OK so since I'm on the roll tonight I thought I'd make a theories thread, post your theories, I know you have some good ones
Here are mine:
What if the dinosaurs were so advanced in technology, that they made a whole civilisation out of organic stuff, which is why you can't find any trace of it because it all disintegrated. Also, with that technology they made bombs with the power of nuclear bombs that instead of leaving radiation, they leave oil. a war started between all the species, and they used these bombs, which is why they extinct. Then 2 ape like dinosaur were the only ones left and then evolution came...
You know, it's not the government that's hiding UFOs, aliens and extraterrestrial life. It's aliens hiding themselves and blaming it on the government.
You think they want to visit and say hi?
Think again, they're coming, and they are coming to destroy earth, whether you like it or not. They're done with the human stupidity, and thanks to the internet they don't have to come and visit earth again. Yeah, facebook, twitter, instagram, myspace..etc they are all part of the alien's plan. Why do you think the number of sightings are far less than it used to be?
Theory: drunk stupid guys are both drunk and stupid.
Go ahead, try and disprove it.
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Theory: drunk stupid guys are both drunk and stupid.
Go ahead, try and disprove it.
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You didn't even try
husam666 said:
OK so since I'm on the roll tonight I thought I'd make a theories thread, post your theories, I know you have some good ones
Here are mine:
What if the dinosaurs were so advanced in technology, that they made a whole civilisation out of organic stuff, which is why you can't find any trace of it because it all disintegrated. Also, with that technology they made bombs with the power of nuclear bombs that instead of leaving radiation, they leave oil. a war started between all the species, and they used these bombs, which is why they extinct. Then 2 ape like dinosaur were the only ones left and then evolution came...
You know, it's not the government that's hiding UFOs, aliens and extraterrestrial life. It's aliens hiding themselves and blaming it on the government.
You think they want to visit and say hi?
Think again, they're coming, and they are coming to destroy earth, whether you like it or not. They're done with the human stupidity, and thanks to the internet they don't have to come and visit earth again. Yeah, facebook, twitter, instagram, myspace..etc they are all part of the alien's plan. Why do you think the number of sightings are far less than it used to be?
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Seems legit.
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You didn't even try
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That was my theory. Sue me.
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The moon is actually a death star. NASA made that discovery in the 70's and were threatened with the destruction of the world if they ever went back to the moon. That is why we haven't been back. Also think about it the "Dark Side" of the moon.
I think, therefore I am.... I think
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The moon is actually a death star. NASA made that discovery in the 70's and were threatened with the destruction of the world if they ever went back to the moon. That is why we haven't been back. Also think about it the "Dark Side" of the moon.
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:good: my favourite side of the moon
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That was my theory. Sue me.
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I don't sue family
werked said:
Seems legit.
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it IS legit
Nothing actually exists in your plane of consciousness unless you are sensing it through sight, sound, smell or touch.
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Nothing actually exists in your plane of consciousness unless you are sensing it through sight, sound, smell or touch.
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How about nothing actually exists and we are all hallucinating/really dead/or something else equally weird?
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How about nothing actually exists and we are all hallucinating/really dead/or something else equally weird?
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Yeah, we're in the afterlife and remembering our past
or maybe we're in the matrix
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Yeah, we're in the afterlife and remembering our past
or maybe we're in the matrix
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In the mafia afterlife?
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The slope of technology is bending backwards because we even in prodigal form do not have the ability to keep up.
...yet
Only one person exists, just you
Everybody else is a robot
If you disagree with me then feel free to keep it to yourself
The zeta function has no zeros in the region where the real part of s is greater than or equal to one. In the region with real part of s less than or equal to zero the zeta function has zeros at the negative even integers; these are known as the trivial zeros. All remaining zeros lie in the strip where the real part of s is strictly between 0 and 1 (the critical strip). It is known that there are infinitely many zeros on the line 1/2 + it as t ranges over the real numbers. This line in the complex plane is known as the critical line. The Riemann Hypothesis (RH) is that all non-trivial zeros of the zeta function lie on the critical line.
