Oh wow! Congrats on getting accepted to the ACA! Hopefully the courses continue to be promising. :)

It's already looking that way! Loving class and there's no rush to complete anything. Deadline for everything is 2 weeks before certification and everything is in steps which makes it easier for people like me that do something right, absorb it, then improve rather than do it all in one go and feel overwhelmed by looking at everything at once (I miss things when that happens)

Oh cool! I'm glad there's time to do everything at a structured pace without feeling flooded with information or rushed. Sounds like a place that has its ducks in a row.

Yup! It's really a place to semi-go at your own pace and learn at a good pace at the same time ^v-v^ It's perfect for me. I'm too lazy to look back right now but did I mention the class only has 7 students? Also this is the only class I've ever been excited to attend. The high school I transferred to here in Arkansas was really nice, too. I went from a school of about 5,000 - 6,000 students 9th grade to 12th grade and went to a much nicer, smaller school that had exactly 498 students k-12

Wow that's a huge difference in class size! Good on you for finding your happy place. :3

^v-v^ Thanks Hope you find yours :3

Thanks! I think my happy place is being with family (even the in-laws lol). One of the few times I can feel awful to begin with and leave with a smile is when I'm with them. :)

Haha I feel ya. Maybe get a "Work from home" job? Best of both worlds, maybe! Depends on how distracting your home environment would be

My home life would be extremely distracting lol. As it sits I get home from a 10 hour work day, do house things, relax for an hour to an hour and a half and then sleep. xD

Haha wow. I used to game all day and sometimes not go to bed until 4-5 am and stayed awake longer than that. Now it's up at 7:45 to eat breakfast, make lunch, and use any spare time to play some games. Leave the house t 8:30, at school by 9. Lunch for 11:30, back at 12:30 or 1 (sometimes lunch is longer), then class again until 5. Home around 5:30 and eat and play. Main games off at 11, small games with wife and then sleep before 1. It's a big change but this schedule has really helped my daily energy even though my body is screaming at me all morning about my lack of sleep (somehow. I used to be a 12-hour sleeper. Guess I'm just still really having to adjust)

Oh wow! That is a pretty drastic difference In schedule. I know it was for the better of your body seeing as your daily energy is better. I would agree going from 12 hours of sleep to 6 hours is probably what keeps they body asking for sleep. Hopefully after a while the body will finish adjusting. :)

I have ear buds now. I will be fine ^w^ my head was killing me yesterday. Must be a weather front coming in. Something about "Tornado threats" on the TV as I passed by the Tech Bar today

Yup! A big weather system is making it through the plains as we speak. Hopefully you folks stay hunkered down and safe while the threat is there. Could be a wild ride for the middle of the 48 states.

I'm in Arkansas so I think I'm far enough out of it's path. Have a couple of friends with weather alerts going off, though

Ah. Well at least I can rest tonight thinking you are safe. We get the best out of each situation yes? As for your friends, I do hope they survive okay.

Yes, hopefully you slept well because I am safe lol Yea, they survived. Wife played with them again yesterday. You're staying safe, too, I assume?

Oh lord I did lol. Overslept by two hours at least. :P

That's great to know everyone survived A-OK. We're doing well down here. The bulk of the rain is expected Sunday into Monday. I do like rainy days. :)

Oh boy! I'm catching up on my sleep and playing games lol
Glad you're ok too. Hope you don't have to build an Ark! haha

That sounds like so much fun right now to sleep and play games. o3o

Lol! We have 1 1/2 inches rain so far, but if you hear hammering, I might be building an Ark!

Trust me, I'll be the first one aboard after everyone near you if I hear the hammering

:)

What would you do with all the feces...?

I think it would be sent through a wastewater treatment center on board and the 99% clean water extracted would be used for non drinking purposes. I suppose the solid waste could be burnt for the methane content, but idk really what else to do with it.

Good point!

Methane to burn as a source of heat for the steam engine that will power the paddles! Water will be plentiful and maybe use some of the methane fuel for a generator to perform hydrolysis on the water for oxygen and hydrogen for more fuel :D

I like this idea of yours! o3o

We could store the oxygen for diving tanks so divers could do maintenance on the Ark underwater and maybe dive for parts and/or treasures.

Hydrolysis is a great method for separating hydrogen from oxygen. Simply, it's an electric current passed through water for periods of time. Using a special dissolving solid (I'm not sure what it's called) to speed it up, you can get a LOT of oxygen/hydrogen at a time. Of course, with a high-amp current, you can get a lot anyway. I wouldn't worry about separating it except for the scuba tank thing you mentioned. The combination is strong enough to have explosive results if ignited at once or can be burned for fuel when the flow it controlled(like a propane grill). The methane would be good for the same reasons. I assume mainly for engine fuel since it smells x.x

Science lesson for the day:
There are 2 sources of explosive gases that you use harmlessly every day
To think deeper: 2 explosive gasses can come together to put out fires? Hydrogen and oxygen to the rescue! haha I'm just waking up so I'mma seem a bit odd right now ^^;;

I think you just blew my mind @u@ Water does put out some fires, yet bother elements in water are flammable. (Technically, one is an oxidizer by nature, but both would burn as you've mentioned.)

Sounds like hydrolysis needs some piping and a pressure regulator to really make it work well. :)

Hehe I do enjoy blowing minds!

I actually did 2 science experiments. One was using a Hydrolysis Rocket. It included a solution that accelerated the process, then sparked a coil inside to light both gasses to make a pop and launch the rocket abut 70ft into the air. The process for that much fuel took about 2 minutes.
The other was using some wire, 2 pencils, a piece of card board a 9v battery, and a jar of water. I sharpened both ends of the pencils and shove them through the card board. I then sat the card boar on top of the jar and adjusted the pencils so that each one had a pointed end in the water. I made a small groove in the other end both pencils to use to hold the wire in place. I put one small piece of wire on both pencils and connected them to the battery leads. After 2 days, the water was below the pencil lead and did not go lower as quickly afterwards. I think some of it evaporated since the water loss continued after the water was below the pencils but it was slow enough for me to know that the battery was sufficient to perform hydrolysis

Those are some really cool science experiments! I'm going to have to try the lead pencil and battery trick. What about the lead/graphite makes the hydrolysis process work so well? :D

That's actually pretty slow from what I read. While graphite and lead are conductive solids, they have a bit of resistance. Using regular wire or a high-voltage metal plate, the same process would have likely taken less than a day. However, the real challenge is to actually [i]collect[]/i] the gasses after they're separated. Both have such low density that they will rise through every crack they can find ad the slightest breeze can blow them around. You'd need a tank to collect it all in or, theoretically, do the whole process in an enclosed take like a large propane take people use to power gas utilities in their homes. I theory, you can fill a similar container with water, preferably one with non-conductive walls and only 2 conductive spots to make a circuit. This kind of storage would likely be viable since it's already sealed