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On 5/22/2010 3:01 PM, Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
Yeah, that's what they say...but some of us know better, Mr. NASA cheap laugh. Buzz Aldrin is going to blow this whole thing wide open one of these days. ;-) Sing it brother. He'll blow it wide open right after hitting Rancho Supremo's Burrito Special sale on the way to JSC. He'd probably be down there endorsing their "Rocket Hero Pecos Platter". Sign in front of the place: "Today! Free burro rides for the kids! also, Buzz Aldrin." Pat |
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On May 23, 4:45�am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote: I am a fan of top posting, ... Sucks to be you. ... but that is an accessability issue with no mouse rather than the point of the thread in the first place. The POINT is that your top posting renders the discussion impossible to follow, as I've explained to you. I wanted to know originally, wha �the link was to, as if it was to a picture with no words spoken it was a complete waste of time for me to go there in any case. Again, sucks to be you. �Like everyone else, you pays your money and you takes your chances. �It's not up to everyone else to change just to accommodate you and top posting has been the sign of the clueless on Usenet for just about as long as there's been a Usenet. -- You are What you do When it counts. Fred mc call is clueless to special needs situations. Which is kinda wierd because he is a certified imbecile but too dumb to even understand what that means |
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Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
No, NOT 42. This is far more important! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1wwzwvfsC0 I spent a little more than two weeks in Japan. For a North American there is some learning to do before using the potty over there. There are two types of toilets, squat toilets, for which most of us here have little experience. And then there are toilets which are shaped more or less like North American toilets. All the ones I saw had a keyboard on the side; make sure you know what you are doing before pressing keys on the keyboard. If you don't you could be in for a surprise. And the configuration of the keyboard on one toilet is not necessarily the same as on the next, in fact most likely not the same, they seem to have a large team of designers for those things. Alain Fournier |
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Alain Fournier wrote:
Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote: No, NOT 42. This is far more important! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1wwzwvfsC0 I spent a little more than two weeks in Japan. For a North American there is some learning to do before using the potty over there. There are two types of toilets, squat toilets, for which most of us here have little experience. And then there are toilets which are shaped more or less like North American toilets. All the ones I saw had a keyboard on the side; make sure you know what you are doing before pressing keys on the keyboard. If you don't you could be in for a surprise. And the configuration of the keyboard on one toilet is not necessarily the same as on the next, in fact most likely not the same, they seem to have a large team of designers for those things. Japanese toilet design seems to be a world on to its own. Alain Fournier -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. |
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On 5/23/2010 4:30 PM, Alain Fournier wrote:
I spent a little more than two weeks in Japan. For a North American there is some learning to do before using the potty over there. There are two types of toilets, squat toilets, for which most of us here have little experience. And then there are toilets which are shaped more or less like North American toilets. All the ones I saw had a keyboard on the side; make sure you know what you are doing before pressing keys on the keyboard. If you don't you could be in for a surprise. And the configuration of the keyboard on one toilet is not necessarily the same as on the next, in fact most likely not the same, they seem to have a large team of designers for those things. Okay, urine is electrically conductive...and now we've put electrical things on the toilet. :-D Another little problem they have recently run into is with their electrically heated toilet seats - they are a great luxury on cold winter mornings, but people aren't the only things that like the warmth: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...25/2752536.htm "G'day, mate." says the friendly little Redback Spider...then he nips the Nip on the bum. Pat |
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On 5/23/2010 5:21 PM, Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
Japanese toilet design seems to be a world on to its own. And now, the Japanese wearable space toilet: http://pinktentacle.com/2009/01/next...in-five-years/ Pat |
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The next gen space toilet is a step toward the ultimate long-duration
spacesuit. MEMs based machinery built into fabrics make the possibility of a long-duration space suit possible, which has built in equipment to process all wastes and provide cleansers and emollients on demand. The suits are basically latex like and provide counter pressure without air http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_activity_suit and equipped with a variety of MEMS based perstaltic pumps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peristaltic_pump on a really tiny scale http://mems.sandia.gov/gallery/image...smissions.html create fabrics that absorb what we don't want, exude what we do want - and we are clean and fresh no matter how long we wear the suit. The suits are literally a second skin. |
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Flashbacks of Dune...
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Brett Randall wrote:
Flashbacks of Dune... More like flashbacks of acid. B. "William" == William Mook writes: The next gen space toilet is a step toward the ultimate long-duration spacesuit. MEMs based machinery built into fabrics make the possibility of a long-duration space suit possible, which has built in equipment to process all wastes and provide cleansers and emollients on demand. The suits are basically latex like and provide counter pressure without air http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_activity_suit and equipped with a variety of MEMS based perstaltic pumps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peristaltic_pump on a really tiny scale http://mems.sandia.gov/gallery/image...smissions.html create fabrics that absorb what we don't want, exude what we do want - and we are clean and fresh no matter how long we wear the suit. The suits are literally a second skin. -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. |
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