Electricity - plain and simple

So, dude, there is this remote-controlled ship, right.  And it tows a rig with a hole in the center.  In the center of the hole in the center there is a lightning-attracting rod, that is connected to the sides of the hole with rods (slinky, so that when the rig pitches in the sea, the rods slink, and adapt).

And there is this net – basically just cords strung together, so that sea-water can move freely through it.  There are stainless-steel wires connected to this net.  These stainless-steel wires are as large as possible, considering weight restrictions plus a standard resistance, so these two factors determine the Ampacity of the stainless-steel wire.

To protect the physical dimensions of the wire, after an initial part which is allowed to conduct the electricity in, the wire is insulated by PVC.

These wires are laid out, along the sea-bed, till they reach the nearest sea-shore. 

They are connected via socket-plugs to another wire, which is a HVDC transmission wire.  This ends in a power station, which can then convert the incoming direct-current to electricity of their required specification.

So where does the electricity source?  There a storm somewhere in the sea nearby.  So the remote-controlled (could get dangerous – lots of charge out there, but hey! Some people might like to be on that ship…) ship is sent into the storm. 

The lightning-attracting rod is raised up.  The clouds bang together, and lightning results.  It follows the shortest path to the earth, in this case, the lightning-attracting rod that we have hopefully lifted up.

So the lightning traverses the rod and the rod is kept dipped in the water below, so the lightning continues on in. 

Water is a good conductor of electricity, so the electric-charge from the lightning dissipates in the water.

And we have our stainless-steel-conducting wires sitting hopefully in the nets.  So some of the electric-charge flows into them, depending on the resistance (which depends on the circumference of the wire, and the standardized specification which has been determined as the standard (I haven’t yet determined what that is – so basically, get a stainless-steel wire, as large as possible considering that the weight of it needs to be borne by the net / rig etc., round off the dimensions, so it is a nice round number, and whatever the resistance of that wire is, well, that is the standard resistance, so all the wires are made of this dimension).

So now we have current flowing in the wires, and that is electricity.

The electricity flows through the wires, to the sea-shore, where the wire is plugged into a socket that leads to a HVDC wire of the same specification, which is laid in the ground and covered with earth, and which transmits it to a power station.

On the right to try marriage

In the beginning, God made the earth, the sky, the sun, separated the waters, did everything, created the infrastructure of the earth - I don't remember the exact order right now, but basically, he created the entire infrastructure needed.

Then He started creating moving things - plants, fish, birds, animals, and a whole variety of things.  So He created whatever He wanted, and that was His handiwork.

Then He was done creating His passion, and He decided to create a caretaker for what He had made.  So He made an image of Himself to subdue the earth and have dominion over it.  And He also commanded him to be fruitful and multiply.  After all, a being lives for some time, and then passes on.  There needs to be other beings to populate the earth at all times.  Whether plants, fish, birds, animals, or man......

So that is why Man was made - to subdue the earth and have dominion over it.

And God brought all the animals to him, and Adam named them all, but there was not found a helper meet for him.

So God caused him to fall into a sleep and took a rib and fashioned a being and brought her to Adam, and Adam called her a "woman" because she was created from "man".  And he named her Eve.







Jesus said, "Some do not marry because they are born that way, some because.....  (so many reasons) and some for the sake of the Kingdom of God.  Let him who is able to accept it, accept it."

So it behoves each of us to first see if we are able to live without marriage.  If we can, then we should, for the sake of the Kingdom of God within us.  If that is not ours to do, and if we are of the type to be "fruitful and  multiply", then we should do that.  If we are the type to pretend to procreate and use a condom then we should do that, though I don't understand that.  Why use a condom and then do it?  Why not just refrain from doing it?  Is somebody forcing you?

A game plan for life .....

A possible game-plan for life:

Age (in years)

01 – 05 – At home as long as possible.  When not possible, in a crèche or playschool.

Year in school

01 – Try out all options to guage the capability of the person – either Music, Dance, Games, Sports, Academics, and so many other….

02 – Choose 4 subjects

03 – Continue with those 4 subjects

04 – Choose 2 subjects

05 – Continue with those 2 subjects.

06 – Continue with those 2 subjects, or change.

