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The Man Who Invented(?) Whac-A-Mole Has One More Chance
Creative Engineering definitely invented Rockafire Explosion, the animatronic in-house band of Showbiz Pizza. Remember them? And The Animatronic Band Played On: The Troubled Afterlife Of The Rock-afire Explosion, one last gig in Sandy Hook, MS. Just watch out for that Hydrillium
Creative Engineering definitely invented Rockafire Explosion, the animatronic in-house band of Showbiz Pizza. Remember them? And The Animatronic Band Played On: The Troubled Afterlife Of The Rock-afire Explosion, one last gig in Sandy Hook, MS. Just watch out for that Hydrillium
Great post. Bashy Bug looks dope.
posted by Bob Regular at 3:25 PM on February 3, 2016
posted by Bob Regular at 3:25 PM on February 3, 2016
While trying to figure out what Hydrillium is I found this on the Aaron Fechter Wikipedia page:
"The Carbohydrillium reactor is controlled by The Anti Gravity Freedom Machine (AGFM), Fechter's own OS [clarification needed]."
Yes. Yes it is.
posted by All Out of Lulz at 3:32 PM on February 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
"The Carbohydrillium reactor is controlled by The Anti Gravity Freedom Machine (AGFM), Fechter's own OS [clarification needed]."
Yes. Yes it is.
posted by All Out of Lulz at 3:32 PM on February 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
fireengineering.com:
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OTHER INCIDENTS INVOLVING CARBON STEEL MIXED WITH HYDROGEN
Sandia National Laboratories provides additional documentation on the incompatibility of carbon steel with hydrogen in the position paper Technical Reference on Hydrogen Compatibility of Materials, Plain Carbon Ferric Steels: C-Mn Alloys (code 1100). This technical reference states: "Hydrogen gas degrades the tensile ductility of carbon steels, particularly in the presence of stress concentrations. Additionally, hydrogen gas lowers fracture toughness, and certain metallurgical conditions can render the steels susceptible to crack extension under static loading. Hydrogen gas also accelerates fatigue crack growth ...." This stress process is known as "hydrogen embrittlement."
While conducting open source research on the production of hydrogen-based "green gas," we identified a number of other incidents similar to the Orlando explosion. Many of these incidents had tragic outcomes. The findings of our research are as follows:
posted by sebastienbailard at 5:27 PM on February 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
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OTHER INCIDENTS INVOLVING CARBON STEEL MIXED WITH HYDROGEN
Sandia National Laboratories provides additional documentation on the incompatibility of carbon steel with hydrogen in the position paper Technical Reference on Hydrogen Compatibility of Materials, Plain Carbon Ferric Steels: C-Mn Alloys (code 1100). This technical reference states: "Hydrogen gas degrades the tensile ductility of carbon steels, particularly in the presence of stress concentrations. Additionally, hydrogen gas lowers fracture toughness, and certain metallurgical conditions can render the steels susceptible to crack extension under static loading. Hydrogen gas also accelerates fatigue crack growth ...." This stress process is known as "hydrogen embrittlement."
While conducting open source research on the production of hydrogen-based "green gas," we identified a number of other incidents similar to the Orlando explosion. Many of these incidents had tragic outcomes. The findings of our research are as follows:
posted by sebastienbailard at 5:27 PM on February 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
This is fascinating and more than a little bit sad.
posted by egypturnash at 7:11 PM on February 3, 2016
posted by egypturnash at 7:11 PM on February 3, 2016
That was an extremely interesting read. Realms beyond realms.
posted by Miko at 7:39 PM on February 3, 2016
posted by Miko at 7:39 PM on February 3, 2016
This is fascinating and more than a little bit sad.
The whole documentary linked above is really terrific. In addition to all the wacky nostalgia and wtf-ery around the robots, and their rise and fall, I came away with fondness, empathy, and sorrow for Arron Fechter. Bad decisions, and misplays, and maybe even hubris along the way, but the guy was and is super-optimistic and creative, and full of sincerity and (dare I say?) love. I found it inspiring, and I hope Bashy Bug works out for him. I really do.
posted by dirtdirt at 10:29 AM on February 4, 2016
The whole documentary linked above is really terrific. In addition to all the wacky nostalgia and wtf-ery around the robots, and their rise and fall, I came away with fondness, empathy, and sorrow for Arron Fechter. Bad decisions, and misplays, and maybe even hubris along the way, but the guy was and is super-optimistic and creative, and full of sincerity and (dare I say?) love. I found it inspiring, and I hope Bashy Bug works out for him. I really do.
posted by dirtdirt at 10:29 AM on February 4, 2016
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The demo he posted on YouTube makes the game look pretty...I dunno...simple?
posted by JoeZydeco at 2:32 PM on February 3, 2016