SemiaCloud Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Enough said.Anyone up for more squeakers? he's supposedly 15My friend found him on TF2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 "Two of the examples come from the Apollo program... One of the objects tested at White Sands was the launch escape system for the Jupiter V rocket which would send the men into space. ...The Jupiter rockets were expensive..." From a book on spaceflight.*Facepalm* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endersmens Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) "Two of the examples come from the Apollo program... One of the objects tested at White Sands was the launch escape system for the Jupiter V rocket which would send the men into space. ...The Jupiter rockets were expensive..." From a book on spaceflight.*Facepalm*Ouch. That one hurt.Mine came from an argument I had yesterday with one of my fellow students in physics class. We were building a egg drop. Simple, first project of the year. I noted that since ours was filled with pillow stuffing, was very lightweight, and not very dense, that it would not fall as fast as some of the others due to air resistance. Here's how it went from there:Other student: Dude, I already told you, everything falls at the same speed. It doesn't matter if it's lighter.Me: They would fall at the same speed if there was no air. But there is air, which causes air resistance, or drag, which will cause it to fall slower than say if we filled it with lead or something.Him: No, everything falls at the same speed. Look *picks up the project and a roll of duct tape and drops them from roughly the same height in his hands* *they hit relatively close together, but there was a small separation* See! They hit at the same time!Me: That's because you dropped them from five feet, so they wouldn't have had time to reach a speed where the air resistance would make a difference. and because you couldn't have dropped them at the exact same time. Here, let me ask our physics teacher. Mrs. H, do all objects fall at the same speed on earth, where we have air?Student: Don't ask her specific like that, just ask her regularly. Do things fall at the same speed? Teacher: In a perfect environment with no air, yes.student: See! I told you!Me: ...She just proved me right....Student: Alright let me look this up to prove it to you again. *looks it up* ok, this is what it says. A feather and a ball will not fall at the same speed, but a bowling ball and a pen will fall at the same speed. (facepalm at this article in not explaining anything at all)Student: See?Me: That was a very vague and confusing way to put that, but it still proves me right. The pen and bowling ball will have somewhat similar drag-mass ratios if the pen falls point first. But the feather falls slower because of air resistance.Another student who everyone knows is one of the smartest kids in the class (besides me ) : Yeah, he's right, the air slows down less dense objects.Student: No, it doesn't. All objects fall at the same speed. I'm done arguing.*facepalm* *facepalm* *facedesk*Not trying to be mean to him, but this guy isn't the smartest in the class, everyone knows that. He struggled in math and science classes before. I don't doubt he can do well in this class if he tries hard. Yet he was certain that he was right, and that two of the smarter people in the class were wrong. And he was also certain that the teacher proving me right was actually proving him right.I gave up because I knew there was no way to convince him, plus I know I'm right so. Yeah. *facepalm* Edited August 9, 2015 by Endersmens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windows_x_seven Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskJ6e-domsYep. Some sheeple still think that the Earth is flat. Edited August 10, 2015 by windows_x_seven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSpace Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 http://trendingcurrentevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Bill-Gates-Count-to-10-Windows-Meme1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windows_x_seven Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Oh. Jupiter's orbit is now way further than Pluto's. Good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endersmens Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/17/12/2A9EB03700000578-3165206-Conspiracy_theories_have_already_begun_circulating_about_the_ima-a-26_1437131709398.jpgOh. Jupiter's orbit is now way further than Pluto's. Good to know.Ok, google was stupid, it gave me the distance of an AU when I asked for pluto. Well, since pluto is actually 8 times farther away then Jupiter is, I don't even need to get into math about why it appears smaller. Edited August 11, 2015 by Endersmens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I don't think Pluto ever gets within 93 million miles of Earth. It's currently about 32 times that distance. Source.Edit: Looking at the graphic there, it doesn't look like Pluto is ever closer to Earth than Jupiter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-ctn- Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 My coworker was arguing with me about the Mars One program a few months ago, and she said "Well why don't we just fly everyone out to a planet that has an atmosphere like Earth?!" She literally had no clue what planets are in our solar system and that there is no other "Earth" we can go to. She's over forty years old with (I believe) a college education.Another unrelated moment. I work at a pet store and we were babysitting a couple of lizards for some folks - so we wrote that on the glass with paint markers - so nobody would accidentally sell the lizards. A teenage kid came up and asked me why those two lizards were named "Babysitting." