NSEP Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 28 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said: You know what I love about West Texas? Not the people. Not the hospitality. Not even the brisket. It's the fact it can be -2 outside and not a single flake of snow in sight. Freezing does not instanty mean snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 24 minutes ago, NSEP said: Freezing does not instanty mean snow -2 is too cold for snow anyway. The best snows come at around 25-30 degrees. (At least where I grew up, but Lake Michigan had a tendency to make the weather do whatever she wanted) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Geonovast said: -2 is too cold for snow anyway. The best snows come at around 25-30 degrees. (At least where I grew up, but Lake Michigan had a tendency to make the weather do whatever she wanted) I was talking about celsius. Wait.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 11 minutes ago, NSEP said: I was talking about celsius. Wait.... They said West Texas, so I just assumed Fahrenheit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piatzin Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) CELSIUS AND METRIC UNITS, YOU BACKWARDS AMERICANS! Lol but actually, do what you wish Edited December 12, 2017 by Earthlinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 45 minutes ago, Earthlinger said: CELSIUS AND METRIC UNITS, YOU BACKWARDS AMERICANS! Lol but actually, do what you wish I'm American and I sincerely wish we had been metric from the start. We've got the "Slug" as a unit of mass and we have "Degrees Fahrenheit" and "Degrees Rankin," not to mention the atrocities that are fractions of an inch, 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, and 5280 feet in a mile... Don't even me get started about quarts, gallons, pints, and ounces (which are both mass and volume, GRR!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEpicSquared Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 What on earth is a Rankin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 1 minute ago, TheEpicSquared said: What on earth is a Rankin I actually misspelled that, it's "Rankine." It's basically an offset version of the Fahrenheit scale by -459.67 degrees so that it starts at absolute zero. Like Kelvin, but for Fahrenheit instead of Celsius. At this point, why not just use Kelvin is my question... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: It's basically an offset version of the Fahrenheit scale by -459.67 degrees so that it starts at absolute zero. I didn't even know this existed... but I am NOT surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 We (the class) experimented with 226Ra today! That was really interesting. Also, another interesting thing happened today: Everyone obeyed the rules for experimenting (with a radioactive object)! We're going to continue the testing on Friday. I'm so excited for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Delay said: Everyone obeyed the rules for experimenting (with a radioactive object)! Wonder what happends is somebody doesn't obey the rules XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 1 minute ago, NSEP said: Wonder what happends is somebody doesn't obey the rules XD Duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 3 minutes ago, Geonovast said: Duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 1 minute ago, NSEP said: Wonder what happends is somebody doesn't obey the rules XD According to my teacher, not really that much. The material is isolated/protected in every direction, except for one (where we had a geiger counter). But we've been warned about not "aiming" at other people with it or pointing it to your or others property. As for me being surprised that everything went well: In chemistry, a group of people thought that it would be interesting to mix two acids together without asking the teacher for permission. He then promptly stopped the other experiments upon finding out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaturnianBlue Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) 18 degrees Fahrenheit/-7.8 celsius and it is afternoon! Despite receiving a few inches of snow and some pretty cold temperatures we had school... Until noon, when it got announced school was going to end just an hour after lunch with a Winter Weather Warning and a snow storm. I forgot my lunch this morning and had to get across the street to buy lunch, and I'm quite glad I brought a hat. Edited December 13, 2017 by SaturnianBlue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEpicSquared Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 22 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said: I actually misspelled that, it's "Rankine." It's basically an offset version of the Fahrenheit scale by -459.67 degrees so that it starts at absolute zero. Like Kelvin, but for Fahrenheit instead of Celsius. At this point, why not just use Kelvin is my question... I will stick with Celsius, meters, kilograms and liters, thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 36 minutes ago, TheEpicSquared said: I will stick with Celsius, meters, kilograms and liters, thank you very much As would I if my engineering class didn't require me to use these really messed up excuses for units! Also I just got finished taking a test and it's really windy. The wind occasionally hits the window in the right way to make a squeaky sound, like a rubber ducky. The first time it happened, everyone thought the guy three seats behind me was passing gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 So I was in basketball practice, and the coach says "Hey, subs! Follow Coach M to the girls court!" So me, my friend from like the third grade, and some other guy who I don't know the name of head out to the girls court. And I got the surprise of the lifetime. I got to scrimmage against the 12 hottest girls in my entire school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 1 minute ago, DarkOwl57 said: I got to scrimmage against the 12 hottest girls in my entire school. Question... were they good players as well??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 10 minutes ago, Just Jim said: Question... were they good players as well??? Hhhmmm... You know, I don't really know- I spent most of the time trying to pick my jaw up off the floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said: Hhhmmm... You know, I don't really know- I spent most of the time trying to pick my jaw up off the floor Yeah, but it's so much better when the cute ones can also kick the boys butts... hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 4 minutes ago, Just Jim said: Yeah, but it's so much better when the cute ones can also kick the boys butts... hehehe Oh yeah; There's a girl who's like a foot shorter than me but can still ball out like Steph Curry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaDizzy Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Hanukkah started yesterday, and although im not jewish, i decided 'what the heck' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 3 hours ago, DarkOwl57 said: I got to scrimmage against the 12 hottest girls in my entire school. I sorta now want a qualitative value. Also, how do you know that they are the hottest? Just word of mouth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 I was going through my grandfather's old binders from the time he worked at NASA. And - well, see for yourself! *Sound of me geeking out* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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