Anarchemitis:
Science has yet to name that thing where you're about to walk into someone and you both step to the right/left until one of you steps aside.

Man i just hate that...

spudgun:

Manta173:

cleverlymadeup:

Geoffrey42:

Per the Glass = Liquid/Solid thing, I've heard multiple versions. In school, I was taught "amorphous solid, just an incredibly slow-moving one." Then, a bit later, I read a PopSci article where some VERY bored scientist measured glass very, very accurately, over the course of 2 decades, and found that it moved not at all, so he extrapolated that it simply doesn't ever. It doesn't prove anything, but I thought I would add what I knew of the matter.

most of the "proof" that ppl use to say it's a REALLY slow moving liquid are really examples of different/poorly made glass, those being windows for the 17th-19th century because they are wavy (poorly made glass) or the medieval glass, which was explained previously

this is one of those issues that ppl hear one thing but don't listen to ppl with expertise in the field, ie chemists.

another one is hitler was rejected by the freemasons when he applied and they were the first group he went after before the jews

I'm sorry but chemists are not experts on the states of matter by any definition. Physicists are.... and I happen to be well trained in both... chemical engineering bachelors and a masters in polymer science and one in polymer engineering.

Glass is a liquid.

ye gods you dont need science to see glass is a solid (by the way im a biologist)
the reason the glass from perioids long gone was wavy or thicker at the bottom is because they wre crap at making glass and stood the moulds upwards

Can we please not have this argument again? (see the about 3 pages of posts dedicated to this subject; everything was covered there)...

Internet rules:
34- If it exists there is pron of it
35- There are no girls on the internet
36- If it exists, someone has a fetish for it
37- NEVER MENTION THE STATE OF MATTER GLASS EXISTS IN!

Sparkly Weasel:
Internet rules:
34- If it exists there is pron of it
35- There are no girls on the internet
36- If it exists, someone has a fetish for it
37- NEVER MENTION THE STATE OF MATTER GLASS EXISTS IN!

Technically Rule 35 is agreed to be that if no porn of it exists, someone is making it. There are no girls on the Internet is earlier in most cases I do believe. There are a lot of different versions of "the rules."

Anarchemitis:
Science has yet to name that thing where you're about to walk into someone and you both step to the right/left until one of you steps aside.

ooh ooh wait I know what to call it lets call it bob!

Anarchemitis:
Fact: You can die from drinking too much water.

indeed, excess of water causes cells to explode.

anyway, more obscure factage =)

facts
you DON'T need to drink two litres of water a day
In the UK cheese was banned from advertising during kids programs..and may still be
the sport football (english football) was invented in Sheffield, my home town :D

debatable
in WW2 The Japanese, instead of researching neuclear bombs, researched death rays and made a working prototype, however, for it to be battle effective, the power supply had to be more than all of Japan's power plants combined

mshcherbatskaya:
The ratio of rats to humans in any city is approximately 1:1.

Except in Alberta, we have a Rat Patrol actually there's one...

what a Rat really looks like, I've NEVER seen a real one, only in pictures and movies.

stompy:

Khell_Sennet:
Fact: You can die from drinking too much water.

Yeh, I believe it's a hundred glasses in one day.

actually it's less than that, you don't die from the water you die from having a full bladder, a lady recently died of this on a radio contest called wee for a wii

an article
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070114.wwater0114/BNStory/International/home

the lawsuit for it
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0125073wii1.html

Khell_Sennet:

Fact: People who play the lotto with any consistency are unlikely to ever break even to how much they've spent on losing tickets, even if they win the jackpot.

most ppl who win the lotto are broke a couple years later, most end up declaring bankruptcy

Leonhardt93:

Anarchemitis:
Science has yet to name that thing where you're about to walk into someone and you both step to the right/left until one of you steps aside.

Man i just hate that...

It's called the "Canadian Shuffle" in Canada, except when your about to step aside you both laugh a little, feel awkward and say sorry, then proceed along your way.

Ah the internet, where men are men, women are also men, and children are undercover police officers.

So... facts, eh? Try these fellas on for size:

If it's hotter than 30*C, the pectins in green plants start to release methane. This is why satellites monitoring emissions found high methane levels over equatorial rainforests.

Burping cows get a bad rep, too. The largest man-made source of methane on Earth right now is actually from anaerobic bacteria in the waterlogged soil used to grow rice.