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Some theorists claim that forced transition to digital television broadcasting is practical realization of "Big Brother" concept. They claim that miniature cameras and microphones are built into set-top boxes and newer TV sets to spy on people. Another claim describes use of mind control technology that would be hidden in the digital signal and used to subvert the mind and feelings of the people and for subliminal advertising.[73]
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The zeta function has no zeros in the region where the real part of s is greater than or equal to one. In the region with real part of s less than or equal to zero the zeta function has zeros at the negative even integers; these are known as the trivial zeros. All remaining zeros lie in the strip where the real part of s is strictly between 0 and 1 (the critical strip). It is known that there are infinitely many zeros on the line 1/2 + it as t ranges over the real numbers. This line in the complex plane is known as the critical line. The Riemann Hypothesis (RH) is that all non-trivial zeros of the zeta function lie on the critical line.
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My mind just exploded
If you disagree with me then feel free to keep it to yourself
-DarkKnight- said:
Only one person exists, just you
Everybody else is a robot
If you disagree with me then feel free to keep it to yourself
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lol my brothers used to opposite when I was a kid (I'm a robot, everyone else is human), I can't believe I believed them
The Americans weren't the first on the moon. It was a huge setup
When you're about to die, your whole life flashes before your eyes. Your mind does it so fast, it seems real. So how do you know, that you're still alive. Maybe you are about to die and this is your life flashing before your eyes?
Mind = Blown
Kabir Saxena said:
The Americans weren't the first on the moon. It was a huge setup
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There actually is a lot of data to disprove that. You seem to completely miss the point of this thread.
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Just thought I had to share this! here's a link to yahoo article
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/nasascientistfindsevidenceofalienlife
I'd be more interested if they had found a cure for cancer or something.
Like, c'mon, aliens are exciting and all, but what if they're real? What's going to happen? Most likely - nothing. For the past 2000+ years there hasn't be a recorded face-to-face alien encounter so I highly doubt anything would happen.
But yeah, exciting none the least.
Those links got scrubbed. Which is typical for our friends in Menwith Hill Surrey.
Skellyyy said:
I'd be more interested if they had found a cure for cancer or something.
Like, c'mon, aliens are exciting and all, but what if they're real? What's going to happen? Most likely - nothing. For the past 2000+ years there hasn't be a recorded face-to-face alien encounter so I highly doubt anything would happen.
But yeah, exciting none the least.
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I'm very excited about this. I just hope these claims are true. I just think its kind of a coincidence that this happened, because there were rumors that the American government will soon admit that there is alien life. But its all hear say...idk. Plus this is way more of a big deal than a lame UFO. This is science! NASA is serious about this, they've invited 5,000 scientists to examine the evidence. If this isn't a big deal to anyone then wake up. If these claims become fact, it's the biggest discovery of man-kind.
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We're rather shallow and jaded in this country, augoza. Don't expect too much.
There's no aliens
Lets face it, IF there is life out there intelligent enough to to find us and make contact, then the chances are that they would be much more advanced than us and either totally ignore us or destroy us. In the style of either "Independence Day" or "Mars Attacks"???
Im hoping its more like Mars Attacks personally.......
As far as Im concerned unless they bring us some kind of strange and exotic space meat and teach how to cook it then they can **** off.
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We're rather shallow and jaded in this country, augoza. Don't expect too much.
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For sure.
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Lets face it, IF there is life out there intelligent enough to to find us and make contact, then the chances are that they would be much more advanced than us and either totally ignore us or destroy us. In the style of either "Independence Day" or "Mars Attacks"???
Im hoping its more like Mars Attacks personally.......
As far as Im concerned unless they bring us some kind of strange and exotic space meat and teach how to cook it then they can **** off.
