Charlie
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« on: May 03, 2008, 10:04:26 AM » |
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Seriously. Fire away. I'll answer accurately if I can, and hilariously if I can't.
Last time I did this, after 5 pages it turned into an awesome analysis of determinism, and by 7 pages it was nothing but mindless spam. What will the future hold this time?!
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Silfedac
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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2008, 05:12:07 PM » |
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Will he? Will he really?
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We're talking about CROTCH BEARDS.
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Charlie
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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2008, 09:26:44 PM » |
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Yes.
Wow, that first one was easy.
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Chris Hallbeck
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« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2008, 10:49:47 PM » |
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What would you do for a Klondike bar?
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Charlie
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« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2008, 10:57:12 PM » |
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I would... move to America and buy one, I guess. We don't actually get them here in Australia, so I have never had a Klondike bar. Ever.
..oh great, Wikipedia has just told me its only icecream with a layer of chocolate, and not even a stick to hold it by. I find that oddly disappointing.
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Charlie
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« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2008, 05:27:42 AM » |
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Come now, half of those don't even makes sense as a question with that "now" on the end! Never mind, I get what you mean...
How: at the moment the evil alien overlords reveal themselves, he will be there, and we will become free.
Who: the one who does the right thing at the right time for the wrong reason.
Why: well, someone's gotta do it, right? ...right?
When: When you need him most, give or take a month. This means you may have to rent him a room until the time of need, or possibly have to deal with the end of the world for a little while before he arrives.
Where is he now: Um, training. Yes, training, that's exactly what he's doing. Not drinking at all, no sir.
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« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2008, 10:34:37 AM » |
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Being an Australian, have you ever fought off a dingo trying to eat your baby?
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Charlie
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« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2008, 08:45:00 PM » |
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Not yet, as I am not a parent, but thankfully these days all new parents are given anti-dingo self defence training in order to minimise the chances of their child being devoured. The training mostly consists of the advice "Find a big stick and hit it." True story.
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Mystery Fish
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« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2008, 05:45:44 AM » |
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How big is the Universe?
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Charlie
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« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2008, 06:10:56 AM » |
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Given that the universe is constantly expanding, it's size at any given time is incalculable, and even if it were, it would only be accurate for the smallest fraction of a second imaginable. However, the universe can be considered to have a volume of one hundred million kajillion septillion megaunits riiiiiiiiiiiight... NOW. And now it's bigger than that.
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Pieman
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« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2008, 06:55:51 AM » |
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Yes, but we measure stuff in relation to ourselves. As the universe expands, so do we, therefore it is a constant size at the same time as expanding.
Also, the universe is a 3-dimentional plane around a 4-dimentional sphere, so it is infinitely big while having set dimentions.
In conclusion, due to the complicatedness of it all, Don't ask.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
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Mystery Fish
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« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2008, 07:10:37 AM » |
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In conclusion, due to the complicatedness of it all, Don't ask. That's exactly why I asked  |
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« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2008, 08:12:22 AM » |
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i dont think you can measure it, cause its like ongoing right?
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« Reply #15 on: May 05, 2008, 08:46:20 AM » |
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Next question: Boxers or Briefs?
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Spartan-117
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« Reply #16 on: May 05, 2008, 09:20:42 AM » |
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boxers
definately
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Charlie
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« Reply #17 on: May 05, 2008, 09:49:47 AM » |
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Yo Pieman, you just admitted that we who measure are also expanding, therefore you must admit that using an arbitrary baseline (which is the ideal but unachievable method of measuring since it does not rely on context), we and the universe are expanding and not constant at all. "Expanding while constant" is a stupid expression that physicist probably use, but the fact is that just because the measuring tools are getting bigger, that doesn't stop the fact that everything else is too.
Now, yes Spartan, the universe really is unmeasurable, because all we know about it's size is that it expands faster than the speed of light, so you'd need something faster than light to even get to the end (assuming there is an end, also unprovable) in order to set out for the other end and measure the distance in between.
Conventional thought falls apart at the idea of "infinity" so yeah, as Pieman said, don't ask.
Boxers.
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« Reply #18 on: May 05, 2008, 12:05:43 PM » |
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so charlie, what your saying is that, there is an edge, but its still expanding and we cant get fast enough to see it?
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Pieman
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« Reply #19 on: May 05, 2008, 12:37:30 PM » |
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One main theory is that there is an edge, but it's not in the usual 3 dimentions that we're used to.
Imagine a circle.
Now imagine the edge of it.
See how there is no start or end to it?
On a 3D sphere, there is a 2D plane around it, with no edge to it. Which ever direction you travel in, you will end up back at your starting position.
The universe is one step up than that; a 3D plane around a 4D sphere, the sphere being the thing that is expanding. You cannot get to the edge of it, as you are already there. The universe as we know it is the edge of the universe.
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« Last Edit: May 05, 2008, 01:12:34 PM by Pieman »
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
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« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2008, 12:39:05 PM » |
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wow
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DomanickX
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« Reply #21 on: May 05, 2008, 03:09:58 PM » |
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*head explode*
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Pieman
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« Reply #22 on: May 05, 2008, 05:33:22 PM » |
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Yeah, that happens.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
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Silfedac
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« Reply #23 on: May 06, 2008, 11:32:10 PM » |
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What is the Question? (You know, from the Hitchhiker's Guide)
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We're talking about CROTCH BEARDS.
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Charlie
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« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2008, 02:42:02 AM » |
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Insufficient data, I'm afraid. Without the data collection capacity of Deep Thought or the Earth itself, all I can hope to do is extrapolate backwards from the answer to the question, which gives us "What is 6 times 7?"
Or, if you prefer, "How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man?"
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« Reply #25 on: May 07, 2008, 09:43:50 AM » |
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it is not how many roads he travels, its what road he chooses.
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Mystery Fish
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« Reply #26 on: May 07, 2008, 09:50:01 AM » |
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Why are we?
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Pieman
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« Reply #27 on: May 07, 2008, 10:17:56 AM » |
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Pure Chance.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
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« Reply #28 on: May 07, 2008, 10:41:07 AM » |
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What is the Question? (You know, from the Hitchhiker's Guide)
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Mystery Fish
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« Reply #29 on: May 07, 2008, 11:58:14 AM » |
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That's the answer, Spartan.
*Pat pat*
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