The stupid questions thread.

Daneel

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The correct plural for computer mouse is mouses - it's not mice. That said, i still say mice :p

also: if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he'd chuck all the wood he could!
 

Hamsta

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How the heck can a Lyrebird create such realistic impersonations of man made mechanical sounds?
 

Joel O

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Low pressure -----> cold boiling ------> vapour bubbles ------> move on the surface to normal pressure ------> bubbles implode --------> tear out tiny bits of metal that form "cavities" = cavitation.

bubbles =/= cavitation.

derp derp.
Does it make you feel smart giving an irrelevant definition of a term?

30 seconds with google would of shown you that cavitation is the common term for the effect that was being discussed, degardless of the strict, technical definition.
 
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{ScarFace}

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A Thermos can keep things either Hot or Cold.
How does it know which one to do?
The thermos will either use an insulator or a vaccum within the thermos wall which prevents heat propogation. It doesn't matter what the temperature is inside it simply stops heat getting in OR out.
 

{ScarFace}

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Does it make you feel smart giving an irrelevant definition of a term? You never have been much good at context on here though.
Doesn't cavitation mean the formation of bubbles in a liquid because of something passing through it? Then what does he mean by the tiny bits of metal?
 

MrCove

South Shore Distribution
the media complains when petrol hits $1.30 per litre
yet the same servo sells water for $4 per litre

surely............
 

Ziggy

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the media complains when petrol hits $1.30 per litre
yet the same servo sells water for $4 per litre

surely............
Well it's not like you can go home, turn on a tap and have an endless supply of petrol pouring out.

Orrrrr can you?
 

EastsideZero

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The Convenience Store down the road has a sign saying it is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
If so why do they have locks on the door?Surely it wouldn't cost them too much to open up 1 extra day every 4 years?
 

zaccyboy

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The Convenience Store down the road has a sign saying it is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
If so why do they have locks on the door?Surely it wouldn't cost them too much to open up 1 extra day every 4 years?
Because servos and convenience stores lock them usually between the hours of 12am-6am to try and prevent robbery and drunk people wondering in and out.
 

PINT of Stella. mate!

Many, many Scotches
Because unlike most hapless naive fools, convenience stores are well prepared for the zombie apocalypse. Why do you think they stock all the essentials and (where legal) usually have a shotgun under the counter?
 
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