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Agreed. But lets face the facts first. NASA only CLAIMS so far. And what they found was just life on a micro level so far. No intelligent life. These organism's may be the only alien life besides us. As soon as someone says "aliens" most people jump to conclusions and think guns and destruction, But it could be as innocent as plant life on another planet.
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Agreed. But lets face the facts first. NASA only CLAIMS so far. And what they found was just life on a micro level so far. No intelligent life. These organism's may be the only alien life besides us. As soon as someone says "aliens" most people jump to conclusions and think guns and destruction, But it could be as innocent as plant life on another planet.
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There is no such tings as aliens,
humans have been building UFOs since the WWII
and they are genetically engineering creatures to make what looks like an alien.
husam666 said:
There is no such tings as aliens,
humans have been building UFOs since the WWII
and they are genetically engineering creatures to make what looks like an alien.
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Well I personally think its silly to believe we're the only life in this whole universe. Its a strong theory. And I've heard about USA and other countries back-engineering alien craft. In my opinion, most legit UFO sightings were humans controlling the craft. Could be possible. BUT like I said people all those stories don't mean anything compared to this. No scientist has got involved with those theories. And yes I do somewhat support some theories. But this is science people. Hail science lol
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Agreed. But lets face the facts first. NASA only CLAIMS so far. And what they found was just life on a micro level so far. No intelligent life. These organism's may be the only alien life besides us. As soon as someone says "aliens" most people jump to conclusions and think guns and destruction, But it could be as innocent as plant life on another planet.
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That may well be the case.
If so, these alien plants had better be similar to cabbage and go well with a nice juicy pork steak.....
mmmmmmmm alien vegetables..... (no icon for drooling)
**scared**
Opened this thread then heard this really loud plane ish sound from the sky... But it doesn't sound like the normals ones and it was louder lol
conantroutman said:
That may well be the case.
If so, these alien plants had better be similar to cabbage and go well with a nice juicy pork steak.....
mmmmmmmm alien vegetables..... (no icon for drooling)
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Haha nice. But I was just using plants as an example. What he found was just fossils. This scientists could be wrong though. Some scientists disagree with him; http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110307/hl_time/08599205746100
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**scared**
Opened this thread then heard this really loud plane ish sound from the sky... But it doesn't sound like the normals ones and it was louder lol
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whenever you feel scared, just remember the other UFO thread with the UFO-developers joke
MacaronyMax said:
**scared**
Opened this thread then heard this really loud plane ish sound from the sky... But it doesn't sound like the normals ones and it was louder lol
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whenever you feel scared, just remember the other UFO thread with the UFO-developers joke
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Hahaha Max thats messed up.
Ha this has nothing to do with unidentified flying objects husam666
augoza said:
Hahaha Max thats messed up.
Ha this has nothing to do with unidentified flying objects husam666
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I was talking about this thread, IDK if you know it, but really funny stuff in there
1. We might not have cured cancer, but the aliens might have
2. It is true that if there's aliens, one look at 4chan would have them bombing us back to the stone age (if we are lucky)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, aliens. Sure. Next you're going to tell me there's women on the Internet or something.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, aliens. Sure. Next you're going to tell me there's women on the Internet or something.
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+1 internets for you, good sir.
Researchers at rice university in Houston have just made a breakthrough in wireless data speed technology. Meaning they could now make data speeds faster than 4g without building new towers. Here is more info on this site http://theunlockr.com/2011/09/07/re...ex-technology-could-double-wireless-capacity/
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Researchers at rice university in Houston have just made a breakthrough in wireless data speed technology. Meaning they could now make data speeds faster than 4g without building new towers. Here is more info on this site http://theunlockr.com/2011/09/07/re...ex-technology-could-double-wireless-capacity/
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And those researchers and all their data will swiftly be removed from existence...
This is nice for consumers but sadly it will make the public happy. That can't be allowed in America. A happy public is a less subdued public.
MartyLK said:
And those researchers and all their data will swiftly be removed from existence...
This is nice for consumers but sadly it will make the public happy. That can't be allowed in America. A happy public is a less subdued public.
