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

[ParkCungHee]

Arsenic Sandwiches.

Does anyone know if Greek words have gendered endings? If so, what would be the female form of the name "Talos".

 

[PeteAtoms]

I'd say doughnut burgers.
I'm pretty sure he didn't mean large amounts of food. I think he meant some sort of 'typical' meal or serving. It's way to easy to just link a picture of a 20lb burger or 3ft doughnut...

 

[Flying Pig]

I think he means per gram: cyanide? In terms of 'conventional' foods, a plate of trans fats would be pretty much impossible to metabolise (IIRC they're the wrong shape for your body to deal with, so they take forever to get rid of).

My question: Are there contingency plans in place for when oil runs out, for things such as road-building (without tar) and so on? If so what are they?

Does anyone know if Greek words have gendered endings? If so, what would be the female form of the name "Talos".

It does; "Tala" according to wikipedia. In Latin, the equivalent to 'Talus' is 'Tala', so I'll go with that

 

[PeteAtoms]

I think the the Chinese food found in American fast food is pretty darn unhealthy....

 

[Cutlass]

My question: Are there contingency plans in place for when oil runs out, for things such as road-building (without tar) and so on? If so what are they?

Actual contingency plans, no, not to my knowledge. A variety of proposals, yes.

First, oil isn't going to just 'run out'. What will happen is that it will become, in fits and starts, too expensive to use as a motor vehicle fuel the way it is used now. When that happens, coal can be turned into petrol, that's old tech, and was used in WWII.

But mainly the internal combustion car needs to go away. It is the least efficient use of oil. And one of the biggest uses of it. Get rid of that, and there's plenty of oil for other uses.

But no one has a plan to actually do that. No one in government, in any case.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

if Person A is coming at Person B with a knife and person B doesnt know what person A is doing. then Person B hits Person A in the head with a book. Is that self defense

 

[cardgame]

.yes.

 

[Quackers]

if Person A is coming at Person B with a knife and person B doesnt know what person A is doing. then Person B hits Person A in the head with a book. Is that self defense

Did you hit your mum on the head with a book?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Did you hit your mum on the head with a book?

Why does it matter if Im Person B or not?

 

[PeteAtoms]

Why does it matter if Im Person B or not?

You asked a question about what constitutes self defense, in a pretty ridiculous example or hypothetical. The question was good I thought, but how you asked only raises more questions (and might be more interesting to talk about IMO, than your original question).

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Well then if it matters I am person B. But it was a a hardcover book. Just the first one i grabbed.

 

[Atticus]

Do you mean that B hits A without knowing that A is going to attack her?

Or does B notice that she's being attacked before she hits?

EDIT: This post proved that I'm 1337
EDIT: That edit proved that I'm a nerd

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

What happened is Person A comes in the room holding a knife and B gets scared and hits A with a hardcover book before anything happens.

 

[pesgores]

if Person A is coming at Person B with a knife and person B doesnt know what person A is doing. then Person B hits Person A in the head with a book. Is that self defense

Better safe than sorry. Yes it is.

 

[Atticus]

It depends on whether there was a legitimate reason for A to come to the room with a knife in his hand. For example if he's fixing something there, and needs the knife for that. It also depends on how he's coming to the room, is he pointing B with the knife, does he laugh ominously etc.

 

[PeteAtoms]

If Person B perceives person A as a threat to his/her safety, than I think it can be considered self-defense. Whether it holds up in court would depend on specifics and testimony and evidence. But if what person B did was done in response to a perceived threat of violence, than I'd call it self-defense. 'Did person B feel that his/her safety was threatened?,' that's the issue.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

It depends on whether there was a legitimate reason for A to come to the room with a knife in his hand. For example if he's fixing something there, and needs the knife for that. It also depends on how he's coming to the room, is he pointing B with the knife, does he laugh ominously etc.

No, nothing broken. It was a room full of books.

I thought laughing ominously was just in corny movies or something.

 

[Atticus]

You're right PeteAtoms, but I'd suppose that there has to be some special reason for it to go as self defence if this happened in for example kitchen of a restaurant. Like the mental state of B or unusually threatening behavious of A.

So is A your mum, Aimee? I hope you know that hitting with a book is considered very mild crime, if it is even consider one.

EDIT:

I thought laughing ominously was just in corny movies or something.

I was kind of joking...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Yeah, A is my mom.

 

[Quackers]

Why do you lash out aimee?