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General Chat / Re: The GRAD thread: Discuss your post-secondary education plans here!

« on: October 11, 2010, 10:59:09 AM »

Man I hope your career nosedives. No offense or anything, but we don't need dangerous, uncontainable energy "sources" (why create deadly radiation to generate STEAM?) when we can use perfectly safe ways to gather energy instead. And no, concrete walls and pools of water are not enough to contain nuclear radiation no matter what the industry would have you believe.

Hello, I'll be making a completely erroneous and uninformed statement about an energy source I don't understand using information that is provided by sensationalist information sources.

Hurr durr durr, it's easier to just rant off like some uninformed baboon than actually research and learn about a topic.

But I'll humor you, my child.  Pray tell, what are these "perfectly safe" ways to gather energy?

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Does the moon exist?

« on: October 10, 2010, 10:52:01 PM »

I hope you understand that the force of gravity equation does not account for the acceleration of the moon as it rotates around the earth.  The equation doesn't actually assume "that the earth travels in concentric spheres", it only explains what the force of attraction between two bodies of mass is.  Any, and all, bodies of mass exert a gravitational attraction to one another regardless of whether it's "moving in concentric circles" or it's "at rest".  Those people are attempting to disprove the existence of a moon by severely misrepresenting what the various equations of physics actually imply, which is stupid.

If you do a proper analysis of the forces acting on the moon, you'll find that the force of the moon spinning around the earth exceeds the gravitational force, and as such the moon is actually moving slightly further and further away with each passing year (i think about half an inch?).

So yeah, eventually, the moon will break free from the earth's gravitational pull, and we'll have no more moon.

With your argument, I could say that we're moving closer and closer to the sun, and eventually we'll be incinerated when we get too close.  So yeah, we'd be dead by now.  Unless you think the world was created last thursday, that is.

Also, that scam has already been tried.  The cake is a lie, all the time.

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General Chat / Re: The ANGST thread: Complain here!

« on: October 10, 2010, 10:35:13 PM »

People think i'm a gamer, boo hoo!

I am NOT a gamer, i am a guy who has a vested interest in videogames

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General Chat / Re: The GRAD thread: Discuss your post-secondary education plans here!

« on: October 10, 2010, 10:27:16 PM »

I'm currently studying nuke engineering, with hope of blowing up half of the planet in a roaring rampage of revenge with an extreme desire to relieve the nation of it's dependence on foreign energy sources.

yay nukelar energy!

also, i hate my nuclear physics professor.  thought it was important for me to share.

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General Chat / Re: New/Returning Members Post Here!

« on: October 10, 2010, 02:37:38 AM »

I guess I'll honor tradition and introduce myself here.

Hallo~!