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Let me correct you here.It's not America,it's the whole world.4G,by the sound of it,sounds cooler.4G is more expensive.So everyone tries to sell 4G enabled devices for some more money.Sure,it is good to have such a fast connection,but what the hell?I don't even need 42mbps downlink on my PC.
Anyway,we are all money sources for those companies.They might find the cure for cancer or AIDS.If it's cheap,they won't even bother.
But anyway,apart from that,nice point raised there Marty.
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Let me correct you here.It's not America,it's the whole world.4G,by the sound of it,sounds cooler.4G is more expensive.So everyone tries to sell 4G enabled devices for some more money.Sure,it is good to have such a fast connection,but what the hell?I don't even need 42mbps downlink on my PC.
Anyway,we are all money sources for those companies.They might find the cure for cancer or AIDS.If it's cheap,they won't even bother.
But anyway,apart from that,nice point raised there Marty.
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Think about that just a little bit. If they cure cancer and other deadly diseases, what happens to the world population? There are elitists who would rather those deadly diseases not be cured. Sure, they do want just enough of a population to fill their coffers full of money. But they truly do not want to be beyond filthy rich. There's a point where the increase in population begins to be a burden on them. And any kind of existence where life is any more painful than having to raise their pinky finger is out of the question.
Ahaha woow, that thread went off topic crazy quick
I do believe cancer and aids will have a cure eventually, but not before they figure out a way to support the population increase it would bring. Heck, they probably already have the cures
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Think about that just a little bit. If they cure cancer and other deadly diseases, what happens to the world population? There are elitists who would rather those deadly diseases not be cured. Sure, they do want just enough of a population to fill their coffers full of money. But they truly do not want to be beyond filthy rich. There's a point where the increase in population begins to be a burden on them. And any kind of existence where life is any more painful than having to raise their pinky finger is out of the question.
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Well,mankind will cater to that.We already are driving like mad men.
What I can tell you my friend is that,as one of my favourite bands,In Flames,say in "Sounds of a playground fading":
We are ghosts of a concrete world
Genetic codes of a dying breed
Yes,they are right.We're all [email protected]
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Lol everyone here is so random lol
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Think about that just a little bit. If they cure cancer and other deadly diseases, what happens to the world population? There are elitists who would rather those deadly diseases not be cured. Sure, they do want just enough of a population to fill their coffers full of money. But they truly do not want to be beyond filthy rich. There's a point where the increase in population begins to be a burden on them. And any kind of existence where life is any more painful than having to raise their pinky finger is out of the question.
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Is someone watching Torchwood?
johncmolyneux said:
Is someone watching Torchwood?
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I suppose one person might, if you count people flicking through channels
I even had to endure 5 minutes of New Moon last night while the gf searched for something to watch on sky. I thought "bloke with crap mullet haircut, girl with face like a slapped arse, nooooooo!" before grabbing the remote and flicking to anything else. I felt so unclean.
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I suppose one person might, if you count people flicking through channels
I even had to endure 5 minutes of New Moon last night while the gf searched for something to watch on sky. I thought "bloke with crap mullet haircut, girl with face like a slapped arse, nooooooo!" before grabbing the remote and flicking to anything else. I felt so unclean.
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Hmmm I know that feeling....
I'm currently being subjected to americas next top model.
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.......
conantroutman said:
Hmmm I know that feeling....
I'm currently being subjected to americas next top model.
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.......
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I know two women who think Tyra is god, one of them has practically no eyebrows left through over plucking while the other has spent too much time on a sunbed
The really sad part is had they not done so much to themselves believing they were living like models they would be absolutely stunning.
Sounds like my evening. Then I get the cold shoulder how I'm spending too much time on my PC or phone when she watches a load of rubbish like "Snog, Marry, Avoid". Yeah those programmes can be funny to laugh at, but, like Jeremy Kyle Show, the people on it are attention-seeking, camel-face asshats.
