They also communicate with one another by using a pitch, LOWER than the human ear can hearOriginally Posted by InsaneApache
They also communicate with one another by using a pitch, LOWER than the human ear can hearOriginally Posted by InsaneApache
psh, the man who can answer any question can't answer the question!Originally Posted by ian_of_smeg16
There are shadows on the moon, but the controversy was that those who disputed the landings say there are some shadows going one way and others going another way. After seeing the pictures, it is rather hard to distinuish the direction of the shadows, and not easy to say. The business with the flag is also hard to say, since the flag would stay unfurled like it is if it was unfurled before going onto to moon...
It was not theirs to reason why,
It was not theirs to make reply,
It was theirs but to do or die.
-The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Wherever this stone shall lie, the King of the Scots shall rule"
-Prophecy of the Stone of Destiny
"For God, For King and country, For loved ones home and Empire, For the sacred cause of justice, and The freedom of the world, They buried him among the kings because he, Had done good toward God and toward his house."
-Inscription on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
The longest known record for constipation is 102 days.
The storage capacity of the human brain exceeds 4 terrabytes.
There are 45 miles (72km) of nerves in the human body.
The female praying mantis is such a deadly hunter that she often eats her partner immediately after mating. Sometimes she begins her meal whilst still copulating.
TS, there is a rod through the top edge of the flag to hold it out. In a strong wind, a flag on Earth would be waving, notice that the flag on the Moon isn't, it is just straight out from the flag pole.Originally Posted by The Stranger
The shadows on the Moon are darker than on Earth due to the lack of an atmosphere to bounce the sun light around and lighten up the shadows. I believe the lack of an atmosphere also makes the edges of the shadow more distinct than here on Earth. If things look strange in the pictures it is because the Moon is a strange place compared to Earth.
Edit: Nice pictures Viking. You put them up whilst I was composing my post. There is some waving going on in the bottom picture but that would probably have soon subsided due to friction in the flag and pole material. Then it would just hang from the top rod and flag pole.
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This whole "no moon landing" is a bunch of hooey. The Discovery channel dedicated a 1 hour program to debunking each and every claim the 'no landing' crowd has ever offered. It really stems from people thinking they know more than they actually do about physics.
My factoid: If you want to hold your breath for extra long, hyperventilate immediately prior to submerging. It's the buildup of carbon dioxide, not the lack of oxygen that forces you to black out.
"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
Don Vito Corleone: The Godfather, Part 1.
"Then wait for them and swear to God in heaven that if they spew that bull to you or your family again you will cave there heads in with a sledgehammer"
Strike for the South
We blink about 84 million times per year.
General Custer graduated bottom of his class in 1861.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
The most popular car colour in the world is red.
Months that begin on a Sunday always have a Friday 13th.
A can of Spam is opened every four seconds.
That's not true!Originally Posted by King Malcolm
Originally Posted by Craterus
I just tried that and it works!Originally Posted by Don Corleone
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I've never tried this one before, but supposedly, only on the Vernal Equinox, you can balance an egg on end. Don't blame me if it turns out to be BS, I warned you...
Others I DO know about...
-The average voltage of a static discharge (dry air, such as in winter, zapping on a doorknob) is about 4000V, sometimes as high as 6000V. The reason it doesn't cause harm is there is very little stored charge to supply current flow (which is what actually kills you).
-If you want to cool your beer faster, pour salt over the ice in your cooler. It will melt it AND reduce the temperature to about -2C (28F) degrees. In general, 0.3C (32.5F) water cools beer much faster than <0C (<32F) ice, because liquid water has a much lower thermal impedance than solid ice.
-Grey & white hair is caused by a copper defiiciency and (theoretically) is completely reversible.
-Bert & Ernie in Sesame street are named for Bert, the taxi cab driver and Ernie the police officer in "It's a Wonderful Life", Jim Henson's (and my) favorite movie.
-Kennedy's personal's secretary's name last name was Lincoln. Lincoln's personal secretary's last name was.... Kennedy. Kennedy was shot by an assasin in a warehouse who fled to a theater. Lincoln was shot by an assasin in a theater, who fled to a warehouse. Both men had a vice-president named Johnson, and both Johnsons were Southern Democrats.
-In the US Civil War's largest battle (Gettysburg), the North came from the south and the South came from the North.
-Despite all the hooplah about computer security, even today 75% of all computer passwords are: a) the owner's birthdate b) the owner's anniversery date or c) the word 'password'.
-In a room of 20 or more random people, the odds are better than 2 in 3 at least 2 people will have the same birthdate (I've never figured this one out).
-Speaking of statistics... if you toss a fair coin 100 times, and the incredibly unlikely put statistically possible event occurs that you toss 100 straight heads, and you decide to toss that faircoin a 101st time, the odds of it being heads or tails are still 50/50.
-Cats only meow to communicate to humans. It is a behavior that serves no function among cats in the wild, who communicate with scent.
