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| #21 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:24:20 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#6, If so, I have further lost faith in the intelligence of humanity. And I did not even think that was possible.
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| #23 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:32:29 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#22, Slate had an article that dealt at length with Bush's tendency to quote the Bible too much in his speeches, including the most recent one. It was rather interesting; he doesn't even seem to know what he's talking about. http://slate.msn.com/id/2078011/
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| #24 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:36:53 PM |
| Posted By : Obsidian |
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This is absolute bullshit.
if columbia was traveling 18+ times the speed of light you wouldn't even see it.
for instance:
light traveling from the sun to the earth (a distance of one astronomical unit) takes about 8 seconds.
futhermore: light travels at 299,792.458 KM per second (thats 186,282.397051 Miles per second for you guys)
if columbia was traveling at 18 times the speed of light - then we get this.
299792.458KM - speed of light per second (in metric)
X 18 - the said 18 times the speed of light (which is balderdash)
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5396264.244KM - the insanely ridiculous speed at which CNN claims Coulumbia was traveling at
futhermore - if columbia was traving at 5396264.244KM per second - then there would not be any sign or notice of it - and we wouldn't have that taped footage of it.
BOO-YA!
[Edited by Obsidian on 2-03-2003 @ 04:39:46 PM]
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| #25 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:38:06 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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#24, It's a misprint. They mean "18 times the speed of sound".
Just like that time the caption identified Niger Ennis as "Nigger Ennis". Stuff like that happens.
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| #26 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:42:36 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#25, I'm not sure that "18x the speed of sound" is really accurate, either. The speed of sound is dependent on medium, temperature, and pressure. In the upper atmosphere, where air is really pretty darn thin, I imagine that the speed of sound is far lower than it is on land (where 12,500 mph~Mach 18).
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| #27 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:42:59 PM |
| Posted By : Obsidian |
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#25, still - i wanted to shoot it down.
[immature]just like you do Unkey Skid toalllllthe idiots on that supra fourm.[/immature]
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| #28 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:45:25 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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#26, Sound waves don't travel very fast....800 mph or something like that. I don't think it makes a difference where it is, unless it's underwater or through a solid object.
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| #30 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:46:20 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#27, I think it will be interesting if Skid ever manages to get into an argument with someone that has comparable debating skills. The majority of the people on the message boards have been moron fanboys.
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| #31 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:49:53 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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#30, I have before. Numerous times. Trust me, it isn't interesting: Both sides take turns proving the other side wrong, then the other side says "Okay, you got me on that, but what about THIS?"
It's more fun with morons, because they refuse to admit when they're wrong, and that way they can humiliate themselves.
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| #32 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:51:27 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#28, It makes all the difference. Sound waves in air at sea level travel at mach 1, which as Obsidian said, is around 700 mph. Sound waves in some metals, for example, can travel at thousands of feet per second. The speed at which a sound wave propogates is totally dependent on the elastic qualities of the medium, which in air, is dependent on pressure/density and the amount of water vapor.
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| #33 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:51:40 PM |
| Posted By : Obsidian |
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#30, [immature] you mean a debate on who is the masterdebater? [/immature]
had to - sorry.
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| #35 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:52:53 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#32, Taken to its logical extreme, in space, sound cannot be transmitted. So, as our atmosphere thins out into a vacuum, the speed of sound gets slower, and slower, and slower.
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| #36 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:54:07 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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#32, Like I said, unless it's through a liquid or a solid object. Metals are solid objects.
Most likely the "18 times the speed of sound" refers to the speed of sound in the atmosphere. Or it may have been calculated for ground speed.
[Edited by Skid on 2-03-2003 @ 04:54:37 PM]
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| #37 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:56:24 PM |
| Posted By : mr_mcmunkee |
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Pi cubed into the relative mass of the plasma matter is not equal to the atomic weight of the composing elements, unless you take in account the carbon date of the particles.
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| #38 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:57:12 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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#37, .....Okay, you just made that up, didn't you? ;)
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| #39 |
2-03-2003 @ 04:57:47 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#36, That's what I was saying. But at the time it began its re-entry, it was not traveling at 18x the speed of sound in the medium it was traveling through. It was traveling 18x the speed of sound at sea level.
Just a minor issue, but it's still enough that, even if they had not said "speed of light" it would still have been technically incorrect.
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