LoL it appears that even the 'merican feds thought steve jobs was dodgy.
Opening quote:
Steve Jobs would "twist the truth in order to achieve whatever goal he has set for himself", an FBI file on the Apple co-founder claimed.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/8417004/steve-jobs-dishonest-fbi-file
It basically goes on to say that he was living in his own fantasy world and was considered for a job in which honesty and integrity was not required. lol.
Successful person in lies and manipulation shocker!!!!
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
In other news. Sky found to be blue in appearance. (Unless raining, overcast or night time)
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Successful person in lies and manipulation shocker!!!!
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
In other news. Sky found to be blue in appearance. (Unless raining, overcast or night time)
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Wait, so it's not red? Damn, I really am colourblind.
hungry81 said:
LoL it appears that even the 'merican feds thought steve jobs was dodgy.
Opening quote:
Steve Jobs would "twist the truth in order to achieve whatever goal he has set for himself", an FBI file on the Apple co-founder claimed.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/8417004/steve-jobs-dishonest-fbi-file
It basically goes on to say that he was living in his own fantasy world and was considered for a job in which honesty and integrity was not required. lol.
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I'm not a fan of Steve.
Neither of Bill.
but this report seems a bit too biased.
Still Waiting On The FBI File on Bill Nye The Science Guy..
Wtf is real????
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only those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who usually do.
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only those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who usually do.
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Then i must be going insane at the seams.
ngocdao said:
only those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who usually do.
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Yes con men and cult leaders are normally self absobed and crazy
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I heard the FBI was assigned Apple company search them patents can copy version.
Nice information of this.
So did he ever get chosen for the job Bush sr. was thinking about? The one why he had FBI draw those files about him?
Wow!
It looks like that Felix Baumgartner has broken the skydiving record!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937051
Didn't quite break the sound barrier though: (
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That's nothing. The real story is your signature pic breaking the common decency record.
Agree. I officially hate all sig. pics. The growing size of them is just out of hand.
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That's nothing. The real story is your signature pic breaking the common decency record.
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That was his sig pic?!
Damn i thought it had something to do with Felix's jump and i was totally lost!!:silly::silly:
Sound Barrier
I was amazed they did this. Then I realized that they probably could have fed a 3rd world country for a year with what they spent doing this.
I really hope some great scientific discovery comes of it. - Like emergency evac suits for future shuttle, or space station astronauts.
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I was amazed they did this. Then I realized that they probably could have fed a 3rd world country for a year with what they spent doing this.
I really hope some great scientific discovery comes of it. - Like emergency evac suits for future shuttle, or space station astronauts.
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They did. new type of suit, they know a person wont die at the speed of sound, and we now know astronauts can abandon ship during reentry if something goes wrong.
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...and we now know astronauts can abandon ship during reentry if something goes wrong...
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..and instantly turn to vapour in the intense 3000 degree Fahrenheit plasma surrounding them. :good:
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..and instantly turn to vapour in the intense 3000 degree Fahrenheit plasma surrounding them. :good:
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Yeah at that kind of speed, a suit wouldn't cut it, they should have some kind of evac pods for that scenario, like a tin can with heat tiles and a parachute, oxygen supply, etc. like the bell shaped deals they used tocome back in back in the old days only smaller.
But as expensive as it was to make that jump, it's still pretty cool. Dude says he's not doing any crazy stunts anymore, he wants to fly helicopters putting out fires and saving people's lives and such. So I guess he's not a total douche adrenaline junkie, he just has high aspirations. I can respect that, go big or don't bother, it's the American way
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They did. new type of suit, they know a person wont die at the speed of sound, and we now know astronauts can abandon ship during reentry if something goes wrong.
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Felix was on a stationary platform then jumped. Astronauts are traveling thousands of miles per hour during reentry. If something goes wrong, they're screwed.
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I can respect that, go big or don't bother, it's the American way
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He's Austrian.
