DerekZoolandah

We start school in about a week and a half. I'm gonna be a freshman. Lots of AP classes I think. I'm gonna hate Language Arts, grr. Looks like they want us to write a lot this year, and, well, that's my worst area. Math\History\Social Studies FTW.

Wouldn't the most efficient way to kill AIDS is to kill everyone who has it? I dunno. I guess it's more unethical to have them suffer a little longer? AIDS is gonna get wiped out anyway. I guess it depends on how unethical you'd want to be and how much time you have. I mean hell there's gotta be millions of people with AIDS in the world. That'd take a long time to make them suffer.

Wouldn't the most efficient way to kill AIDS is to kill everyone who has it?

Always wondered how it'd be like to die the way the Roman General Crassus died. Molten gold poured down your throat .. I'd be in horrible pain, but at least I'd know that I'd always be remembered as the guy who ate gold until he died.

@ Silversword, I'd agree about Coldplay. I love their music, but .. it's just too glorified. Especially Viva La Vida. It's a good song, but it's not THAT great.

Mike Rowe is really entertaining. :)

Shave that mustache :?.

But we're not herbivores or carnivores. We're omnivores.

He's freaking excersising a lot, I'm sure a person who ate a regular diet that included meat and vegetables would live the same age as well. I don't care if people are vegetarians. I'm not. I could be one if I wanted to. I dislike some meats - steak for one. Others I'm not fond of, like .. Ham. Others I like. Turkey, Bacon, Chicken. They're all good. But I mean honestly, you're supposed to eat meat, and again, I'm sure that if you had a proper diet that had meat + veggies, you'd be fine. If you had a life of just veggies and you got the regular nutrients from another source that you'd get from steak, you'd be fine. You'd just be meat-free. That is all. Another thing I'd like to ask people on this thread since I'm talking about nutrients. Could you sustain yourself on just nutrient pills? Do you really -need- food? Just something I thought about before.

I have to say that is the awesomest pet I have ever seen. I want one now.

Oh wow man, thanks for the help! I really appreciate it. I like the idea of not breaching-the-hull, since you're right that it might be hard to waterproof it. I also like the fact that I can use a rubber band for one part :P. I think I'll try and work on it. On a seperate note, I made my propeller last night. I don't think it'll work well lol :P. I probably messed it up somewhere .. but we'll see! Haha yeah, that's my mom thought too. All trial and error, you know?

Keep in mind this is a small scale project. :P So hey Tip.it. I need your help\ideas for a little project I was thinking of building. I've always been interested in boats, especially aluminum boats. They're strong, light, and made from an easy to find material. So I got bored with the standard rectangular boat and it's boring just sitting there. So I thought of building a propeller and a motor - but a motor might be hard to find, possibly expensive, and if the boat sunk or capsized then it could electrify the water and burn out the motor. Now, I thought all about this last night. How am I going to do this? I came up with the idea of powering a propeller with the help of a waterwheel being moved by a somewhat constant stream of water. Above the center of the boat would be a waterwheel. Under the wheel would be a ramp for the water to be drained to the water beside it. Above it would be a small to medium sized resivoir with a small hole that is big enough to move the wheel but not flood all the water into the ship. The wheel is connected to a shaft. The shaft spins as the wheel moves, which spins a verticle shaft in one of the supporting beams for the wheel such that the spinning shaft is inside of the supporting beam. The goes below the water onto another spinning shaft. This one eventually spins the propeller. Under the entire propeller piece will be a small room that's connected to the boat. This'll help keep the propeller piece in place and not float off, and help prevent flooding. For those that had trouble understanding, here's some drawings I made in Paint to help give the idea to people of. Now, Tip.It, here comes your part. I have some questions for you. 1) Is this project even feasible? 2) If not, could you give me some tips to help improve it? 3) The verticle spinning shaft gear isn't connected to anything, that'll make it difficult to move inside the beam since it'll be grinding along the bottom and will lose power. How can I fix this? 4) What can I use as gears? I've tried straws since they were handily near and were light, but no dice, they don't spin easily. 5) What should I use to support the whole project on top of the boat? I'd imagine some improvised beams like straws that're glued to the boat. 6) What should I use to reinforce the ship? Aluminum Foil is quite flimsy but it's also altered easily to allow things to be built. I was thinking of putting straws on the edges so that there's a foundation on it . Thanks TIF for reading so long.