Alan Smithee's New Writeups

air conditioning (thing)

2000-06-14T15:21:00Z

A couple of clarifications and corrections to Dman's writeup:

Mr. Carrier's major contribution to the field of air conditioning was the development of the psychrometric chart, rather than the air conditioner per se.
The psychrometric chart allows an individual to determine the properties of moist air and to plot various air conditioning processes. Until the development of psychrometrics, air conditioning was mostly voodoo and proper air conditioning was usually just good luck.
A basic air conditioning system consists of a cooling coil and a heating coil in that order (this will become clear in a moment). You also need a fan and motor to blow the air (or draw the air) over the coils.
A mixing box or mixing plenum is the correct term (not mixing chamber).
Proportions of fresh air and recirculated air are controlled by dampers not valves.
Filters can remove both particulate and gaseous contaminants (which is useful if

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2000-05-12T08:51:25Z

Dinka wandered east.

Since it was pitch dark outside, she got about three steps before she tripped over something.

"Ow!" said the thing that she had tripped over.

2000-03-16T15:00:27Z

I'm such a prolific filmmaker I hardly know where to begin! My earliest appearance in the IMDB is way back in 1955, directing The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis for television. A bit of a hiatus followed, interrupted only by Fade-In in 1968, Death of a Gunfighter in 1969, The Challenge in 1970 and The Barking Dog in 1978, but then the dam burst and work began coming at me almost faster than I could deal with it! In 1980 I directed a movie and two television shows - Gypsy Angels, Fun and Games and City of Fear. Resting up after that marathon I directed an episode of Moonlight in 1982 and helped patch up David Lynch's work on the nigh-mythical extended television version of Dune. In 1985 I worked on Stitches, two episodes of MacGuyver and Paladin of the Lost Hour, a Twilight Zone episode. 1986 saw Let's get Harry and the TV movie Dalton: Code of Vengeance II while 1987 was another year that almost wore me out completely - Morgan Stewart's Coming Home, Ghost Fever,…

1999-11-13T14:17:07Z