Ragitsu Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Irt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Irt? Don't pretend you don't know! ...In Relation To... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Adam West spoke at a conference in Palm Springs, and the dinner's pastry chef got creative... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures For those with claustrophobia, don't think too hard about this picture and falling in. The hole goes about 2.5 km deep into the Antarctic ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Lends new meaning to the term Deus ex machina, there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Deus ex machine gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Aw, now someone's gonna have to write her up as a character! Lucius Alexander Why is the palindromedary looking at me like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Teatro del Silenzio, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures For those with claustrophobia' date=' don't think too hard about this picture and falling in. The hole goes about 2.5 km deep into the Antarctic ice. I'm thinking fireman-slide down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Crushing a phototube assembly every few dozen meters all the way down. Hmm, you could do a film with that sequence. Then climb 2.5 km back up through a vertical ice tunnel. No thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures I'm thinking fireman-slide down. "To the ice cave, Robin!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures [ATTACH=CONFIG]37992[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures [ATTACH=CONFIG]37992[/ATTACH] I've wondered at times what percentage of a cargo ship's capacity is used up just by the weight of the steel of the containers, and if it might be more economical to use a lighter metal, like Aluminum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Iron Apple? [ATTACH=CONFIG]37997[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenAge Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures iron apple? [attach=config]37997[/attach] fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures [ATTACH=CONFIG]38003[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures I've wondered at times what percentage of a cargo ship's capacity is used up just by the weight of the steel of the containers' date=' and if it might be more economical to use a lighter metal, like Aluminum.[/quote'] Is steel used because the containers made from it already exist, it is more durable than aluminum, both reasons, or neither? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamamura Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures [ATTACH=CONFIG]38003[/ATTACH] Cool that means the cats are the allies protecting freedom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbor Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Is steel used because the containers made from it already exist' date=' it is more durable than aluminum, both reasons, or neither?[/quote'] This is one of those great questions that you probably won't find in a google search. My somewhat educated guess is that the biggest reason is just the difference in the price of the metals. It may have to do with durability and strength too. Added: Of course if you do a google search you will find some interesting things like shipping container homes. [ATTACH=CONFIG]38004[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Cool that means the cats are the allies protecting freedom! Could be snakes. They eat mice/rats too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Or could be hamsters. Lucius Alexander Couldn't be palindromedaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Added: Of course if you do a google search you will find some interesting things like shipping container homes. [ATTACH=CONFIG]38004[/ATTACH] Wild. There's a subdivision not too far from here where the condos look *exactly* like that. Floor plans and everything. Pretty sure they weren't built out of shipping containers, but the resemblance is uncanny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Is steel used because the containers made from it already exist' date=',,[/quote'] So, because some containers are made out of X, we should continue to always use X to make new containers? ... it is more durable than aluminum' date=' both reasons, or neither?[/quote'] I can only think that to use aluminum would make the containers cost more (pure conjecture), since it is possible (afaik) to make an aluminum structure with the same strength* as a steel one, yet still be lighter. And less weight would mean less stress on the cranes that load/unload, and the rail & road system that carries them across land. *Excluding the endurance limit of aluminum -- we're talking about transporting cargo and not people after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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