The Questions not worth their own thread thread VII

[Ultima Dragoon]

How do you describe rain and snow falling at the same time? It's called sleet around here, but "It's sleeting" doesn't sound right.

Sleeting is the correct term, but yeah, it does sound a bit off.

You know with electrical circuits wired in parallel, the amount of current going to each of the n 'branches' is the total voltage/n, right? But suppose there are three branches, how does it 'know' that at the first branch it can only take t/3 voltage down it having not 'seen' that there are three branches? Be aware that I know almost nothing about this subject.

Think about electricity as moving as a liquid under pressure - it'll try to spread out as much as possible and as evenly as possible. At least that's my understanding of it.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Sleeting is the correct term, but yeah, it does sound a bit off.

No, sleeting is when the rain is frozen before it hits the ground (as opposed to freezing rain, which is liquid rain that freezes instantly upon impact). It sounds like hail. Rain and snow falling together mixed is just a "wintry mix," though an unofficial description of it could simply be "disgusting."

 

[Ultima Dragoon]

Sleet(as according to wikipedia) esp in british-background areas is a mixture of snow and rain. Ice hitting the ground already frozen is hail if it's big enough, and snow if it isn't. Freezing rain results in stuff called glaze, which can get really really hard and thick. I wish we had more weather like this here. sunny, cloudless days are boring. give me storm and thunder over the sun and no clouds anyday.

 

[Quackers]

How do I watch Rugby Union England Vs Australia online? I don't have Sky

 

[Ultima Dragoon]

How do I watch Rugby Union England Vs Australia online? I don't have Sky

Try this:
http://getsportstv.com/2009/11/07/england-vs-australialive-streaming-game-rugby-video-online-on-pc/

 

[Globex]

Can you still use the equation Fc = (mv^2)/r when the velocity isn't constant (like in the case of a swinging pendulum?

 

[Flying Pig]

Think about electricity as moving as a liquid under pressure - it'll try to spread out as much as possible and as evenly as possible. At least that's my understanding of it.

Yeah, but it would spread half its pressure at each branch of a junction, so each 'branch' of the circuit would get a different amount.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Are there any forums or sites where I can request a video to be made for youtube or video editing to be done for me?

 

[Lord Baal]

I just remember as a kid one time going through a little thought of whether my pronouncing it uh was wrong, as I always heard it pronounced ay by lots of people. Then a teacher went off and told us it's supposed to be uh as ay is the letter while we were giving speeches.

Thee and thuh, heard thee before, can't really think of what I say it since the thought has clouded clear thinking on the issue. Pretty sure I just say thuh.

While we're on language, what about grey/gray? I remember always spelling it grey and always being told it was wrong in school, but it was ingrained in me for some reason. Maybe since I learned to read early, but a lot of other kids spelled it grey too.

Over here, people use 'thee' and 'thuh' depending on the following word. Technically, 'thuh' is correct, but I'm sure even I say 'thee' sometimes. It's hard to fight a life-time of acclimatisation.

'Grey' is the British version, 'gray' is American. Therefore, 'grey' is correct. Frigging Yanks.

"An historian" is old fashioned and weird sounding. On that basis, I declare it to be incorrect, and (as Atlas first said) anyone who says it should be shot.

Atlas said that about 'an history.' And being "old-fashioned" makes it more correct than you modern whipper-snappers.

Seriously, people think "I'm a historian," sounds more correct than "I'm an historian?" You're all insane.

They say you if a treat a girl like crap, they'll fall for you. Is that true? Or is it just the weak ones that won't be much of a partner anyway?

Usually those with low self-esteem will fall for you that way. But screw it, if they're hot, it's all good. You can get a pretty good deal out of it; hot girl who follows orders. Screw the whole equal relationship thing.

Has anyone ever sneezed so hard that it hurts your balls?

Yep. It's really bad when you do it in public.

half your age + 7 is different if the guy is
22 and the 16 year old chick is a black girl right?

They mature quicker, so there is some sort of exemption right?

All hot girls are exempt from that stupid rule. If you like them, date/bang them. Who cares how old they are? Provided it's legal of course.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Can you still use the equation Fc = (mv^2)/r when the velocity isn't constant (like in the case of a swinging pendulum?

I can only see it as being useful for finding the equation parameters at one instant, but not over the whole rotation.

And that c better not mean centripetal/centrifugal force.

 

[Dachs]

Seriously, people think "I'm a historian," sounds more correct than "I'm an historian?" You're all insane.

"Everybody is insane but me" is a good way to get institutionalized.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Historian has an "h" sound. So it doesn't have to have an "n" sound before it.

 

[Globex]

I can only see it as being useful for finding the equation parameters at one instant, but not over the whole rotation.

And that c better not mean centripetal/centrifugal force.

In this particular problem, I'm trying to find the tension on the string supporting the weight that's swinging back and forth. I would just use that equation to find Fc and then add that to mg to get the tension right?

EDIT: The pendulum is at the bottom of its swing where the kinetic energy is greatest.

 

[Atlas14]

I haven't seen the movie Religulous. Is it worth renting, and if so how good is it and why?

 

[Huayna Capac357]

It's pretty good.

It's a bit...dunno...at times. And seems too short.

 

[kulade]

Religulous wasn't funny or groundbreaking or really worth watching.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

In this particular problem, I'm trying to find the tension on the string supporting the weight that's swinging back and forth. I would just use that equation to find Fc and then add that to mg to get the tension right?

EDIT: The pendulum is at the bottom of its swing where the kinetic energy is greatest.

Yes .

 

[cardgame]

I haven't seen the movie Religulous. Is it worth renting, and if so how good is it and why?

It's good for some laughs - lots of them actually.

 

[Birdjaguar]

As I recall things....

"Plotinus is an historian." is correct.

"I saw an hilarious episode of Seinfeld." is also correct.

"A hockey puck slammed him in the face." is correct.

A hundred men...

A humongous crowd...

A hesitant performer...

A hanged man is a dead man.

The vowel after the "h" determines whether or not "a" or "an" is used. I's require "an".

 

[cardgame]

Historian, not 'istorian!