is to attenuate or ideally eliminate radio frequency radiation, electromagnetic radiation.  This concept has been long accomplished through a faraday cage.

However, the execution in the tinfoil hats essentially creates an antennae.  Aluminum foil may be used to construct a faraday cage, but the inside must be insulated from the cage and the cage must completely surround the object (human) that is shielded.  Any holes in the cage must be smaller than the wavelengths it is designed to shield against.

So right materials, wrong execution on the tinfoil hats.  It would work if you wrapped yourself in plastic, then aluminum foil from head to toe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDQBo3MM0I

nolaegghead

Eggcelsior said:

None of this stuff even touches the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.

That sh!t has killed millions of people!

nolaegghead

fishlessman said:

now nola, you have to believe in the higher spirits to join, you know, the top shelf stuff

I dunno...i believe in learned tastes.  You can learn to love the bottom shelves.  What am I sayin?  Tanqueray isn't exactly "top shelf spirit"

theyolksonyou

I'm switching to a lead hat as soon as my neck is strong enough. 

Darby_Crenshaw

Theophan said:

Darby_Crenshaw said:

Funny thing is that wearing a tinfoil had would improve, not block, reception!

Maybe you already knew this, but this discussion made me curious about where this idea of wearing tinfoil hats came from and I found that some MIT students actually studied whether aluminum foil hats protect the head from radio waves, and found that they actually did the opposite!  They concluded (though some think this may have been tongue in cheek ) that the government actually provoked the "tinfoil hat" craze to make it EASIER to control people's minds! 

It requires no stretch of the imagination to conclude that the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the Government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC. We hope this report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs to avoid falling prey to these shortcomings.

that's my point, the tinfoil hats are a RECEIVER! but don't tell the idiots

Darby_Crenshaw

nolaegghead said:

fishlessman said:

now nola, you have to believe in the higher spirits to join, you know, the top shelf stuff

I dunno...i believe in learned tastes.  You can learn to love the bottom shelves.  What am I sayin?  Tanqueray isn't exactly "top shelf spirit"

tanqueray is eyeheight shelf

good solid london gin.

martini? i might have something else.

aw screw it.  i like a tanqueray martini too.  gonna have one right now.  be back when you clowns get the friday night thread revved up.

pgprescott

Darby_Crenshaw said:

nolaegghead said:

fishlessman said:

now nola, you have to believe in the higher spirits to join, you know, the top shelf stuff

I dunno...i believe in learned tastes.  You can learn to love the bottom shelves.  What am I sayin?  Tanqueray isn't exactly "top shelf spirit"

tanqueray is eyeheight shelf

good solid london gin.

martini? i might have something else.

aw screw it.  i like a tanqueray martini too.  gonna have one right now.  be back when you clowns get the friday night thread revved up.

Beefeaters or Hendricks for me. Always, always, include at least two servings of fruit per cocktail for a balanced diet. Let's be safe. 

nolaegghead

Tanqueray is adequate for dirty martinis.  Or gin and tonic.

Darby_Crenshaw

I appreciate a wide spectrum

pgprescott

You guys ever try Plymouth? Always wanted to but but rare find in these parts. Worth a try?

Begger

A 'structure' called a Faraday Cage admits NO RF.  Maybe if the Tin Hat were GROUNDED, it would act as a shunt TO ground and not re-radiate into what's left of your Grey Matter.   A Faraday Cage is used to isolate VERY sensitive instruments.    Is your brain a sensitive instrument?   Up to you.  

I got up-to-speed on Aluminum / Old-Timers.    Does NOT appear to be a connection, at this time.  

I still do not like the idea of ingesting Aluminum, even if it is an oxide.   As for Chromium?   good luck getting THAT out of a stainless alloy.   At least ONE alloy I know about, called H1, simply does NOT rust.   The usage is mainly for knives to be used around Salt Water.

http://www.zknives.com/knives/steels/steelgraph.php?nm=h1

pgprescott

What about the gin?

Theophan

Darby_Crenshaw said:

tanqueray is eyesight shelf ... good solid london gin. ... martini? i might have something else.... aw screw it.  i like a tanqueray martini too.  gonna have one right now.  be back when you clowns get the friday night thread revved up.

