Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 251307 times)

Senator · « **Reply #280 on:** March 06, 2008, 01:10:04 PM »

Juice turns into wine through the process of "fermentation".

That is indeed a very nice word to describe fruit juice with fungi shit in it.
Yeast is a fungus and that "catalyst function" they talk about in humans we call it going to the loo.
As a bonus, the more time said fungus had to enjoy itself, the highest quality wine/whiskey it is considered.

Senator · « **Reply #281 on:** March 06, 2008, 06:08:45 PM »

"School Bans Hugs Over 2 Seconds"

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MESA, Ariz. -- A school policy banning student hugging prompted dozens of east Valley students to protest with a giant group hug across the street from campus.
http://www.kpho.com/news/15456156/detail.html

Why 2 and not 3 though?

Can someone follow a 2 second hugging period with another 2 second hugging period?

EDIT: Ok I saw this comment somewhere and I cannot resist to repost it:

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"if you outlaw hugs, only the outlaws will have hugs"

Starforce2 · « **Reply #282 on:** March 09, 2008, 05:34:21 AM »

When the nile river floods during monsoon, the weight of the water depresses the crust of the earth in that area by 3 to 6 inches as compared to the dry season.

Senator · « **Reply #283 on:** March 09, 2008, 12:30:14 PM »

Margaret Thatcher is 83 year old. (And has Alzheimer)
Reagan is dead.
Yeltsin is dead.

On the other hand, Spore will be released on a while.

Remember people. Time happens.

Senator · « **Reply #284 on:** March 09, 2008, 02:41:47 PM »

Niels Bohr once declared that the opposite of a profound truth is also a profound truth.

Nalan · « **Reply #285 on:** March 09, 2008, 03:06:52 PM »

Fact: Macs are crap

MLeo · « **Reply #286 on:** March 09, 2008, 03:19:14 PM »

Fact: PC's are equally crap.

I mean, they are just big number crunchers, producing lots of heat.
All Von Neumann machines (ie. all current computers) are that.

Just because PC (and Mac) users want to see the pretty dancing bunnies the computers get flak for being insecure. It's always the human factor.

Unless you are running Windows9x, then you actually have some chance of getting a passive infection. And if you run any version of IE, you can get a not so passive drive by infection (usually because of the dancing bunnies people want to see).

[EDIT]
Now for the _real_ FACT: All oppinions are bad and should be treated as such. They are always flawed in some way or another.

Nalan · « **Reply #287 on:** March 09, 2008, 03:34:07 PM »

Useful fact: Mleo is always right. IE sucks. #loveFFX#

Senator · « **Reply #288 on:** March 10, 2008, 05:41:40 PM »

How awesome is this?

MLeo · « **Reply #289 on:** March 10, 2008, 06:09:00 PM »

Very.

Have you seen his other video's?
A lot of them use the Wiimote, but in reverse than it's original purpose (ie. you move the infrared source, instead of the Wiimote).

Senator · « **Reply #290 on:** March 13, 2008, 01:27:06 PM »

Senator · « **Reply #291 on:** March 19, 2008, 07:27:08 PM »

I think I might have posted a different video in the past, warrants a repost though:

MLeo · « **Reply #292 on:** March 21, 2008, 02:06:54 PM »

Yes, that is a cool one, apart for the part where they kick it, poor thing.

'Though, if I may suffer the fact of being joyfull over the suffering of others, the ice part was fun.

Captain_D · « **Reply #293 on:** March 28, 2008, 10:49:51 PM »

For all diabetics out there, worth looking into.

With proper diet, cinnamon can level out glucose levels in the body.
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes heading for type 2. All the glucose medications the doctor prescribed had no effect.

A friend told me about cinnamon, tried it about 6 months ago and now the doc says my glucose levels are normal now.(from around 200 to 104)

Not saying it is a cure, but it worked for me.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #294 on:** March 30, 2008, 08:40:56 AM »

The AR18 was the weapon developed by armalite as the replacement for the AR15 when that weapon was sold to Colt (the AR15 is better known as the M16)
The SA80 is essentially a weakened AR18 reconfigured into a ballpup style weapon.

Weasel · « **Reply #295 on:** April 01, 2008, 12:26:17 AM »

Casu marzu (also called casu modde, casu cundh?du, or in Italian formaggio marcio) is a cheese found in Sardinia, Italy, notable for being riddled with live insect larvae. Casu marzu means "rotten cheese" in Sardinian and is known colloquially as maggot cheese.

Senator · « **Reply #296 on:** April 01, 2008, 07:49:18 PM »

This has the honor of being an Axolotl:

MLeo · « **Reply #297 on:** April 02, 2008, 08:09:47 AM »

Rather strangely cute.....

Is it yours? It seems like something you would like.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #298 on:** April 02, 2008, 12:35:47 PM »

you dirty minded b**tard Mleo! shame on you

Or is it just me...

wtf is it man!??!

MLeo · « **Reply #299 on:** April 02, 2008, 12:45:27 PM »

Quote from: captain_obvious on April 02, 2008, 12:35:47 PM

you dirty minded b**tard Mleo! shame on you

You have a strange notion of "cute". I meant cute as in the cute for little fluffy things.
It's strange, since it isn't fluffy.

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