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That's okay, he came to America and did like we do. Balls is balls regardless of nationality
Sucks that I read about it in USA Today, saw it come on TV, and then had to miss it cause I had stuff to do.
If I get time, I'll check it out on YouTube later
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Big difference between the 23 miles Stratos jumped and the hundreds of miles at shuttle orbit or ISS height.
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Didn't quite break the sound barrier though: (
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Anything above Mach 1 is faster than the speed of sound. He was something like Mach 1.24 (pending certification from FAI), so yes, he did break the sound barrier.
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Anything above Mach 1 is faster than the speed of sound. He was something like Mach 1.24 (pending certification from FAI), so yes, he did break the sound barrier.
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Mach compared to ground speed varies with altitude(air density) and several factors like temperature and humidity. I think it likely if he did break it, it would be at the beginning of his fall where the air is a lot less dense and less likely at the end of his fall where air is a lot more dense.
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Mach compared to ground speed varies with altitude(air density) and several factors like temperature and humidity. I think it likely if he did break it, it would be at the beginning of his fall where the air is a lot less dense and less likely at the end of his fall where air is a lot more dense.
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You are correct :thumbup:
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AlpyzDX said:
Wow!
It looks like that Felix Baumgartner has broken the skydiving record!
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Duplicate thread
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937051
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Duplicate comment.
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I'm pretty sure with the speed of sound, they are just comparing the speed he reached vs. Mach 1 down here so people have a sense of the speed he reached.
http : // wh.gov/lgPsl
The metric system has been officially sanctioned for use in the United States since 1866, but it remains the only industrialised country that has not adopted the metric system as its official system of measurement. Not only will the metric system finally allow the US to easily communicate and trade with other nations, It would also eliminate the need of fractions making math and engineering measurements much easier to create and read. On December 23, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act into law; this act gave official sanction for the United States to convert to the metric system of measurement. The money saved up for the conversion was later put into the army and we gave up metrication. www[DOT]nist[DOT]gov/pml/wmd/metric/upload/1136a.pdf
Alright. Let me just give one example. NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because a Lockheed Martin engineering team used English units of measurement while the agency's team used the more conventional metric system for a key spacecraft operation, why? Because of the US using customary. Engineers have to convert everything they do to metric, it would be easier to just do it in metric in the first place? Metric is accurate without the need of fractions. When he said trade, he did not mean Currency, he meant the fact that we make our things to customary units and the other countries to metric units. What if you ordered a computer and thought the measurement was in inches but it turned out to be centimeters? When we send our blueprints to factories outside of the USA, we have to convert everything. It takes a lot of time already just to design everything, but now we have to convert the measurements? People who get Fs in mathematics could get As if it wan't for having to simplify fractions and having to work with them in technology classes and workshops and in regular math class. Decimals are a hundred times easier.
How about every country switches to our system instead?
It would be fantastic if this happened... but honestly, the majority of people in the U.S. simply can not handle it. I'm sure the majority of folks here on this forum would do great, though...
Here in Southern Arizona they were going with the push to go metric on one highway (I-19):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_19
"Citing motorist confusion arising from the metric signs on I-19, Arizona DOT's Tucson district announced that new signs on I-19 would use United States customary units."
Fail on citizens of the U.S.... :crying:
vormund said:
It would be fantastic if this happened... but honestly, the majority of people in the U.S. simply can not handle it. I'm sure the majority of folks here on this forum would do great, though...
Here in Southern Arizona they were going with the push to go metric on one highway (I-19):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_19
"Citing motorist confusion arising from the metric signs on I-19, Arizona DOT's Tucson district announced that new signs on I-19 would use United States customary units."
Fail on citizens of the U.S.... :crying:
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Yea, The problem is, When Jimmy Carter was president, he was getting ready to switch us over to Metric. Then when Nixon took office, the entire project was cancelled and the saved money put into the army....
So I'll have to learn all that kilometer, meter bs? No.
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veeman said:
So I'll have to learn all that kilometer, meter bs? No.
