Bits and Bobs 37

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2012 13:37

Bobbyaro wrote:

This was a few years ago now.

There was four us, two blokes, two ladies just went into a pub for a pint.

I thought Pudsey was supposed to be one of the nicer bits?

I might be misremembering. It was over a decade ago.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

You're both soft. Banging on about ancient history. Get out of it, before I bloody start on you.

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Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Bobbyaro wrote:

I thought Pudsey was supposed to be one of the nicer bits?

I found it a bit bare, to be honest.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2012 19:57

i wish i lived in otley.

Malc · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:27

Well Played England (even if it was a bit nervy for a bit!)

Malc

nickachu · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:34

Malc wrote:

Well Played England (even if it was a bit nervy for a bit!)

Malc

Made bloody hard work of it!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:53

nickachu wrote:

Malc wrote:

Well Played England (even if it was a bit nervy for a bit!)

Malc

Made bloody hard work of it!

Gives me a sneaking suspicion we might lose the last Test.

nickachu · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:15

I imagine India might make a few changes to their side after 2 defeats on the trot.
I don't understand playing patel and/or Broad, and not using them to bowl. Might as well just get another batsman in, a proper batsman.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Eugh. My brain is trying to eat my eyeballs from the inside.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:30

Cras Kringle wrote:

Eugh. My brain is trying to eat my eyeballs from the inside.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 13:03

Curiosity wrote:

nickachu wrote:

Malc wrote:

Well Played England (even if it was a bit nervy for a bit!)

Malc

Made bloody hard work of it!

Gives me a sneaking suspicion we might lose the last Test.

It gives me a sneaking suspiion that victory was so "guaranteed" that the opening batsmen chose flashy over sensible and got out as a consequence, and for that reason I'm not overly worried on that ground.

Of course, having grown up with typically shit english eams, I generally expect them to lose anyway.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Trooper wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

I thought Pudsey was supposed to be one of the nicer bits?

I found it a bit bare, to be honest.

POTW!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Don't encourage him.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/703154main_earth_art-ebook.pdf

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

Sorry but I just couldn't help LOLing at this one.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... n-top.html

Quote:

'I can just see it over and over again, and I still can't believe it. They labeled us "fat girls." It's just something we got to deal with.'

Attachment:

fatgirls.JPG

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/de ... holiday-ad

wow

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 21:25

Why don't battleships capsize when they fire their guns?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Same reason why you don't go flying backwards when you shoot a handgun.
Huge difference in comparative weight between the missile and the platform it was fired from.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 21:38

Trooper wrote:

Same reason why you don't go flying backwards when you shoot a handgun.
Huge difference in comparative weight between the missile and the platform it was fired from.

D'oh. of course. Stupid me! Thanks.

Kern · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 21:40

Didn't the Mary Rose sink due to having too many heavy guns on one side?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Trooper wrote:

Same reason why you don't go flying backwards when you shoot a handgun.
Huge difference in comparative weight between the missile and the platform it was fired from.

And they have cunting great hydraulic shock absorbers.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Trooper wrote:

Same reason why you don't go flying backwards when you shoot a handgun.

Before we start this, can we just contact the University Of Bristol Physics Department for a definitive answer? :attitude:

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 22:09

What is the speed of electricity?

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

MaliA wrote:

What is the speed of electricity?

Ask Kalmar how fast his car can go.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

MaliA wrote:

What is the speed of electricity?

1.21 jiggawats

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 23:53

So, just booted my PS3 to find they've forcibly put sodding Sing Star at the top of my games list and I can't remove it. What a crock of shite.

kalmar · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 0:13

MaliA wrote:

What is the speed of electricity?

About 300 million metres per second. Depends what through though.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 0:15

kalmar wrote:

MaliA wrote:

What is the speed of electricity?

About 300 million metres per second. Depends what through though.

um, wires?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

180,000mph

kalmar · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 0:18

MaliA wrote:

kalmar wrote:

MaliA wrote:

What is the speed of electricity?

About 300 million metres per second. Depends what through though.

um, wires?

