Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
FiF said:
Perhaps this should be in the annoying adverts thread, but that short in between programmes on Sky Atlantic, there's a guy eating what I assume to be noodles, the counter staff puts a napkin on the counter, and the bloke dunks it in his noodles and soup. What's going on there? Of course it could be obvious if paid more attention, but usually fast forwarding through the ads.
There's no more of that story in any other ads as far as I know, so it's open to interpretation - but to me. The noodle stand is a sort of dead drop, the noddle eater is some sort of spy and the cook works for the same organisation - he's subtlety passed a note "they're onto you, flee at once" (there's writing on the napkin) or something like that - he reads it quick as a flash and destroys it by dunking it in the soup.It's quicker than a "The red fox trots quietly at midnight" exchange, and more subtle than "this message will self destruct in 5 seconds" device which explodes or catches fire etc.
Why, when a fly gets stuck in a room, does it constantly fly round in circles under the lampshade? (Which is generally in the middle of the room). Even if you walk past it, causing it to fly somewhere else, it will return to the centre of the room to continue its never-ending circuit.
gazzarose said:
On the current Jacobs crackers ads, are the mouths of the people CGId to he freaky or do they put an add in the paper looking for people who can make weird faces while singing. I just cant see it being very PC asking for funny looking Pete.
Don't know but OT.... the Galaxy Advert where Audrey Hepburn jumps out of the bus into the Merc...Audrey is all CGI.Brigand said:
Why, when a fly gets stuck in a room, does it constantly fly round in circles under the lampshade? (Which is generally in the middle of the room). Even if you walk past it, causing it to fly somewhere else, it will return to the centre of the room to continue its never-ending circuit.
This is something to do with flies normally navigating by keeping the sun in a certain position relative to it's eye. When the fly mistakes the lamp for the sun, that means making constant corrections that lead to it flying in a disjointed circle.
Stupid flies. Ha.
Or something.
SpeckledJim said:
Brigand said:
Why, when a fly gets stuck in a room, does it constantly fly round in circles under the lampshade? (Which is generally in the middle of the room). Even if you walk past it, causing it to fly somewhere else, it will return to the centre of the room to continue its never-ending circuit.
This is something to do with flies normally navigating by keeping the sun in a certain position relative to it's eye. When the fly mistakes the lamp for the sun, that means making constant corrections that lead to it flying in a disjointed circle.
Stupid flies. Ha.
Or something.
What are the gangway type nets going accross the A11 around the thetford area?
When I saw the first one I assumed it was the catch net they use when changing the cables, but there are a number of them and there's no power cables etc
Got a last minute snap of one:
https://flic.kr/p/LkxR1E
Edit: They are bat bridges:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28642459
Really......
When I saw the first one I assumed it was the catch net they use when changing the cables, but there are a number of them and there's no power cables etc
Got a last minute snap of one:
https://flic.kr/p/LkxR1E
Edit: They are bat bridges:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28642459
Really......
Edited by eliot on Wednesday 24th August 21:38
Wasn't sure whether to post here or in the TV/Film Forum, but...
...having just watched an episode of The Following (and it happens in countless other films/TV stuff) - screen characters are confronted with a locked door. It seems shooting a bullet at the lock immediately unlocks the door. Just how realistic is this? Does it depend on the gun? The bullet? The lock? Is it total codswallop? And why are these people never worried about a ricocheting bullet when they are firing so close to a door???
...having just watched an episode of The Following (and it happens in countless other films/TV stuff) - screen characters are confronted with a locked door. It seems shooting a bullet at the lock immediately unlocks the door. Just how realistic is this? Does it depend on the gun? The bullet? The lock? Is it total codswallop? And why are these people never worried about a ricocheting bullet when they are firing so close to a door???
MikeT66 said:
Wasn't sure whether to post here or in the TV/Film Forum, but...
...having just watched an episode of The Following (and it happens in countless other films/TV stuff) - screen characters are confronted with a locked door. It seems shooting a bullet at the lock immediately unlocks the door. Just how realistic is this? Does it depend on the gun? The bullet? The lock? Is it total codswallop? And why are these people never worried about a ricocheting bullet when they are firing so close to a door???
Generally it's utter horses...having just watched an episode of The Following (and it happens in countless other films/TV stuff) - screen characters are confronted with a locked door. It seems shooting a bullet at the lock immediately unlocks the door. Just how realistic is this? Does it depend on the gun? The bullet? The lock? Is it total codswallop? And why are these people never worried about a ricocheting bullet when they are firing so close to a door???
t. When the police want to gain entry they either shoot out the hinge side or use a lot of brute force. Why, when watching space documentaries do scientist reference "frozen water" / "liquid water"? Surely water and ice are liquid and frozen by their definition?
We have also been having issues with travelers in Bournemouth. Can someone with a background in law tell me when a minority can ignore a law and not get prosecuted? If I broke a lock and set up a camp on a car park I would be done for damage and at least a parking fee?
We have also been having issues with travelers in Bournemouth. Can someone with a background in law tell me when a minority can ignore a law and not get prosecuted? If I broke a lock and set up a camp on a car park I would be done for damage and at least a parking fee?
R E S T E C P said:
StevieBee said:
Unlike pop/rock, different interpretations are not instantly obvious and requires a certain level of insight to 'get' which is why some Classical Music fans will sell body parts to go to a performance of Beethoven's 5th performed by the London Philharmonic but wouldn't payer a fiver to see the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform the same piece - even though they are very bit as good at the London Philharmonic.
I know nothing about classical music, but this is confusing.If you have enough "insight", would you notice that the London Philharmonic is actually better than the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra? Or do they change the music somehow to make it more valuable than the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's version?
Or are they genuinely as good? In which case are the members of the London Philharmonic like... celebrities?
They're all just doing cover versions so if they're equally good I don't get why it makes a difference which one you listen to.
For the vast majority of classical music, we have no way of knowing what the composer was trying to achieve, all we have is the sheet-music so conductors apply what they believe the intent to be and each performance is thus different, the differences being a whole host of subtle variations that combine to make each performance sound unique...yet familiar.
Sheet music tells you the notes to play and in what order but not the 'emotion' which is key part of classical music.
Imagine The Beatles had never released anything that they wrote and you handed the sheet music of one of their songs to 10 different bands...you'd end up with 10 very different versions of the same song. The same principal applies.
kennydies said:
Why, when watching space documentaries do scientist reference "frozen water" / "liquid water"? Surely water and ice are liquid and frozen by their definition?
Water really just describes H2O. A planet having water on it isn't as significant as having water in a liquid state, and "ice" can also refer to other frozen liquids with low boiling points. Ganymede has a surface of frozen water, but Neptune's surface contains both frozen water, ammonia and methane.Sometimes when I've had a few pints it amazes me that I can sit in a bath full of liquid water while clouds hover overhead raining more on the country, when quarter of a planets distance in either direction would see it frozen of boiled off with no atmosphere. This planet really won the lottery.
eliot said:
.... They are bat bridges:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28642459
Really......
Almost £60k a pop and they do not work..... The best of it is Norfolk County Council have commissioned a load more for the Norwich Northern Bypass currently under construction. Any links between the Council's Environmental Consultants and 'The Bat Bridge Supply Co' are strenuously denied http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28642459
Really......
Edited by eliot on Wednesday 24th August 21:38
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff