The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XIV

[ParadigmShifter]

Light green reminds me of sick.

Pink reminds me of lady bits - although it looks more orange to me - which suggests over-tanning.

 

[W|M]

I said it's not a sickening shade!

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Is "critical acclaim" a good or bad thing? Because "critical" means "marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws" but "acclaim" means "enthusiastic approval."

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

The phrase means "acclaim from critics".

 

[madviking]

Help me write a cawlej essay: "What is your favorite word and why?"

My first word is rigamarole.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Why do you like the word. That's what you write.

Question: What does this sentence mean: So forego the festering, limit your loitering and lay down those loonies for this lorrie-load of listening libido.
(its a Canadian paper which accounts for the "loonies")

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

There is a song that claims that Thomas Jefferson did sex with one of his slaves. Is there any historical truth to that?

 

[Karalysia]

Yes. Quite a bit. And more than one slave.

 

[W|M]

Why do you like the word. That's what you write.

Question: What does this sentence mean: So forego the festering, limit your loitering and lay down those loonies for this lorrie-load of listening libido.
(its a Canadian paper which accounts for the "loonies")

ahem: 'So stop messing around and prepare to listen to awesome music.'

There is a song that claims that Thomas Jefferson did sex with one of his slaves. Is there any historical truth to that?

Yes. Quite a bit. And more than one slave.

A lot of people did so back then.

 

[Mathilda]

I put bottles of soda out on the balcony to make them cold.
The temperature is -10C outside, a bit warmer on the balcony, as it's glazed.
I've just brought one of the bottles back in and when I brought it in, the soda wasn't frozen.
As soon as I opened it though, it froze. I'd say it's 75% ice.
Yes, I'm sure it wasn't frozen when I brought it in.
Why does it freeze when I open it?

 

[shadowplay]

I believe it's because it was under pressure.

 

[bhsup]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090404185502AAiAq2j

That has to do with beer, but I'm sure the same issues are involved.

 

[Cutlass]

Yeah, what Shadow said. Water expands when it freezes. Under the right pressure/temperature conditions, the pressure could prevent crystallization of the water in the soda (which is most of it). When you relieved the pressure, there was enough room for the water to expand into its frozen, crystal, state.

Now if it had been much colder out, it might have frozen anyways, and if necessary deformed or broken the container.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Yeah, what Shadow said. Water expands when it freezes. Under the right pressure/temperature conditions, the pressure could prevent crystallization of the water in the soda (which is most of it). When you relieved the pressure, there was enough room for the water to expand into its frozen, crystal, state.

Now if it had been much colder out, it might have frozen anyways, and if necessary deformed or broken the container.

One time I left a can of pop out in the car overnight at the winter. The sides were bulging and when I opened it the can actually split open on the sides.

Here is a question of my own: One time I had an article in a certain language but I dont remember which. I ran it through Google Translate to see what it was about (to see if it was worth saving). I accidentally clicked the wrong language, yet a good amount of the article translated anyways although it was a mixture of English (some of it nonsense, e.g. I specifically remember it saying "poultry stock" even though it was a music review) and the original language. Why is this?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Ah, the wonders of supercooling.

 

[W|M]

One time I left a can of pop out in the car overnight at the winter. The sides were bulging and when I opened it the can actually split open on the sides.

Here is a question of my own: One time I had an article in a certain language but I dont remember which. I ran it through Google Translate to see what it was about (to see if it was worth saving). I accidentally clicked the wrong language, yet a good amount of the article translated anyways although it was a mixture of English (some of it nonsense, e.g. I specifically remember it saying "poultry stock" even though it was a music review) and the original language. Why is this?

Probably a very similar language (e.g. Latin and Italian, or Spanish and Portuguese)

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Probably a very similar language (e.g. Latin and Italian, or Spanish and Portuguese)

Do languages share words?

 

[W|M]

Yep..

 

[Karalysia]

How do I get ink stains off my laptop? I trued rubbing alcohol (well hand sanitizer which has alcohol in it) it sort of worked but not entirely.

 

[PeteAtoms]

I've seen closed-captions on TV use the word "cos" a few times. Is this just a typo? I always just 'cause (shortened versions of "because").