Tanqueray is what I usually use for martinis!  I've tried a whole bunch of gins, and maybe it's because I drank Tanqueray for year before I tried most of them, it's still my favorite for most things.  I'm not a fan of Hendricks.  I like Bombay Sapphire, but only for a nice change -- it's sort of sweet and perfumey for my taste in a martini very often.  I like Beefeater, but less than Tanqueray.  I like Tanqueray Ten, but sort of like Sapphire, as a nice change.  Old Raj is surprisingly good -- sort of yellow from some saffron in it, and that makes a good martini in my opinion.

pgprescott said:

You guys ever try Plymouth? Always wanted to but but rare find in these parts. Worth a try?

Plymouth is wonderful!  I hate to admit it, but it might actually make a better martini than my beloved Tanqueray, but I usually stick with Tanqueray anyway -- it's what I'm used to and I like it.  My wife loves Plymouth in a couple favorite cocktails (not martinis).  It's awful expensive, though, at least around here.

Dobie

nolaegghead

I just remembered a buddy gave me a bottle of Plymouth gin a couple of months ago for helping him with some woodworking project.  He was like, this is some good stuff.  I was like, gin, cool.  I will drink it.  I just found it.  75% gone.  Must have been good.

Eggcelsior

If you can get it, Dogfish Head Gin is excellent.

nolaegghead

Begger said:

A 'structure' called a Faraday Cage admits NO RF.  Maybe if the Tin Hat were GROUNDED, it would act as a shunt TO ground and not re-radiate into what's left of your Grey Matter.   A Faraday Cage is used to isolate VERY sensitive instruments.    Is your brain a sensitive instrument?   Up to you.  

If you open a door in a faraday cage, it is no longer effective, it is no longer a faraday cage.  Unless the foil completely surrounds an area, any holes allow wavelengths smaller than their opening.  Hence, a foil hat has a big hole where the head is.  Grounding it doesn't do anything.  Science!

nolaegghead

Some linemen wear faraday suits.  They can work on over a million volt lines.  Grounding them would result in having a pretty bad day.

Eggcelsior

nolaegghead said:

Some linemen wear faraday suits.  They can work on over a million volt lines.  Grounding them would result in having a pretty bad day.

http://youtu.be/LIjC7DjoVe8

Kind of like these crazy mfers 

DMW

^^^^yep, those are some crazy mfers

caliking

I'm confused... Aluminum is so dangerous, yet you still use an aluminum drip pan? 

And how often are you cooking at 1200F+? Just curious. 

Begger

Aluminum drip pan can NOT get hotter than the liquid IN IT.   That's first.
Second, the drip pan is raised on ceramic 'corners' I bought at the local home store.   This is an air gap.   
In my Mister Science lab days, I'd demonstrate BOILING water in a paper cup.
Also, don't forget the difference between HEAT and TEMPERTURE.    A single chunk of Charcoal with forced air will burn at OVER 2500c but not produce enough HEAT to make lunch.    

Begger

Eggcelsior said:

nolaegghead said:

Some linemen wear faraday suits.  They can work on over a million volt lines.  Grounding them would result in having a pretty bad day.

http://youtu.be/LIjC7DjoVe8

Kind of like these crazy mfers 

Yes, because NOTHING is grounded.   Same reason BIRDS can land on powerlines without getting fried.  

Legume

You've got to get that keyboard fixed.

YukonRon

Recycle your aluminum and here is another reason why you should:
Chances are, due to the global market, the origin of an appreciable portion of the aluminum you use everyday is from China. They produce 55% of the world's supply. They are getting massive government subsidies to maintain and further enhance their production, driving the cost down, and closing US production facilities.
Their 3rd largest aluminum production facility produces more than all the smelters in the USA, combined. In fact, aluminum production in the USA is at its lowest point since the pre 1950 levels.
While demand is up over 36% since 2009, US production is down 37% just from last year. Can't compete with China's government subsidies for their aluminum industry. Since 2007, With the market being flooded with Chinese aluminum, the price has dropped over a thousand dollars per ton.
China uses coal for their energy to smelt aluminum. The Chinese government allocates billions of tons to support its aluminum industry. It is an inefficient use and unfriendly to their environment. Their aluminum manufacturing companies, operate annually losing billions, however the government subsidizes these companies, to keep them producing, in their worst economy in years, keeping millions employed.
Since 2015, in the USA, 8 smelters have either closed or curtailed operations, including the nation's largest facility, Alcoa, in Warwick Indiana.
Beer in bottles just tastes better.
I am curious as to the origin of the aluminum used in the auto industry. F150 and the Cadillac CT series are examples that use aluminum bodies and frames.