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One kilometer? That's like 10°F, right?
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veeman said:
So I'll have to learn all that kilometer, meter bs? No.
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Ah but metric makes so much more sense to those that actually use math. As the OP hinted at, it's just one more thing helping the U.S. lag behind the rest of the world. More of a hassle, but still. ...though really, nothing much for the typical person to learn beyond how to pay attention to road signs and use the correct values on their speedometer (that simple task is why we aren't metric today, IMO).
Ichigo said:
How about every country switches to our system instead?
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How about no?
No
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Seraz007 said:
How about no?
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Yeah, you're right. America's the only country smart enough to use the imperial system.
hackery21 said:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-our-measurement-system-metric/FTv83VvC ...
... http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/metric/upload/1136a.pdf
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FTFY.
I need to create an account to sign but me too lazy, need 99,992 more signatures lol.
SteveG12543 said:
One kilometer? That's like 10°F, right?
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I think it's closer to 11°F.
vormund said:
Ah but metric makes so much more sense to those that actually use math. As the OP hinted at, it's just one more thing helping the U.S. lag behind the rest of the world. More of a hassle, but still. ...though really, nothing much for the typical person to learn beyond how to pay attention to road signs and use the correct values on their speedometer (that simple task is why we aren't metric today, IMO).
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I don't use math. I'm only an engineering student.
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Here is the big hurdle to overcome. Our perceptions of the things we use to measure in the current system. In the US, you say it's 10 C outside. Most of us here will scratch our heads and wonder, does that mean it's hot or cold outside? Now, you say it's 50 F, oh, ok, I better grab a sweater. To the rest of the world, you guys grew up with the metric system, we didn't. In our minds, we measure everything in our current system. I'm to old to change my ways. I have a feeling most adults hear will feel the same.
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I think kids wouldn't be too butt hurt over it, it is the adults and old people who wouldn't be able to handle the change. I would be okay with lengths and weight. It is the temperature that I don't want to deal with
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Here is the big hurdle to overcome. Our perceptions of the things we use to measure in the current system. In the US, you say it's 10 C outside. Most of us here will scratch our heads and wonder, does that mean it's hot or cold outside? Now, you say it's 50 F, oh, ok, I better grab a sweater. To the rest of the world, you guys grew up with the metric system, we didn't. In our minds, we measure everything in our current system. I'm to old to change my ways. I have a feeling most adults hear will feel the same.
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Hit the nail on the head!
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Here is the big hurdle to overcome. Our perceptions of the things we use to measure in the current system. In the US, you say it's 10 C outside. Most of us here will scratch our heads and wonder, does that mean it's hot or cold outside? Now, you say it's 50 F, oh, ok, I better grab a sweater. To the rest of the world, you guys grew up with the metric system, we didn't. In our minds, we measure everything in our current system. I'm to old to change my ways. I have a feeling most adults hear will feel the same.
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Wat... 50F is swimming pool weather.
At least you guys don't argue like these people down at the google+ Linux community. I posted this there and it turned into a heated debate. https://plus.google.com/u/0/103115391145623678721/posts/12nuJ9bdEhx
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At least you guys don't argue like these people down at the google+ Linux community. I posted this there and it turned into a heated debate. https://plus.google.com/u/0/103115391145623678721/posts/12nuJ9bdEhx
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You haven't been on xda much. The guys in off topic argue like no others.
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veeman said:
You haven't been on xda much. The guys in off topic argue like no others.
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I have been on XDA since 2010... It is just that I have taken on a new alias so I made a new account for it. If 3 years doesn't count as much, then I don't know what does... But I did stay out of OT.
Actually, i feel the Celsius change would be far easier.
0 C: Freezing point of water
0 C-15 C: Cold
20 C: Warm
~23 C: Normal room temp
30 C+: Hot
100 C: Boiling point of water
Doesn't sound hard, starts from 0 and ends at 100 (for water) and not somewhere in between.