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the monopoly guy
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Jimmyjames:

the monopoly guy:
I was right about the tuatara though, they are the last remaining sphenadons, they originated 200 million years ago, and are equally related to lizards and snakes alike.

Yeah, Tuatara maybe. But I mean strictly a lizard, that's my point. :-) (and yes, you're right about the Tuatara)

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congratulations, you get a cookie...now go make one...or buy one
the kinsey project was a best selling book
dr. kinsey originally studied gal wasps
242 days left of bush's bullshit

werepossum
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the monopoly guy:
congratulations, you get a cookie...now go make one...or buy one
the kinsey project was a best selling book
dr. kinsey originally studied gal wasps
242 days left of bush's bullshit

You know, there can be life after BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome.) With intensive therapy you can recover and perhaps one day find fulfilling work in either the housekeeping or restaurant industries.

AndiGravity
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werepossum:

the monopoly guy:
congratulations, you get a cookie...now go make one...or buy one
the kinsey project was a best selling book
dr. kinsey originally studied gal wasps
242 days left of bush's bullshit

You know, there can be life after BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome.) With intensive therapy you can recover and perhaps one day find fulfilling work in either the housekeeping or restaurant industries.

Someone remembers their Ghostbusters.

Khell_Sennet
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You all seem to forget, Bush has a brother. You're in for two terms of him once Hilldog or Iraq Osama have their 4 years.

nilpferdkoenig
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I just found out that I have a huge German test tommarow and it's 1:20 in the morning right here.

NOEZ!

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the monopoly guy
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Khell_Sennet:
You all seem to forget, Bush has a brother. You're in for two terms of him once Hilldog or Iraq Osama have their 4 years.

jeb bush has showed no interest what so ever in being president and we arent making the same mistake 3 times! oh wait damn...I mean 4 times! anyway the democratic party is too split right now to ensure a victorey come fall. and if they don't win they might as well pack up and go home becuase they just lost the game. they should just nominate someone else

I'm not saying al gore because had he wanted to run he would have done it when he still had the momentum from hit nobel prize to push him ahead of the fog that was every other candidate in fall late summer, my memory fails me often.

Khell_Sennet
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Doesn't matter if Jeb WANTS to be president, Papa Shrub and Haliburton want another patsy,

the monopoly guy
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Khell_Sennet:
Doesn't matter if Jeb WANTS to be president, Papa Shrub and Haliburton want another patsy,

good point, jebs week minded enough to fall for their mind tricks. but my other points remain valid

Leonhardt93
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I feel sorry for Jeb Bush, i mean with that kind of DNA, you're bound to be an idiot. Think about it. Born a moron, it's unfair isn't it?

elffymon
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Honey is the only food that doesn't go bad, it has even been found in the prymids of Egypt still in an edible state.

The Kiwi is the only bird with nostrils at the tip of its beak.

stompy
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elffymon:
Honey is the only food that doesn't go bad, it has even been found in the prymids of Egypt still in an edible state.

Too bad I still hate honey...

elffymon
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Crap_haT:

the monopoly guy:

cleverlymadeup:

The_root_of_all_evil:

Rainbows are invisible from behind.

actually only you can see the rainbow you are seeing, everyone else who sees the rainbow sees a different one even if it looks similar to the one you are seeing, it's not

plus rainbows will always stay the same distance away from you, so you can't really see the back of a rainbow, they have no back only a front

Rainbows are made by light being refracted through water droplets in the air. It can not be seen from behind because the sun needs to be behind the water droplets in order for you to see it being refracted, and you can get behind it; You need to get behind the mist that allows the light to be refracted.

That probably could have been worded better.

Apparently if you view a rainbow from above (in a plane) it is a ring/circle.

stompy
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elffymon:
Apparently if you view a rainbow from above (in a plane) it is a ring/circle.

That would work, as you'd be surrounded by water droplets.

On the topic of rainbows, haven't you ever taken a gander at puddles left behind a shower, when the Sun's coming up? Sometimes (I've noted), it looks like a pallet for 'Rainbow' paint...

Anarchemitis
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Neptune has the fastest winds in the known Space-world, with wind speeds Exceeding 2000km/h. You throw a ball and it'll instantly break the sound barrier there.

zacaron
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Anarchemitis:
Neptune has the fastest winds in the known Space-world, with wind speeds Exceeding 2000km/h. You throw a ball and it'll instantly break the sound barrier there.

lol if you jump on neptune you could end up in another contenent ... air lines would go out of buisness pretty fast if that were the case.

zacaron
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Jenkins:

zacaron:
the MMO world of warcraft makes aprox $1800000000 a year thats 1.8 bil a year with an avrage of 10 mil players

dude that means that. blizzard has grossed enough money to buy a fleet of b-2 bombers or 1 nimitz carrier.

omg its true. blizzard is building an army to topple the government.!!!

lol i wish because if they did it would be game topia for us escapists.

