Comments for Mrs. Sippi's Blog http://www.smarterscience.net/blog About the Mariana Trench, the Black Sea and similar cool stuff Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:12:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on Did you feel it? by Armadilla Sippi http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=37#comment-1936 Armadilla Sippi Fri, 21 May 2010 14:17:34 +0000 http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=37#comment-1936 If you are not afraid of seismic engineering, take a look here: http://www.smarterscience.com/vmb-seismic-engineering.html and here: http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TunedMassDamper/ and here: http://graphics.boston.com/news/special/audio_slideshows/hancock/mass_tune_damper/ (video of the one in the Hancock in Boston, not to absorb earthquake shocks but the effects of wind) If you are not afraid of seismic engineering, take a look here:
http://www.smarterscience.com/vmb-seismic-engineering.html

and here:
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TunedMassDamper/

and here:
http://graphics.boston.com/news/special/audio_slideshows/hancock/mass_tune_damper/
(video of the one in the Hancock in Boston, not to absorb earthquake shocks but the effects of wind)

]]> Comment on New site design!!! by Armadilla Sippi http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=36#comment-1924 Armadilla Sippi Sun, 16 May 2010 22:02:44 +0000 http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=36#comment-1924 Can you guess what the new site will look like? ;-) Can you guess what the new site will look like? ;-)

]]> Comment on Richard Branson wants to dive into the Mariana Trench too by ann http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=34#comment-1711 ann Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:59 +0000 http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=34#comment-1711 Wow, "an airplane flying in the sea", that's very impressive notion! Wow, “an airplane flying in the sea”, that’s very impressive notion!

]]> Comment on New page coming up by Armadilla Sippi http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=31#comment-1640 Armadilla Sippi Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:47:25 +0000 http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=31#comment-1640 Well, I clearly haven't yet. Shame on me! Well, I clearly haven’t yet. Shame on me!

]]> Comment on Bombay Sapphires… by Armadilla Sippi http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=26#comment-153 Armadilla Sippi Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:27:40 +0000 http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=26#comment-153 CNN recently reported about <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/27/giant.emerald/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">a giant emerald from Brazil</a> and also about what can be considered <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/22/diamond.lesotho.gem/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">a perfect diamond, which was found in Africa</a>. Emeralds are the mineral type called topaz, and that is the next hardest mineral, after diamond and corundum. Sapphires are varieties of the mineral corundum. The site <a href="http://www.corunduminium.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">corunduminium.com has gorgeous pictures of corundum</a>. CNN recently reported about a giant emerald from Brazil and also about what can be considered a perfect diamond, which was found in Africa.

Emeralds are the mineral type called topaz, and that is the next hardest mineral, after diamond and corundum. Sapphires are varieties of the mineral corundum. The site corunduminium.com has gorgeous pictures of corundum.

]]> Comment on And another by Armadilla Sippi http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=12#comment-48 Armadilla Sippi Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:47:16 +0000 http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=12#comment-48 Whoa, that is even more fascinating!!! Whoa, that is even more fascinating!!!

]]> Comment on And another by Armadilla Sippi http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=12#comment-47 Armadilla Sippi Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:45:11 +0000 http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=12#comment-47 THAT is fascinating! That's a good clue. (The day - Monday etc - has disappeared and is replaced by something else.) THAT is fascinating! That’s a good clue. (The day - Monday etc - has disappeared and is replaced by something else.)

]]> Comment on One more try by Armadilla Sippi http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=11#comment-46 Armadilla Sippi Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:40:43 +0000 http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=11#comment-46 Nope. Nope.

]]> Comment on Fixed the date by Armadilla Sippi http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=10#comment-45 Armadilla Sippi Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:39:15 +0000 http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=10#comment-45 Nope. But I'm getting there. Nope. But I’m getting there.

]]> Comment on Mrs. Sippi says hello to the world by Mrs. Sippi http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=1#comment-1 Mrs. Sippi Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:26:31 +0000 http://www.smarterscience.net/blog/?p=1#comment-1 Comments are welcome but I must approve them before they appear. Too many jokers on the web who just want you to go to their site so you can catch some spyware or whatever. Comments are welcome but I must approve them before they appear. Too many jokers on the web who just want you to go to their site so you can catch some spyware or whatever.

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