-Nick

dekkarax:

debatable
in WW2 The Japanese, instead of researching neuclear bombs, researched death rays and made a working prototype, however, for it to be battle effective, the power supply had to be more than all of Japan's power plants combined

that is true
93% of the internet is pron

All psychics are fakes.

the monopoly guy:

93% of the internet is pron

87% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

the monopoly guy:

dekkarax:

debatable
in WW2 The Japanese, instead of researching neuclear bombs, researched death rays and made a working prototype, however, for it to be battle effective, the power supply had to be more than all of Japan's power plants combined

that is true
93% of the internet is pron

97% of all email is spam.

And for the gross-out factor... there is a popular cheese made on the Italian island of Sardinia, known as casu marzu. Casu marzu is a sheep's milk cheese that gets its unique flavor and texture from the large amounts of insect larvae-- intentionally introduced into the cheese-- which break the cheese down as they feed on and digest it.

To avoid consuming cheese that is too rotten, locals recommend only eating casu marzu which still has live larvae in it. It is also recommended you wear goggles while eating this cheese, to avoid eye injury from jumping larvae.

Consuming casu marzu can result in severe gastric distress and bleeding, as the larvae inhabiting the cheese are not typically harmed by the human digestive system, and will take up residence in the intestines until such time as they decide to eat their way out of their host.

Sparkly Weasel:

the monopoly guy:

93% of the internet is pron

87% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Yes, but only 14% of people know that.

The earth's North Pole is actually its magnetic South Pole.

If north was magnetic north, then the north pole of a compass would point south.

Um, no. Earth's North Pole is approximately (based on my last checking of a chart when I was on my ship) 14 degrees West of the Magnetic North Pole. The magnetic north compass and a Gyro Compass are usually 14 degrees off, on the East Coast of America. This varies from country to country, and even from East to west coast, but trust me, as a NAVIGATOR on a Military Vessel, magnetic north is not that far off of true north.

AndiGravity:

Sparkly Weasel:

the monopoly guy:

93% of the internet is pron

87% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Yes, but only 14% of people know that.

and 64 percent of those people still make up statistics

but I didn't make that up
magnetic north is in canada now I do beleive.

Darth Mobius:
Um, no. Earth's North Pole is approximately (based on my last checking of a chart when I was on my ship) 14 degrees West of the Magnetic North Pole. The magnetic north compass and a Gyro Compass are usually 14 degrees off, on the East Coast of America. This varies from country to country, and even from East to west coast, but trust me, as a NAVIGATOR on a Military Vessel, magnetic north is not that far off of true north.

I think you're mistaking what he was saying. He was talking about the magnetic poles to start with, he's just pointing out that what is commonly referred to as the "North" pole of a magnet is the one that is attracted to the North of the earth's magnetic field. This means, since opposite magnetic poles attract, that the "Magnetic North Pole" of the earth is actually a magnetically "South" pole. At least by Wikipedia, he is correct.

You are also correct about the physical north pole and the magnetic north pole and their relative positions, but it wasn't in conflict with him. Sort of like two ships passing in the night, but that were TRYING to hit each other. Nautical joke, see?

AndiGravity:

Sparkly Weasel:

the monopoly guy:

93% of the internet is pron

87% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Yes, but only 14% of people know that.

Now that this joke has been used twice in one thread, I think it may be nearing time to call it quits. Or to burn someone at the stake. I get confused. What time is potatoes?

Youtube in 2007 contained over 4 terabytes (greater than 4,000,000,000 bytes) of raw .flv video footage.
It is supposed that all words ever uttered by humankind in all of time would fit into a 1 Exabyte (1,000,000,000,000,000) drive.
It is known that over a yottabyte (1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes, or a million gigabytes if you prefer) of information could be contained in a single milligram of human DNA.

Khell_Sennet:

Did you mean Stealth Bomber OR Blackbird?

Yes. :)

Geoffrey42:

Darth Mobius:

AndiGravity:

Sparkly Weasel:

[quote=the monopoly guy]
93% of the internet is pron

87% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Yes, but only 14% of people know that.

Now that this joke has been used twice in one thread, I think it may be nearing time to call it quits. Or to burn someone at the stake. I get confused. What time is potatoes?

now you confuse me, what was used before

The_root_of_all_evil:
If the Stealth Bomber Blackbird was made out of gold, it would cost less than the actual one.

The SR-71 BlackBird is a recon plane, hence the designation SR (Stealth Recon). The Stealth Bomber is the B-2 Spirit (with the designation B for Bomber)

To which plane were you referring?

Darth Mobius:

The_root_of_all_evil:
If the Stealth Bomber Blackbird was made out of gold, it would cost less than the actual one.

The SR-71 BlackBird is a recon plane, hence the designation SR (Stealth Recon). The Stealth Bomber is the B-2 Spirit (with the designation B for Bomber)

To which plane were you referring?

