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Post by Steala on Sept 8, 2010 21:25:34 GMT -1
I thought we needed an off-topic thread in the off-topic forum for some riveting less-than-thread-worthy discussion. It's sort of like the chat room without the awkward pauses (I mean, there'll be pauses, but they'll be less awkward).
I'll get us started.
So...tomorrow's the 631st anniversary of the Treaty of Neuberg. Who's excited?
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Post by Layne on Sept 9, 2010 14:47:16 GMT -1
Well this is today and I didn't notice anything special! What a colossal disappointment.
I'd be angry with you, but thanks to all these name changes I have no idea who you are, Steala.
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Post by Kevin Borg on Sept 9, 2010 15:45:21 GMT -1
WOOOO Treaty of Neuberg! I'm going to drink myself stupid until I shit my pants, and then I'm going to run down the streets shouting "WOOOO Treaty of Neuberg!!!!"
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Post by Steala on Sept 9, 2010 21:30:26 GMT -1
Clearly the anniversary of the Treaty of Neuberg is kind of a Canadian/American/probably Austrian festivity. I can't believe you Brits pretend like it's just another Thursday.
I just identify everyone by colors now, Light Blue. Unfortunately for him, Somar will now be blamed for anything anyone in the default/pink color says or does now.
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Post by Hellion on Sept 10, 2010 3:16:45 GMT -1
On this day:
1977 – Hamida Djandoubi became the last person to be guillotined in France, the official method of execution in that country. France would later abolish the death penalty in 1981.
Fun facts about Hamida Djandoubi:
He was a grocer/landscaper/torturer.
He lost two thirds of his right leg in a landscaping accident.
He moonlighted as a pimp/prostitution scout.
He was a terrible person.
He is best remembered as a neighbour for saving a kitten in 1974.
His head fell off in 1977.
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Post by MetalBlade on Sept 10, 2010 6:03:31 GMT -1
Well, Layne, your Viking knowledge is weak.
Yesterday marked the 1010th or 1011th anniversary (depending on how you interpret Viking runestones) of The Battle Of Svolder, in which the great King Olaf perished by throwing himself overboard his longship.
Shame on you for neglecting your Nordic roots.
Shame on all of you. The Vikings landed in America also, not just York.
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Post by Steala on Sept 10, 2010 21:23:30 GMT -1
I think we all know in our hearts that the Treaty of Neuberg trumps anything Svolder related. He was a terrible person. He is best remembered as a neighbour for saving a kitten in 1974. I find that terribly oxymoronic. That is a fun fact. |
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Post by Steala on Sept 13, 2010 22:02:22 GMT -1
Fucking magnets.
How do they work?
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Post by MetalBlade on Sept 14, 2010 12:31:03 GMT -1
Magnates work by starting a small business, and building it up into an extremely large business, often buying up smaller companies and incorporating them into their empire.
But my question is this...
...which dirty bastard first thought of drinking cow's milk?
What the fuck was he thinking?
Also, I was kept awake by mulling over this conundrum:
Theoretically, if you dug a tunnel straight through the centre of the earth, and entered it feet first, would you emerge on the other side head first or feet first?
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Post by Steala on Sept 14, 2010 21:59:23 GMT -1
Thanks for answering my question, Abby. You should inform the Insane Clown Posse now.
You'd have to ask Brendan Fraser or Science but my guess is head first. Gravity would shift after you got through the center. It'd be a hell of a hole to dig upward. Of course you might be more worried about your melted face at that point.
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Post by MetalBlade on Sept 15, 2010 5:51:09 GMT -1
If gravity is the deciding factor here, then once you got past the core, digging upwards would be quite simple, as the aforementioned Newtonian phenomenon would of course cause the dirt which was digged from above your head to simply fall (somewhat) harmlessly over your head, and down the hole from whence you came.
It's the original hole which would bother me. Imagine having to get all that earth (literally) back to the surface?
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Post by Steala on Sept 15, 2010 11:33:18 GMT -1
Digging upwards with ground solid as a rock (I'm sure it's all 'original ground' as they would say, and so quite compact and hardened, likely with molten lava) and dirt falling in your face all the way. Doesn't sound so easy.
I'm no scientist but I think the dirt would only fall to the center of the earth and float there in zero gravity. It wouldn't really fall the whole way back up your original hole, due to the gravity shift.
Right?
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Post by MetalBlade on Sept 15, 2010 15:57:01 GMT -1
Yes that's right, I assume.
So with 2 opposing forces of gravity, would this create zero gravity, or would it be infinite gravity whereby you are crushed to nothingness?
Or would the four compass points all want to pull you in their direction, thus ripping you into four equally sized messes?
The mind boggles.
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Post by Steala on Sept 15, 2010 22:00:47 GMT -1
I think it's a zero gravity situation, although the thought of someone's body being torn limb from limb would make for a better movie. Hopefully that's what happened to Brendan Fraser.
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Post by MetalBlade on Sept 16, 2010 5:54:37 GMT -1
It didn't, sadly.
I saw it. In 3D no less.
So, anyway... milk anyone?
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