[martyup]

Please stay on topic. Coffee.

[martyup]

Please stay on topic. Coffee.

[Extra Point]

Please stay on topic. Coffee.

Who is off topic? People who drink too much coffee do strange things, including speed knitting and blowing up whales.

[Extra Point]

Please stay on topic. Coffee.

Who is off topic? People who drink too much coffee do strange things, including speed knitting and blowing up whales.

[Rally]

In the spirit of thread drift, I offer this video of the great Oregon blubber blast of 1970. This historic event occurred when government officials determined that it would be a good idea to blow up a rotting whale carcass with a half ton of tnt.

I take a look at this video once a year, after doing my taxes. It doesn't ease the pain of paying taxes, but it does make you consider what might happen if we ever got all the government we're paying for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBgThvB_IDQ

Oh oh . . . Stand back!

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1951674-...stcron.com

[Rally]

In the spirit of thread drift, I offer this video of the great Oregon blubber blast of 1970. This historic event occurred when government officials determined that it would be a good idea to blow up a rotting whale carcass with a half ton of tnt.

I take a look at this video once a year, after doing my taxes. It doesn't ease the pain of paying taxes, but it does make you consider what might happen if we ever got all the government we're paying for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBgThvB_IDQ

Oh oh . . . Stand back!

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1951674-...stcron.com

[BostonCard]

Speaking of dead whales...

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/novembe...ater-feast

They apparently create an underwater ecosystem that can last decades:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_fall

Stage 1
The initial period begins with "mobile scavengers" such as hagfish and sleeper sharks actively consuming soft tissue from the carcass. Consumption can be at a rate of 40–60 kilograms (88–132 lb) per day over a two-year period.[5]

Stage 2
The second stage introduces the "enrichment opportunists". These are animals which colonize the bones and surrounding sediments that have been contaminated with organic matter from the carcass and any other tissue left by the scavengers. This process can take up to two years.[5]

Stage 3
Finally "sulfophilic bacteria" anaerobically break down the lipids embedded in the bones. Instead of oxygen, they reduce dissolved sulfate SO2−
4 and excrete hydrogen sulfide. Due to the toxicity of H
2S, only resistant chemosynthetic bacteria survive. The bacterial mats provide nourishment for mussels, clams, limpets and sea snails. As whale bones are rich in lipids, representing 4–6% of its body weight, the final digestion stage can last between 50 and possibly 100 years.[5]

BC

[BostonCard]

Speaking of dead whales...

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/novembe...ater-feast

They apparently create an underwater ecosystem that can last decades:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_fall

Stage 1
The initial period begins with "mobile scavengers" such as hagfish and sleeper sharks actively consuming soft tissue from the carcass. Consumption can be at a rate of 40–60 kilograms (88–132 lb) per day over a two-year period.[5]

Stage 2
The second stage introduces the "enrichment opportunists". These are animals which colonize the bones and surrounding sediments that have been contaminated with organic matter from the carcass and any other tissue left by the scavengers. This process can take up to two years.[5]

Stage 3
Finally "sulfophilic bacteria" anaerobically break down the lipids embedded in the bones. Instead of oxygen, they reduce dissolved sulfate SO2−
4 and excrete hydrogen sulfide. Due to the toxicity of H
2S, only resistant chemosynthetic bacteria survive. The bacterial mats provide nourishment for mussels, clams, limpets and sea snails. As whale bones are rich in lipids, representing 4–6% of its body weight, the final digestion stage can last between 50 and possibly 100 years.[5]

BC

[Rally]

Speaking of dead whales...