OK, I had to look it up again. The Stealth Bomber itself. Valued at 1.2 Billion per aircraft.

Geoffrey42:

werepossum:

I love the Warthog too, but I wouldn't want it supporting me. Way more than half the friendly fire incidents from air support in both Gulf Wars were from Warthogs.

Is this just because of their role as close-air support (i.e. are they making up near to or above half the close-air support operations in which the friendly fire incidents are occurring)? Or is there something about the Warthog that results in more friendlies being hit? It's still a pretty amazing piece of machinery.

I think it is because air defense missiles have gotten more deadly and actually brought down a couple of 'Hogs. (They are incredibly tough, but anything that flies can be made to not fly.) Consequently Warthog pilots tended to remain at 5,000 feet or higher. As there are few electronic aids in a Warthog and the pilots mostly train far below 5,000 feet, it's easy to mistake your guys for their guys, especially considering that in the fog of war the air controllers may have limited or flat-out wrong info about the whereabouts of the forward friendly forces. Also, the 30x173mm round retains a pretty significant punch from 5,000 feet, which probably isn't true of the 20x102mm or 25x127mm rounds. And finally, close support missions for faster jets compete with other missions, so their ratio of close support time would be smaller, especially considering the Warthog's quick re-arming time. (This isn't the case for the Marine Hornet and Harrier pilots, who are testicularly fortified even for combat pilots; those folks fly mostly close support and fly LOW!)

These are just my guesses, though, so take them for what you paid for them.

in 2007 170 billion emails were sent per second, of which 70% was spam and viruses

the monopoly guy:

now you confuse me, what was used before

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Geoffrey42:

Anarchemitis:

MagnetoHydroDynamics:
It is impossible for a normal human to lick his/her own elbows.

25% of people who read that try.

And 73% of statistics used in conversation are made up on the spot.

@The_root_of_all_evil: Per the B-2... isn't there a fairly broad category of items that are worth more than their weight in gold? Bill Gates, for example. Or Warren Buffett.

Geoffrey42:

@The_root_of_all_evil: Per the B-2... isn't there a fairly broad category of items that are worth more than their weight in gold? Bill Gates, for example. Or Warren Buffett.

Think so, I know Bill Gates would waste more money if he bent down to pick up a 20 dollar note than if he carried on working.

245 more days of Bush's bullshit!

World War II ended officially in september 1990

Re: Water Kills. A burst bladder is not the only way overdrinking water kills. You can piss it all out and still die because you over-hydrate your cells and they burst, as someone lightly mentioned.

Re: The price of a B-2 Spirit, there's a reason the US is going bankrupt... If you thought the Spirit was expensive, look up the price of a Nimitz class Supercarrier...
$4.5 BILLION each, empty. $160 million a year operating costs, 50 year amortized lifespan, therefore another eight billion over its life. Add to that, the cost of ninety plus aircraft and crews, plus a ship crew of 3200.

The US defense strategy is to keep ELEVEN carriers on active duty, except for the Enterprise, all current carriers are now Nimitz...

The_root_of_all_evil:

Geoffrey42:

@The_root_of_all_evil: Per the B-2... isn't there a fairly broad category of items that are worth more than their weight in gold? Bill Gates, for example. Or Warren Buffett.

Think so, I know Bill Gates would waste more money if he bent down to pick up a 20 dollar note than if he carried on working.

Actually... If he dropped a $100 bill he would waste more money to go back and pick it up than keep walking...

Saphatorael:
World War II ended officially in september 1990

Was that when Germany offically apologized?

Indigo_Dingo:

Saphatorael:
World War II ended officially in september 1990

Was that when Germany offically apologized?

VE HAF NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR! VE VERE INVITED TO POLAND! VE STILL HAF DA RECIEPT VOR ZAT LOVELY HAT VE BOUGHT ZEM!

Sparkly Weasel:

Indigo_Dingo:

Saphatorael:
World War II ended officially in september 1990

Was that when Germany offically apologized?

VE HAF NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR! VE VERE INVITED TO POLAND! VE STILL HAF DA RECIEPT VOR ZAT LOVELY HAT VE BOUGHT ZEM!

Zey infited us in to zeir country, nosing happen, we had tea and cake! Ze cake wast a lie!

Khell_Sennet:

The US defense strategy is to keep ELEVEN carriers on active duty, except for the Enterprise, all current carriers are now Nimitz...

i also do believe there has always been a ship named Enterprise in the american fleet, all ships baring that name are on the wall of the observation lounge off the main bridge in the enterprise-d in star trek tng