Astonishing Facts....
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GroundEffect said:
Anything with a heavier atom than Iron is the same...so many parts of our bodies are the same too.
After watching the origins of the universe programme on BBC4 last week, I'd have thought it was pretty much anything heavier than hydrogen comes from the stars.All the heavier elements were formed as a result of star formation, nuclear fusion, and distributed by their subsequent destruction.
prand said:
GroundEffect said:
Anything with a heavier atom than Iron is the same...so many parts of our bodies are the same too.
After watching the origins of the universe programme on BBC4 last week, I'd have thought it was pretty much anything heavier than hydrogen comes from the stars.All the heavier elements were formed as a result of star formation, nuclear fusion, and distributed by their subsequent destruction.
tertius said:
captain_cynic said:
Greg_D said:
they really do weigh a lot more, i'm a reasonably experienced shot and know the relative weights of most types of firearm. A pump action shotgun with 6 cartridges loaded will weigh probably treble a similarly equipped pistol, and will take up probably 5x the space. if an astronaut can't be trained to fire a pistol vaguely straight into the centre of mass of a bear, they probably shouldn't even be on the mission....
Erm... the pistol with two shotgun shells linked to above is 2.4 KG with stock, a .50 desert eagle is 1.8 KG. Not really going to make much of a difference.I'm calling b
ks on you being an actual shooter if you think a small shotgun is 5 times as big as a large calibre pistol. A sawn off pump action will easily be under 3KG and maybe occupy twice the space, less if it has a folding stock... However a combination gun was made. It was a breech loader because if you cant neutralise the bear with one or two shots, you were bear food. Also, pilots were not chosen for their marksmanship and you can put a .45 round into a bear and it will keep charging unless you hit something vital. The time saved by not having to aim accurately was the difference between life and death. Bears are big creatures.
I personally would be rather doubtful of the effectiveness of any shotgun round against a bear, let alone the (rather small) 28 bore in the TP-82.
mko9 said:
tertius said:
captain_cynic said:
Greg_D said:
they really do weigh a lot more, i'm a reasonably experienced shot and know the relative weights of most types of firearm. A pump action shotgun with 6 cartridges loaded will weigh probably treble a similarly equipped pistol, and will take up probably 5x the space. if an astronaut can't be trained to fire a pistol vaguely straight into the centre of mass of a bear, they probably shouldn't even be on the mission....
Erm... the pistol with two shotgun shells linked to above is 2.4 KG with stock, a .50 desert eagle is 1.8 KG. Not really going to make much of a difference.I'm calling b
ks on you being an actual shooter if you think a small shotgun is 5 times as big as a large calibre pistol. A sawn off pump action will easily be under 3KG and maybe occupy twice the space, less if it has a folding stock... However a combination gun was made. It was a breech loader because if you cant neutralise the bear with one or two shots, you were bear food. Also, pilots were not chosen for their marksmanship and you can put a .45 round into a bear and it will keep charging unless you hit something vital. The time saved by not having to aim accurately was the difference between life and death. Bears are big creatures.
I personally would be rather doubtful of the effectiveness of any shotgun round against a bear, let alone the (rather small) 28 bore in the TP-82.
fomb said:
Mr2Mike said:
1) It's nowhere near 40%, much lower.
2) The holes are too small to flow any appreciable amount of air, even though there are many of them.
Also, fluid dynamics would dictate that those holes would become effectively blocked by turbulence when in anything more than a light breeze2) The holes are too small to flow any appreciable amount of air, even though there are many of them.
If it were a solid sheet the wind could produce hight/low pressure regions and make it shake.
Rawwr said:
There are 80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000 different possible permutations for a a shuffled deck of cards (52!). To shuffle every possible permutation, assuming that you can shuffle a different permutation every second...
Start by picking your favorite spot on the equator. You're going to walk around the world along the equator, but take a very leisurely pace of one step every billion years. The equatorial circumference of the Earth is 40,075,017 meters. Make sure to pack a deck of playing cards, so you can get in a few trillion hands of solitaire between steps.
After you complete your round the world trip, remove one drop of water from the Pacific Ocean. Now do the same thing again: walk around the world at one billion years per step, removing one drop of water from the Pacific Ocean each time you circle the globe. The Pacific Ocean contains 707.6 million cubic kilometers of water. Continue until the ocean is empty. When it is, take one sheet of paper and place it flat on the ground. Now, fill the ocean back up and start the entire process all over again, adding a sheet of paper to the stack each time you’ve emptied the ocean.
