Nepenthe Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I wonder why nobody has come up with ejector seats as replacement for the old airbag yet. Just imagine if the car computer could catapult you up in the air a fraction of a second before impact at terminal velocity. Of course, ramming the guy in front of you in a tunnel or under a bridge might still prove a bit of a challenge Apart from the fact that the g-forces necessary for ejection would be significant, and likely to cause more damage alone. You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 There are people who scans planets for a living?... *shiver* In before mandatory Uranus joke. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 There are people who scans planets for a living?... *shiver* They are called Mass Effect fans. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 HD 85512 b is a rocky planet about 3.6 times the mass of Earth... HD 85512 b is one of five planets discovered by the HARPS team whose mass is more than five times that of Earth. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serrano Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 They're rocket scientists, not mathematicians, give them a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Caliban Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Ouch, Gfted got me. That originally read 'less than five times that of Earth.' "When is this out. I can't wait to play it so I can talk at length about how bad it is." - Gorgon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I wasnt trying to get you (I didnt realize you typed all that out!), I thought it was an error in the article itself. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Nasa Unveils the New Rocket Designs On keeping with the whole space topic.. Nasa's upcoming Space Launch System (SLS).... "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Well, this isn't exactly science: http://news.yahoo.com/serb-cousins-share-s...-100711830.html "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Well, this isn't exactly science: http://news.yahoo.com/serb-cousins-share-s...-100711830.html Old trick/con. It's called not bathing. Seriously. Previous people who claimed it were debunked by Randi. Put some talcum powder on them and it ceases to work. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 May be so. http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/magnet...ky-bogdan-1397/ But he's sticky enough to hold a frying pan? "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Don't know if you guys have seen these but NASA has released some new hi-res lunar pics. The ones of the Apollo-17 landing site were pretty cool. Jeez, Cernan and Schmidt were a couple of pigs. If they left a campsite looking like that in a State Park they would get fined! http://news.yahoo.com/astronauts-tracks-tr...-171551736.html "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 May be so. http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/magnet...ky-bogdan-1397/ But he's sticky enough to hold a frying pan? One guy did a 92 pound slab of stone. Yeah. (warning, lots of men without their shirts) http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/human-ma...in-vietnam.html Which demonstrates two things. One, it can get very sticky. Two, it isn't magnetism. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Don't know if you guys have seen these but NASA has released some new hi-res lunar pics. The ones of the Apollo-17 landing site were pretty cool. Jeez, Cernan and Schmidt were a couple of pigs. If they left a campsite looking like that in a State Park they would get fined! http://news.yahoo.com/astronauts-tracks-tr...-171551736.html There's a thought. If recyclable material is useful material on long missions, maybe future missions should aim to leave as much as possible? Incidentally, I was at a conference on Wednesday with some of the nations brightest minds. And two people failed to turn off their mobile phones having been explicitly asked to do so. We are all ****ing doomed. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humodour Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 To be fair they might have had very good reasons not to turn off their mobile phones. Wouldn't say it indicates stupidity. Arrogance at worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orogun01 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 (edited) May be so. http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/magnet...ky-bogdan-1397/ But he's sticky enough to hold a frying pan? One guy did a 92 pound slab of stone. Yeah. (warning, lots of men without their shirts) http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/human-ma...in-vietnam.html Which demonstrates two things. One, it can get very sticky. Two, it isn't magnetism. Am I the only one who watched Stan Lee's superhumans? Anyways they have very smooth and small skin cells, its all Van der Waals force just like geckos. Probably why the powder cancelled it. Edit:Greentext for sage. Edited September 17, 2011 by Orogun01 I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 it only works on exposed skin. that ought to tell you something. there's a career to be made out of all this malarkey, just look at uri gelller. i bet that's why they keep coming out of the woodwork. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Incidentally, I was at a conference on Wednesday with some of the nations brightest minds. And two people failed to turn off their mobile phones having been explicitly asked to do so. Ah, there is a certain arrogance that comes with the title "brightest mind". Turn off our phone, surely he did not mean me? "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Incidentally, I was at a conference on Wednesday with some of the nations brightest minds. And two people failed to turn off their mobile phones having been explicitly asked to do so. Ah, there is a certain arrogance that comes with the title "brightest mind". Turn off our phone, surely he did not mean me? Or maybe it wasn't that exclusive after all. I mean, they let Wals in! You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 (edited) Incidentally, I was at a conference on Wednesday with some of the nations brightest minds. And two people failed to turn off their mobile phones having been explicitly asked to do so. Ah, there is a certain arrogance that comes with the title "brightest mind". Turn off our phone, surely he did not mean me? Or maybe it wasn't that exclusive after all. I mean, they let Wals in! Somebody has to serve the tea! EDIT: I think it's partly the (very limited) Army training I've done. If some bugger tells you to check your phone is off then you check your phone is off. You don't assume it's off. You certainly don't just ignore him, although that's as much manners as anything else. Edited September 17, 2011 by Walsingham "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Hmm, so I wonder if anyone tried to see if these people stick to each other. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humodour Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 EDIT: I think it's partly the (very limited) Army training I've done. If some bugger tells you to check your phone is off then you check your phone is off. You don't assume it's off. You certainly don't just ignore him, although that's as much manners as anything else. What if the reason he is telling you to turn it off is because he thinks interruption is rude, while the reason you're keeping it on is because you need to be on call all the time in case of an emergency? (Medical specialist, senior sysadmin for an ISP, parent with daughter in hospital in a coma, something like that) I'd say **** army training - I can make up my own mind whether to follow a directive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 (edited) I was going to point out, as Nepenthe said, most of those really smart people probably feel they are too self-important to practice good manners. Interesting that Krezack falls in with that crowd It must mean you are really smart! But also a bit rude. That seems like a decent trade-off. Edited September 18, 2011 by Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humodour Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I was going to point out, as Nepenthe said, most of those really smart people probably feel they are too self-important to practice good manners. Interesting that Krezack falls in with that crowd It must mean you are really smart! But also a bit rude. That seems like a decent trade-off. Suppose your job requires you (as a condition of employment) to be on call 24/7 on your work mobile, and you are attending a conference that tells you to turn your mobile off. What would you do? One option risks a person's employment (and possibly has other consequences if the call was important enough to go through to a work mobile), while the other - being rude and self-important as you paint it - annoys a speaker at a conference for a minute or so. 2 people out of what was probably quite a large crowd seems like a small number to me. It's easy to see how those 2 people may have had very legitimate reasons for keeping their phones on. As always, YouTube comes to the rescue with a video example of my point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiSJthqk4S4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I was going to point out, as Nepenthe said, most of those really smart people probably feel they are too self-important to practice good manners. Interesting that Krezack falls in with that crowd It must mean you are really smart! But also a bit rude. That seems like a decent trade-off. That was actually Guard Dog, I think. Anyway, it sounds a lot more insightful than anything I would say... You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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