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seriously though, eating pineapple makes your vision worse. its the anti-carrot
seriously though, eating pineapple makes your vision worse. its the anti-carrot
The portal gun operates on the same physics that all games operate on: "This works because we say it does"Tharwen said:
While most games have basic gravity, friction and other such things, these rules are only in place because it makes sense to the game mechanics, for it to work.
A game with absolute real physics, wouldn't be fun =/
The horse head used in that one scene from the Godfather was real.
They got it from a dog food factory.
They got it from a dog food factory.
Technically males and females have the exact same types of tissue and parts, just rearranged differently from the genetic code from the parents sex cells. Things like genitals are just 2 combinations of the same building pieces. For instance the shaft and head of the penis would have formed the labia and the inner parts of the vulva, were it coded for XX or female. Same goes for other physical differences.
My life has a much brighter feeling now that I know this.necromanzer52 said:
OT: America's first "soft" drink was Vernors Ginger Ale. Got the title "soft" because it didn't contain any alcohol like other elixers at the time.
Okay, that makes sense. But keep in mind that pump is being assisted by several times the force of gravity during the thrust phase. I worked on the Delta IV program for a few years, and actually the harder accomplishment was the upper stage engine which had to be able to shut down and coast for hours and then start back up in orbit. All the systems to keep the propellants (LH2 and LOX) conditioned had to work perfectly.Anarchemitis said:
Sun lotion actually becomes mutagenic when it comes in contact with the sun's rays, so it completely defeats the purpose it's supposed to serve. The healtiest thing you should do when you want a tan is not using sun lotion and be under the sun for a short period of time, not hours. It's also better to sunbathe before or after 12 o' clock, because the the sun shines directly upon you.
Yes, and nearly every large media outlet misinterpreted NASA's press conference to mean that they "discovered aliens" when really they hadn't so these media folks then called NASA lairs and sensationalists when they said nothing of the sort.steeple said:
It is still quite the discovery, but most people are too brain-damaged and resistant to intellectual discussion, thought and overall change that it's gotten overlooked and cast aside for another season of American Idol, baby!
Mmm yes, and I still drink it to this day when I've got an upset stomach.Adam Galli said:
OT: The Sumerians (and later the Babylonians) used a base-60 (or sexagesimal) numbering system in their everyday lives, much like we use a base-10 (or decimal) system today. For those who don't know: Sumer was an ancient civilization located in the Southern/South-East area of the land we know today as Iraq. It is primarily noted for being one of the first "civilizations" and also, perhaps most importantly, as the center for one of the earliest, and arguably the most influential, forms of writing.
The Babylonians (as well as the Sumerians before them to some extent) used base-60 in their mathematics (along with almost everything else as stated above). Because of their massive power and influence, the system migrated, with trade, to other civilizations for hundreds of years. Because of the length of time it was in use, it made lasting impacts on many European, as well as Egyptian, civilizations.
Today, we can see examples of the base-60 system every time we look at a map (or Google Earth), a clock and a protractor as we measure each of these in a base-60 system to this day, in one way or another (e.g. 60 seconds per minute; 360º in a circle; 60 arcminutes per degree).
Another "cool" bit of knowledge: The ancient Egyptians are cited as the originators of the 12-hour system for measuring time. This apparently came from their interpretation of a sundial and the angles that were created by the Sun's rays hitting the dial. This, in turn, was then adopted by the Romans and spread over their Empire. Because of it's successful use in trade, diplomacy and war, the system survived after the Empire fell to the present day.
John Wilkes Booth, the man who shot Abraham Lincoln, was one of the most famous people in the world.
He was an incredibly popular actor, like the Johnny Depp of the 19th century, who was the highest grossing actor at the time. At his highest salary, he was getting over $500,000 in cash per year. In the 1800's.
Makes you think...
He was an incredibly popular actor, like the Johnny Depp of the 19th century, who was the highest grossing actor at the time. At his highest salary, he was getting over $500,000 in cash per year. In the 1800's.
Makes you think...
Forensics mostly - Prefer Entomology (Study of insects) and the probably less known Palynology (Study of Pollen)
Unless a body has been tampered with or in certain crime circumstances the blowfly will always be attracted to a body first and the time in which a insect is attracted is very linear allowing Entomologists to determine a time since death using the degree of evolution from eggs - fly in comparison with the temperature and the scale of insects to appear after the blowfly. You can also tell if a body has been moved by using Entomology because if the linear time line of insect attraction if this timeline is disturbed say for example Blowfly turn up after anouther type of fly you can assume the body was moved especially if they are found in a place that blowfly should be able to access (outside).
