January Stundie Nominations

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Redtail said:
I've been through that thread several times & I can't figure out what the hell they're on about.
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If you bisect the illuminated part of the Moon it points to the Sun, like an archer's bow. This nut is connecting a direct line between the Sun and the Moon instead of following the path across the dome of the sky (ya know, the way light would actually travel, since we are on the surface of a sphere?). And he thinks because his direct line doesn't match nature there is something wrong.

His hypotheses is that the Moon he photographed is a hologram, or the ebil gubmint is shining a second source of light onto the Moon for their nefarious mind-control purposes (and simultaneously blocking the light from the Sun with some huge invisible 'light-blocking shadow-making orbital death machine of doom', though the requirement that the Sun's light has to be blocked for this hypothesis to work didn't occur to him).
 
matt.tansy said:
If you bisect the illuminated part of the Moon it points to the Sun, like an archer's bow. This nut is connecting a direct line between the Sun and the Moon instead of following the path across the dome of the sky (ya know, the way light would actually travel, since we are on the surface of a sphere?). And he thinks because his direct line doesn't match nature there is something wrong.

His hypotheses is that the Moon he photographed is a hologram, or the ebil gubmint is shining a second source of light onto the Moon for their nefarious mind-control purposes (and simultaneously blocking the light from the Sun with some huge invisible 'light-blocking shadow-making orbital death machine of doom', though the requirement that the Sun's light has to be blocked for this hypothesis to work didn't occur to him).
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:jaw-dropp...I ...How... He... Hippo...
 
matt.tansy said:
If you bisect the illuminated part of the Moon it points to the Sun, like an archer's bow.
His hypotheses is that the Moon he photographed is a hologram, or the ebil gubmint is shining a second source of light onto the Moon for their nefarious mind-control purposes
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Is there a word for simultaneously learning something new (though it's fairly obvious in retrospect) and reading something so ludicrous that you got dumber by an equal amount such that it was all a wash?

If not, there should be.
 
Mr.D said:
Is there a word for simultaneously learning something new (though it's fairly obvious in retrospect) and reading something so ludicrous that you got dumber by an equal amount such that it was all a wash?

If not, there should be.
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I think that's called "Truther".
 
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I have a new one, another freeman entry from ickes -

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1059609550&postcount=47

I guess that is to be expected since Queensland seems to be registered with ASIC (Australian Securities Investment Commission) as a company.




Extracted from ASIC's database at AEST 03:05:18 on 30/11/2010

Name QUEENSLAND PTY LTD
ACN 130 826 827 [Australian Company Number]




Type Australian Proprietary Company, Limited By Shares

Registration Date 29/04/2008
Next Review Date 29/04/2011
Status Registered
Locality of Registered Office Moggill QLD 4070
Jurisdiction Australian Securities & Investments Commission
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The existence of a company called Queensland Pty Ltd means that Queensland is a private company. :boggled:
 
The man of the 'wide-angle telephoto lens' has a management philosophy:

Mobertermy said:
Scott Sommers said:
I don't understand what's happening here anymore. Mobertermy, you seem to have admitted you can't interpret the photographic evidence properly. Right? You have no meaningful physical evidence that contradicts the newspaper description. Right? You have no logical counter explanation for the agreed upon physical evidence at the Pentagon on 911. Right? So what's the problem? This is just straight forward.

In whatever job you do for a living, if you hired someone who worked like this, what would happen to them?
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In all seriousness I would give them a management position. Someone who can think outside the box, try out new ideas, think for themselves, not afraid of trying something new even if its in an area outside their expertise, recognize when they make mistakes and have the integrity to admit it. Yup...management. The opposite of that person is someone who lacks creativity, needs to be told what to do, is unaware when they make mistakes, but probably won't make many anyways because they are uninterested or scared to try something new, and even if they did probably wouldn't float their ideas to the team because they are afraid of being negatively judged.
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triforcharity said:
Yeah, he seems to think thermite burns without oxygen......
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Am I missing something here? Thermite burns without an external source of oxygen, so if he were right that there were no external source of oxygen to support combustion in the rubble piles then thermite would satisfy that one narrow subset of the requirements. It's stupid to suggest thermite as the source of heat weeks after the collapses, but its ability to react exothermically without an external source of oxygen isn't the reason it's stupid.

Dave
 
jargon buster said:
Come on dont you know Common law came before windows and as such trumps them.
Statutes came after, so they can be blocked by them. :D
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So, what happens in this situation if you turn the fan on?

Do you draw in little particles of Statute Law, such that eventually the atmosphere inside your car is as Statutory as it is outside, equalising legalities, and thus allowing the police to simply open your doors, drag you to the pavement and give you a kicking?

WE MUST BE TOLD NOW!
 
Does it matter if I have the AC on "fresh" or "recirculate" for this to apply?

Or does the glass have some kind of "law deflecting" properties?

Perhaps the open window is akin to opening the door for a vampire without a warrant and inviting it in?
 
triforcharity said:
Captain, Silly boy......:D

Yeah, he seems to think thermite burns without oxygen......
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Fire is merely a rapid exothermic oxidisation reaction that releases light.

As such a lot of things can burn without oxygen quite happily. We don't need oxygen for a fire, just an oxidiser, which may or may not contain oxygen as part of the compound, for instance if you mix Aerozine 50 fuel and nitrogen tetroxide you'll get combustion without pure oxygen (enough to power a rocket.)

Chlorine and Fluorine are both very strong oxidisers and can substitute for oxygen in some circumstances. However in the open on Earth where the major oxidiser is oxygen, and quanitities of those are generally small, such fires are very rare.
 
PhantomWolf said:
Fire is merely a rapid exothermic oxidisation reaction that releases light.

As such a lot of things can burn without oxygen quite happily. We don't need oxygen for a fire, just an oxidiser, which may or may not contain oxygen as part of the compound, for instance if you mix Aerozine 50 fuel and nitrogen tetroxide you'll get combustion without pure oxygen (enough to power a rocket.)

Chlorine and Fluorine are both very strong oxidisers and can substitute for oxygen in some circumstances. However in the open on Earth where the major oxidiser is oxygen, and quanitities of those are generally small, such fires are very rare.
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Ably explained here, he does have a piece about chlorine trifluoride and to quote from a book he dug up
”It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that's the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water-with which it reacts explosively. It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals-steel, copper, aluminium, etc.-because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride which protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminium keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere. If, however, this coat is melted or scrubbed off, and has no chance to reform, the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes.”
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