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

[Mowque]

It's a logarithmic scale.

It is like the PH scale!

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

if an earthquake hit a 10, the theory went, it would be felt everywhere on Earth at the same time.

I see. That would the be the theoretical upper limit. The earthquake in Revelation would be a 10. Thanks for the response.

Has there ever been a 10?

They say that no faults have the capability to generate one. Might have been different earlier.

IIRC, the number rating for the Richter scale increases exponentially in power, not linear.

It would be 10 times shakier than a 10 and 1000 times shakier than an 8?

Both true, but how does that translate into the effects?

 

[cardgame]

but how does that translate into the effects?

Depends on the epicenter .

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Let's put it in the middle of North America then.

Also, are there any other ethnonyms which are homophones (such as Czech and Uighur)?

 

[Flying Pig]

Maybe Jew?

 

[Mowque]

Pole?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Rus, Finn.

 

[Azale]

Indian?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Pole?

Damnit, I should have known that.

 

[Flying Pig]

Try Slav and Frank. Roman is also one, I suppose.

 

[Atticus]

I'm interested as to what exactly the rightist streaks of his may be though.

It isn't exactly rightists streak, Sartre himself was communist. But he says that people are responsilbe for much of what happens to them, and they (almost) always have a choice when they do something. Time to time he says it in very extreme words, and that sounds a lot like the rightist claim that poor choose their part, and so Sartre causes easily automatic counterreaction.

Personally however I think that it's not the right way to discard something just because it feels bad at first glance, or because it's used as an argument for things you don't approve. I think the correct way is try to find the truth in the opinions of your opponents. There often is some truth. You might learn something, and as another benefit, if you understand their argument you can pierce it right to the heart.

 

[musekick]

Could someone please tell me the name of this song?

 

[GinandTonic]

Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o

 

[musekick]

Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o

Thank you

 

[Sashie VII]

There's this editor position that I'm interested in applying to. In the ad, this is stated:

Interested applicants kindly email your own style of complete resume...

What would that mean?

 

[Turner]

My guess would be they want a resume from you and they would rather it not be one of the microsoft templates you download off the internet.

 

[GoodGame]

HMO or PPO? What about for an adult college student with enough money to go over the junk college insurance?

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Is it deliberate or just ignorant when so many people here say "Christianity" and mean something like "American Fundamentalist Evangelical Protestantism"?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I dunno, but I propose coining AFEP as a new acronym.

 

[Cutlass]

Is it deliberate or just ignorant when so many people here say "Christianity" and mean something like "American Fundamentalist Evangelical Protestantism"?

Depends on the context. However, that's the group that's making the most noise these days.