Comments on: Liquid http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Arbitrary Chronological Signifiers | Cosmic Variance http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-166891 Arbitrary Chronological Signifiers | Cosmic Variance Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:28:40 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-166891 [...] Liquid [...] [...] Liquid [...]

]]> By: Rachel http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-125423 Rachel Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:46:19 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-125423 Can you explain to me why a liquid is more likely to react than a solid??????????? Can you explain to me why a liquid is more likely to react than a solid???????????

]]> By: topicalhuman.com » Blog Archive » My round-up of some recent events http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-118025 topicalhuman.com » Blog Archive » My round-up of some recent events Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:38:20 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-118025 [...] The ban on liquids on Airline flights? The huge delays? The terrorists are winning every time the authorities introduce some additional rule ‘for our safety’ that doesn’t actually make any difference, except for scaring the hell out of us and causing havoc. [...] [...] The ban on liquids on Airline flights? The huge delays? The terrorists are winning every time the authorities introduce some additional rule ‘for our safety’ that doesn’t actually make any difference, except for scaring the hell out of us and causing havoc. [...]

]]> By: Gli arresti della scorsa settimana legati al terrorismo « shaitan http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-116177 Gli arresti della scorsa settimana legati al terrorismo « shaitan Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:53:46 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-116177 [...] Il Dipartimento per la Sicurezza Nazionale definisce un intero stato di materia come “rischio per la sicurezza”: http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/ [...] [...] Il Dipartimento per la Sicurezza Nazionale definisce un intero stato di materia come “rischio per la sicurezza”: http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/ [...]

]]> By: Paul M http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-114535 Paul M Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:53:03 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-114535 the reality of chemistry is that it's trivial to find two relatively harmless compounds that can be mixed to form a high explosive. at university I knew someone who was quite adept at making Lead Azide, a high explosive in power form made by mixing two solutions, sodium azide and lead nitrate. Although toxic, you could probably taste the ingredients without flinching or dying on the spot! Lead azide was abandoned in mining as it was so dangerous that nitroglycerine was much safer! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_azide these days, you'll probably find that trying to buy any azide compound will get funny looks at any industrial supplier! the reality of chemistry is that it’s trivial to find two relatively harmless compounds that can be mixed to form a high explosive.

at university I knew someone who was quite adept at making Lead Azide, a high explosive in power form made by mixing two solutions, sodium azide and lead nitrate. Although toxic, you could probably taste the ingredients without flinching or dying on the spot! Lead azide was abandoned in mining as it was so dangerous that nitroglycerine was much safer!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_azide

these days, you’ll probably find that trying to buy any azide compound will get funny looks at any industrial supplier!

]]> By: howie’s blog » liquid security risk http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-114458 howie’s blog » liquid security risk Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:46:23 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-114458 [...] At least some people have a sense of humor. http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/ [...] [...] At least some people have a sense of humor. http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/ [...]

]]> By: bruce hyman http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113870 bruce hyman Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:28:30 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113870 the museum of hoaxes had a piece on this last month... "beware of hydrogen in the water".. some of the comments on the administration's take on this hypothetical threat are worth the time to go to the site: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/comments/4270 the museum of hoaxes had a piece on this last month… “beware of hydrogen in the water”.. some of the comments on the administration’s take on this hypothetical threat are worth the time to go to the site:

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/comments/4270

]]> By: georgeland: the blog » Blog Archive » OMG! Liquids on a plane! http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113810 georgeland: the blog » Blog Archive » OMG! Liquids on a plane! Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:48:29 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113810 [...] an entire state of matter is now suspect. with diagrams! [...] [...] an entire state of matter is now suspect. with diagrams! [...]

]]> By: Different River » Airport Security Theater http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113788 Different River » Airport Security Theater Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:03:32 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113788 [...] And Sean at Cosmic Variance has this clever take on the whole thing: [F]or the first time, the Department of Homeland Security has deemed an entire state of matter to be a national security risk. [...] [...] And Sean at Cosmic Variance has this clever take on the whole thing: [F]or the first time, the Department of Homeland Security has deemed an entire state of matter to be a national security risk. [...]