The first recorded use of Entomology and Blowfly in a crime investigation was in China 13th Centuary (1325) when it was discovered in a book 'The washing away of wrongs' wrote by a lawyer called Sung Ts'u recounted a case where a person had been found slashed in a rice field and the weapon was suspected to be a sickle a commonly used tool for rice harvest.
It is said that all the workers were gathered together and told to lay their sickles down and after a while flies started to gather on the sickle of the murderer able to sense the blood and tissue residue even after the sickle was cleaned when the suspect confessed.
There are three types of Pollinating plants, Autogamous ? Self pollinating, Zoogamous ? Animal Pollinated and Anemophilous ? Wind pollinated out of all of these Autogamous is the least useful in a crime scene investigation because it typically does not produce enough pollen for a good sample (100 pollen per Anther), Anemophilious is second best as it can indicate someone has been in a certain area but it can be difficult to use for a direct link between person and object and can produce the largest yield of pollen spore (up to 70,000 for some plants) and Zoogamous is the most effective pollen to use due to its 'touch transfer' method of pollination (think off bees) and can set up a direct link between a suspect and something they touched (potentially a murder weapon)
Heh I've got two assignments full of this stuff so I'm going to stop here before I bore the Escapist to sleep *blush*
Unless a body has been tampered with or in certain crime circumstances the blowfly will always be attracted to a body first and the time in which a insect is attracted is very linear allowing Entomologists to determine a time since death using the degree of evolution from eggs - fly in comparison with the temperature and the scale of insects to appear after the blowfly. You can also tell if a body has been moved by using Entomology because if the linear time line of insect attraction if this timeline is disturbed say for example Blowfly turn up after anouther type of fly you can assume the body was moved especially if they are found in a place that blowfly should be able to access (outside).
The first recorded use of Entomology and Blowfly in a crime investigation was in China 13th Centuary (1325) when it was discovered in a book 'The washing away of wrongs' wrote by a lawyer called Sung Ts'u recounted a case where a person had been found slashed in a rice field and the weapon was suspected to be a sickle a commonly used tool for rice harvest.
It is said that all the workers were gathered together and told to lay their sickles down and after a while flies started to gather on the sickle of the murderer able to sense the blood and tissue residue even after the sickle was cleaned when the suspect confessed.
There are three types of Pollinating plants, Autogamous ? Self pollinating, Zoogamous ? Animal Pollinated and Anemophilous ? Wind pollinated out of all of these Autogamous is the least useful in a crime scene investigation because it typically does not produce enough pollen for a good sample (100 pollen per Anther), Anemophilious is second best as it can indicate someone has been in a certain area but it can be difficult to use for a direct link between person and object and can produce the largest yield of pollen spore (up to 70,000 for some plants) and Zoogamous is the most effective pollen to use due to its 'touch transfer' method of pollination (think off bees) and can set up a direct link between a suspect and something they touched (potentially a murder weapon)
Heh I've got two assignments full of this stuff so I'm going to stop here before I bore the Escapist to sleep *blush*
Ah, damn. I had something but forgot about it while reading the others...
Did you know that the, uh, meaty part of a banana (not the peel) can be peeled like an orange?
It just comes in three slices instead of two!
EDIT: Try not to mush the banana doing it, though!
Note: First impressions involving bananas are real crowd killers. In the good way.
Did you know that the, uh, meaty part of a banana (not the peel) can be peeled like an orange?
It just comes in three slices instead of two!
EDIT: Try not to mush the banana doing it, though!
Note: First impressions involving bananas are real crowd killers. In the good way.
The pokemon Cubone was originally going to be called Orphan to reference the fact that it's mother is dead, but this was changed because that would probably upset a fair few little kids.
Am I the only one that thinks that shouldn't count? I can hit 200 kph in a dive, but that doesn't mean I'm faster than a cheetah. Just seems weird is all.Avaholic03 said:
While technically true, it's actually because the penny's mass is insufficient to any damage, not really it's speed. It's mass that packs the wallop.Wes1180 said:
quite a few martial arts teach you to kill w/o you even realising it, even the balance and defensive arts.
go figure, but it's cool XD
go figure, but it's cool XD