[03-20-2007] [Chat] Lanatha: anyone see the article about the compressed-air car? [Chat] Scabs: hte indian one? [Chat] Lanatha: yah Rave thanks you. bow You bow. [Chat] Taloy: Oh THAT one... [Chat] Taloy: No, no I haven't. chat Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - The Boxer [Chat] Kasmir: Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - The Boxer [Chat] Lanatha: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129918/article.html [Chat] Lanatha: here's the car one http://www.gizmag.com/go/7000/ [Chat] Scabs: french guy has them out in production (his own, not hte indian) for a while now [Chat] Lanatha: how much? [Chat] Lanatha: I would *so* buy one [Chat] Lanatha: if I could afford it and if the little portable air compressor was reasonablly efficient chat the toyota hybrid concept car looks nice too [Chat] Kasmir: the toyota hybrid concept car looks nice too [Chat] Scabs: readin the article... seems like the french guy is the one partnering with India to do this. says 5500 pound... so not all that much really. problem is, prolly not legal to drive in Canada/USA [Chat] Scabs: says the onboard compressor fills the tank in 2 - 3 hrs chat what's the compressor run on? wall current? [Chat] Kasmir: what's the compressor run on? wall current? [Chat] Lanatha: I'm wondering about energy efficiency... how much elec would it cost to fill the tank, and comparing that to fuel effectiveness [Chat] Lanatha: yeah, 220V, so you'd need a converter chat: nog [Chat] Kasmir nogs. chat be funny if the compressor ran on gas [Chat] Kasmir: be funny if the compressor ran on gas [Chat] -Emote-> Lanatha snickers. [Chat] Lanatha: no reason it couldn't... hell, run it on compressed air chat: snigger [Chat] Kasmir sniggers quite impolitely. [Chat] Taloy: Or puppies. chat yah, puppies would work well [Chat] Kasmir: yah, puppies would work well [Chat] Lanatha: the difficulty with the hybrids is that they don't last long enough to make up the engine cost premium before you're into maintenance costs [Chat] Scabs: the guys who build them in France fills them with a large compressor that runs on compressed air [Chat] Lanatha: also, most of the hybrids now made use the electric motor to step up engine output rather than to balance acceleration inefficiency, or so I've heard [Chat] Lanatha: hm... a large home-base compressor would probably be more efficient than a small portable one... that'd be fun chat just jump up and down real fast [Chat] Kasmir: just jump up and down real fast [Chat] Lanatha: hamster wheel would be my preference chat jump up and down on some puppies and store the air expelled from their lungs [Chat] Kasmir: jump up and down on some puppies and store the air expelled from their lungs [Chat] -Emote-> Demitaloy nods at Kasmir. laf You laf. l The floorboards creak with age and are soaked in liquor, and sodden sawdust shifts under every footfall. A large shimmering board serves as the room's main accoutrement, while a deep blue shield gleams over the doorway to the north, protecting that exit from unwanted intruders. While the room lacks couches or chairs, its very plainness makes it suitable for discussions and tavern brawls of every kind. Obvious exits: north, south, up a thin stone slab hangs on a wall. Lanatha the matriarch is resting here. Oompa the daimyo is resting here. (idle) Rave the true master is resting here. a sheet of paper is tacked to the wall. a large wooden board stands here [41 notes]. [Chat] Demitaloy: there are dogs in our office today, I could volunteer a couple chat puppies? [Chat] Kasmir: puppies? [Chat] Taloy: Boston terriers, two of em, FULL of air to power your french air-car chat: thumbu [Chat] Kasmir gives it a thumbs up. [Chat] Taloy: Oooo [Chat] -Emote-> Rave . o O ( I'm not going to french an air car, especially a french made air car ). [Chat] Taloy: What if you used a scoop underneath and drove over puppies and caught the air from them to power your car [Chat] -Emote-> Rave frenches Kasmir deeply. [Chat] Taloy: then you'd just have to always be driving over puppies. [Chat] Rave: I'll french a canuck tho chat but...it runs on puppies! [Chat] Kasmir: but...it runs on puppies! [Chat] Taloy . o O ( Mr. Fusion ). [Chat] Rave: it could be puppy piddle powered chat i like it! (puppy scoop) [Chat] Kasmir: i like it! (puppy scoop) [Chat] Rave: just make like a water wheel, that the urine runs over to move the device forward [Chat] Taloy: Actually, it might be more efficient to use children [Chat] Taloy: instead of puppies. [Chat] Rave: or make a sterling engine, modified to use puppies chat or both [Chat] Kasmir: or both chat hybrid engine [Chat] Kasmir: hybrid engine [Chat] Taloy: haha [Chat] Rave: on one side, put live puppies, and on the other side put frozen puppies [Chat] -Emote-> Lanatha frenches Rave deeply. chat frozen puppies wouldn't expel as much air tho [Chat] Kasmir: frozen puppies wouldn't expel as much air tho [Chat] Rave: just add more frozen puppies as needed [Chat] Rave: sterling engine...just need the temperature difference, not the air [Chat] Taloy: They might if you inflated them then flash froze them chat: laf [Chat] Kasmir lafs. [Chat] Taloy: Rave's talkin' crazy [Chat] Rave: Yeah...and, this is different somehow? 