The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XVII - Page 14

Dachs · Jul 05, 2011, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by SS-18 ICBM

What are the answers of other countries to America's John Browning and Russia's Mikhail Kalashnikov?

Hiram Maxim? He could theoretically count as British since we already have Browning.

I guess Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse and Antoine Alphonse Chassepot could come close.

GinandTonic · Jul 05, 2011, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Dachs

Hiram Maxim? He could theoretically count as British since we already have Browning.

I guess Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse and Antoine Alphonse Chassepot could come close.

I wanted to reply the Mid Atlantic Mr Maxim but I realised he ended up Sir Maxim which ruined the alliteration

aimeeandbeatles · Jul 05, 2011, 10:38 AM

What language is this? I can't get the Google Translate detect language thing to work.

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madviking · Jul 05, 2011, 10:40 AM

Ich bin ein Deutschische sprache?

EnglishCrusader · Jul 05, 2011, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by aimeeandbeatles

What language is this? I can't get the Google Translate detect language thing to work.

German?

EDIT: Checked, it is German.

aimeeandbeatles · Jul 05, 2011, 10:41 AM

Yeah, I thought it was German. Just wanted to double-check. Thanks.

_random_ · Jul 05, 2011, 08:49 PM

So I'm trying to impress this girl who really likes sharks. I remember reading about this one extinct species of shark in a museum with a really unique lower jaw that didn't close with the upper one and kind of spiraled downward. Apparently the shark would whip it out to catch fish or some stuff like that. I feel like I could impress said girl if I knew the species name, but I don't recall it, and none of my Google searches are turning up relevant data. Can anyone help?

Ajidica · Jul 05, 2011, 08:52 PM

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So I'm trying to impress this girl who really likes sharks.

Careful. Don't give her any ideas about wanting sharks with friggen laser beams on the friggen heads. They are an endangered species after all.

Yared · Jul 05, 2011, 09:10 PM

Careful not to come out as a tryhard.

Dachs · Jul 05, 2011, 09:19 PM

Couldn't you ask her about it and try to figure out the name together as a way to have a viable conversation starter?

Joecoolyo · Jul 05, 2011, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by _random_

So I'm trying to impress this girl who really likes sharks. I remember reading about this one extinct species of shark in a museum with a really unique lower jaw that didn't close with the upper one and kind of spiraled downward. Apparently the shark would whip it out to catch fish or some stuff like that. I feel like I could impress said girl if I knew the species name, but I don't recall it, and none of my Google searches are turning up relevant data. Can anyone help?

I swear I read about a similar sounding shark in a Cracked article recently.

Let me go see if I can dig it up...

madviking · Jul 05, 2011, 10:01 PM

Not this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark

shadowplay · Jul 05, 2011, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by _random_

So I'm trying to impress this girl who really likes sharks. I remember reading about this one extinct species of shark in a museum with a really unique lower jaw that didn't close with the upper one and kind of spiraled downward. Apparently the shark would whip it out to catch fish or some stuff like that. I feel like I could impress said girl if I knew the species name, but I don't recall it, and none of my Google searches are turning up relevant data. Can anyone help?

This sounds like what you're referring to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugeneodontida

_random_ · Jul 06, 2011, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Yared

Careful not to come out as a tryhard.

I'm gonna be honest with you: I really haven't the faintest idea what that is.

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Originally Posted by Joecoolyo

I swear I read about a similar sounding shark in a Cracked article recently.

Let me go see if I can dig it up...

I saw it in your city's natural history museum, so you could always go there and confirm things for me.

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Originally Posted by shadowplay

This sounds like what you're referring to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugeneodontida

That's the one, thank you.

EnglishCrusader · Jul 06, 2011, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by _random_

I'm gonna be honest with you: I really haven't the faintest idea what that is.

A tryhard is when you try to hard to do something.

Disgustipated · Jul 06, 2011, 01:15 PM

question: Is high fructose corn syrup the same as sugar regarding negative health effects such as tooth decay? I was thinking this the other day, and I'm not sure. Does high fructose corn syrup cause as much tooth decay as cane sugar?

Farm Boy · Jul 06, 2011, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Disgustipated

question: Is high fructose corn syrup the same as sugar regarding negative health effects such as tooth decay? I was thinking this the other day, and I'm not sure. Does high fructose corn syrup cause as much tooth decay as cane sugar?

There was a preliminary study that suggested they were different, the organization that originally released the results completed the full study and determined they are equally bad for you. Your body breaks them both down into the same thing, and with the same rapidity.

SS-18 ICBM · Jul 06, 2011, 01:21 PM

Bacteria will have an easier time metabolizing the fructose-sucrose mix of HFCS as opposed to the pure sucrose in cane sugar. So yes, do expect more tooth decay for the former.

Farm Boy · Jul 06, 2011, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SS-18 ICBM

Bacteria will have an easier time metabolizing the fructose-sucrose mix of HFCS as opposed to the pure sucrose in cane sugar. So yes, do expect more tooth decay for the former.

If you are assuming the cane sugar isn't processed(heavily), yes. In most things, cane sugar is indeed processed as heavily as HFCS. Don't expect a pass on soda if you are buying the cane sugar variety.

Edit: either way we eat too darn much of both. Less is more in regards to either.

SS-18 ICBM · Jul 06, 2011, 01:34 PM

Actually, pure white sugar is nothing but sucrose. Fructose composition increases with less processing of sugarcane.

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SS-18 ICBM Singularity Mechanics Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Newton Grav. Lab, Tsiolkovsky Inst. Posts: 11,607	Bacteria will have an easier time metabolizing the fructose-sucrose mix of HFCS as opposed to the pure sucrose in cane sugar. So yes, do expect more tooth decay for the former. __________________ "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" -Psalm 133:1, King James Bible "All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. [...] The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions." -Aristotle, I 980a 21, Metaphysics

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SS-18 ICBM Singularity Mechanics Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Newton Grav. Lab, Tsiolkovsky Inst. Posts: 11,607	Actually, pure white sugar is nothing but sucrose. Fructose composition increases with less processing of sugarcane. __________________ "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" -Psalm 133:1, King James Bible "All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. [...] The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions." -Aristotle, I 980a 21, Metaphysics

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