The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread Question Thread!

[Abaddon]

Interesting question.
Where are you from, and how have you heard about the chefs anyway?

Im from yorkshire, currently newcastle.

I visited cornwall a year or so ago with my mother an gran.. one day we went to the little place with one of Rick Stein's places.

Then I watched a tv prog about jamie opening one and it mentioned how all the chefs were at it

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Other then the food network what else would smell-o-vision be good for? Tire fire on the news would be bad. 'Dirty jobs' would be bad.

Porn?...

XCL

 

[LucyDuke]

Other then the food network what else would smell-o-vision be good for? Tire fire on the news would be bad. 'Dirty jobs' would be bad.

It's all about the commercials, man. Like every other aspect of television.

It would be great on Animal Planet too. My dog was watching a dog show last night and she kept jumping up to go see if those doggies smelled yet.

You adults there, has any of you really needed algebra or electric chemistry in your life? I have a math test tomorrow and a chemistry test day after tomorrow.

Algebra, yes. I've used calculus outside of the classroom, too, but not regularly.

 

[Rossiya]

Article 1. Is the use of the "word" tho, an accepable substitute for though?

I have seen " tho' " in classical poetry.

 

[Mise]

Not true. You have different ways of judging where a sound is coming from. The level difference is the difference in volume between ears, and the time difference is obvious. The distortion caused by the pinna is a little addition to that.
One is more effective at high frequencies, one at low frequencies, but I forget which way round. Although human sound pinpointing isn't very accurate in the best of circumstances, I've never seen anything to suggest that our ability to identify the location of bass is worse.
If it's true it might be to do with vibration, resonance and properties of bass sound in our environment, rather than human biology.

Well the reason I say it is because when I was setting up my parents surround sound system, the instructions said that the sub could be put anywhere in the room (i.e. didn't have to be central) because we can't tell where bass is coming from.

 

[Communisto]

WTH does IIRC mean?

 

[EdwardTking]

If I Recollect Correctly

 

[jessiecat]

If I Recollect Correctly

And that is an acronym too far IMHO.

 

[Brighteye]

Well the reason I say it is because when I was setting up my parents surround sound system, the instructions said that the sub could be put anywhere in the room (i.e. didn't have to be central) because we can't tell where bass is coming from.

My guess then is that bass reflects off the walls well, perhaps better than high frequencies, which are absorbed, and that the long wavelengths of bass sounds mean that the reflections can start to hit your ears before the wave has finished.
Reflections and interference would interfere with both time difference (reflections themselves) and level difference (interference). HF sound perhaps suffers more level difference normally (which is why deep sounds travel further), and is absorbed more by walls and other obstacles (as well as not refracting as much), meaning that interference through reflection is much less.

 

[Mise]

My guess then is that bass reflects off the walls well, perhaps better than high frequencies, which are absorbed, and that the long wavelengths of bass sounds mean that the reflections can start to hit your ears before the wave has finished.
Reflections and interference would interfere with both time difference (reflections themselves) and level difference (interference). HF sound perhaps suffers more level difference normally (which is why deep sounds travel further), and is absorbed more by walls and other obstacles (as well as not refracting as much), meaning that interference through reflection is much less.

Hmm, that makes sense. Cheers guys.

 

[GinandTonic]

Question -

Just got my first car. I have to reverse slowly into my drive, which is up a steep incline. Reversing slowly up an incline seems to require a lot of rev's and a lot of clutch, which seems awfully hard on my cluch.

Apart from driving in fowards, and then having to reverse out blind, is there anything I can do to minimise the agro for the poor clutch?

 

[Brighteye]

Build up a lot of speed and then coast up the slope.

 

[GinandTonic]

Build up a lot of speed and then coast up the slope.

Well speed is the issue here. Reversing up a slope would not be an issue except that the rear 2/3 of the car ends up with 6 inch clearence either side, so fast is bad.

Another question -

Why a European not an European?

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Because the first sound is a "y", which is really a consonant.

 

[Abaddon]

Question -

Just got my first car. I have to reverse slowly into my drive, which is up a steep incline. Reversing slowly up an incline seems to require a lot of rev's and a lot of clutch, which seems awfully hard on my cluch.

Apart from driving in fowards, and then having to reverse out blind, is there anything I can do to minimise the agro for the poor clutch?

Why use the clutch at all, let it all out and use the accelerator to control your assecnt

 

[carmen510]

What's the point of a microphone that you place on your head, yet it doesn't have headphones?

 

[GinandTonic]

Why use the clutch at all, let it all out and use the accelerator to control your assecnt

Unable to go anything like slow enough up such a large incline without stalling or at the very least bunny-hopping all over the shop. Some degree of clutch-dipping required.

What's the point of a microphone that you place on your head, yet it doesn't have headphones?

Example?

 

[carmen510]

Something like this, only it does not have the headphone.

 

[Dubai Vol]

Question -

Just got my first car. I have to reverse slowly into my drive, which is up a steep incline. Reversing slowly up an incline seems to require a lot of rev's and a lot of clutch, which seems awfully hard on my cluch.

Apart from driving in fowards, and then having to reverse out blind, is there anything I can do to minimise the agro for the poor clutch?

What you have there is a recipe for frequent clutch replacements. Find another place to park. Or drive in forward, then go out and put a cone in the road before you back out.

Got pics of your drive?

 

[Enkidu Warrior]

for you or the fish?

For me! Fish is best raw with soy sauce and wasabi. I don't think the fish minds either way.