07 – Rest year

08 – Choose one subject and 4 sub-subjects

08 – 12 – Sub-subjects of the main subjects

College – Specialise

Get married, have kids.

When you’re 40 , start your career…

Lightning harvesting by me .... ya, you can have some too....

Aim of the experiment - To harvest electricity from lightning.

Requirements:

- A remote-controlled ship

-  A rig with a lightning-attracting rod (extendable) fixed at the center of it.  The rod goes down into the sea.  When the rod is extended up, it attracts lightning to it, and then the lightning is channelled down into the water where the rod enters the water.

-  A net with electric-charge conducting conductors placed in it.  It should be a net so that the water can flow freely through it.  When the water gets charged from the lightning conducted down (because water is a good conductor), then some of the charge (depending on the capacity of the conductor) charges the conductor, and there should be insulated wires extending outward from the conductors so that the charge flows into that.  A bunch of wires can be taped together to form a bundled cable, insulated against water.  This then drops down to the sea-bed, where it lies and is rolled out till it reaches the nearest shore.

-  On the shore, there should be Pattern Recognition detectors that detect the incoming current-voltage specifications of the incoming charge and based on the Pattern (input-current, input-voltage), a switch should be thrown to route the charge to another set of switches.                                 Based on the required electricity specifications, another pattern is defined (required-current, required-voltage etc.), and the corresponding switch is thrown there.                              So then the incoming charge is routed there, and then that wire leads into a transformer or a device which transforms the incoming-charge into the required eleectricity specification.

Methodology:

One sets up the Pattern-Recognition-detectors-to-transmission-lines (PRDTTL) on the sea-shore.

One takes the  net with the electric-charge conducting conductors, and drapes is around the base of the rig, so that it trails in the water.

One connects the rig to the remote-controlled ship.

One monitors the weather to determine where the storm is.

One sends the remote-controlled ship into the storm, where the lightning hits it, is conducted down into the sea and then some of it is conducted via the electric-charge conducting conductors to the long-distrance transmission wires that they are bundled into and which fall down to the sea-bed and lie along it, all the way to the sea-shore.

One let's the switches on the PRDtTL work, and the electricity streams into the PRDs and on to the transmission-wires and it works like a dream.....

Result :

Voila!  Electricity!!!!!!!!

This electricity can then be transported via long-distance transmission cables to places of utilisation and need.....

Anyone in need .....?

The infrastructure blog - the MRTS

The infrastructure blog - the MRTS

So here’s what the MRTS is like currently:

There are main roads, and highways.

Each segment of straight road is identified.  If the stretch of straight road is really long, then it is segmented into parts.

In each segment-part, in the middle of the road, the MRTS columns’ foundations are dug, the columns built and then the MRTS rails placed on top of it.

There are steps from the pavement on each side inclined up and then straight across, to the MRTS stop.  (Just like an overhead bridge – if the road is too narrow for this, then probably there shouldn’t be an MRTS on it, and some terrain way of travel is used – Maybe rickshaws, maybe horse-drawn carriages, maybe auto-s, maybe cabs, maybe a bus, or maybe a tram….).

There is a platform all the way across from the start of the MRTS rail to the end of that MRTS rail.  Let the stairways connect now and then.  Then if one gets on the platform, and can’t wait, or wants to walk, one always has a choice….

So it becomes like a big caterpillar over the road.  In the center is the MRTS rail, on both sides of it is the platform place, and leading on and off each 50 metres are the connecting stairs….

Underneath are the built-in spaces, use them for shops and for places, to sit and unwind, to park your cars, your vehicles, your bikes, your skates (you could carry those, or check them in) and your walking-shoes (if you walked a while from your place to the MRTS rail, and are getting ready to go to work or play…, and need to wear a different pair of footwear…).