Indigo_Dingo
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zacaron:

Jenkins:

zacaron:
the MMO world of warcraft makes aprox $1800000000 a year thats 1.8 bil a year with an avrage of 10 mil players

dude that means that. blizzard has grossed enough money to buy a fleet of b-2 bombers or 1 nimitz carrier.

omg its true. blizzard is building an army to topple the government.!!!

lol i wish because if they did it would be game topia for us escapists.

Cept for those of us who got bored of the relentless grind.

Yes, I have played it, I made a level 70 Warlock named Vlodbjir, then got bored.

Anarchemitis
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zacaron:

Anarchemitis:
Neptune has the fastest winds in the known Space-world, with wind speeds Exceeding 2000km/h. You throw a ball and it'll instantly break the sound barrier there.

lol if you jump on neptune you could end up in another contenent ... air lines would go out of buisness pretty fast if that were the case.

No, you'd probably die. But points go to you for having a fun imagination.

JD4566
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Manta173:

Lukeje:

Blue Sonnet:
Glass is a liquid, not a solid - you can see this when you see windows on centuries old houses, the glass is thicker on the bottom of the pane.

Every glass of water from your tap has been drunk by at least nine other people before you.

Your first point is not exactly true; they used to line glass with lead (that is of course very dense), and there is also evidence that the glass makers, because it's very difficult to get a perfectly flat piece of glass, would put the thicker end at the bottom (because the pane is more structurally stable that way).

The second quote should technically be "It is very statistically probable that each glass of water you drink has passed through at least nine other people...

Glass is in a liquid state though... thats why the old panes are wavy... thickness is due to the manufacturing. Most plastics are liquids too... thats why they don't work for structural supports as they eventually flow under stress and then the building falls over. (go polymer engineering grad school!)

you are actually all wrong...glass has been made into its own state of matter
the particles in glass are bunched together like a solid, however, the particles are in an unorganized state
the particles in a solid are organized...lined up
the particles in a glass are not organized

Khell_Sennet
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Leonhardt93:
I feel sorry for Jeb Bush, i mean with that kind of DNA, you're bound to be an idiot. Think about it. Born a moron, it's unfair isn't it?

George Dubya got all the brains that Jeb was destined to get, but those smarts plus what he would have got on his own, still doesn't make him near as intelligent as the contents of a used condom.

zacaron:

Jenkins:

zacaron:
the MMO world of warcraft makes aprox $1800000000 a year thats 1.8 bil a year with an avrage of 10 mil players

dude that means that. blizzard has grossed enough money to buy a fleet of b-2 bombers or 1 nimitz carrier.

omg its true. blizzard is building an army to topple the government.!!!

lol i wish because if they did it would be game topia for us escapists.

Yeah, and it would be $20 a month to live there or they'd kick you out.

Omnidum
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Khell_Sennet:

Leonhardt93:
I feel sorry for Jeb Bush, i mean with that kind of DNA, you're bound to be an idiot. Think about it. Born a moron, it's unfair isn't it?

George Dubya got all the brains that Jeb was destined to get, but those smarts plus what he would have got on his own, still doesn't make him near as intelligent as the contents of a used condom.

zacaron:

Jenkins:

zacaron:
the MMO world of warcraft makes aprox $1800000000 a year thats 1.8 bil a year with an avrage of 10 mil players

dude that means that. blizzard has grossed enough money to buy a fleet of b-2 bombers or 1 nimitz carrier.

omg its true. blizzard is building an army to topple the government.!!!

lol i wish because if they did it would be game topia for us escapists.

Yeah, and it would be $20 a month to live there or they'd kick you out.

Oh dear, I'm broke!

3 people die each year (or day) from swallowing ballpoint pens

the monopoly guy
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JD4566:

Manta173:

Lukeje:

Blue Sonnet:
Glass is a liquid, not a solid - you can see this when you see windows on centuries old houses, the glass is thicker on the bottom of the pane.

Every glass of water from your tap has been drunk by at least nine other people before you.

Your first point is not exactly true; they used to line glass with lead (that is of course very dense), and there is also evidence that the glass makers, because it's very difficult to get a perfectly flat piece of glass, would put the thicker end at the bottom (because the pane is more structurally stable that way).

The second quote should technically be "It is very statistically probable that each glass of water you drink has passed through at least nine other people...