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"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
Don Vito Corleone: The Godfather, Part 1.
"Then wait for them and swear to God in heaven that if they spew that bull to you or your family again you will cave there heads in with a sledgehammer"
Strike for the South
uh huh...Originally Posted by Don Corleone
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I can believe that.Originally Posted by Don Corleone
Saw that on Mythbusters, of which I am also a junkie.Originally Posted by Don Corleone
Other fun fact from Mythbusters: High speed bullets are less deadly than a slower speed bullet when shooting someone underwater from above water becuase the high speed bullet is shattered on impact with the water surface.
hmm good point...though ill find sumthing to prove you wrong...and i knew there was sumthing funny with the shadows i only forgot whatOriginally Posted by Viking
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We do not sow.
I hate to do this, but I'm going to have to cut you off before you begin. Simply visit this webpage. They have listed every 'reason' the hoax believers (HB's) say the moon landing was faked you have ever heard of, and probably more than a few you haven't. In each and every one, the 'theory' is debunked. At the end of the day, it all stems from applying 'common sense' to how things work on Earth and assuming that's how they'll work in an area devoid of atmosphere (no blast crater, footprints being too clear, etc).Originally Posted by The Stranger
I've never seen a single reason posed for disbelieving the moon landing that wasn't more dubious than the landing itself. Is it possible NASA faked the moon landings? Sure. It's also possible that Hugh Hefner will leave the mansion and all the Playmates to me in his will, and my wife will be cool with this. Likelihood? About as likely that the moon landings were faked.
I have a healthy distrust of the government, don't get me wrong, I'm not their apologist. But in this case, there's just too much evidence on one side to take the other remotely seriously. http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html
"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
Don Vito Corleone: The Godfather, Part 1.
"Then wait for them and swear to God in heaven that if they spew that bull to you or your family again you will cave there heads in with a sledgehammer"
Strike for the South
http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/NOT_faked/Originally Posted by The Stranger
Check that link, shows most the moon landing 'it was faked' theories, then some guy scrutinizing them.
Moon landing? I myself want to believe it. I really do it. It's just...forgetting all those pictures and scientific rubbish to scrutinize I like to play in something I know a little more about: history.
These are my reasons why it may have been faked (bearing in mind I do not have a definitive stance):
In the 60's Mr. Yuri Gogarin (sorry for wrong spelling) was the first cosmonaut in space. The Americans, in their 'we must look better at russia at everything' stage obviously are not pleased by this, they lost in the public eye to an enemy. Oh and not forgetting a few years prior to this in the form of Sputnik the Americans had failed in the 'first satellite in space' race. So there is but only one semi-realistic objective to beat the russians to: the moon. So the President of the states goes out and declares by the end of the decade an American will have walked on the moon. Now here's where my theory get's very questionable which I admit (I reiterate I do not have a stance yet on is it was or was not faked). Perhaps it is 69, and oopsy we're not on the moon are we. The Russians could very well be close. Now, if USA lose after declaring they will win so majestically this will be a PR distaster. There's only one thing for it: a hoax.
My next theory is more looking at today. We have not had a moon landing since what, like the 70's?! Why the hell not. This isnt a been there done that job, todays research techniques have to be better than 30 years ago, think of the things we could learn. So Russia, So NASA send a team to space now, show you can do it. Because interesting point, there hasnt been a moon landing since the cold war.
Anyway, If anything I believe the landings did take place. But the questions I proposed in this thread I do think are at least sorta relevant.
For now, until any other better hoax claims are brought to light. I will go for innocent until proven guilty and leave NASA alone.
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Back to on topic material. Hmm lets see.
Bill Gates has more wealth than the bottom 45 percent of American households combined.
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Sovereign,
You're not offering proof, or even a theory about the moon landing being faked. You're offering a possible motive in the event that it could be proven or theorized that it WAS faked. Fair enough, and I agree with your reasoning. But motive alone doesn't offer any sort of proof.
Hillary Clinton had a hell of a lot of motive to go Lorena Bobbit on Bill Clinton. But that's hardly 'proof' that our 42nd president in fact has a surgically reattached willy.
As for the 'why don't we still go there' question, one simple answer. $$$$. It costs a lot of money to go the moon, and as far as I know, there's almost no return on the investment. Scientists would love to go back and make some more experiments. But until there's a compelling reason to put that kind of cash into it, there's no reason to do so. Somebody who DOES have a reason to do so, namely to prove that they too can do it, is in the process of doing it now and should land around 2008: China.
Trust me, find some uranium or oil reserves up there and you'll see just how plausible it is.![]()
"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
Don Vito Corleone: The Godfather, Part 1.
"Then wait for them and swear to God in heaven that if they spew that bull to you or your family again you will cave there heads in with a sledgehammer"
Strike for the South
Apparently, in Medieval times during jousts the crowd sang Queen's We Will Rock You. And cute princesses looked like sexy punks.
