Totally random thoughts

Shark Bait · Post by **Shark Bait** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:37 pm

The Cleric wrote:
Shark Bait wrote:non alcoholic beers are made through centrifugation which spins the alcohol off. Hefewissens are unfiltered wheat beers. is it possible to make a non alcoholic hefewissen?
Probably. The centrifuging will cause the unfiltered parts to stick to the ends of the chamber, so care would have to be made to extract the alcohol and not unfiltered particles.

yes but would the process cause the particulate mass to solidify? and if it does then you would have to re blend the particulate mass and re introduce carbonation creating something that I'm thinking would be almost but not quite entirely unlike beer.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:53 pm

Would it be possible to induce a volcanic eruption? Let's say we could build a really powerful and deep drill that could reach down to a volcano's magma chamber. If we could do that, couldn't we make a few boreholes to release pressure and hot matter before it reaches a critical level and the volcano erupts?

I need someone who knows some geology here.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:59 am

Mayabird wrote:Would it be possible to induce a volcanic eruption? Let's say we could build a really powerful and deep drill that could reach down to a volcano's magma chamber. If we could do that, couldn't we make a few boreholes to release pressure and hot matter before it reaches a critical level and the volcano erupts?

I need someone who knows some geology here.

I think it would make more sense to cool the lava by injecting cold water. This has the secondary benefit of converting the energy you're sapping off the pocket to heat the water into electricity.

This is incidentally what was done on Earth in the Taloran-verse to the Yellowstone caldera. Coretapped the mother for power generation and to keep it permanently stable.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:13 am

I'm looking over the schools letters to parents. 10% payment hike, jesus. Then I look why, and I get annoyed. Fine, city council cut funding, that takes up some 5% of the hike. Whats the rest? More culture. Jesus school, get over yourself, you're not a community center.

Made me think, with many schools nowdays operating into the later hours, what IS the purpose of a high school?

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:37 pm

It would have been much more fitting for the Prometheus to act as the legacy of the Asgard's knowledge.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:44 am

Hotfoot wrote:It would have been much more fitting for the Prometheus to act as the legacy of the Asgard's knowledge.

Yes.
Too bad the Prommie was long and valiantly dead by then.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:49 am

Seen on Death Certificate --
Decedent's Occupation: BankRobber
Kind of Business: Self-Employed.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:32 pm

From a conversation with a friend of mine:

"I cannot believe Bush "commuted" Libby's sentence. Paris Hilton served her sentence so I guess she has more integrity...jeezus. How can they sink THAT low?"

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:57 pm

I'm going to be a little sad when goatees go out of style.
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Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:37 pm

In my next life, I want to be a hydraulic engineer. If I could be an intelligent armadillo or parrot AND a hydraulic engineer, that'd be the best. I'd really have to be good in this life to earn that.

Bloody Good · Post by **Bloody Good** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:36 pm

Work sucks. And then you die go online and find an entire world of people who's jobs suck worse than yours. And then you die.

Tahlan · Post by **Tahlan** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:46 am

So, I post with much trepidation: am I going to catch hell for necroing this thread/sticky?

Random thought: Watched Richard Dawkins' Root of all Evil? The God Delusion today. Thought he was interesting, did some in depth investigation, but he was clearly biased with questions and perspectives. Granted, no more biased than the people he interviewed. Clearly intended for an audience of athiests and anti-religion types, as opposed to being a message that would actually convert deists and religious types to atheism.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:13 am

Cats will always find a way to sleep on the diningroom table, no matter how many times you chase them off.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:27 pm

LadyTevar wrote:Cats will always find a way to sleep on the diningroom table, no matter how many times you chase them off.

That is only because you keep chasing them off, indicating that there's something especially satisfying about doing so you don't want them to experience. My advice would be to chase them off at mealtimes and learn to live with it. Actually my advice would be to start eating at the kitchen counter but I guess that is not an acceptable alternative.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:40 pm

Why is it that every single time I go driving somewhere that I have not been before, even if I have directions or know where it is, that I end up having to make a U-turn? I always end up missing a road or passing a driveway or something, no matter where I'm going, how long I'm heading there, or how certain I am. It never fails. I am almost wondering if I have some sort of trigger in my brain that ensures that I miss a turn just so I can pull the required U-turn.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:55 pm

You're genetically programmed to like U-turns?

Bloody Good · Post by **Bloody Good** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:55 pm

What is it about a fat asian man rocking the air guitar that's so awesome? Here he is the previous year. I guess that's his lucky shirt or something.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:36 am

The origins of buffalo wings:

People have wondered what possible evolutionary purpose is served by having vestigal wings grow out of the backs of buffalo, especially since the wings apparently grow back in large amounts and quickly after being harvested. The answer is that it doesn't really have anything to do with the buffalo's evolution.

In truth, it's the result of a parasitic fly infestation. This fly burrows into the spinal area of buffalo and induces growth of the structures that are called "buffalo wings." These growths serve as platforms where the fly eggs can hatch. If the 'wings' are cut off before hatching, the flies will induce growth of more wings. Multiple flies can infest the same buffalo, which is how wing places are able to sell such large quantities of them with no problems with supply.

Naturally, this fact is not advertised and is kept rather secret, as people would be disinclined to eat them if they knew the wings' true origins. These flies are also why people heavily season the wings. Otherwise, someone might bite into one and say, "Hey, this tastes like fly eggs."

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:17 pm

New Hampshire is the yin to Vermont's yang. They even look the part.
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LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:42 pm

Little Brothers who have grown up and had sons are so fun to tease. Especially when one of those sons pulls one of his father's tricks, like wreck his bike and need 7 stitches.

Bloody Good · Post by **Bloody Good** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:35 am

Something B4 and I came up with. "The military is like push-ups for the soul. It might do you some good in the long run, but God, it hurts."

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:39 pm

I'm officially vetoeing the existance of European only and Japanese only game studios. IN the interest of amazing results, I now inform them that they must all use American engines, European game design all based off japanese ideas.

What, a man can dream?

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:48 pm

I'm about to make someone walk home.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:45 pm

Did you ever get the feeling that you're polishing the silverware while the ship sinks? Because I definitely had that feeling today.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:27 pm

Nitram: No wonder all the new 'Bots the All-Spark creates are homicidal, if all modern Earth tech was based on Megatron.

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