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Stupid and Pointless Thread - asshat - 09-18-2004

Quote:Originally posted by snarg@Sep 18 2004, 07:07 PM
you should reread that, moron
learning about the great wall of china from reading about it??
get a life so ya don't have to worry about one typo
asshat

there is no hope for a fool who will not learn
i hope you continue to have myriad "epiphanies"
Confusednarg:
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"Mr." Asshat, remember? And epiphanies don't occur from reading, they occur from thinking. Maybe you should try that out sometime.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - snarg - 09-18-2004

Quote:Originally posted by army1@Sep 18 2004, 02:14 PM
"Mr." Asshat, remember?  And epiphanies don't occur from reading, they occur from thinking.  Maybe you should try that out sometime.
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sorry, asshat, ya lost the mister by being a stubborn, ignoramous
apparently you are not interested in what a real epiphany is, so go back to your homo porn site, maybe you can have more of your meaningless "epiphanies"

don't take any time addressing me any more, i realize that reading your responses could only be a waste of my time

what a fuckin' nimrod, i am sorry you are mentally challenged, but there ya go

:roll:

Confusednarg:

Stupid and Pointless Thread - asshat - 09-18-2004

Quote:Originally posted by snarg@Sep 18 2004, 07:35 PM
sorry, asshat, ya lost the mister by being a stubborn, ignoramous
apparently you are not interested in what a real epiphany is, so go back to your homo porn site, maybe you can have more of your meaningless "epiphanies"

don't take any time addressing me any more, i realize that  reading your responses could only be a waste of my time

what a fuckin' nimrod, i am sorry you are mentally challenged, but there ya go

:roll:

Confusednarg:
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I know you don't want me talking to you anymore, and I really do appreciate your sincere concern over my interpretation and use of the word epiphany.

However, since you are obviously someone that has a deep concern over the strict and careful use of the English language, you might want to learn to spell ignoramus. just sayin. Wink




Oh and great work with that "go back to your homo porn site" line. Do you think these up yourself?

Stupid and Pointless Thread - snarg - 09-18-2004

Quote:Originally posted by army1@Sep 18 2004, 02:51 PM

However, since you are obviously someone that has a deep concern over the strict and careful use of the English language, you might want to learn to spell ignoramus.  just sayin. Wink

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thank you for pointing that out, mr. asshat
an intelligent person ackowledges his mistakes and moves on
Wink

Confusednarg:

Stupid and Pointless Thread - asshat - 09-18-2004

Quote:Originally posted by snarg@Sep 18 2004, 08:06 PM
thank you for pointing that out,  mr. asshat
an intelligent person ackowledges his mistakes and moves on
Wink

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No problem. I think I will go back to my homo porn sites now anyway. You have pretty much taken the fun out of this one. Nice meeting you.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - asshat - 09-19-2004

That homo porn site is kind of slow. So, I did some internet surfing and had an [hide from Snarg]epiphany[/hide from Snarg] when I stumbled upon a story about the history of King Solomon's Temple.

King David's son, Solomon, reigned overIsrael's golden age. Building on David's achievements, he established an efficient centralized government, with a professional army and an advanced trade network. Above all, he lavished attention on Jerusalem, raising splendid public buildings and palaces, and carrying out his father's plan to erect a Temple for the Lord, worthy to house the Ark of the Covenant.

Around 950 B.C., and after seven long years of construction, all Israel came to witness this day. Solomon's Temple, atop the holy Mount of Moriah above the city of David.

In the midst of the celebrations the Ark was brought into the Temple. The Temple's gold-inlaid doors swung open as the Ark was brought into the large vestibule and finally into its resting place inside the Holy of Holies.

Solomon's Temple made Jerusalem not just another capital, but Israel's religious center - as it remains to this day. Later it would become a holy city' for Christians and Muslims as well.

Solomon's Temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 587 B.C. The Temple was later rebuilt twice and then destroyed by the Romans who built a pagan temple on its site. Today a splendid Muslim mosque, the Dome of the Rock, covers the site. Though not a stone of Solomon's Temple has been found, it is possible to reconstruct the Temple with great accuracy due to biblical descriptions and archaeological evidence from elsewhere.

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The holiest place in the world for the Christians and Jews is also the holiest place in the world for the Muslims. And so they fight for control of Jerusalem. I think the Dome of the Rock, is the Rock that Muhammed (the Jesus of the Muslim religion) departed the earth to take his place in Heaven.

The history of the construction of King Solomon's Temple is also the basis of the Masonic Lodge.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - Velvet - 09-19-2004

IM affraid you have me abit baffled armyone . If you want serious conversation I dont think an epifhany(sp) or christianity will get it for you on a forum like this . Perhaps discussing something thats happening in the world today would be a better topic for you to try with .

