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The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 3901 Credit: 1,092,364 RAC: 921	Message 1268745 - Posted: 7 Aug 2012, 13:33:52 UTC - in response to Message 1268737.
	windows? glass is a liquid ;) Ah, but is it? ____________ Chemists have all the solutions! Skype me: simonator### (one zero one)
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 440,201 RAC: 100	Message 1268868 - Posted: 8 Aug 2012, 2:51:39 UTC - in response to Message 1268745.
	windows? glass is a liquid ;) Ah, but is it? 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
	ID: 1268868 ·

Julie Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 8934 Credit: 1,512,649 RAC: 4,076	Message 1269559 - Posted: 9 Aug 2012, 18:01:32 UTC
	Bricks are very common building material... ____________
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8970 Credit: 37,791,036 RAC: 42,878	Message 1269568 - Posted: 9 Aug 2012, 18:14:35 UTC
	what goes between? Do you mean air? or possibly subatomic particles? ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 440,201 RAC: 100	Message 1269786 - Posted: 10 Aug 2012, 2:21:21 UTC - in response to Message 1269568.
	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
	ID: 1269786 ·

skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8970 Credit: 37,791,036 RAC: 42,878	Message 1270004 - Posted: 10 Aug 2012, 15:56:46 UTC - in response to Message 1269786.
	ceiling tiles? floor tiles? ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
	ID: 1270004 ·

Julie Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 8934 Credit: 1,512,649 RAC: 4,076	Message 1270040 - Posted: 10 Aug 2012, 17:22:40 UTC
	I'm thinking of concrete... ____________
	ID: 1270040 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 440,201 RAC: 100	Message 1270196 - Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 0:54:16 UTC - in response to Message 1270040.
	I'm thinking of concrete... Also listed in my shotgun post. ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1270196 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 440,201 RAC: 100	Message 1270197 - Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 0:54:34 UTC
	Insulation? ____________ BOINC WIKI
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The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 3901 Credit: 1,092,364 RAC: 921	Message 1270537 - Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 19:37:42 UTC
	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. ____________ Chemists have all the solutions! Skype me: simonator### (one zero one)
	ID: 1270537 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 440,201 RAC: 100	Message 1270587 - Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 22:54:26 UTC
	I learned the most likely type of animal to harbor Ebola. What is it? ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1270587 ·

Julie Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 8934 Credit: 1,512,649 RAC: 4,076	Message 1270772 - Posted: 12 Aug 2012, 10:55:20 UTC
	marsupials ____________
	ID: 1270772 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 440,201 RAC: 100	Message 1270892 - Posted: 12 Aug 2012, 18:07:56 UTC - in response to Message 1270772.
	marsupials No. ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1270892 ·

Michael Belanger Send message Joined: 30 Jul 00 Posts: 1050 Credit: 832,014 RAC: 0	Message 1270898 - Posted: 12 Aug 2012, 18:19:25 UTC Last modified: 12 Aug 2012, 18:29:34 UTC
	Monkeys (If I win, I may not be able to post right away, so just give it to whoever's got 2nd place) ____________
	ID: 1270898 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 440,201 RAC: 100	Message 1270914 - Posted: 12 Aug 2012, 19:03:32 UTC - in response to Message 1270898.
	Monkeys (If I win, I may not be able to post right away, so just give it to whoever's got 2nd place) No. Monkeys are also affected. To harbor a disease the host has to be able to have the disease without symptoms. ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1270914 ·

LadyL Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Sep 11 Posts: 1679 Credit: 5,230,097 RAC: 1	Message 1271102 - Posted: 13 Aug 2012, 13:40:57 UTC
	iirc some rodent. ____________ I'm not the Pope. I don't speak Ex Cathedra!
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The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 3901 Credit: 1,092,364 RAC: 921	Message 1271110 - Posted: 13 Aug 2012, 14:28:53 UTC
	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. ____________ Chemists have all the solutions! Skype me: simonator### (one zero one)
	ID: 1271110 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 440,201 RAC: 100	Message 1271373 - Posted: 14 Aug 2012, 5:49:18 UTC - in response to Message 1271110.
	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. Something like that anyway. It is not a rodent. Many relatives of this animal are dying in the US. ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1271373 ·

Julie Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 8934 Credit: 1,512,649 RAC: 4,076	Message 1271444 - Posted: 14 Aug 2012, 10:45:14 UTC
	The bumblebee? ____________
	ID: 1271444 ·

LadyL Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Sep 11 Posts: 1679 Credit: 5,230,097 RAC: 1	Message 1271472 - Posted: 14 Aug 2012, 12:09:49 UTC
	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!
	ID: 1271472 ·

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