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John Cuthber

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  1. Did you see that on CSI or something?
  2. Horses don't (generally) generate as much as a horsepower.
  3. I can't prove it's photoshop but: How much would a gator that size weigh? How much force would it take to produce a visible distortion of the mesh of the fence?
  4. Possibly less dumb than whoever is taking the picture. There's no fence between the photographer and those teeth. However, I suspect photoshop.
  5. This thread started years ago. There are probably languages now that didn't exist when the question was first asked. I also suspect that, by now, the OP has got the hang of at least one language (and I'd not be at all shocked to find they have learned (at least bits of) several). ecoli, Am I right?
  6. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wanamaker A popular saying illustrating how difficult it was to reach potential customers using traditional advertising is attributed to John Wanamaker: "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." Good money is, indeed paid for studies of product layout. And the results of those studies are reasonably consistent- for example items placed on the ends of aisles are more likely to be noticed. However I don't think there is no scientific theory behind the results. No psychologist, as far as I know, could a priori predict what would be a good place for some product any better than a layman who thought about it for a bit.
  7. Two cats are sliding down a roof, which one falls off first? The one with the lowest mew.
  8. OK, this isn't really funny, but... http://www.snopes.com/travel/trap/congress.asp
  9. 75 million homes to visit? Have the Americans forgotten about the rest of the world again?
  10. Shame on you for actually introducing evidence into this thread.
  11. So far, my request for those who can't to make themselves known has not born fruit. Can you explain why you believe that "most people cannot do it "
  12. Is there anyone here who can't do this?
  13. TBH, that's more useful than I thought this thread would be.
  14. "Are you able to blur your vision whenever you like and for as long as you want, to switch from sharp to blur in a second at your own command?" Yes, I take my glasses off. ​I can also voluntarily defocus my eyes,. Why bother?
  15. Except on Fridays, when we are up all night to get lucky.
  16. "If I can imagine it, it is possible!" Can you imagine a rational square root of two?
  17. Have you read the title of the thread?
  18. "It is mainly an upper class public school thing, I see so many who cannot pronounce an 'r'," Or, at least as likely, you see people who do not pronounce that r (or, at least, not the way you would). You are assuming an inability, rather than a choice.
  19. Your post doesn't make sense so there's no point in bumping it. You would do better if you explained what you thought 1K meant.
  20. Stable isotopes do not decay.
  21. If I had a litre of liquid helium in a beaker at 2K (let's assume I'm somewhere really cold), how thick would the 3He layer be?
  22. " It decays through neutron emission with a half-life of (1.39 ± 0.10) × 10−22 seconds" So, where do you plan to get it from?
  23. There isn't a 4H so, no it 100% won't work. Go and learn something before posting more nonsense.
  24. Neutrons still do not do what you want them to. This bit will work 2H2O---electrolysis--->O2 + 2H2 but the rest won't.
  25. Sorry, I seem not to have made myself clear. the word "realise" doesn't only mean "to make real", it also means to understand". You still need to understand that, in general, it's impossible to write down a set of equations and say that they will happen just because you want them to

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