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| Another DPRK Scientific Breakthrough! |
| 2003-10-14 |
| Pyongyang, October 13 (KCNA) -- The Branch Institute of Construction and Building-Materials under the Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has developed lagging materials with foam from plant-steeped water. It’s some type of thermal insulation, I guess. Looks like somebody discovered it while making grass soup. Its heat conduction is 0.08 watt per meter kelvin. It does not break under the pressure of five mega Pascal. It has been widely used in the newly built factories, dwelling houses and stockbreeding farms including the recently face-lifted Yonggwang Street. That’s nice, Yonggwang Street was looking a bit shabby. Its raw material is inexhaustible in the country. We got plenty of grass! Its production cost is low but the quality is good. Quick, call the Nobel Committee! |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #11 It's fun to see if you can recognize the commercial product they have "invented." One of the discoveries they have described seems to be that you can take the lightest of the ash remnants (fly ash)of burning coal in a boiler and use it as an additive in cement. I hope they are not paying too much money to the bozo who has smuggled an old materials science book into the country. It must be like being the Connecticutt Yankee in King Arthur's Court for the guy. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-14 9:36:23 PM |
| #10 [Tries desperately to think of a graceful way to defend commenting on a post he didn't read all the way through, thereby rendering Steve's correction moot. In a flash, FormerLiberal knows what do to! He cries:] "Mary, help!" |
| Posted by: FormerLiberal 2003-10-14 5:42:45 PM |
| #9 tu3031, No Kimmie-boy invents Mud. And tomorrow -- Bricks! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-10-14 2:51:16 PM |
| #8 Wonder if you can get some at Home Depot? I was thinking of remodeling....my house needs more juche. |
| Posted by: Baba Yaga 2003-10-14 2:39:12 PM |
| #7 I wonder if it will pick up the funnies. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-14 2:17:41 PM |
| #6 Definition by WordNet Dictionary: LAGGING - used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat; insulant, insulating material, insulation. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-10-14 2:04:04 PM |
| #5 Coming up next: Kim Jong Il Discovers Mud! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-10-14 1:53:13 PM |
| #4 Look! They're returning to 12th century ways! What a great way to save money for Nuclear missles! |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-10-14 1:32:07 PM |
| #3 I know the poster meant "logging" but "lagging" seems so much more appropriate. |
| Posted by: FormerLiberal 2003-10-14 1:23:47 PM |
| #2 Working their way towards thatch... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2003-10-14 1:13:28 PM |
| #1 Sounds like Pyongyang has developed advanced Daub & Wattle construction. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-10-14 1:02:58 PM |