Do this until the stack of paper reaches from the Earth to the Sun. Take a glance at the timer, you will see that the three left-most digits haven’t even changed. You still have 8.063e67 more seconds to go. 1 Astronomical Unit, the distance from the Earth to the Sun, is defined as 149,597,870.691 kilometers. So, take the stack of papers down and do it all over again. One thousand times more. Unfortunately, that still won’t do it. There are still more than 5.385e67 seconds remaining. You’re just about a third of the way done.
To pass the remaining time, start shuffling your deck of cards. Every billion years deal yourself a 5-card poker hand. Each time you get a royal flush, buy yourself a lottery ticket. A royal flush occurs in one out of every 649,740 hands. If that ticket wins the jackpot, throw a grain of sand into the Grand Canyon. Keep going and when you’ve filled up the canyon with sand, remove one ounce of rock from Mt. Everest. Now empty the canyon and start all over again. When you’ve levelled Mt. Everest, look at the timer, you still have 5.364e67 seconds remaining. Mt. Everest weighs about 357 trillion pounds. You barely made a dent. If you were to repeat this 255 times, you would still be looking at 3.024e64 seconds. The timer would finally reach zero sometime during your 256th attempt.
(god I love that)
Dude , that's a lot of time on your hands , have you considered getting a job ?Start by picking your favorite spot on the equator. You're going to walk around the world along the equator, but take a very leisurely pace of one step every billion years. The equatorial circumference of the Earth is 40,075,017 meters. Make sure to pack a deck of playing cards, so you can get in a few trillion hands of solitaire between steps.
After you complete your round the world trip, remove one drop of water from the Pacific Ocean. Now do the same thing again: walk around the world at one billion years per step, removing one drop of water from the Pacific Ocean each time you circle the globe. The Pacific Ocean contains 707.6 million cubic kilometers of water. Continue until the ocean is empty. When it is, take one sheet of paper and place it flat on the ground. Now, fill the ocean back up and start the entire process all over again, adding a sheet of paper to the stack each time you’ve emptied the ocean.
Do this until the stack of paper reaches from the Earth to the Sun. Take a glance at the timer, you will see that the three left-most digits haven’t even changed. You still have 8.063e67 more seconds to go. 1 Astronomical Unit, the distance from the Earth to the Sun, is defined as 149,597,870.691 kilometers. So, take the stack of papers down and do it all over again. One thousand times more. Unfortunately, that still won’t do it. There are still more than 5.385e67 seconds remaining. You’re just about a third of the way done.
To pass the remaining time, start shuffling your deck of cards. Every billion years deal yourself a 5-card poker hand. Each time you get a royal flush, buy yourself a lottery ticket. A royal flush occurs in one out of every 649,740 hands. If that ticket wins the jackpot, throw a grain of sand into the Grand Canyon. Keep going and when you’ve filled up the canyon with sand, remove one ounce of rock from Mt. Everest. Now empty the canyon and start all over again. When you’ve levelled Mt. Everest, look at the timer, you still have 5.364e67 seconds remaining. Mt. Everest weighs about 357 trillion pounds. You barely made a dent. If you were to repeat this 255 times, you would still be looking at 3.024e64 seconds. The timer would finally reach zero sometime during your 256th attempt.
(god I love that)
Edited by Rawwr on Thursday 14th June 14:19
tertius said:
P-Jay said:
Timmy45 said:
- / carefully opens PnP door */
- / closes door hoping the two psychopathic nutters having a shouting match about what guns kill bears haven't noticed */
Stan the Bat said:
tertius said:
P-Jay said:
Timmy45 said:
- / carefully opens PnP door */
- / closes door hoping the two psychopathic nutters having a shouting match about what guns kill bears haven't noticed */
Surely the best defence against a bear is having a better pair of running shoes than your other cosmonaut buddies?
Timmy45 said:
Stan the Bat said:
tertius said:
P-Jay said:
Timmy45 said:
- / carefully opens PnP door */
- / closes door hoping the two psychopathic nutters having a shouting match about what guns kill bears haven't noticed */
Surely the best defence against a bear is having a better pair of running shoes than your other cosmonaut buddies?
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