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/novembe...ater-feast

They apparently create an underwater ecosystem that can last decades:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_fall

Stage 1
The initial period begins with "mobile scavengers" such as hagfish and sleeper sharks actively consuming soft tissue from the carcass. Consumption can be at a rate of 40–60 kilograms (88–132 lb) per day over a two-year period.[5]

Stage 2
The second stage introduces the "enrichment opportunists". These are animals which colonize the bones and surrounding sediments that have been contaminated with organic matter from the carcass and any other tissue left by the scavengers. This process can take up to two years.[5]

Stage 3
Finally "sulfophilic bacteria" anaerobically break down the lipids embedded in the bones. Instead of oxygen, they reduce dissolved sulfate SO2−
4 and excrete hydrogen sulfide. Due to the toxicity of H
2S, only resistant chemosynthetic bacteria survive. The bacterial mats provide nourishment for mussels, clams, limpets and sea snails. As whale bones are rich in lipids, representing 4–6% of its body weight, the final digestion stage can last between 50 and possibly 100 years.[5]

BC

Sounds like salmon but on a larger, longer scale.  Salmon swim upriver, to be eaten by bears, who toss the scraps into the woods.  Small critters eat what flesh/soft bones are left, insects move in, then bacteria, remains fertilize the soil so berries can grow which the Bears eat while waiting for the salmon.  Meanwhile, the salmon who escape the Bears spawn, die, and sink to the stream bed, where little fish pick away and even littler things do their thing, thus producing even littler things which the salmon fry eat.  All we have to do is reproduce that cycle and we can colonize Mars.  Simple.

[Rally]

Speaking of dead whales...

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/novembe...ater-feast

They apparently create an underwater ecosystem that can last decades:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_fall

Stage 1
The initial period begins with "mobile scavengers" such as hagfish and sleeper sharks actively consuming soft tissue from the carcass. Consumption can be at a rate of 40–60 kilograms (88–132 lb) per day over a two-year period.[5]

Stage 2
The second stage introduces the "enrichment opportunists". These are animals which colonize the bones and surrounding sediments that have been contaminated with organic matter from the carcass and any other tissue left by the scavengers. This process can take up to two years.[5]

Stage 3
Finally "sulfophilic bacteria" anaerobically break down the lipids embedded in the bones. Instead of oxygen, they reduce dissolved sulfate SO2−
4 and excrete hydrogen sulfide. Due to the toxicity of H
2S, only resistant chemosynthetic bacteria survive. The bacterial mats provide nourishment for mussels, clams, limpets and sea snails. As whale bones are rich in lipids, representing 4–6% of its body weight, the final digestion stage can last between 50 and possibly 100 years.[5]

BC

Sounds like salmon but on a larger, longer scale.  Salmon swim upriver, to be eaten by bears, who toss the scraps into the woods.  Small critters eat what flesh/soft bones are left, insects move in, then bacteria, remains fertilize the soil so berries can grow which the Bears eat while waiting for the salmon.  Meanwhile, the salmon who escape the Bears spawn, die, and sink to the stream bed, where little fish pick away and even littler things do their thing, thus producing even littler things which the salmon fry eat.  All we have to do is reproduce that cycle and we can colonize Mars.  Simple.

[CornFed]

"All we have to do is reproduce that cycle and we can colonize Mars.  Simple"

Or we could just grow potatoes like Brad Pitt.

[CornFed]

"All we have to do is reproduce that cycle and we can colonize Mars.  Simple"

Or we could just grow potatoes like Brad Pitt.

[Rally]

"All we have to do is reproduce that cycle and we can colonize Mars.  Simple"

Or we could just grow potatoes like Brad Pitt.

No, you fool.  We need bugs!  And germs!  And cockroaches, because they can withstand near vacuum and freeze.  Duh.

[Rally]

"All we have to do is reproduce that cycle and we can colonize Mars.  Simple"

Or we could just grow potatoes like Brad Pitt.

No, you fool.  We need bugs!  And germs!  And cockroaches, because they can withstand near vacuum and freeze.  Duh.

[martyup]

"All we have to do is reproduce that cycle and we can colonize Mars.  Simple"

Or we could just grow potatoes like Brad Pitt.

The was Matt Damon.

[martyup]

"All we have to do is reproduce that cycle and we can colonize Mars.  Simple"

Or we could just grow potatoes like Brad Pitt.

The was Matt Damon.

[CornFed]

oh yeah.  they're all the same to me.

[CornFed]

oh yeah.  they're all the same to me.

