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« Reply #300 on: January 04, 2012, 03:14:10 PM »

     Scorpions, for some reason, flouresce under black light....

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     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.
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« Reply #301 on: January 05, 2012, 01:22:04 AM »

In the painting The Ambassadors, there is a skull between the two ambassadors.
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« Reply #302 on: January 05, 2012, 05:51:06 AM »

The tallest tree ever was an Australian Eucalyptus, in 1872 it was measured 435 feet tall.
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« Reply #303 on: January 05, 2012, 09:53:05 AM »

     Scorpions, for some reason, flouresce under black light....




I wonder if that means that they can see in the UV spectrum?
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« Reply #304 on: January 05, 2012, 02:51:19 PM »

     Scorpions, for some reason, flouresce under black light....




I wonder if that means that they can see in the UV spectrum?


     Evidently not....

http://www.thebestcontrol.com/bugstop/control_scorpions.htm
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     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.
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« Reply #305 on: January 05, 2012, 03:18:04 PM »


 Newton's second law is not valid for variable-mass systems, such as rockets.


Sorry, but this is not true at all.  It only seems true for the simplified statement of the Law given in Introductory texts:

F = ma

However, the more general and more correct expression for this law is

F = dp/dt,

which is that the force is equal to the first time derivative of momentum.

In the special case of constant mass and since p = m v,

F = m dv/dt,

or, mass times the first time derivative of velocity...or acceleration.  Thus, in the special case of constant mass,  F = m a.

So, F = ma is only a special case of the Law that is used for beginners, but it's not the actual general Law.

Back to regular programming....
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« Reply #306 on: January 06, 2012, 12:10:56 PM »

On the subject of things that glow under ultraviolet light, tonic water has a pleasant bluish glow, thanks to the quinine it contains. I learned this many years ago when vodka and tonic was my drink of choice. Ordered one in a club with a lot of black lights, and got a surprise. Actually two surprises, if you include a naked woman (yes, it was that kind of club), coming over and asking about my drink.

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« Reply #307 on: January 06, 2012, 02:02:37 PM »

     In Virginia, there is a state law making it illegal to place a house on the market without disclosing that it is haunted.

http://nvar.com/index.php/law-ethics/article/do_you_have_to_disclose_that_a_house_is_haunted
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« Reply #308 on: January 09, 2012, 05:15:03 PM »

Vesna Vulovic survived a 33,000 ft drop when the plane she was on blew up from a terrorist attack.
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« Reply #309 on: January 09, 2012, 05:21:28 PM »

Vesna Vulovic survived a 33,000 ft drop when the plane she was on blew up from a terrorist attack.

      I'll bet her underwear didn't....
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     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.
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« Reply #310 on: January 14, 2012, 10:08:38 AM »

In 1814 Louis Comte was the first conjuror to publicly pull a rabbit from a top hat.
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« Reply #311 on: January 16, 2012, 12:56:22 PM »


 Newton's second law is not valid for variable-mass systems, such as rockets.


Sorry, but this is not true at all.  It only seems true for the simplified statement of the Law given in Introductory texts:

F = ma

However, the more general and more correct expression for this law is

F = dp/dt,

which is that the force is equal to the first time derivative of momentum.

In the special case of constant mass and since p = m v,

F = m dv/dt,

or, mass times the first time derivative of velocity...or acceleration.  Thus, in the special case of constant mass,  F = m a.

So, F = ma is only a special case of the Law that is used for beginners, but it's not the actual general Law.

Back to regular programming....

  Sorry Ulthar, everything I know about Physics I learned from Wikipedia ( And Real Genius)
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« Reply #312 on: January 16, 2012, 12:58:52 PM »

Molybdenum is a silvery metal that has the sixth-highest melting point of any element.
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« Reply #313 on: January 17, 2012, 01:52:36 AM »

     One in every four Americans has appeared on television.

I have a few times, and NO, none of them were episodes of COPS or America's Most Wanted.

One time it WAS Lockup: Raw though.
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« Reply #314 on: January 17, 2012, 01:54:03 AM »

There is a fine line between having a good time and being a wanton slut.

True, but that line is easily ignored.
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Raw bacon is GREAT! It's like regular bacon, only faster, and it doesn't burn the roof of your mouth!

Happiness is green text in the "Stuff To Watch For" section.

James James: The man so nice, they named him twice.

"Aw man, this thong is chafing my balls" -Lloyd Kaufman in Poultrygeist.

"There's always time for lubricant" -Orlando Jones in Evolution
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