MarcO Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Go ahead, ask him anything you want. Love, life, politics, religion, economics, medicine, astronomy, medieval social structure, sports, whatever questions you need answered, ask Brian here and get your answers. Go ahead. Step on up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Are all the (measurable) dimensionless parameters that characterize the physical universe calculable in principle or are some merely determined by historical or quantum mechanical accident and uncalculable? Einstein put it more crisply: did God have a choice in creating the universe? Imagine the Old One sitting at his control console, preparing to set off the Big Bang. "How fast should I set the speed of light?" "How much charge should I give this little speck called an electron?" "What value should I give to Planck's constant, the parameter that determines the size of the tiny packets -- the quanta -- in which energy shall be parceled?" Was he randomly dashing off numbers to meet a deadline? Or do the values have to be what they are because of a deep, hidden logic? ....Riddle me THAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 why are pickles just called pickles, when they really should be called "Pickled Cucumbers"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by SolarGarlic: Are all the (measurable) dimensionless parameters that characterize the physical universe calculable in principle or are some merely determined by historical or quantum mechanical accident and uncalculable? Einstein put it more crisply: did God have a choice in creating the universe? Imagine the Old One sitting at his control console, preparing to set off the Big Bang. "How fast should I set the speed of light?" "How much charge should I give this little speck called an electron?" "What value should I give to Planck's constant, the parameter that determines the size of the tiny packets -- the quanta -- in which energy shall be parceled?" Was he randomly dashing off numbers to meet a deadline? Or do the values have to be what they are because of a deep, hidden logic? ....Riddle me THAT. 42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by CyberHippie: why are pickles just called pickles, when they really should be called "Pickled Cucumbers"? For the same reason that many people blow their nose with "Kleenex", rather than with a tissue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 what was your favorite snack selection from the street vendors of Seoul? The twigim (fried shit), dok bok gi, those waffles with whipped cream? Did you ever buy shit off the subway Chon-won vendors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by Booche: Well? I used to be on one when I lived in the countryside. My father dowsed it himself (no shit, he did the three houses next to ours, too). Now that i live in the city, I'm on a water main like everyone else. (Sorry Booche, I couldn't get the clip to play properly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by Blane: what was your favorite snack selection from the street vendors of Seoul? The twigim (fried shit), dok bok gi, those waffles with whipped cream? Did you ever buy shit off the subway Chon-won vendors? I was pretty big on o-dang (sp?). The broth you dip it in is great, too. There was an unlicensed (illegal) cart at the end of the gyormo-gil where I worked, and she was there every workday except Thursdays, because Thursday was the day that the city permit inspector would come around. Every Thursday. Most of those carts are unlicensed, as you can imagine. No dried or fried squid/cuttlefish for me, thank you! Tried it, but no good. I even tried live squid one time. It was about as bad as it sounds. I never bought anything in the subways, aside from the odd pack of gum from those little booths on the platform. And subway tickets, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 "Originally posted by Booche: Well? I used to be on one when I lived in the countryside. My father dowsed it himself (no shit, he did the three houses next to ours, too). Now that i live in the city, I'm on a water main like everyone else. (Sorry Booche, I couldn't get the clip to play properly.)" Here you go: "If I am not me, who the hell am I?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by Booche: (Sorry Booche, I couldn't get the clip to play properly.)" Here you go: "If I am not me, who the hell am I?" Why, you're Ah-nuld, aren't you? That's from Total Recall, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Hey, who's asking the questions around here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted February 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 A friend of mine asked me to ask you: Is it healthy to masturbate an average of fourteen times a day? This is for a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by MarcO: A friend of mine asked me to ask you: Is it healthy to masturbate an average of fourteen times a day? This is for a friend. Dear paisley: If you feel that you are physically capable of masturbating fourteen times a day, go for it. Shainhouse says he's been averaging that since '96, and for some reason I believe him. I don't think this particualr frequency is recommended for the average person, though - especially if you are in a public place. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Hamilton, are you the talking coyote from the Simpsons episode where Homer takes the insanity peppers, hence, are you Homer Simpsons spirit guide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyd Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 An allotetraploid species has a genome comprised of 2 ancestral genomes, A and B, each of which are x=7. The allotetraploid species shows strict autosyndesis during meiosis. Resistance to a foliar pathogen is controlled by the dominand allele at the F locus, but the resistance alleles present in the 2 genomes have slightly diffrent effects. Plants at least heterozygous for the A^F allele are resistant to races 1 and 2 of the pathogen regardless of the genotype in the B genome, and plants at least heterozygous for the B^F allele are resistant to races 1 and 3 of the pathogen regardless of the genotype in the A genome. What proportion of the self progeny of an A^F A^f B^F B^f plant will be resistant to all three races of the pathogen? A) 15/16 9/16 C) 5/36 D) 3/4 E) none of the above. P.S. Can you reply soon so I can turn your answer in with my genetics report tomorrow? Cool thanks Hamilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by Booche: Hamilton, are you the talking coyote from the Simpsons episode where Homer takes the insanity peppers, hence, are you Homer Simpsons spirit guide? No. I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 What's the noun form of the verb "to configure"? By this, I mean, what word would you use to refer to someone (or something) configuring something? For example, with the verb, "to talk", the noun form of someone talking is "talker"; just add 'er' to the verb, and you're done. But this doesn't work for "configure": you end up with "configurer", which sounds terrible. "Configurator" might work, but it sounds clunky. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon. Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Hamilton, Why do i get funny feelings in my nether regions everytime I think about beef? Just wonderin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by bradm: what word would you use to refer to someone (or something) configuring something? Easy, just refer to that person by their proper name, like Andy, Susan or Jim - or an acceptable nickname, like Slim, Lefty, Dutch or Red. Or an unacceptable nickname, like asswipe. As in, "This is that asswipe Andy, the guy who configures my whatsit." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by Low Roller: How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Are you kidding? Everybody knows a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. Next you'll be wanting to know why she sells seashells by the seashore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 quote:Originally posted by hamilton: Next you'll be wanting to know why she sells seashells by the seashore. No. Not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by Bennyd: A) 15/16 9/16 C) 5/36 D) 3/4 E) none of the above. Again, the answer is 42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcane Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 quote: Originally posted by Bennyd: A) 15/16 9/16 C) 5/36 D) 3/4 E) none of the above. Oh, come on--this is simple Mendel combinatorics. Drop the five-dollar words and do your own frelling math homework. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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