Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]
Discussion
3000GT ANT said:
why do we have different accents??
You are brought up to speak a very specific way by your parents when learning sounds (effectively words are just groups of sounds). These will be fairly uniform across areas (such as cities) but when you move to another population there will be a different way of making certain sounds, on average. Hence, accents.
lankybob said:
What are flames?
It may sound like a silly question but what are they made of?
Some people go around falsely claiming that all flames are plasma. They are infact just incandescent gas and the gas depends what is burning. If you get a REALLY hot fire/flame you can get plasma as the gases deionise, though.It may sound like a silly question but what are they made of?
there's enough nicotine in 40-60 fags to kill the average person
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine_poisoning
kids can die from eating one or two fags
slip a couple of patches on someone without them noticing, offer them some nicotine gum without telling them, and make some tea with Skoal Bandits, that'd see them off
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine_poisoning
kids can die from eating one or two fags
slip a couple of patches on someone without them noticing, offer them some nicotine gum without telling them, and make some tea with Skoal Bandits, that'd see them off
The washing powder compartment in my washing machine gets covered with black gunge, including the inlet to the fabric conditioner thingy, bearing in mind this inlet comes from the water inlet from the mains supply to the house where does the black stuff, which finally blocked the inlet, came from?
torqueofthedevil said:
What was the format of old wars / battles - you see these huge fortified castles that were heavily guarded sat out by themselves or even on islands just out to sea. Why didn't invaders just march straight past them? Why engage the enemy at such a difficult position?!?
Castles are places to live in and designed to make it difficult for attackers to get into. They aren't designed as launch pads for systems to repel invaders. Since they were effectively seats of power and administrative centres, invaders would need to get in to deal with the incumbent management at some stage, but not until the defenders outside had been dealt with.Proper old battles involved one side lining up opposite the other on the field of battle and charging. Assuming the invaders could win that game, prolonged sieges were not uncommon, relying on breaking the supply lines and starving those inside the castle into submission.
marshalla said:
torqueofthedevil said:
What was the format of old wars / battles - you see these huge fortified castles that were heavily guarded sat out by themselves or even on islands just out to sea. Why didn't invaders just march straight past them? Why engage the enemy at such a difficult position?!?
Castles are places to live in and designed to make it difficult for attackers to get into. They aren't designed as launch pads for systems to repel invaders. Since they were effectively seats of power and administrative centres, invaders would need to get in to deal with the incumbent management at some stage, but not until the defenders outside had been dealt with.Proper old battles involved one side lining up opposite the other on the field of battle and charging. Assuming the invaders could win that game, prolonged sieges were not uncommon, relying on breaking the supply lines and starving those inside the castle into submission.
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