The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXVII

[Zack]

I mean we can go back in time and kill Lincoln

Well...sooner at least

James Wilkes Booth, the first libertarian.

 

[Oruc]

What's the deal with the Islamic finger? what does it signify? You see them holding a book or a gun with one hand and pointing upwards with the other, but why?

 

[cybrxkhan]

What's the deal with the Islamic finger? what does it signify? You see them holding a book or a gun with one hand and pointing upwards with the other, but why?

I may be wrong, but I think it's referencing God in heaven, though I'm not sure exactly as to the specifics. I think actually in some places Christians do something similar.

 

[Antilogic]

I may be wrong, but I think it's referencing God in heaven, though I'm not sure exactly as to the specifics. I think actually in some places Christians do something similar.

Yeah, I think it comes from that.

The Christian symbolism represents the holy trinity. Three fingers up towards heaven represent son, father, and holy ghost, while two facing the earth for some terrestrial stuff. Look for it in old mosaics and portraits of monarchs.

 

[Traitorfish]

When you say "represents", do you mean that's why it looks that way, or do you mean that it looked that way anyway and then Christians read that additional symbolism into it, as they are wont to do of anything involving threes, c.f. shamrocks, triskeles, etc.?

 

[Antilogic]

I think the former. At least that's what I remember from the museum placard.

 

[bhsup]

Would it be possible to recharge an electric car with a stationary bicycle? I really don't know how those systems work and don't know if there is a minimum trickle you need to attain before charging really starts...

Just trying to think of the zombie apocalypse. Gas being an ever worrisome supply thing, maybe it would be best to get an electric car and just mount the stationary bike atop it so you always have your "fuel" with you.

 

[Traitorfish]

I think the former. At least that's what I remember from the museum placard.

Fair enough, but Christians are forever finding things that happen to come in threes and saying it symbolises the Trinity.

"See that plant? It's got three leaves so it represents the Trinity." "Uh-huh." "See that that mountain? It has three peaks, so it represents the Trinity" "Right." "See those mice? There are three of them, so it represents the Trinity." "But there are four mi-" *crunch* "It represents the Trinity."

It's a fixation.

 

[Borachio]

You mean to charge an electric car with a bicycle dynamo! That would take you forever, I think.

You could charge a mobile phone with one, but not an electric car.

If you're going down that route, just ride your bicycle. Fuel is what you eat then.

 

[Cutlass]

Would it be possible to recharge an electric car with a stationary bicycle? I really don't know how those systems work and don't know if there is a minimum trickle you need to attain before charging really starts...

Just trying to think of the zombie apocalypse. Gas being an ever worrisome supply thing, maybe it would be best to get an electric car and just mount the stationary bike atop it so you always have your "fuel" with you.

It would take you far too long. Better to steal some solar panels. Or drive a diesel. In the event of a zombie apocalypse, the US would have so much diesel fuel lying around you'd never run out.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Would it be possible to recharge an electric car with a stationary bicycle? I really don't know how those systems work and don't know if there is a minimum trickle you need to attain before charging really starts...

Just trying to think of the zombie apocalypse. Gas being an ever worrisome supply thing, maybe it would be best to get an electric car and just mount the stationary bike atop it so you always have your "fuel" with you.

Why not? It's just a question of how much electricity you can generate with a bicycle. You'd probably be better off hooking it up to a solar or wind apparatus (which are my post-collapse bets on self-sufficiency, unless I get a house next to a stream with significant grade on it) than relying on pedal power.

 

[Traitorfish]

Could you not just ride the bicycle?

 

[bhsup]

I think you would be in more danger from random zombies on a bike than in a vehicle an automobile.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Plus you can't lower a bike.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

House in desert...well on property...solar panels to charge cars and run pumps for well and Talapia pond and hydroponic gardens. Zombies for added proteins and special occasion feasting.

 

[Takhisis]

It would take you far too long. Better to steal some solar panels. Or drive a diesel. In the event of a zombie apocalypse, the US would have so much diesel fuel lying around you'd never run out.

Steal? Diesel? Solar panels? What are you, a communist?

I think you would be in more danger from random zombies on a bike than in a vehicle.

Bicycles are not vehicles?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Bicycles are not vehicles?

They are...you're just generally not described as being 'in' one.

 

[bhavv]

How are believers of spirituality / religion so certain about what exactly heaven is, and where it is?

'Pointing straight up'. Depending on where the Earth is currently located in its orbit, and where you are on Earth, up could be just about anywhere.

If you mean it exists within the Earths atmosphere, how there possibly be space for the souls of billions of dead people on this tiny planet?

 

[Takhisis]

If we point up, it might just mean 'outside Earth'. We're pointing at the boundaries of the universe.

 

[Hygro]

How are believers of spirituality / religion so certain about what exactly heaven is, and where it is?

'Pointing straight up'. Depending on where the Earth is currently located in its orbit, and where you are on Earth, up could be just about anywhere.

If you mean it exists within the Earths atmosphere, how there possibly be space for the souls of billions of dead people on this tiny planet?

It's on the spirit side.