|
Another romance-related question here (maybe there should be a relationship forum?) (pg. 6)
|
View this Thread in Original format
| Nabistai |
| quote: | Originally posted by ali92
Here's what I mean:
Did you know that Japan's sinking by 3 cm per year?
Did you know that the total area of the earth is about 40'000 km?
Did you know that a CD spins at about 500 RPM at the beginning but, 200 RPM near the end when playing in a regular CD player?
Did you know that the CD's original maximum length of 74 minutes was based off of Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9?
Did you know that Vatican City is the smallest nation in the world?
Did you know that Japan has about half of the US total population in a land area less than the size of California?
Did you know that the tropical year is exactly 365.24219 days long and getting longer, as of 2000-01-01?
Did you know that the sun rises in the east & sets in the west only TWICE per year?
Did you know that our athmosphere is about 8'000 km thick? Did you know our land on this planet is made up of about fifteen tectonic plate, like a jigsaw puzzle? When an earthquake occurs, it's two plates rubbing against each other.
Did you know that there are 88 visable constellations in the night sky?
Did you know that the Middle East's week works slightly different?: They work from Saturday to Thursday at noon and am off from noon Thursdays to Saturday. Our Monday is already their 3rd workday. |
I know most of this stuff, but I don't expect my girlfriend to know this, nor do I actually talk to her about this...
It's just stuff that I know. |
|
|
| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
ROTFLMAO, how could i be so stupid? :haha:
*rips up robot blueprint* |
Don't worry dude, I can outsource it to a Japanese company and have it manufactured there. It's cheaper that way anyway. :p |
|
|
| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Don't worry dude, I can outsource it to a Japanese company and have it manufactured there. It's cheaper that way anyway. :p |
digi saves the day! Oh don't forget to request installation of a large pointless facts database. :p
 |
|
|
| Delay Llama |
Disclaimer:
I wasn't thinking (at all) when I wrote those things about the sunstet :D People, sparktrons and carrotonine don't exist (do they!?), I was joking :p
lol at the idea of stealing Aibo :haha:
By the way, Ali, this thread is turning into a bunch of random jokes, it's your chance to try.
Just do it :toocool: |
|
|
| whiskers |
no offense, maybe you need therapy?
i was thinking of getting some for myself, maybe shipped from japan? |
|
|
| DrUg_Tit0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Delay Llama
Disclaimer:
I wasn't thinking (at all) when I wrote those things about the sunstet :D People, sparktrons and carrotonine don't exist (do they!?)
|
They most certainly don't :toocool: |
|
|
| ali92 |
| quote: | | Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 [...]you were all wrong about the sunset, but I'm too lazy to elaborate on it now :) |
Well read about it in www.krysstal.com ... It's somewhere on that mega-site... |
|
|
| whiskers |
| hey, don't tell me i was wrong about the sunset, i didn't spend a whole semester in astronomy for nothing did i? that's the only thing i can remember from that class, don't you in dare take that away from me! |
|
|
| DrUg_Tit0 |
Hehe, well if you really want to bother about the sunset, here it goes:
Miraculously, red/blue shift phenomenon has nothing to do with the reddish sky color during sunrise/sunset. If that was the only effect that caused the color shift of the sky then nobody would notice it at all. The effect is clearly visible only at near-light speeds, while the earth surface is rotating only at about 462.8m/s.
Now, during daytime, as sunlight passes through the atmosphere, the blue and violet light gets dispersed throughout the sky, while the longer wavelenght light passess through. That's why the sun looks yellow from earth, while it's kinda white-ish from space. Now, when it comes to sunrise/sunset, the sun is striking the earth at an angle, and the amount of atmosphere through which sunlight has to pass increases. That causes the light of lower frequencies (yellow and red to some extent) to become dissipated as well. The color of the sky becomes more yellowish, and the sun becomes reddish, as red is the only component of light that is still largely unaffected by the atmosphere. |
|
|
| whiskers |
| quote: | Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0
Hehe, well if you really want to bother about the sunset, here it goes:
Miraculously, red/blue shift phenomenon has nothing to do with the reddish sky color during sunrise/sunset. If that was the only effect that caused the color shift of the sky then nobody would notice it at all. The effect is clearly visible only at near-light speeds, while the earth surface is rotating only at about 462.8m/s.
Now, during daytime, as sunlight passes through the atmosphere, the blue and violet light gets dispersed throughout the sky, while the longer wavelenght light passess through. That's why the sun looks yellow from earth, while it's kinda white-ish from space. Now, when it comes to sunrise/sunset, the sun is striking the earth at an angle, and the amount of atmosphere through which sunlight has to pass increases. That causes the light of lower frequencies (yellow and red to some extent) to become dissipated as well. The color of the sky becomes more yellowish, and the sun becomes reddish, as red is the only component of light that is still largely unaffected by the atmosphere. |
REFRACTION!
hehe, just like i said, you can forget the whole blueshift / redshift thing then :) |
|
|
| ali92 |
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
hey, don't tell me i was wrong about the sunset, i didn't spend a whole semester in astronomy for nothing did i? that's the only thing i can remember from that class, don't you in dare take that away from me! |
LOL! |
|
|
| AnonymousRacer |
| quote: | Originally posted by ali92
Does anyone on here happen to know the likelihood of me finding a girl-friend (aged 16-20 years) who's really into Electronica (all-encompassing but, mainly Trance); |
-check, but she's 23 and more into d&b but listens to trance too
| quote: | | [very technically-inclined; fluent or at least intermediate in English; well educated |
-check, definitely intelligent, she just speaks with choice words
| quote: | | [interested in world cultures, differences, etc. that lives in Japan (preferrably the Tokyo area) |
-check, does anime watching and videogaming count as a Japanese "
thing?"
Remember the chick from my "geeky girl" post? Oh yeah, you better get in line cause I'm seeing her tomorrow. Booyah! :D They are out there, just takes some time. |
|
|
|
|