Glass is in a liquid state though... thats why the old panes are wavy... thickness is due to the manufacturing. Most plastics are liquids too... thats why they don't work for structural supports as they eventually flow under stress and then the building falls over. (go polymer engineering grad school!)

you are actually all wrong...glass has been made into its own state of matter
the particles in glass are bunched together like a solid, however, the particles are in an unorganized state
the particles in a solid are organized...lined up
the particles in a glass are not organized

*twitch*

for the love of god drop the glass thing!

tom delay is the most corrupt man in america
you could go to fox news, pick any random person, punch him in the face, and deep down know that he deserved it
the war in Iraq is the same concept as getting stung by a bee, following it back to its nest, then repeatedly smashing said nest until the little striped bastard learns his lesson
terry schaivo was the most pointless thing ever, but still deserved more news coverage then Uwe Boll

Sparkly Weasel
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The glass is a lie
The glass is a lie
The glass is a lie
The glass is a lie
No no no no no no.
SHUT UP ABOUT THE STUPID FRAKKING GLASS!

the monopoly guy
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Sparkly Weasel:
The glass is a lie
The glass is a lie
The glass is a lie
The glass is a lie
No no no no no no.
SHUT UP ABOUT THE STUPID FRAKKING GLASS!

seconded

Khell_Sennet
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the monopoly guy:

Sparkly Weasel:
The glass is a lie
The glass is a lie
The glass is a lie
The glass is a lie
No no no no no no.
SHUT UP ABOUT THE STUPID FRAKKING GLASS!

seconded

Third'ed and the motion passes. Next mention of Glass gets a coke bottle lodged up the back door, then a swift kick in the ass to shatter it.

TheKnifeJuggler
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Anarchemitis:
Neptune has the fastest winds in the known Space-world, with wind speeds Exceeding 2000km/h. You throw a ball and it'll instantly break the sound barrier there.

I want to do that now...

"Heh, I threw a Nerf ball that broke the sound barrier!!"
(of course, the right response would be, 'On what planet?')

Now for a fact:
After a praying mantis mates, the female eats the male.
The worlds largest moth only lives for a week, because after it comes out of its pupa stage, It doesn't have a mouth. It lives off fat reserves.

TheKnifeJuggler
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Oh, and here is another...

That heart shape used during valentines day is not actually supposed to be a heart.
It was originally the buttocks of the Greek god of beauty Aphrodite viewed from behind.

Anarchemitis
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TheKnifeJuggler:
Oh, and here is another...

That heart shape used during valentines day is not actually supposed to be a heart.
It was originally the buttocks of the Greek god of beauty Aphrodite viewed from behind.

High-larious.

MK-Smash
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Nintendo was origanally a trading card company, then a love hotel company.

MK-Smash
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the monopoly guy:
this is more or less a question, why does the metric system mainly use meters, and not decimeters? The american system (I don't know what its called) mainly uses feet and not yards

it is called the customary system

Niccolo
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MK-Smash:

the monopoly guy:
this is more or less a question, why does the metric system mainly use meters, and not decimeters? The american system (I don't know what its called) mainly uses feet and not yards

it is called the customary system

Strictly speaking... SI, or Systeme Internationale.
Anyway, the reason metrics is done in metres is really because of old-timers. Way back through the ages of physics, as all of the formulae were developed, they slipped into using the KMS system; Kilograms, metres and seconds.

stompy
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Niccolo:

MK-Smash:

the monopoly guy:
this is more or less a question, why does the metric system mainly use meters, and not decimeters? The american system (I don't know what its called) mainly uses feet and not yards

it is called the customary system

Strictly speaking... SI, or Systeme Internationale.
Anyway, the reason metrics is done in metres is really because of old-timers. Way back through the ages of physics, as all of the formulae were developed, they slipped into using the KMS system; Kilograms, metres and seconds.

Yep. Because the physicists used metres as their starting point (and still do, due to the SI system), everyone who uses metric bases on metre.

TheKnifeJuggler
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IN A NUTSHELL

During the 70's, there were a group of hackers who used whistles received as prizes in cereal boxes to hack telephones. They were called the Captain Crunch gang.

Jimmyjames
The Man So Nice They Named Him Twice
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The Atari Jaguar, which claimed to be 64 Bits, actually had two parallel 32-bit processors.

Sam Tramiel (Atari CEO) also tried to put an injunction on the original Playstation because he felt that Sony's ability to release a low-priced next-gen console was an attempt at unfair price-dumping.

To everyone's surprise, the Jaguar failed.

Hey Joe
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I am a secret agent.

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