The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread IX

[Turner]

aimee - Do you have any idea how she bought it? Maybe it was a gift. Maybe she saved $10 a week until she could afford it. Maybe she had a bonus at work and got it that way.

And really, this is a question for her, not to post on an anonymous internet forum where you don't know us, we don't know you or your mother, or your situation for that matter.

 

[Brighteye]

Your mother ranks her own benefits above your marginal ones. Perhaps you don't have the money precisely because she needed that laptop. Perhaps it's good for you that you don't get everything. Perhaps what you ask for doesn't seems sensible to your mother, but if you asked for sensible things she'd find the money.
Perhaps she really is being mean and two-faced. There might be a part of that in there too.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

She won't tell me where she got the money. She doesn't work. She sits around all day and watches TV. I work.

I had to fight with her to buy a binder for school. I needed a separate binder for one of my subjects but my mom told me just to use the old one. The old one had a missing front cover. A new binder costs about $1.

 

[LucyDuke]

chances are a new one would be cheaper than the glue.

But I like this one.

She won't tell me where she got the money. She doesn't work. She sits around all day and watches TV. I work.

I had to fight with her to buy a binder for school. I needed a separate binder for one of my subjects but my mom told me just to use the old one. The old one had a missing front cover. A new binder costs about $1.

You should be allowed to boil water.

 

[GinandTonic]

Yeah, glazed ceramic.

The crack is very, very fine. There's not really anything to fill, I just need to coat the cracked area.

I think I'll try silicone first. I hadn't thought of that, but it probably would be okay at least on the inside... I'd rather coat the inside completely, and it's not exposed to the open flame. If that fails, epoxy.

Just went and tested that silicone is indeed somewhat flammable. Even on the inside the heat could be enough to melt the silicone. Not at all sure "melt" is the right term for something with a jelly-like consistency, but you get the idea.

 

[Cutlass]

But I like this one.



You should be allowed to boil water.

You could try grout to fill the crack. That's essentially a type of cement, so is not meltable or flammable.

http://www.drillspot.com/products/584113/custom_bldg_products_pmg105qt_qt_earth_premixed_grout

 

[Nerowannabe]

Does E=MC² have anything at all to do with the theory of relativity besides having Einstein in common?

 

[say1988]

The equivalency of energy is mass {E=MC², or more precisely E=mc²/(1-(v/c)²)}, is a result of Special Relativity. Not sure exactly how, though.

I believe it has something to do with the fixed speed of light and that light has no mass. Eventually getting to the conversion between mass and energy.

 

[Nerowannabe]

The equivalency of energy is mass {E=MC², or more precisely E=mc²/(1-(v/c)²)}, is a result of Special Relativity. Not sure exactly how, though.

I believe it has something to do with the fixed speed of light and that light has no mass. Eventually getting to the conversion between mass and energy.

Sorry I should have said the theory of general relativity. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the theory of special relativity have to do with spacetime and the theory of general relativity to gravitation. How are both theories related? And does the equation have any connection with general relativity?

 

[say1988]

I don't know if special and general relativity are related. I only know the basic concepts of general.

 

[Nerowannabe]

I don't know if special and general relativity are related. I only know the basic concepts of general.

Alright, thank you. I'm just a little confused on the matter. Luckily there are plenty of educated people on this site that can answer. Thanks again.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Is it the policy of professional psychics not to tell a person the exact date of their death?

 

[Cutlass]

Is it the policy of professional psychics not to tell a person the exact date of their death?

I would expect so, considering that they would be lying if they did. They are all fakes, you know. So if they make their "predictions" too specific, then they're definitely going to be proven wrong.

 

[Lord Baal]

I would expect so, considering that they would be lying if they did. They are all fakes, you know. So if they make their "predictions" too specific, then they're definitely going to be proven wrong.

John Edwards just knew you were going to say that.

 

[Cutlass]

John Edwards just knew you were going to say that.

I'd be more impressed if it was Nancy Reagan's astrologer.

 

[Lord Baal]

I'd be more impressed if it was Nancy Reagan's astrologer.

She would, but she doesn't know your star-sign.

 

[Cutlass]

Scorpio

 

[Lord Baal]

Scorpio

She just told me you have a long future of posting on tthis forum.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

If two stars are in a close binary orbit (with a separation of 0.11 AU or less), would they be tidally locked to each other?

 

[Cutlass]

She just told me you have a long future of posting on tthis forum.

I was afraid of that..