Stupid and Pointless Thread - asshat - 09-19-2004

Quote:Originally posted by Velvet@Sep 19 2004, 01:47 AM
IM affraid you have me abit baffled armyone . If you want serious conversation I dont think an epifhany(sp) or christianity will get it for you on a forum like this . Perhaps discussing something thats happening in the world today would be a better topic for you to try with .
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Didn't mean to confuse anyone. It isn't about religion, it is about history. And it is very pertinent to current events. But no big deal. We are going to kind of scattershoot these epiphanistic events. Feel free to contribute one.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - Velvet - 09-19-2004

Im on medication at the moment im affraid what I said to you is about as smart thinking as I get today :lol:

Stupid and Pointless Thread - TomFoolery - 09-19-2004

On a vinyl record, the outer diameter is much larger than the inner diameter, but the number of revolutions per minute is the same at both points.

The speed of the record is constant, but 2 points on the record travel at different speeds but still make the same RPM.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - asshat - 09-19-2004

Quote:Originally posted by TomFoolery@Sep 19 2004, 02:04 AM
On a vinyl record, the outer diameter is much larger than the inner diameter, but the number of revolutions per minute is the same at both points. 

The speed of the record is constant, but 2 points on the record travel at different speeds but still make the same RPM.
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Whoa! Now that is interesting. Never thought about that. The needle is actually hitting the record at a decreasing speed all of the time. I think that would be a linearly decreasing speed, even though the grooves are traveling in almost perfect circles.

So, when they "pressed" a record, the grooves had to be such that the needle would pick up the song slower on the outer rings than it would on the inner rings. You would think that if those guys were that smart, they could have just gone ahead and invented a CD.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - asshat - 09-19-2004

Which reminds me of something that I have always wondered. I know this experiment could never be performed, but thinking theoretically, stay with me on it.

If two guys at opposite sides of the earth began digging holes toward each other. And they dug at the same rate of speed, they would meet in the center of the earth. When they finally broke through the ground at each other's feet, would each guy fall up out of the hole of the other? Or would they be frozen in mid air? How much would they weigh?

Now, if you could get them out of the hole and you had this hole that now pierced the earth, could you jump into that hole and fall and fall, gaining speed until you got to the center of the earth, and then slowing down until you got just below the ground on the other side of the earth and then begin to fall back the other way, continuing this until you gradually stopped at the center of the earth?

This is quite epiphaniftic to me. Sorry Snarg, but it is.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - CodeWarrior - 09-19-2004

Quote:Originally posted by army1@Sep 18 2004, 09:17 PM
Which reminds me of something that I have always wondered.  I know this experiment could never be performed, but thinking theoretically, stay with me on it.

If two guys at opposite sides of the earth began digging holes toward each other.  And they dug at the same rate of speed, they would meet in the center of the earth.  When they finally broke through the ground at each other's feet, would each guy fall up out of the hole of the other?  Or would they be frozen in mid air?  How much would they weigh?

Now, if you could get them out of the hole and you had this hole that now pierced the earth, could you jump into that hole and fall and fall, gaining speed until you got to the center of the earth, and then slowing down until you got just below the ground on the other side of the earth and then begin to fall back the other way, continuing this until you gradually stopped at the center of the earth?

This is quite epiphaniftic to me.  Sorry Snarg, but it is.
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That seems about right, they would get stuck in the center of the earth, since that is where the gravitational pull is at its strongest. Quite the thought.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - TomFoolery - 09-19-2004

Quote:Originally posted by army1@Sep 19 2004, 02:17 AM
Which reminds me of something that I have always wondered.  I know this experiment could never be performed, but thinking theoretically, stay with me on it.

If two guys at opposite sides of the earth began digging holes toward each other.  And they dug at the same rate of speed, they would meet in the center of the earth.  When they finally broke through the ground at each other's feet, would each guy fall up out of the hole of the other?  Or would they be frozen in mid air?  How much would they weigh?

Now, if you could get them out of the hole and you had this hole that now pierced the earth, could you jump into that hole and fall and fall, gaining speed until you got to the center of the earth, and then slowing down until you got just below the ground on the other side of the earth and then begin to fall back the other way, continuing this until you gradually stopped at the center of the earth?

This is quite epiphaniftic to me.  Sorry Snarg, but it is.
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Very interesting. I'd have to know the gravitational pull and atmospheric (?) pressure changes as the men get closer to the center of the earth before making a guess. However, it's still interesting to think about.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - asshat - 09-19-2004

If you could build a hypothetical spaceship that could travel at a speed that approached the speed of light, and you got that sucker up to maximum velocity and then punched it a little harder and then turned on the headlights, would they shine out in front of you?