So one who wishes to use the MRTS, climbs up the inclined-stairway, walks across and waits in the MRTS stop.  The MRTS bus arrives, and one gets on it.  Sits, or stands, as one desires.  The MRTS bus pulls out, and travels a while, about 50 metres or so.  Then it stops again.  One gets off, or one stays on, others get on or get off, and the MRTS bus pulls out again.  Goes another 50 metres and stops again.  People get on and off, and the MRTS bus is off again.  Another 50 metres and it stops again.  People get on and off, and the MRTS bus is off again.  Another 50 metres and it stops again.  People get on and off, and the MRTS bus is off again.  Another 50 metres and it stops again.  People get on and off, and the MRTS bus is off again.  Another 50 metres and it stops again.  People get on and off, and the MRTS bus is off again.  Another 50 metres and it stops again.  People get on and off, and that’s the end of the track.  And then the MRTS bus starts back to it’s starting point.  It goes 50 metres, and it stops.  People get on and off, and the MRTS bus is off again.  Another 50 metres, and then it stops.  People get on and off, and the MRTS bus is off again.   50 metres, and its stops.  People get on and off, and the MRTS bus is off again.  Another 50 metres, and it stops.  People get on and off, and the MRTS bus is off again.  Another 50 metres, and it stops.  People get on and off, and we have reached the starting point.  Time to do it all again.  And the MRTS bus goes up and down, up and down, up and down.  The MRTS bus goes up and down, up and down, up and down, all day long…..

One MRTS bus per segment-part….

So if people want to travel a few kilometres?  They need a road-map, with the segments of MRTS clearly defined.  So one can go 300 metres at a stretch, then one can get down and stretch one’s legs.  (Very useful, to keep comfortable).  Then one can either walk to the next MRTS segment-part, or hire an auto, a car or a cab, a rickshaw, a horse-drawn carriage or a tram (for the medium-width roads..) ….

On how to take decisions now-a-days

Ah, the wonders of technology.

Just the other day, I was feeling bored, and I picked up my mobile phone.  “Which vehicle has 4 wheels?  A. Car  B. Bike”.  Oh my!  And a chance to win big…..  So I dialed the specified number and SMS-ed “A” to that number.  That’s what I thought….

Talking about SMS-s.  I remember the song-competition-shows that have a list of competitors.  And after one sings, there is banner on the base of the screen that says, “If you wish to vote for this person, please dial 123-123-1234(some number) and SMS “X” (some code that they define) to register your vote”. 

And people SMS in, in lakhs of numbers.

It’s a good day for the SMS people, because they get paid for their labour.

It’s a good day for the people, because they feel like their opinion matters.

It’s a good day for the person voted for, because they can feel the love….

Then there are game shows, where the audience has a punch-pad with 4 options (or more, or less), and they type in “A”, “B”, “C” or “D”….  Then the votes are tabled and that is the decision on the question that was asked.

There are surveys on almost anything these days.  “Who wore it better?”  “Do you smoke, do you drink, are you in-between?  Are you looking for an alternative?”  Strongly-agree, Agree, Neither-agree-nor-disagree, Disagree, Strongly-disagree.

Rate on a scale of 1 – 10.  1 for Most and 10 for least, or 1 for Least and 10 for most ....

So many things have been digitized.  Even the analog signal has been digitized.  If the value is between value1 and upto, but not including value2, then the representative value is ValueA.  If the value is between value2 and upto but not including value3, then the representative value is ValueB.

This apparently, is now extrapolated.  Any question in the world can get an answer, if you know how to frame the question, and digitize the options.

How are you feeling today?  Happy, sad, exuberant, glad …..   Okay that range is absolutely out-of-this-world…..

Apparently there is now a way to digitize the people’s voice ….  IT in democracy…….!!!!!

No more need for elections or representatives  (Oops, that might be a little far-fetched, after all, some people are good at being elected and being a representative.  I just got carried away....).  Any and every question can be tabled on a website (like it already is), a number or a link can be given, digitized options presented, and a time for voting, and every person who shows up and votes can have the feeling that he (wo”man” was made from a rib of man, so “he” means the missing rib too, so that is everybody) too matters. 

Of course, those who don’t wish to vote don’t have to.  That is their vote and option and the right to refuse to vote…..

We now have a “government” of the people, by the people and from the people, where everyone’s vote matters, or not, depending on whether they want it to matter or not.

Of course the granularity of the decision rests with those who frame the questions and digital-options.  The more the options, the more the granularity.  The less the options, the more the digitization.  See, here also there is a choice on how to frame the digital-options for a question that someone had a choice on framing….

Let’s photo-frame the decision, and hang it on our wall as a trophy…..

It's like Jesus said, "If two or three of you agree on earth concerning anything, I will do it for you in heaven".  Well, so it looks like only two or three are needed for a thing, but the more the merrier.....