]]> By: Security Alerts at Andy Cunningham http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113517 Security Alerts at Andy Cunningham Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:16:07 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113517 [...] From a humourous viewpoint, it seems that an entire state of matter has been declared a security risk: Liquid | Cosmic Variance. [...] [...] From a humourous viewpoint, it seems that an entire state of matter has been declared a security risk: Liquid | Cosmic Variance. [...]

]]> By: Erik Von Halle http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113481 Erik Von Halle Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:36:58 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113481 The DHMO Song Mark A. Mandel, © 1997_to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" There's a chemical that poses deadly danger to us all If we don't eliminate it, we are headed for a fall But our governments refuse to see the writing on the wall They're going to let us die! CHORUS (after every verse): Ban dihydrogen monoxide! Ban dihydrogen monoxide! Ban dihydrogen monoxide Before it kills us all! Dihydrogen monoxide is a chemical to fear Uncounted thousands die of inhalation every year Yet the FDA allows it in our burgers, beans, and beer And never questions why! In gaseous form it's subtle, without color, taste, or smell But it's part of acid rain, and it's a greenhouse gas as well It's also found in car exhaust, which makes our cities Hell And dirties up the sky! It's widely used by industry, and agriculture too They dump it on the ground or in the river when they're through And from the ecosystem it gets into me and you Which they dare not deny! You'll find dihydrogen monoxide everywhere you go In rivers, oceans, lakes, and streams, in air and soil and snow Its quantitative formula is simply H2O – You'll get it if you try! This verse contributed by Gary McGath] How far DHMO has spread no one can safely tell. They've found it on Europa, and it's on our Moon as well. It may well turn our Solar System to a living hell! It's filling up the sky! This verse contributed by Erik Von Halle It kills the little children in the safety of their pools, It make the politicians always sound like fools, Linked to Hypothermia a death that kills and cools It’s going to kill us all. The DHMO Song
Mark A. Mandel, © 1997_to the tune of “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
There’s a chemical that poses deadly danger to us all
If we don’t eliminate it, we are headed for a fall
But our governments refuse to see the writing on the wall
They’re going to let us die!

CHORUS (after every verse):
Ban dihydrogen monoxide!
Ban dihydrogen monoxide!
Ban dihydrogen monoxide
Before it kills us all!

Dihydrogen monoxide is a chemical to fear
Uncounted thousands die of inhalation every year
Yet the FDA allows it in our burgers, beans, and beer
And never questions why!

In gaseous form it’s subtle, without color, taste, or smell
But it’s part of acid rain, and it’s a greenhouse gas as well
It’s also found in car exhaust, which makes our cities Hell
And dirties up the sky!

It’s widely used by industry, and agriculture too
They dump it on the ground or in the river when they’re through
And from the ecosystem it gets into me and you
Which they dare not deny!

You’ll find dihydrogen monoxide everywhere you go
In rivers, oceans, lakes, and streams, in air and soil and snow
Its quantitative formula is simply H2O –
You’ll get it if you try!

This verse contributed by Gary McGath]
How far DHMO has spread no one can safely tell.
They’ve found it on Europa, and it’s on our Moon as well.
It may well turn our Solar System to a living hell!
It’s filling up the sky!

This verse contributed by Erik Von Halle
It kills the little children in the safety of their pools,
It make the politicians always sound like fools,
Linked to Hypothermia a death that kills and cools
It’s going to kill us all.

]]> By: oswald.us » Blog Archive » Scheiner’s Comments on Airline Security http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113436 oswald.us » Blog Archive » Scheiner’s Comments on Airline Security Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:27:42 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113436 [...] The DHS declares an entire state of matter a security risk: http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/ [...] [...] The DHS declares an entire state of matter a security risk: http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/ [...]

]]> By: The OpenScience Project » Terrorist states of matter http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113434 The OpenScience Project » Terrorist states of matter Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:14:19 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113434 [...] Very funny graphic borrowed from Cosmic Variance: [...] [...] Very funny graphic borrowed from Cosmic Variance: [...]

]]> By: This is exactly what they want at {emoglasses} http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113415 This is exactly what they want at {emoglasses} Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:09:18 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113415 [...] UPDATE. Three brilliant things to add: a good editorial about security and terrorism, a great blog post about fear, and the shocking truth that the TSA has outlawed an entire state of matter. {via} Filed under: politics, current events, quotes, blogs, videos   |   [...] [...] UPDATE. Three brilliant things to add: a good editorial about security and terrorism, a great blog post about fear, and the shocking truth that the TSA has outlawed an entire state of matter. {via} Filed under: politics, current events, quotes, blogs, videos   |   [...]