[CowboyIndian]

Salmon swim upriver, to be eaten by 59ers, who toss the scraps into the woods.  Small critters eat what flesh/soft bones are left, insects move in, then bacteria, remains fertilize the soil so berries can grow which the 59ers eat while waiting for the salmon.  Meanwhile, the salmon who escape the 59ers spawn, die, and sink to the stream bed, where little fish pick away and even littler things do their thing, thus producing even littler things which the salmon fry eat. 

You forgot the part where my dogs roll in the rotting dead ones.

[CowboyIndian]

Salmon swim upriver, to be eaten by 59ers, who toss the scraps into the woods.  Small critters eat what flesh/soft bones are left, insects move in, then bacteria, remains fertilize the soil so berries can grow which the 59ers eat while waiting for the salmon.  Meanwhile, the salmon who escape the 59ers spawn, die, and sink to the stream bed, where little fish pick away and even littler things do their thing, thus producing even littler things which the salmon fry eat. 

You forgot the part where my dogs roll in the rotting dead ones.

[BostonCard]

I missed this thread.

BC

[BostonCard]

I missed this thread.

BC

[TreeFitty]

How about that CMAC thread? ooww wee!

[TreeFitty]

How about that CMAC thread? ooww wee!

[PalmTree]

How about that CMAC thread? ooww wee!

It takes a LOT of coffee to get all the way through that thread...  :P

[PalmTree]

How about that CMAC thread? ooww wee!

It takes a LOT of coffee to get all the way through that thread...  :P

[martyup]

Progress is good.  :)



https://youtu.be/3aoxNccBVWs

[martyup]

Progress is good.  :)



https://youtu.be/3aoxNccBVWs

[JJJ]

Since Stanford saw it fit to post this article on their facebook timeline:

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2...finds.html

8)

[JJJ]

Since Stanford saw it fit to post this article on their facebook timeline:

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2...finds.html

8)

[82 Card]

How about that CMAC thread? ooww wee!

Yea, but will it still be around in another 32 months?

[82 Card]

How about that CMAC thread? ooww wee!

Yea, but will it still be around in another 32 months?

[BostonCard]

Since Stanford saw it fit to post this article on their facebook timeline:

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2...finds.html

8)

Darned, you beat me to it.  I just read the article, and thought "that would be a great way to revive the 'dangerous grounds' thread".

BC

[BostonCard]

Since Stanford saw it fit to post this article on their facebook timeline:

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2...finds.html

8)

Darned, you beat me to it.  I just read the article, and thought "that would be a great way to revive the 'dangerous grounds' thread".

BC

[Bruce Wang]

This thread is so meta.  Nothing like a strong cup of coffee to wake up a zombie.

[Bruce Wang]

This thread is so meta.  Nothing like a strong cup of coffee to wake up a zombie.

[Hank 91]

A while back I revisited this thread and asked for advice on a single-cup coffee brewer that wasn't a Keurig. Just to update you -- and I know you've all been furiously refreshing your browsers for the past two months as you awaited this update -- I went with a French press for a while, which was fine, but then my wife bought me a Hamilton Beach model (http://tinyurl.com/zh4wfgh) for my birthday. It fits perfectly atop the microwave in my classroom, and few things give me more pleasure than brewing a perfect cup of coffee each morning. Perfect for my needs.

[Hank 91]

A while back I revisited this thread and asked for advice on a single-cup coffee brewer that wasn't a Keurig. Just to update you -- and I know you've all been furiously refreshing your browsers for the past two months as you awaited this update -- I went with a French press for a while, which was fine, but then my wife bought me a Hamilton Beach model (http://tinyurl.com/zh4wfgh) for my birthday. It fits perfectly atop the microwave in my classroom, and few things give me more pleasure than brewing a perfect cup of coffee each morning. Perfect for my needs.

[martyup]

Good old Hamilton Beach.  I remember my family getting one of their popcorn poppers in the early 70s.  That was high tech for the time.

[martyup]

Good old Hamilton Beach.  I remember my family getting one of their popcorn poppers in the early 70s.  That was high tech for the time.