Interesting but their thermodynamic and heat transfer analyses are flawed. The round ball of ice will have 20% smaller surface area than a cube of the same volume. So yes the ball will melt slower.
The problem? It is the heat absorbed by the state change that cools the drink. Which is a volumetric quantity. Which means the spherical ice cools your drink slower. More importantly the ice is going to melt quickly until the drink reaches an equilibrium temperature. Which means it's only the quantity of ice that matters not really the shape.
So basically use cubes and drink your drink while it's cold but before it gets all watery.
Invasion by the Duergar-Drow Alliance from the Underdark.
They see the United States as weak. Our national government is divided and lacks the long-term stability provided by a hereditary monarch. Our military is waging two wars on the other side of the planet. We have no formal state religion and our priests can't even work minor healings. What little religious authority they have is squandered on oppressing anyone with a talent for arcana or psionics. It's a far cry from the matriarchal theocracy by the Drow priestess of Lloth, that's for sure.
Their dark legions probably plan to emerge from their hidden tunnels and split the continental US in two from north to south through our relatively unguarded and thinly populated farm-belt states. Once they've seized our agricultural base, we'll have to surrender or starve.
Yeah most of them could be real people, but only because they're so processed that you can't tell what's under the photoshop anymore. Might be a real girl, might be a 3D rendering.
The only one I had to really take a second look at is the girl in the pink turtleneck.
Impressive, but wasteful. A more conventional double decker bridge that divides traffic onto an upper and lower roadway that share the same supports would work as well. It would also require simpler foundations and allow shipping to pass under it easily.
The problem? It is the heat absorbed by the state change that cools the drink. Which is a volumetric quantity. Which means the spherical ice cools your drink slower. More importantly the ice is going to melt quickly until the drink reaches an equilibrium temperature. Which means it's only the quantity of ice that matters not really the shape.
So basically use cubes and drink your drink while it's cold but before it gets all watery.
They see the United States as weak. Our national government is divided and lacks the long-term stability provided by a hereditary monarch. Our military is waging two wars on the other side of the planet. We have no formal state religion and our priests can't even work minor healings. What little religious authority they have is squandered on oppressing anyone with a talent for arcana or psionics. It's a far cry from the matriarchal theocracy by the Drow priestess of Lloth, that's for sure.
Their dark legions probably plan to emerge from their hidden tunnels and split the continental US in two from north to south through our relatively unguarded and thinly populated farm-belt states. Once they've seized our agricultural base, we'll have to surrender or starve.
The only one I had to really take a second look at is the girl in the pink turtleneck.