]]> By: Only A Matter Of Time » Panic http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113364 Only A Matter Of Time » Panic Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:35:50 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113364 [...] So, after new terrorist attempts, we are now at a point where an entire state of matter poses an international security risk. We have become witness to the fact that security measurements are in fact degrading shadow plays to create the impression that something is done. This time so obvious that it becomes a giant laugh, and people are mostly concerned about what will follow the inevitable moment when people will have to fly naked chained to their seat…I propose hitting travellers over the head with a brick and piling them in the cargo bay (well I would prefer that way of flying anyway). So while all liquids have to be collected (by pouring them all into one container!), I have another question: What difference did it make that noone was hurt this time? Not much, did it? So I have a nice plot for a thriller in my head right now: Some terrorist boss plans attacks, and has some front men who believe they are supposed to execute them. But in fact they only have to plan and play out the preparations, because just then the boss uses his channels to inform the police. He never gets caught, only the front men. But the world panics and his goals are reached anyway…until one day some front men act autonomously and execute a plan… I can only say: As long as the authorities react as they did in the London case, almost all the goals of the terrorists have been reached. Go and read newspapers. Read serious blogs. Be informed, have an opinion, don’t panic and be angry when your rights are cut in the name of safety. [...] [...] So, after new terrorist attempts, we are now at a point where an entire state of matter poses an international security risk. We have become witness to the fact that security measurements are in fact degrading shadow plays to create the impression that something is done. This time so obvious that it becomes a giant laugh, and people are mostly concerned about what will follow the inevitable moment when people will have to fly naked chained to their seat…I propose hitting travellers over the head with a brick and piling them in the cargo bay (well I would prefer that way of flying anyway). So while all liquids have to be collected (by pouring them all into one container!), I have another question: What difference did it make that noone was hurt this time? Not much, did it? So I have a nice plot for a thriller in my head right now: Some terrorist boss plans attacks, and has some front men who believe they are supposed to execute them. But in fact they only have to plan and play out the preparations, because just then the boss uses his channels to inform the police. He never gets caught, only the front men. But the world panics and his goals are reached anyway…until one day some front men act autonomously and execute a plan… I can only say: As long as the authorities react as they did in the London case, almost all the goals of the terrorists have been reached. Go and read newspapers. Read serious blogs. Be informed, have an opinion, don’t panic and be angry when your rights are cut in the name of safety. [...]

]]> By: Often in Error... http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113330 Often in Error... Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:44:58 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113330 <strong>Critical point?</strong> [...]Have we reached a critical point? Critical point?

[...]Have we reached a critical point?

]]> By: Stephen Uitti http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113320 Stephen Uitti Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:12:05 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113320 Comedians lamented the loss of Dan Quayle, you know, because he made their jobs so easy. Doonesbury had whole comics with verbatim quotes. But you know, you have to watch what you wish for. I'm hoping that one day, comedians will start writing their own material. Comedians lamented the loss of Dan Quayle, you know, because he made their jobs so easy. Doonesbury had whole comics with verbatim quotes. But you know, you have to watch what you wish for.

I’m hoping that one day, comedians will start writing their own material.

]]> By: beajerry http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113314 beajerry Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:59:01 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113314 I'm geeky, but not enough to want that on a t-shirt. I’m geeky, but not enough to want that on a t-shirt.

]]> By: What You’re Doing Is Rather Desperate » Blog Archive » Deadly liquid http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/12/liquid/#comment-113258 What You’re Doing Is Rather Desperate » Blog Archive » Deadly liquid Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:41:27 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=944#comment-113258 [...] This one has become an instant blog classic. I’m all for safe air travel, but the authorities have got to find some sort of sensible balance, and soon. Otherwise we’ll all be travelling naked, sedated and strapped down. Or not at all. I mean, spectacles but not their cases? Ridiculous. [...] [...] This one has become an instant blog classic. I’m all for safe air travel, but the authorities have got to find some sort of sensible balance, and soon. Otherwise we’ll all be travelling naked, sedated and strapped down. Or not at all. I mean, spectacles but not their cases? Ridiculous. [...]

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