Would the speed of the light coming from the headlights be relative to the spaceship or relative to space?

I almost had an epiphagasm thinking about that one.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - TomFoolery - 09-19-2004

Quote:Originally posted by army1@Sep 19 2004, 03:31 AM
If you could build a hypothetical spaceship that could travel at a speed that approached the speed of light, and you got that sucker up to maximum velocity and then punched it a little harder and then turned on the headlights, would they shine out in front of you?

Would the speed of the light coming from the headlights be relative to the spaceship or relative to space?

I almost had an epiphagasm thinking about that one.
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If I remember the theory of relativity correctly, time actually slows down if and when you reach the speed of light.

If you were to turn on the headlights in a spaceship that was traveling at the speed of light I would imagine that because of the time change the light wouldn't appear until it was behind the spaceship. This only works if I'm correct in my assumption that the light coming from the headlights is relative to space (and that the spaceship is traveling at speeds equal to or above roughly 186,000 mps).

Also assuming your eyes could process information to your brain fast enough to not miss anything from the point at which the light was turned on while traveling at such a great speed...I know it's not possible, but for this instance we'll say it is.

Does that make any fucking sense?

Stupid and Pointless Thread - asshat - 09-19-2004

Quote:Originally posted by TomFoolery@Sep 19 2004, 04:38 AM
If I remember the theory of relativity correctly, time actually slows down if and when you reach the speed of light.

If you were to turn on the headlights in a spaceship that was traveling at the speed of light I would imagine that because of the time change the light wouldn't appear until it was behind the spaceship.  This only works if I'm correct in my assumption that the light coming from the headlights is relative to space (and that the spaceship is traveling at speeds equal to or above roughly 186,000 mps). 

Also assuming your eyes could process information to your brain fast enough to not miss anything from the point at which the light was turned on while traveling at such a great speed...I know it's not possible, but for this instance we'll say it is. 

Does that make any fucking sense?
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Well, it makes sense, if you assume that the headlight speed would be relative to space. (haven't considered the speed with which your brain could process it, but let's assume that your brain speed is infinitely fast).

Now, consider this. If you were standing on a flatbed train car, and that train was heading north at 100 mph. If you threw a baseball northward at 100 mph, would it leave your hand at 200 mph (assuming you clocked it from the ground with a radar) or would it leave your hand and be suspended in midair since it was traveling at the same speed as your train?

Stupid and Pointless Thread - TomFoolery - 09-19-2004

Quote:Originally posted by army1@Sep 19 2004, 04:44 AM
Now, consider this.  If you were standing on a flatbed train car, and that train was heading north at 100 mph.  If you threw a baseball northward at 100 mph, would it leave your hand at 200 mph (assuming you clocked it from the ground with a radar) or would it leave your hand and be suspended in midair since it was traveling at the same speed as your train?
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I think I need to know the following before answering your question:

1. Are you assuming there's no wind resistance? If not, I need to know the mph gust you will feel as you try to release the ball.
2. What is the maximum velocity that this person can throw a baseball in a controlled experiment (no wind resistance, flat surface, multiple attempts)?

Stupid and Pointless Thread - asshat - 09-19-2004

Quote:Originally posted by TomFoolery@Sep 19 2004, 04:56 AM
I think I need to know the following before answering your question:

1.  Are you assuming there's no wind resistance?  If not, I need to know the mph gust you will feel as you try to release the ball.
2.  What is the maximum velocity that this person can throw a baseball in a controlled experiment (no wind resistance, flat surface, multiple attempts)?
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I am assuming that you take a major league pitcher that can repetitively throw a ball 100 mph (including the effects of wind resistance). When he throws that ball from the flatbed train car, he throws it the exact same speed as he would if he were on the mound, 100 mph.

Stupid and Pointless Thread - TomFoolery - 09-19-2004

Quote:Originally posted by army1@Sep 19 2004, 05:04 AM
I am assuming that you take a major league pitcher that can repetitively throw a ball 100 mph (including the effects of wind resistance).  When he throws that ball from the flatbed train car, he throws it the exact same speed as he would if he were on the mound, 100 mph.
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OK.

When I asked about the wind resistance I was referring to the pitcher's ability to stand on the flatbed car while throwing a pitch without having any resistance to wind. I only have a theory on what the gun would read if you take into account the wind resistance after he releases the ball.

I say a gun on the ground clocking the pitch at the exact moment the ball is released will read 200mph. Anything after immediate will have wind resistance affecting the speed, which will drop the reading dramatically.

I think that if you gunned the pitch from standing on the flatbed it would read 100 mph.











Disclaimer: The theories discussed above should not be considered correct. I have no fucking clue if I sound like a total idiot right now, and I reserve the right to change my idea upon further reading and consideration.