Some Hegeman references
SOUND - Pioneering Audio Design To a Consistently Musical Beat - NYTimes.com (this is funny in places)
An interview with him, which I can't get readable on my screen retro vintage modern hi-fi: Stewart Hegeman interviewed by Norman Eisenburg 1961
SOUND - Pioneering Audio Design To a Consistently Musical Beat - NYTimes.com (this is funny in places)
An interview with him, which I can't get readable on my screen retro vintage modern hi-fi: Stewart Hegeman interviewed by Norman Eisenburg 1961
I knew a radiation safety physicist who agree to be interviewed by a newspaper reporter. He said he would never do it again. They made him sound like some kind of radiation cowboy and quoted him saying things he never said. Sensationalism helps to sell newspapers for one thing.
It turns out it is legal for reporters to use quotes around words nobody ever said. The law goes back to the days when reporters used notepads to jot down notes or relied on memory when interviewing. The courts held that meaning of the words has to about like whatever the person being quoted said, but not exactly. Also, proving a reporter made something up entirely is hard to do when it is a case of he said, she said. If an interview was recorded and preserved, then perhaps something could be proven.
It turns out it is legal for reporters to use quotes around words nobody ever said. The law goes back to the days when reporters used notepads to jot down notes or relied on memory when interviewing. The courts held that meaning of the words has to about like whatever the person being quoted said, but not exactly. Also, proving a reporter made something up entirely is hard to do when it is a case of he said, she said. If an interview was recorded and preserved, then perhaps something could be proven.
Always something to keep in mind when reading the work of reporters. It's just that's there is no way to know what was actually said. Maybe worse in technical fields if the reporter isn't familiar with the terminology.
Yeah, every time I read a news article for something in my field, I die a little inside. Especially if you go read the original work.
And while things like MIT technical review are better than most, it's still usually way off mark.
And while things like MIT technical review are better than most, it's still usually way off mark.
That is also my experience. If you read an article about a field you know something about, there are almost always glaring errors and plain BS. By extension, articles about fields you don't know anything about also have glaring errors and plain BS, but you don't realize it.
A sobering thought that many of the things you pick up are glaring errors and plain BS....
Jan
Is anyone running a sweepstake as to whether this gets to 100,000 replies or 10,000,000 views first?
I'm coming up on 100,000 posts, at 2min. or so each that's almost 1/2 a year too scary for me.
Were they what? I seem to recall reading that they had to operate in a vacuum, because the perimeter speed was in excess of the speed of sound? Also, to reduce friction. Or did I dream that bit?
Some of the large diameter flywheels did, but here is an school one from just up the road from me. Power supply | EUROfusion . In case of power failure they have a braking system to stop them, which takes 20 mins so they have a UPS to run the cooling to the brakes.
Shame fusion is still the energy of the future, and probably will remain so...
Shame fusion is still the energy of the future, and probably will remain so...
In Windows7 and Firefox, I sometimes have the same issue with Iain's blog and some DIYAudio images. I right-click to "view image", then left click to expand to full size. Something similar might work for you.
All good fortune,
Chris
In Chrome, holding down the control key while turning the mouse wheel adjusts magnification. Good for zooming in on small images or text.
That isnt exactly true.
Some cities have been adopting tubes that have spinning carbon-fiber thick tubes inside, in a vacuum. They store energy at something like 45krpm, when the city is between peaks that force up energy use. That way they can prevent waste by storing what they dont use, and using it when they need it without having to ramp up the supplies supply so much, so fast.
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