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John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
windows? It has some properties of a liquid (the organization) and some properties of a solid (the flow rate). The common mis-belief is that old glass windows are wider at the bottom because they have flowed a bit. Not true. The old style of creating glass panes was to puddle the glass which typically had a thicker middle than edges. The glaziers were merely very good at selecting glass panes with approximately the same "wedge" and orienting them the same way (almost always with the thicker part down). This made the windows easier to see through without getting a headache. BOINC WIKI |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
what goes between? Do you mean air? or possibly subatomic particles? In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
what goes between? Do you mean air? or possibly subatomic particles? Not mortar as that was one of the items in my list... BOINC WIKI |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
ceiling tiles? floor tiles? In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
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John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
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The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
John had it right, a while ago. Glass is commonly believed to be a slow-flowing liquid. The most often cited evidence for this is Cathedral windows (as he mentioned) being thicker at the bottom then the top. It isn't so, Glass is a solid. If the glass in medieval church windows has had time to flow, then glass found in Egyptian tombs would be a puddle, which it isn't. I believed the Liquid Glass fallacy, until i had it explained to me in exacting detail by one of the Chemistry professors. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
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Michael Belanger, W1DGL Send message Joined: 30 Jul 00 Posts: 1887 Credit: 7,441,278 RAC: 49 |
Monkeys (If I win, I may not be able to post right away, so just give it to whoever's got 2nd place) |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
Monkeys No. Monkeys are also affected. To harbor a disease the host has to be able to have the disease without symptoms. BOINC WIKI |
LadyL Send message Joined: 14 Sep 11 Posts: 1679 Credit: 5,230,097 RAC: 0 |
iirc some rodent. I'm not the Pope. I don't speak Ex Cathedra! |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
I know this, but i don't want to get it right and then have to think of another question. That wasn't intended to sound smug, honest. LadyL, right class, wrong order. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
I know this, but i don't want to get it right and then have to think of another question. Something like that anyway. It is not a rodent. Many relatives of this animal are dying in the US. BOINC WIKI |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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LadyL Send message Joined: 14 Sep 11 Posts: 1679 Credit: 5,230,097 RAC: 0 |
SKOFGA - Stamm Klasse Ordnung Familie Gattung Art A mammal - right, do I have any suitable question before I hazard another answer? *ponder* I'm not the Pope. I don't speak Ex Cathedra! |
LadyL Send message Joined: 14 Sep 11 Posts: 1679 Credit: 5,230,097 RAC: 0 |
Fruitbats? I'm not the Pope. I don't speak Ex Cathedra! |
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