Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 220786 times)

blaXXer · « **Reply #140 on:** October 12, 2007, 03:23:02 AM »

CERN rocks.
science rocks.

get over it.

Weasel · « **Reply #141 on:** October 12, 2007, 03:46:29 AM »

We're here, we're queer- it's the economy, stupid?

Drugs and alcohol are bad, mmmkay?

Glempius · « **Reply #142 on:** October 12, 2007, 12:29:11 PM »

Soon I will be a genuine qualified MASTER OF SCIENCE! Just you wait and see.

Science fact for the day. Dichloromethane makes your skin go all cool and tingly because of its tendency to evaporate as soon as you look at it. (It's boiling points rather low you see and as it eva[orates it draws heat out of the immediate area like some sort of crazy science heat vampire)

Senator · « **Reply #143 on:** October 12, 2007, 01:21:05 PM »

The original Pledge of Allegiance reads: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all"

What's the difference you might ask? The difference is that it nowhere does it includes the word "God", something which was introduced 62 years later in 1954.

Trim · « **Reply #144 on:** October 14, 2007, 11:35:03 PM »

The biography of Thomas Crapper, the British sanitary engineer who invented the modern flush toilet in 1878, was called "Flushed with Pride: The Story of Thomas Crapper."

Senator · « **Reply #145 on:** October 16, 2007, 01:19:37 PM »

Ancient Pompeii graffiti caricaturing a politician.

Ambassador · « **Reply #146 on:** October 20, 2007, 08:06:26 PM »

On Titan, methane takes on solid, liquid, and gas forms like water does on Earth.

Thus, Titan has Methane rain, Methane oceans, and even Methane snow.

Billz · « **Reply #147 on:** October 20, 2007, 08:22:49 PM »

The Michael Myers mask worn in the various 'Halloween' movies was actually a mold of William Shatner's face after he was in the movie 'The Devils Rain' in 1975.

http://www.answers.com/topic/michael-myers-halloween

Senator · « **Reply #148 on:** October 26, 2007, 11:35:53 PM »

Tomatoes are actually fruits.

blaXXer · « **Reply #149 on:** October 27, 2007, 05:09:00 AM »

Quote from: Senator on October 26, 2007, 11:35:53 PM

Tomatoes are actually fruits.

and red.

Senator · « **Reply #150 on:** October 27, 2007, 05:23:02 PM »

Now, "red" on the other hand is a virtual thing your brain assigns to a specific wavelength.
We have no way of knowing if all people see red as "red".
There is no reason why someone couldn't be seeing all colours inverted, eg red as green etc, but since at school, when the teacher would be pointing at the object emitting a specific wavelenght and call it "red", they would all call that sensory experience red when talking about it.

blaXXer · « **Reply #151 on:** October 28, 2007, 07:47:01 AM »

Senator often tries to challenge traditional world-views. fact. see above.

ps. catnip.

Senator · « **Reply #152 on:** November 22, 2007, 04:44:28 PM »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=495538&in_page_id=1811

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Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 miles from the ancient city of Turin, lies the valley of Valchiusella. Peppered with medieval villages, the hillside scenery is certainly picturesque.

But it is deep underground, buried into the ancient rock, that the region's greatest wonders are concealed.
...
Constructed like a three-dimensional book, narrating the history of humanity, they are linked by hundreds of metres of richly decorated tunnels and occupy almost 300,000 cubic feet - Big Ben is 15,000 cubic feet.
...
Few have been granted permission to see these marvels.

Indeed, the Italian government was not even aware of their existence until a few years ago.

But the 'Temples of Damanhur' are not the great legacy of some long-lost civilisation, they are the work of a 57-year-old former insurance broker from northern Italy who, inspired by a childhood vision, began digging into the rock.

It all began in the early Sixties when Oberto Airaudi was aged ten. From an early age, he claims to have experienced visions of what he believed to be a past life, in which there were amazing temples.
...

Trim · « **Reply #153 on:** November 23, 2007, 01:23:19 PM »

ENIAC, the first electronic computer, appeared 50 years ago. The original ENIAC was about 80 feet long, weighed 30 tons, had 17,000 tubes.By comparison, a desktop computer today can store a million times more information than an ENIAC, and 50,000 times faster.

Senator · « **Reply #154 on:** November 24, 2007, 08:08:20 PM »

And that's how a processor looks:

Excal_Luke · « **Reply #155 on:** November 24, 2007, 08:40:23 PM »

its just beautiful, absoluley... beautiful. *sob*

blaXXer · « **Reply #156 on:** November 25, 2007, 08:17:17 AM »

looks like a normal map to me ;)

newman · « **Reply #157 on:** November 25, 2007, 08:36:56 AM »

Quote from: blaXXer on November 25, 2007, 08:17:17 AM

looks like a normal map to me ;)

That was my first association as well. Looks like it would work, too.. on some sort of space station maybe.
The rectangular parts would be great for paneling, and the parts on the left and right would work well for
some sort of solar panels, maybe?

Senator · « **Reply #158 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:02:58 AM »

Fact:

I actually never understood what the Matrix was all about in the end. What was the yellow vision thing in the real world again?

Weasel · « **Reply #159 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:28:46 AM »

Energy, electricity? You mean how Neo perceived the world, after he lost his eyes?

In the real world, Neo has some degree of wireless connectivity with the Matrix system: he can sense the presence of the Machines, and even interfere with their function. Apparently because of his status as The One; he has a direct connection to the Source, and can therefore affect the machines also connected to it. Additionally, after he is blinded in the fight against Smith/Bane, Neo receives the ability to see everything connected to the Source:The Sentinels, the fetus fields, the Machine City itself, etc. ? as silhouettes of golden light.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_(The_Matrix)

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