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  Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 10:15 -0600
    Re: Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-22 18:46 +0000
      Re: Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 10:31 -0600
        Re: Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-24 21:47 -0600
          Re: Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-25 04:51 +0000
        Re: Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2016-01-24 22:54 -0500
          Re: Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-25 04:53 +0000

#547202 — Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting

Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting
> http://phys.org/news/2016-01-beetle-inspired-discovery-frost-costly.html


> In a discovery that may lead to ways to prevent frost on airplane
> parts, condenser coils, and even windshields, a team of researchers
> led by Virginia Tech has used chemical micropatterns to control the
> growth of frost caused by condensation.
>
> Writing in today's (Jan. 22, 2016) Scientific Reports, an online
> journal from the publishers of Nature, the researchers describe how
> they used photolithography to pattern chemical arrays that attract
> water over top of a surface that repels water, thereby controlling or
> preventing the spread of frost.
>
> The inspiration for the work came from an unlikely source—the Namib
> Desert Beetle, which makes headlines because it lives in one of the
> hottest places in the world, yet it still collects airborne water.
>
> The insect has a bumpy shell and the tips of the bumps attract
> moisture to form drops, but the sides are smooth and repel water,
> creating channels that lead directly to the beetle's mouth.
>
> "I appreciate the irony of how an insect that lives in a hot, dry
> desert inspired us to make a discovery about frost," said Jonathan
> Boreyko, an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering and
> Mechanics in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering. "The main
> takeaway from the Desert Beetle is we can control where dew drops
> grow."


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#547257

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting

Maybe, but when are you going to discover what copyright means?


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Jim Pennino

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#547521

On 1/22/16 12:46 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> Maybe, but when are you going to discover what copyright means?



   Now, now, jimp, you're obsessive nature is outta control, and your
   absolute contempt and total disgust are addressed in these Anger
   Management classes. You, jimp, need these services:
 > http://yellowpages.com/rancho-cucamonga-ca/anger-management-classes

Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting
> http://phys.org/news/2016-01-beetle-inspired-discovery-frost-costly.html

 > In a discovery that may lead to ways to prevent frost on airplane
 > parts, condenser coils, and even windshields, a team of researchers
 > led by Virginia Tech has used chemical micropatterns to control the
 > growth of frost caused by condensation.
 >
 > Writing in today's (Jan. 22, 2016) Scientific Reports, an online
 > journal from the publishers of Nature, the researchers describe how
 > they used photolithography to pattern chemical arrays that attract
 > water over top of a surface that repels water, thereby controlling or
 > preventing the spread of frost.
 >
 > The inspiration for the work came from an unlikely source—the Namib
 > Desert Beetle, which makes headlines because it lives in one of the
 > hottest places in the world, yet it still collects airborne water.
 >
 > The insect has a bumpy shell and the tips of the bumps attract
 > moisture to form drops, but the sides are smooth and repel water,
 > creating channels that lead directly to the beetle's mouth.
 >
 > "I appreciate the irony of how an insect that lives in a hot, dry
 > desert inspired us to make a discovery about frost," said Jonathan
 > Boreyko, an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering and
 > Mechanics in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering. "The main
 > takeaway from the Desert Beetle is we can control where dew drops
 > grow."

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#547872

On 1/23/16 1:14 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> What makes you think you are so special you are exempt from copyrights?
>


   Now, now, jimp, you're obsessive nature is outta control, and your
   absolute contempt and total disgust are addressed in these Anger
   Management classes. You, jimp, need these services:
 > http://yellowpages.com/rancho-cucamonga-ca/anger-management-classes

Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting
 > http://phys.org/news/2016-01-beetle-inspired-discovery-frost-costly.html

 > In a discovery that may lead to ways to prevent frost on airplane
 > parts, condenser coils, and even windshields, a team of researchers
 > led by Virginia Tech has used chemical micropatterns to control the
 > growth of frost caused by condensation.
 >
 > Writing in today's (Jan. 22, 2016) Scientific Reports, an online
 > journal from the publishers of Nature, the researchers describe how
 > they used photolithography to pattern chemical arrays that attract
 > water over top of a surface that repels water, thereby controlling or
 > preventing the spread of frost.
 >
 > The inspiration for the work came from an unlikely source—the Namib
 > Desert Beetle, which makes headlines because it lives in one of the
 > hottest places in the world, yet it still collects airborne water.
 >
 > The insect has a bumpy shell and the tips of the bumps attract
 > moisture to form drops, but the sides are smooth and repel water,
 > creating channels that lead directly to the beetle's mouth.
 >
 > "I appreciate the irony of how an insect that lives in a hot, dry
 > desert inspired us to make a discovery about frost," said Jonathan
 > Boreyko, an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering and
 > Mechanics in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering. "The main
 > takeaway from the Desert Beetle is we can control where dew drops
 > grow."

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to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
community, and physics-related social issues.

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#547901

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/23/16 1:14 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> What makes you think you are so special you are exempt from copyrights?
>>
> 
> 
>   Now, now, jimp, you're obsessive nature is outta control, and your

Do you think it is obsessive to follow the rule of society, cut and
paste, copyright violating, shit head?

>> http://phys.org/news/2016-01-beetle-inspired-discovery-frost-costly.html


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Jim Pennino

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#547877

On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 10:31:49 -0600, Sam Wormley wrote:

>On 1/22/16 12:46 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> Maybe, but when are you going to discover what copyright means?
>
>
>
>   Now, now, jimp, you're obsessive nature is outta control, and your
>   absolute contempt and total disgust are addressed in these Anger
>   Management classes. You, jimp, need these services:
> > http://yellowpages.com/rancho-cucamonga-ca/anger-management-classes

Where do you see "absolute contempt and total disgust" in jimp's post?

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#547902

Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 10:31:49 -0600, Sam Wormley wrote:
> 
>>On 1/22/16 12:46 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>> Maybe, but when are you going to discover what copyright means?
>>
>>
>>
>>   Now, now, jimp, you're obsessive nature is outta control, and your
>>   absolute contempt and total disgust are addressed in these Anger
>>   Management classes. You, jimp, need these services:
>> > http://yellowpages.com/rancho-cucamonga-ca/anger-management-classes
> 
> Where do you see "absolute contempt and total disgust" in jimp's post?

That indicates he is feeling guilt about his copyright violations but
doesn't care, which would indicate he is a psychopath and not a
sociopath. 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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