Depends on the sort of wire! Call it 200 million metres per second, for a rough calculation.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

The speed of electricity? If you mean the speed of electrons: really, really slow.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 0:42

kalmar wrote:

MaliA wrote:

kalmar wrote:

MaliA wrote:

What is the speed of electricity?

About 300 million metres per second. Depends what through though.

um, wires?

Depends on the sort of wire! Call it 200 million metres per second, for a rough calculation.

electricity wires?

200 million metres per second sounds fine. fucks the experiment i had in mind involving a lot of wire, a bulb, a switch and a stop clock though.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Pundabaya wrote:

If you mean the speed of electrons: really, really slow.

And all the games are cut down:

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:14

Mwah! Fox News viewers are worse at tests by 20 than the rest of the US.

metalangel · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:21

MaliA wrote:

200 million metres per second sounds fine. fucks the experiment i had in mind involving a lot of wire, a bulb, a switch and a stop clock though.

You can come here and time how long it takes something put down the garbage chute on the 29th floor to reach the compactor room.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

metalangel wrote:

MaliA wrote:

200 million metres per second sounds fine. fucks the experiment i had in mind involving a lot of wire, a bulb, a switch and a stop clock though.

You can come here and time how long it takes something put down the garbage chute on the 29th floor to reach the compactor room.

Like you havent done that already

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:57

HB WTB

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Happy Birthday, Wogan!

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:05

Have a good day!

kalmar · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:19

metalangel wrote:

MaliA wrote:

200 million metres per second sounds fine. fucks the experiment i had in mind involving a lot of wire, a bulb, a switch and a stop clock though.

You can come here and time how long it takes something put down the garbage chute on the 29th floor to reach the compactor room.

My precious collection! Keep digging...

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:27

Dimrill wrote:

Mwah! Fox News viewers are worse at tests by 20 than the rest of the US.

Quote:

One test involved showing subjects a series of images and measuring their vitals, namely pulse rate and blood pressure. The self-identified conservatives' vitals increased over 35% when shown complex or shocking images. The image that caused the most stress was a poorly edited picture of President Obama standing next to a "ghostly" image of a child holding a tarantula.

Looks like the testers were fans of Look Around You, too! Hope they gave a warning to look away.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Thanks y'all!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Cras Kringle wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Same reason why you don't go flying backwards when you shoot a handgun.
Huge difference in comparative weight between the missile and the platform it was fired from.

And they have cunting great hydraulic shock absorbers.

Uhh, no. That only spreads the impulse out. The force is still transmitted from the absorbers to the hull, but over a longer period of time. Think about it -- momentum has to be conserved, it has to go somewhere, and the shock absorber doesn't stay in the recoiled position, does it?

I realise I am now debating Newtonian laws of motion with Grenade Man.

MaliA wrote:

What is the speed of electricity?

The individual electrons travel a handful of miles per hour, depending on the material. An electrical signal, however, travels at quite close to the speed of light (again, depending on the material).

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:29

Do the elctrons bump into one another and pass the current along, then?

nickachu · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:41

Happy RobbaJohn!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

MaliA wrote:

Do the elctrons bump into one another and pass the current along, then?

Exactly that, yes. Like a Newton's cradle. Same as how sound waves and water waves propagate.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

The force is still transmitted from the absorbers to the hull, but over a longer period of time.

Well that was rather my point. It doesn't remove the recoil, it spreads and slows it.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:58

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Do the elctrons bump into one another and pass the current along, then?

Exactly that, yes. Like a Newton's cradle. Same as how sound waves and water waves propagate.

Interesting. Ta.

My knowledge of phsics is really quite shite. Which is a surprise. I know that walking up to a lady and saying "There is a force of attraction between our bodies" doesn't work for a statistically significant number of events, though

Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

MaliA wrote:

My knowledge of phsics is really quite shite. Which is a surprise. I know that walking up to a lady and saying "There is a force of attraction between our bodies" doesn't work for a statistically significant number of events, though

You can increase the force of attraction between your two bodies by vastly increasing your own mass (or choose a fatter lady also?). Maybe pop by the supermarket by a shite load of Mince pies and get started (this can also be twinned with Troopers review a mince pie thread) and get working on a increased mass.

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