Or isn't A Knights Tale based on facts?![]()
"The facts of history cannot be purely objective, since they become facts of history only in virtue of the significance attached to them by the historian." E.H. Carr
ooh ooh I know this one. You can balance an egg on it's end at any time, but only if you believe you can. If you don't believe you can it affects your control over your fingers slightly and you won't be able to. Nifty.Originally Posted by Don Corleone
I tested it out on my sister, told her it was impossible and she couldn't do it, told her it actually and showed her I could do it, and then she was able to.
http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.htmOriginally Posted by King Malcolm
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/linckenn.htmOriginally Posted by Don Corleone
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Here's something I actually do know; there was a problem in unfurling the rod you see at the top which held the flag out. Thus the 'flapping' look. Apparently NASA were so impressed by the way the 'flapping flag' looked, they've designed them to deploy like that ever since.Originally Posted by Viking
This is potentially very, very dangerous as the human brain needs a certain amount of CO2 in order that the lungs work automatically. If you hyperventilate you will flush out all the CO2 which could lead to you not breathing. This is a fact. So don't do it guys.My factoid: If you want to hold your breath for extra long, hyperventilate immediately prior to submerging. It's the buildup of carbon dioxide, not the lack of oxygen that forces you to black out.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
This I did not know, but is a very good point. Sorry for offering potentially dangerous experiments to try.Originally Posted by InsaneApache
"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
Don Vito Corleone: The Godfather, Part 1.
"Then wait for them and swear to God in heaven that if they spew that bull to you or your family again you will cave there heads in with a sledgehammer"
Strike for the South
Hey np mate, it's just that as a former lifeguard it was something they hammered into us in training. BTW it's nice to see you back Don![]()
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
Yup, I did say my 'theories' where dodgy and I am leaning towards to pro 'we landed for sure' side of things. Just speculation ^_^Originally Posted by Don Corleone
Almost every human got mites living in thier hair follicles.
We are all aware that the senses can be deceived, the eyes fooled. But how can we be sure our senses are not being deceived at any particular time, or even all the time? Might I just be a brain in a tank somewhere, tricked all my life into believing in the events of this world by some insane computer? And does my life gain or lose meaning based on my reaction to such solipsism?
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Er... I am quite sure all birds descended from a small dinosaur species in the Jurasic era. So, while they are related, the turkey did not descend from T-Rex.Originally Posted by Fragony
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In biology we actually learned about this yesterday and the answer is egg...Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
I wasn't paying enough attention, but it had something to do with RNA...Lol![]()
Check the first page of the thread...i already answered that oneOriginally Posted by Alexanderofmacedon
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When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb...
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Oh, okay!
After four moves in a chess game there are more possible moves than grains of sand on earth.
The world longest penis was 18 in. long, and every time he would go errect he would pass out, because of all the blood that was transfered to penis and away from the rest of the body.![]()
Narf!!!!!!!
Hellfire I told you to never to divulge my 'secret'![]()
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There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
Did you know by change when the public debt of Argentina begun?
Well it begun when Mr. Rivadavia (1821-1824, now impressed in the papers of two pesos and with the largest aveneau in all Argentina) taking adventage of the speculative England bubble and even told the english that La Pampa (refering to the whole region known as La Pampa) was covered on gold, the first negociator was a minister called José Manuel García, then Rivadavia as minister and De la Cruz. The other part (the english merchants) were a man called Robertson, and another man called Felix Castro (wich wasn't really english but did business with english). The debt was originally of 1 million pounds, but 150000 of those pounds were discounted for the risk of borrowing money to a latinamerican country. Another 150000 was the bribe received by the the argentinian negotiators and the Baring brothers owners of the bank wich borrowed the money. Also Rivadavia discounted the expenditures from the loan, and paid a year of interest to the Barings: another 130000 puonds. The comision was reduced to 25000 pounds and another 400000 pounds stayed on England as a payment to english merchants radicated in Buenos Aires. Corruption has no limits, and Rivadavia did all this under the excuse of city improvement, wich was never done at all.
It's more, an interesting information for those britons out there: the warrant of the debt has always been the land of La Pampa, so if you've any monetary problems you can take the land out of us, even if it's now unconstitutional, but things work that way in the South sadly.![]()
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did you know that the Isle of Man used to control all of Galloway?
We were once the Kings of Ynys Manau and Galwyddel, but we were overrun by Gaels and Vikings.
And did you know that the Isle of Man has the longest running parliament in the world, set up in the mid 930's and even though the island has changed hands from Norway, Scotland, Its own kingdom, the Kingdom of the Isles and England, it is still running today as Tynwald
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When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb...
Proud Supporter of the Gahzette
It sounds sort of conspiracy teory but here's one more strange fact:Originally Posted by The Stranger
In this picture you can't see the starts at all, it's all black, when in fact you should be able to see them.![]()
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