'this is getting to be post-worthy :) Ok. Rave says: what's not to love snicker You snicker. Rave says: a million uses for puppies nog rave You nog at Rave. 'good thing we don't have any people from PETA playing here Ok. chat could make a combination of the two, frozen inflated puppies fueling both a sterling and a compressed air engine [Chat] Kasmir: could make a combination of the two, frozen inflated puppies fueling both a sterling and a compressed air engine chat and then toss the carcasses into a combustion engine, zero waste! [Chat] Kasmir: and then toss the carcasses into a combustion engine, zero waste! [Chat] Rave: and before they die also utilize their piddle chat: nog rave [Chat] Kasmir nogs at Rave. [Chat] Rave: any graphic artists around to draw a prototype to submit to the us patent office? chat maybe make them run around in a hampster wheel before inflating and freezing them [Chat] Kasmir: maybe make them run around in a hampster wheel before inflating and freezing them who ----- Asgard's Honor -------------------------------------------------------- Lanatha the matriarch [09] -- sprite priest Demitaloy the explorer [01] -- orc adventurer Taloy starts fires [++] ++ Admin Scabs, King of Dirtnaps [++] ++ Wizard Oompa the daimyo [10] -- giant samurai [I] Rave the true master [10] -- sprite monk Kasmir counts down to Fragsmas '07 [23 days] [++] ++ Wizard -------------------------------------------------------------- Total: 7 ---- title stomps on your frozen inflated puppy New title: Kasmir stomps on your frozen inflated puppy l The floorboards creak with age and are soaked in liquor, and sodden sawdust shifts under every footfall. A large shimmering board serves as the room's main accoutrement, while a deep blue shield gleams over the doorway to the north, protecting that exit from unwanted intruders. While the room lacks couches or chairs, its very plainness makes it suitable for discussions and tavern brawls of every kind. Obvious exits: north, south, up a thin stone slab hangs on a wall. Lanatha the matriarch is resting here. Oompa the daimyo is resting here. (idle) Rave the true master is resting here. a sheet of paper is tacked to the wall. a large wooden board stands here [41 notes]. who ----- Asgard's Honor -------------------------------------------------------- Lanatha the matriarch [09] -- sprite priest Demitaloy the explorer [01] -- orc adventurer Taloy starts fires [++] ++ Admin Scabs, King of Dirtnaps [++] ++ Wizard Oompa the daimyo [10] -- giant samurai [I] Rave the true master [10] -- sprite monk Kasmir stomps on your frozen inflated puppy [++] ++ Wizard -------------------------------------------------------------- Total: 7 ---- l The floorboards creak with age and are soaked in liquor, and sodden sawdust shifts under every footfall. A large shimmering board serves as the room's main accoutrement, while a deep blue shield gleams over the doorway to the north, protecting that exit from unwanted intruders. While the room lacks couches or chairs, its very plainness makes it suitable for discussions and tavern brawls of every kind. Obvious exits: north, south, up a thin stone slab hangs on a wall. Lanatha the matriarch is resting here. Oompa the daimyo is resting here. (idle) Rave the true master is resting here. a sheet of paper is tacked to the wall. a large wooden board stands here [41 notes]. [Chat] Lanatha: frozen puppies would also probably help to decrease friction a bit [Chat] Lanatha: also, you could mount one on the hood like the little Jag icon chat: nog lanatha [Chat] Kasmir nogs at Lanatha. [Chat] -Emote-> Lanatha . o O ( is a puppy's ass threaded or counterthreaded? ). chat only one way to find out [Chat] Kasmir: only one way to find out [Chat] Lanatha: okay... must disconnect to accelerate thesis development chat: chuckle [Chat] Kasmir chuckles. [Chat] Lanatha: cya later all wave lanatha You wave at Lanatha. l The floorboards creak with age and are soaked in liquor, and sodden sawdust shifts under every footfall. A large shimmering board serves as the room's main accoutrement, while a deep blue shield gleams over the doorway to the north, protecting that exit from unwanted intruders. While the room lacks couches or chairs, its very plainness makes it suitable for discussions and tavern brawls of every kind. Obvious exits: north, south, up a thin stone slab hangs on a wall. Lanatha the matriarch is resting here. Oompa the daimyo is resting here. (idle) Rave the true master is resting here. a sheet of paper is tacked to the wall. a large wooden board stands here [41 notes]. chat and i'm out for lunch (mmm...puppies) [Chat] Kasmir: and i'm out for lunch (mmm...puppies) |