I have a bunch of goats and alpacas here on the farm to keep the weeds down
in a perimeter around the house, vineyard, and orchard, for fire safety. What
they don't eat, they trample, and the couple acres they live in is basically nothing
but bare dirt and trees now. They mostly eat bales of grass I set out for them.
The ear tags are most likely to indicate ownership. Goats are worth about $75
each here in the U.S., and people like to keep track of theirs.
Heat exchangers are more efficient the larger they are, and it may be worth the
extra cost in energy savings. So it may not reflect on differences in cooling load
as much as changes in energy prices, or in changes to permit requirements for
new construction.
And yes, I was joking around too, fully expecting you to have a good sense of humor.
:-)
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Get a free science project every week! "http://scitoys.com/newsletter.html"On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 1:45 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 08:38:18PM -0700, Simon Quellen Field wrote:Sorry for posting some slightly weird stuff yesterday. (Actually, not.
> Those fumes may be responsible for many other hallucinations as well.
Posting when drunk is fun).
The goats are for real, though. Not sure whether the local
(biochem/neuro) Max Planck is having them to keep the grass short, or whether they're
experimental animals (as they're living out in the open, under
uncontrolled conditions it's unlikely, though. However, they do
have ear tags, presumably to keep them apart. So maybe doch).
Max Planck also building a lot lately, and the new building
has the biggest heat-exchangers I've ever seen on a structure
so small. So they're either building the biggest walk-in cold
room I've ever seen (with glass doors? no insulation?), or
this is for a computing facility. Water-cooled, a cluster,
presumably.
When I'll get drunk again I'll make sure to keep you posted.
On the goats, at least.
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> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 05:58:13PM -0700, Simon Quellen Field wrote:
> > >> E. coli already stinks.
> > >
> > > Shoulda smell some anaerobes. Realy ripe ones. Ugh.
> > >
> > > I actually smell rich media/cultures every day when biking
> > > past local Max Planck. Plus, what do all these ear-tagged goats
> >
> > Those are just the fumes. Pay no attention to that.
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> > - Bryan
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