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionPacific1983WP Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Literally just 20 seconds ago as of me starting to type this, on the local news they said:Interstellar produce! Astronauts on the ISS are eating the first food grown in space!Interstellar produce.Interstellar produce.*facepalms 300 billion times in a row*Because food grown in orbit is totally interstellar, right? Well, according to my local news station, it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Literally just 20 seconds ago as of me starting to type this, on the local news they said:Interstellar produce! Astronauts on the ISS are eating the first food grown in space!*facepalms 300 billion times in a row*Because food grown in orbit is totally interstellar, right? Well, according to my local news station, it is...Also, food that has been grown in space doesn't count, because it wasn't eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythbusters844 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 People That Type Like This And Capitalize Every Word And Even Some Random SyllaBles And You Ask Them Why They Type Like This And Say It's Hard To Read And They Simply Insult You And Keep Doing It. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endersmens Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 People That Type Like This And Capitalize Every Word And Even Some Random SyllaBles And You Ask Them Why They Type Like This And Say It's Hard To Read And They Simply Insult You And Keep Doing It.oH gOSH pLEASE sTOP nOW iTS sO hARD tO rEADIn other news, my band teacher asked us what 10+9 was, and almost every student said "21"Of course it was a movie reference, and not actual stupidity, but it was still hilarious and facepalm worthy. Our director just walked out of the room for a while. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotengineer Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 The local library's copy of Stephen Hawking's God Created the Integers has the author listed as God. I'm quite serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 i THINK OF IT AS "fINE CONTROL." yOUR TYPING IS JUST MORE PRECISE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/17/12/2A9EB03700000578-3165206-Conspiracy_theories_have_already_begun_circulating_about_the_ima-a-26_1437131709398.jpgOh. Jupiter's orbit is now way further than Pluto's. Good to know.I thought it was from new horizons...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionPacific1983WP Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) "Hey, I made this American Locomotives Abroad album, why not stick a picture from the USA in there?" - What I think the person who posted the photo on railpictures.net was thinking.EDIT: What's more, I've just noticed more pictures taken in the USA of American locomotives that are in the album. Someone needs to speak to that person about what "abroad" or "overseas" means... Edited August 12, 2015 by UnionPacific1983WP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plume & Akakak Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 People That Type Like This And Capitalize Every Word And Even Some Random SyllaBles And You Ask Them Why They Type Like This And Say It's Hard To Read And They Simply Insult You And Keep Doing It.i THINK OF IT AS "fINE CONTROL." yOUR TYPING IS JUST MORE PRECISE.I cAlL iT tYpOgRaPhIcAl YoDeLiNgâ„¢. A dIfFiCuLt TeChNiQuE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windows_x_seven Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 -snip-You really like trains, don't you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endersmens Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I cAlL iT tYpOgRaPhIcAl YoDeLiNgâ„¢. A dIfFiCuLt TeChNiQuE.I call that ransom note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quasarrgames Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) "Is that a carrot?""No, it's a thermal Turbojet."Actually happened. Yup. Edited August 12, 2015 by quasarrgames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythbusters844 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 "Is that a carrot?""No, it's a thermal Turbojet."Education, Folks!HAHA, Context? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plume & Akakak Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) I cAlL iT tYpOgRaPhIcAl YoDeLiNgâ„¢. A dIfFiCuLt TeChNiQuE.I call that ransom note. Haha, right. Early punk artwork works too, then. Edited August 12, 2015 by Plume & Akakak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windows_x_seven Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Prehistoric Illuminati! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacetraindriver Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 http://i.imgur.com/CmLnZDL.jpg?1"Hey, I made this American Locomotives Abroad album, why not stick a picture from the USA in there?" - What I think the person who posted the photo on railpictures.net was thinking.EDIT: What's more, I've just noticed more pictures taken in the USA of American locomotives that are in the album. Someone needs to speak to that person about what "abroad" or "overseas" means...Yes my hunt for fellow train drivers are progressing!Someone saying Pacific Union describing Union Pacific and a kid saying that the Arch in st louis was "Made in China"- - - Updated - - -HAHA, Context?Yes my hunt for fellow train drivers are progressing!Someone saying Pacific Union describing Union Pacific and a kid saying that the Arch in st louis was "Made in China"Yes two already! Oh and pepole describing a Steam Loco working as Powered by an engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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