Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]

[Vipers]

Ma and Pa Kent found superman when he was a baby, as he grew he was known as Superboy, later on he became known as Superman, then what happened?

Why wasn't there a super granddad or something? One of life's little mysteries

[SC7]

Vipers said:

Ma and Pa Kent found superman when he was a baby, as he grew he was known as Superboy, later on he became known as Superman, then what happened?

Why wasn't there a super granddad or something? One of life's little mysteries

Duh! Because he died of a heart attack in 2004.

[deadtom]

Use Psychology said:

hugo a gogo,

space isn't a perfect vacuum, even interstellar space (apparently) has a few atoms per cubic meter.

temperature is just a measure of the average kinetic energy of some matter.

so space definitely has a temperature.

this.

[Hugo a Gogo]

hmm, the 'temperature' of each of those atoms or protons might be quite high, but you have zero pressure, to all intents and purposes, so the gas laws say you have zero temperature too, no?

surely your thermometer in space will go to zero (edit: Kelvin), if shielded from radiation, whilst surrounded by a few atoms at 1000K ?

Edited by Hugo a Gogo on Saturday 25th February 21:03

[Vipers]

Hugo a Gogo said:

hmm, the 'temperature' of each of those atoms or protons might be quite high, but you have zero pressure, to all intents and purposes, so the gas laws say you have zero temperature too, no?

surely your thermometer in space will go to zero, if shielded from radiation, whilst surrounded by a few atoms at 1000K ?

If it does it will be absolute temperature, which is a long way away from zero on your thermometer.

[Vipers]

V8mate said:

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

But not from 'Heat' as you know it.

Ok. To summarise: in space the temperature is a fixed -270 degrees C. But you will fry to a crisp if you sail too close to the Sun?

Got it.

Didn't know that, so it's 3.15 degrees above absolute zero then.

[Vipers]

SC7 said:

Vipers said:

Ma and Pa Kent found superman when he was a baby, as he grew he was known as Superboy, later on he became known as Superman, then what happened?

Why wasn't there a super granddad or something? One of life's little mysteries

Duh! Because he died of a heart attack in 2004.

You got me interested now, bit earlier apparently 1992.

[marshalla]

Vipers said:

You got me interested now, bit earlier apparently 1992.

That was Superdad - or was it SuperGreatGrandDad ?

[Vipers]

marshalla said:

Vipers said:

You got me interested now, bit earlier apparently 1992.

That was Superdad - or was it SuperGreatGrandDad ?

Who ever he was, he wasn't that super was he

[GroundEffect]

Hugo a Gogo said:

deadtom said:

CBR JGWRR said:

V8mate said:

CBR JGWRR said:

schmalex said:

What's the temperature in space?

-270 degrees celcius (ish)

Warmer as you travel closer to stars like the Sun, surely?

Yes, but in deep space...

heat energy travels through a vaccuum as electromagnetic radiation; it does not need a medium to travel through.

the temperature in deep space is roughly 3 Kelvin / -270C, but it can vary and as you might expect it gets warmer in the vicinity of hot objects like stars

how can the temperature of nothing (a vacuum) vary?

there is heat , but no temperature

temperature is a property of matter, a vacuum is the absence of any matter

heat is energy

Because Space isn't a vacuum...

[R300will]

Vipers said:

V8mate said:

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

But not from 'Heat' as you know it.

Ok. To summarise: in space the temperature is a fixed -270 degrees C. But you will fry to a crisp if you sail too close to the Sun?

Got it.

Didn't know that, so it's 3.15 degrees above absolute zero then.

You can never get to absolute zero.

[LukeSi]

GTIR said:

marshalla said:

GTIR said:

Crown and Mag' courts.

Why do they still use a bible to get people to swear on even though the people in it and taking the oath may not be religious?

There are several options - you can swear on the bible or other relevant holy book, or simply affirm (declare that you will tell the truth). My own preference is to use whichever version the jury (or bench) is likely to be expecting - I have no particular religious beliefs, but am paid to tell the truth.

Ahh I see.

Thanks.

(By the way. Your n-gate website doesn't format well on iPhone)

Could I swear on the PistonHeads logo? Would they accept PH?

[DrTre]

Oil and gas are found in the Middle East.
The Middle East is a bit dodgy, stability wise.
Could someone, quietly, drill from a long, long, long way away and surreptitiously tap into the reserves?

[Willy Nilly]

Can a man have too many tools?

[Mr.Jimbo]

JonnyFive said:

Just read on google that apparently it's just a IR sensor and sender either side of the lamp.. Front picks up the signal from the rear of the one in front of it, flashes and sends a signal out of the back to the one behind it..

Sorry to bring this up again, hadn't noticed it had been discussed.

The thing is the whole light was purple, not just an IR transmitter... and the others were orange, don't *think* they were flashing, though I was in autopilot mode...

I think it's just whichever the traffic workers cones were favourites that day.

[Merp]

DrTre said:

Oil and gas are found in the Middle East.
The Middle East is a bit dodgy, stability wise.
Could someone, quietly, drill from a long, long, long way away and surreptitiously tap into the reserves?

Effectively yes....Fracking has come along way and you can now horizontally track through shale etc to extract gas/oil from a single wellhead. You would still have to be within 10km but it could become possible. Alot of heavy investment in Fracking at the moment....it's keeping us in business nicely anyway

[AdeTuono]

Merp said:

DrTre said:

Oil and gas are found in the Middle East.
The Middle East is a bit dodgy, stability wise.
Could someone, quietly, drill from a long, long, long way away and surreptitiously tap into the reserves?

Effectively yes....Fracking has come along way and you can now horizontally track through shale etc to extract gas/oil from a single wellhead. You would still have to be within 10km but it could become possible. Alot of heavy investment in Fracking at the moment....it's keeping us in business nicely anyway

So, no then. 10km hardly qualifies as a long, long long way away.

The way people keep harping on about fraccing (sic), you'd think it was the latest shiny technology. I remember the first time I ever went offshore in the early 80's they were unloading tons & tons of proppant for a frac job, and it wasn't new technology then.

[Dr Jekyll]

If a sliding car suddenly regains traction can it flip over?

I assume not because it never seems to happen to drifters unless they hit a curb or something. But I’ve seen a video of a historic racing car at a hillclimb appear to ‘highside’, though no doubt it had a very different C of G to a modern car.

[OlberJ]

On historic cars you have a much higher sidewall to the tyres and more bounce as they flex. It would be that which would cause the old car to unsettle and highside rather than simply gripping all of a sudden.

As you say COG will be much lower on a modern car.

[GroundEffect]

Dr Jekyll said:

If a sliding car suddenly regains traction can it flip over?

I assume not because it never seems to happen to drifters unless they hit a curb or something. But I’ve seen a video of a historic racing car at a hillclimb appear to ‘highside’, though no doubt it had a very different C of G to a modern car.

Depends on loads of factors. Road tyres don't offer enough traction to create a big enough moment/couple about the CoG to flip it.