Zombie Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 When did this thread suddenly turn to humour and mistruths instead of fact? did you ever have an interesting FACT, or thought that was pretty random and you didnt really have anywhere to put it but really wanted to post it??Sigh. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 When did this thread suddenly turn to humour and mistruths instead of fact? Around the time you started using words that don't exist. https://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mistruth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantifier Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 You're right Zombie. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention on the physics lecture, or maybe the lecturer was just wrong. But he did say that. Or something like that... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 You can boil an egg using two mobile phones. Mmmm, and there was me thinking it couldn't be done simply because the plastic would melt. I wish I had listened more at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 So it's still possible, then. It would just take a very long time?Well, any type of electromagnetic wave will produce some heat when it strikes an object. No denying that. But the power produced by 2 mobile phones is so low that any heat absorbed by the shell of Mr. Egg will be quickly dissipated by the air. I doubt any amount of heat could diffuse through the shell boundary before the air drew it away. Thus, the egg would rot before it could cook. Yuck. :bad: Mistruth is a word. It is constructed by adding the prefix "mis" to the word (in this case "mis" means opposite or lack of). Hence, "lack of truth" is the definition. Check this out. I think we all know or use the word "mistype", but according to Dictionary.com it doesn't exist either. The meaning of words containing a prefix such as "mis" is supposedly understood by the reader. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 Maybe if you cooked the egg in a closed, adiabatic, very small system, it might have a chance to cook, but I'm not too sure. Depends how much the egg can last before it rots. Anyway, here's something you probably didn't know: 1 kilobyte is actually not 1024 Bytes, it is 1000 Bytes (as it should be). This was a change made in 1999 (?) to make it compatible with the SI. What was known as 1 kB is now called 1 kibiByte (1 kiB) and equals 2^10 Bytes. The same goes for 1 MB which is now called 1 MebiByte (1 Mib) and equals 2^20 Bytes and so on. Hopefully this hasn't changed in the meantime. In most places, though, I still see the old markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 They also did an experiment on Brainiac with 100 mobile phones and an egg. They basicaly piled up 100 mobile phones on top of an egg and contacted them all at once. After about 5 minutes the ended the expreiment and checked the egg. It wasn't even warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Nightshirt Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 You can boil an egg using two mobile phones. No you can't. Correct, you cannot boil an egg with mobile phones - our school physics department in co-operation with University of Ulster did an award winning experiment on this (I decided to do robotics experiments rather than do the egg one, much more fun!), and they safely concluded that no, it doesn't happen. Of course, while the egg band won an award, we won nothing, as no-one believed we wrote our own documents for our part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 ... Talk about hijacking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Bob Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Around the time you started using words that don't exist. https://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mistruth For the record, dictionary.com is possibly one of the worst dictionary sources I've ever seen. I only use it for more elementary words, or for reference on proper spellings. However, Fullauto, if the humor (omg, teh American spelling!) didn't start until around the time he used that word, then you were being humorous a wee bit too early. Another piece of useless information... In some American states rape is legal if the woman is wearing jeans, and no weapon is used as a threat. This is because the woman needs to help undo the pants herself. This law is one of several that were enacted due to the hundreds of men falsely accused of rape (And often sentenced after being judged guilty.) simply because their girlfriend, or some other sick female, got a little mad and wanted to hurt them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 However, Fullauto, if the humor (omg, teh American spelling!) didn't start until around the time he used that word, then you were being humorous a wee bit too early. Shit. Blowing up the free inflatable axe you get with the Special Edition DVD of Kung Fu Hustle will make you feel sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 as will eating a tray of 12 cadburys cream eggs ...wont be doign that again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 as will eating a tray of 12 cadburys cream eggs ...wont be doign that again Woah... you ate 12 of them??? I normaly feel sick after eating just 1! Too sweet tasting for me.I guess your not one of those people who always seem to be on a diet... like my sister. Today, December 12th, is independance day in Kenya... or so Wikipedia is telling me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Ahh, Wikipedia. To be taken with a pinch of salt. And pepper. With mushroom soup. And a Salisbury steak. Mmm, steak... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Ahh, Wikipedia. To be taken with a pinch of salt. And what's so wrong with wikipedia? Given that there are many experts that update and review it everyday it's probably more acurate and up to date than any other electronic or book encyclopedia currently out.Sure it may suffer from page vandalism every now and then but they are usualy fixed within an hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory Posted December 13, 2005 Author Share Posted December 13, 2005 i dotn exactally eat 12 every day now do i .... and lets not argue abtou the site....thats why the net does so well, becasue so many peopel have so many different tastes and oppinions. less than two weeks to chrismtas!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Best thing I've ever seen on Wikipedia: "Kevan Li loves the cock." Genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 less than two weeks to chrismtas!!!! Trimmed up yet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 not at home.... but schools been trimmed up for weeks!!! had our chrismtas play today, not everyone gets to be a self decorating chrismtas tree you know! anyone else trimmed up yet (wish i was....give it a week or less) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 This Sunday for me, no particular reason - just seems right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accounting Troll Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Did you know that Christmas used to be a religious festival? If you are not a practicing Christian, there is no need for you to make a fuss or spend money just because it happens to be Christmas. So I don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory Posted December 16, 2005 Author Share Posted December 16, 2005 ....and thats nowt to do with you being a grump buggar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accounting Troll Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 That's just a coincidence! Seriously though, if you find yourself in a town centre, have a look at the other shoppers. Look how stressed out and angry they are at this time of alleged peace and goodwill to all men :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 That's because of their materialism though, not their religion. If they focussed more on goodwill they would be less miserable. Thought that goes for religious and atheist alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory Posted December 17, 2005 Author Share Posted December 17, 2005 ill drink to that! *ivory takes large gulp of vodka and orange* people need to remeber that its the thgouth that counts not what gets spent! grrr dont get me started on that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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