Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[anonymous-user]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence

''We tell it to solve a mathematical problem, and it complies by turning all the matter in the solar system into a giant calculating device, in the process killing the person who asked the question.''

[9patch]

Tarrare (c. 1772 – 1798), sometimes spelled Tarare, was a French showman and soldier, noted for his unusual eating habits


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare

[Luke Warm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%...

Floor area of the Pentagon > Vatican City.

Disney World > Paris.

Atlantic Ocean > the Moon.

[FredClogs]

9patch said:

Tarrare (c. 1772 – 1798), sometimes spelled Tarare, was a French showman and soldier, noted for his unusual eating habits


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare

Wow, that's mad as fk

[eldar]

FredClogs said:

Wow, that's mad as fk

So is this, the French Flatulist!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane

[newmeat9999]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Underground

[kiseca]

TheEnd said:

Negative Creep said:

glazbagun said:

Luke Warm said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack

Remember that in the news. The Timew was saying how it was the Blackest Black ever produced and how much blacker it was than the black of the font you were reading right now.

I would absolutely love a car covered in that stuff. It would be like driving a shadow.

The question is, how much more black could it be?

I remember hearing about astronauts stepping out for a spacewalk, it's very disorientating as it looks like you are stepping into a shadow.

Traps 99.96% of visible light and turns it into heat? Not sure I'd want a car coated in that

[dudleybloke]

kiseca said:

TheEnd said:

Negative Creep said:

glazbagun said:

Luke Warm said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack

Remember that in the news. The Timew was saying how it was the Blackest Black ever produced and how much blacker it was than the black of the font you were reading right now.

I would absolutely love a car covered in that stuff. It would be like driving a shadow.

The question is, how much more black could it be?

I remember hearing about astronauts stepping out for a spacewalk, it's very disorientating as it looks like you are stepping into a shadow.

Traps 99.96% of visible light and turns it into heat? Not sure I'd want a car coated in that

Its better than the old stuff. They said it was black but if you looked close it was actually a very, very dark blue.
Shaft you every time they do, the b@stards.

[Luke Warm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Data
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Probability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Pressure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Viscosity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Mass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Currency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Length
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Speed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Energy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Volume
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Acceleration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Temperature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Density
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Illuminance

[xRIEx]

Luke Warm said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Speed

2180mph Muzzle velocity of M16 rifle
2194mph SR-71 Blackbird

Faster than a speeding bullet.

[GroundEffect]

xRIEx said:

Luke Warm said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Speed

2180mph Muzzle velocity of M16 rifle
2194mph SR-71 Blackbird

Faster than a speeding bullet.

A .22 round only goes 720mph and a shotgun spread is subsonic

[xRIEx]

GroundEffect said:

xRIEx said:

Luke Warm said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Speed

2180mph Muzzle velocity of M16 rifle
2194mph SR-71 Blackbird

Faster than a speeding bullet.

A .22 round only goes 720mph and a shotgun spread is subsonic

Well then that's a lazy bullet, rather than a speeding bullet


Edit: Damn! Typo.

Edited by xRIEx on Wednesday 3rd June 09:02

[kiseca]

xRIEx said:

GroundEffect said:

xRIEx said:

Luke Warm said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%... Speed

2180mph Muzzle velocity of M16 rifle
2194mph SR-71 Blackbird

Faster than a speeding bullet.

A .22 round only goes 720mph and a shotgun spread is subsonic

Well then that's a lazy bullet, rather than a speeding buller

It's a cruise bullet

[DeuxCentCinq]

dudleybloke said:

Its better than the old stuff. They said it was black but if you looked close it was actually a very, very dark blue.
Shaft you every time they do, the b@stards.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8VFecEzkgk

[Dan_1981]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading


Found someone on PH lists this as their occupation.... interesting read.

[TheEnd]

The Prophet Hen of Leeds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prophet_Hen_of_Le...

[Jimmm]

xRIEx said:

2180mph Muzzle velocity of M16 rifle
2194mph SR-71 Blackbird

Faster than a speeding bullet.

6,000mph - Speed of wind on exoplanet HD 189733 b.

And they say Skegness is bracing!

[9patch]

Cindy James was a Canadian woman who disappeared in May 1989 and was found dead in the backyard of an abandoned house in the Richmond neighborhood near Vancouver, British Columbia two weeks later.

It says this one is up for deletion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_James

[thismonkeyhere]

Negative Creep said:

The question is, how much more black could it be?

None more.

[Craiglamuffin]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTMS_Chakri_Naruebe...

Thai aircraft carrier that carries the royal family instead of aircraft.