Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 267518 times)

1DeadlySAMURAI · « **Reply #1740 on:** February 01, 2010, 05:55:26 PM »

Quote from: Dalek on February 01, 2010, 04:25:37 PM

That looks just like the huge library used in Star Wars 1-3.

Well, if you believe the trivia pages on IMDB, the Jedi Archives is actually modeled after that library.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1741 on:** February 01, 2010, 08:57:43 PM »

rats can't vomit, that's why rat poison works...

eclipse74569 · « **Reply #1742 on:** February 01, 2010, 09:28:15 PM »

Birds can't pee or poop...bird doo is actually a combination of the two. It's also why they explode if you feed them Alka Selzer, because there's no place for the gas to go

Senator · « **Reply #1743 on:** February 02, 2010, 11:50:38 AM »

"When he tired of official reports and memoranda and minutes, he would plug his foolscap-sized Newspad into the ship's information circuit and scan the latest reports from Earth. One by one he would conjure up the world's major electronic papers ... Switching to the display unit's short-term memory, he would hold the front page while he quickly searched the headlines and noted the items that interested him. ... the postage-stamp-sized rectangle would expand until it neatly filled the screen and he could read it with comfort. When he had finished, he would flash back to the complete page and select a new subject for detailed examination.
Floyd sometimes wondered if the Newspad, and the fantastic technology behind it, was the last word in man's quest for perfect communications. Here he was, far out in space, speeding away from Earth at thousands of miles an hour, yet in a few milliseconds he could see the headlines of any newspaper he pleased. (That very word "newspaper," of course, was an anachronistic hangover into the age of electronics.) The text was updated automatically on every hour; even if one read only the English versions, one could spend an entire lifetime doing nothing but absorbing the ever-changing flow of information from the news satellites.

It was hard to imagine how the system could be improved or made more convenient. But sooner or later, Floyd guessed, it would pass away, to be replaced by something as unimaginable as the Newspad itself would have been to Caxton or Gutenberg."

From 2001 a Space Odyssey

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1744 on:** February 10, 2010, 12:41:53 PM »

the only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts...

Senator · « **Reply #1745 on:** February 11, 2010, 10:36:03 PM »

That's how an albino Zebra looks:

And now you know.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1746 on:** February 12, 2010, 07:50:36 AM »

and knowing is half the battle, G.I. Joe!

freaky zebra...

the sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth...

Mustang · « **Reply #1747 on:** February 13, 2010, 08:19:33 PM »

Quote from: JimmyB76 on January 26, 2010, 07:47:36 AM

a marine catfish can taste with any part of its body...

That's...hot.

1DeadlySAMURAI · « **Reply #1748 on:** February 13, 2010, 09:39:49 PM »

Cows are deadlier then sharks.

Sharks kill only ten people each year. By contrast, you?re ten times more likely to die under the clumsy feet of ordinary cows who fatally trample around 100 people every year.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1749 on:** February 14, 2010, 07:18:21 AM »

The Muppet Show was banned from Saudi Arabian TV because one if its stars was a pig...

Nebula · « **Reply #1750 on:** February 15, 2010, 03:46:06 PM »

ABL Test

Dalek · « **Reply #1751 on:** February 16, 2010, 04:57:24 PM »

The Japanese have thought we have 5 different tastes on the tongue, not 4 since 1908 called "Umami" which can be translated into English as "deliciousness" and similar words.

http://www.msginfo.com/about_taste_umami.asp?bhcd2=1266357344

Senator · « **Reply #1752 on:** February 17, 2010, 10:37:27 AM »

The last shuttle mission, carried to the ISS the Tranquality segment, and a big window.

3 missions remaining to completion.

Nebula · « **Reply #1753 on:** February 17, 2010, 10:58:57 AM »

yeah been watching that on NASA TV twas awesome

Senator · « **Reply #1754 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:42:29 AM »

Zomg, lies.

Nebula · « **Reply #1755 on:** February 17, 2010, 04:13:15 PM »

wow awesome

King Class Scout · « **Reply #1756 on:** February 18, 2010, 09:37:54 AM »

btw, am I the only one that keeps expecting a TIE fighter to fly past the ISS's new obs lounge?

Mustang · « **Reply #1757 on:** February 19, 2010, 11:10:48 AM »

"Don't get penis-y!"

Senator · « **Reply #1758 on:** February 19, 2010, 01:09:58 PM »

Quote from: Mustang on February 19, 2010, 11:10:48 AM

"Don't get penis-y!"

?

You guys are complaining too easily. That's a good snowfall:

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1759 on:** February 20, 2010, 01:10:46 PM »

in one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves...

News:

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