Yes and no, it is the outlier that constantly blinks in and out of existence.Redingold said:Does a set that contains all sets that do not contain themselves contain itself?
Yes and no, it is the outlier that constantly blinks in and out of existence.Redingold said:Does a set that contains all sets that do not contain themselves contain itself?
Nope it would never form a mushroom cloud even if it was detonated in space with a camera watching it. It would in fact form a sphere of expanding and thus cooling plasma/hard radiation because a sphere is the most energetically stable shape. The mushroom cloud would only form in an atmosphere as they are caused by the intense heat that generates rapid convection upwards, as this column of material rises (this is the 'stalk' of the mushroom cloud) it cools and then begins to spread out as the convection updraft begins to weaken. Eventually it's no longer accelerating up and as it cools it falls back down. This is what generates the mushroom 'head'.teebeeohh said:would a nuclear explosion on the outside of a spaceship leave a mushroom cloud if there is no camera pointed at it?
so as long as we build a big enough space ship and put an atmosphere around the outer hull we would get a mushroom cloud?x EvilErmine x said:Nope it would never form a mushroom cloud even if it was detonated in space with a camera watching it. It would in fact form a sphere of expanding and thus cooling plasma/hard radiation because a sphere is the most energetically stable shape. The mushroom cloud would only form in an atmosphere as they are caused by the intense heat that generates rapid convection upwards, as this column of material rises (this is the 'stalk' of the mushroom cloud) it cools and then begins to spread out as the convection updraft begins to weaken. Eventually it's no longer accelerating up and as it cools it falls back down. This is what generates the mushroom 'head'.teebeeohh said:would a nuclear explosion on the outside of a spaceship leave a mushroom cloud if there is no camera pointed at it?
But that's probably not the answer you were looking for so if you don't like that one then...
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Excuse me sir but the last time I checked "capable" didn't mean "indispensable". Just because humans can hear a sound, it doesn't mean the sound doesn't exist when there's no one hearing it. That's like saying the Universe wouldn't exist if humans don't explore it.crop52 said:sound 1sergnb said:Incorrect: The sound understood as the colliding of different molecules in the space in forms of waves exists with or without any animal or person that receives that information in their ears. So yes, the tree makes a sound even if noone is around to hear it.TiloXofXTanto said:The tree will not make a sound unless an animal with working ears is around to convert the vibrations in the air into what is properly determined to be "sound".StellarViking said:Here's one I've only ever gotten one satisfactory answer to:
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody's around to hear it, does it make a sound?
It isn't sound until it enters an ear and is converted into such an experience.
Because that Narcissitic bastard in your head told you that you weren't, AND YOU PROVED HIM WRONG!Radeonx said:Why am I the greatest person in the history of the universe?
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a. Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
did you read that? "capable of being detected by human organs of hearing"
and if nobody is around to hear it, then it can't be detected by human organs of hearing,
the dictionary rules over everything.
i have never watched the OC.georgesell123 said:Why did the OC have to end? Surely the ratings didn't drop so much in season 3?![]()
Doive said:That is a ridiculous argument. You say that unless a HUMAN can hear it, sound doesn't exist. Animals can hear frequencies humans cannot, does that mean what they hear isn't sound but...something....else..?crop52 said:sound 1
n.
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a. Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
did you read that? "capable of being detected by human organs of hearing"
and if nobody is around to hear it, then it can't be detected by human organs of hearing,
the dictionary rules over everything.
hey, blame the dictionary, not mesergnb said:Excuse me sir but the last time I checked "capable" didn't mean "indispensable". Just because humans can hear a sound, it doesn't mean the sound doesn't exist when there's no one hearing it. That's like saying the Universe wouldn't exist if humans don't explore it.
They actually used to be abcdef, but the typists were typing so fast that they would jam the typewriters. So they mixed up the letters to slow them down.Tortoiseloz said:W
Why is the order on keyboards qwerty instead of abcdef?
Nope, Perfectly reasonable.DefinitelyPsychotic said:Is it wrong that I find this thread difficult to masturbate to?
1. The tree and man would (by my style of thinking) make a sound up until you hit the point where the man dies, at which point, both will stop making "sounds" but continue to make "atmospheric vibrations"OroCrimson said:If a tree falls in the forest, and no living organism that can perceive sound is around to hear it except for ONE MAN, but the tree falls on that man and that man dies, then would the man dying or screaming from the death make a sound if it was made after he could no longer perceive sound?
When earlier being asked a question, you gave what was thought to be an intelligent answer to Not G. Ivingname, in which he explained as this:
"Rather shocked, so I decided I would stump him with the old "what happens if you devide by zero." His answer? "The square root of negative infinity to the log of -7 power." I looked up deviding by zero, an it turned out he was technically correct.
Since A/B=C also can be written as BxC=A, it stands to reason that in 0xC=0, C can be all numbers, he was correct."
But then that was counter-argued with the following:
"He actually was not correct on the math problem. You asked him "1/0=?".
Using that formula that you looked up, the variables would be as follows:
A=1 , B=0 , C=?
now convert it to B*C=A and you get --> 0*? = 1
Now, as you tried to use in your "proof" that he was correct, 0*x=0 for all x (x being any number)
Therefore, 0*?=1 is a contradiction, and thus the problem is false (unsolvable)
The correct answer to the question of x/0 is "undefined"
(to those who say it is "infinity", that is actually the limit of x/n as n approaches 0, which is completely different)
So, he was not correct in his answer of "The square root of negative infinity to the log of -7 power."
He was just giving a stupid answer to a question that has no answer."
Which explanation seems more reasonable?
Lastly, someone could think they are correct, but could easily be proven wrong by another person. But that person who proved them wrong could be proven wrong of that same statement by another person. So in theory, what is correct seems to be merely what is most socially accepted by Mankind. Does this mean that our entire civilization's knowledge could be all wrong?
Crazy random number generators.King Toasty said:How the hell did I catch Ho-Oh with a lure ball?
1.*cough* sorry, my fault....DoctorPhil said:How'd it get burned?
Can't we all just get along?
To be or not to be? (motivate your answer)
Pretty much all of it (and then some more)Buchholz101 said:How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck Norris?
When the Earth begins to slowly tilt into the fourth dimension.shadyh8er said:They actually used to be abcdef, but the typists were typing so fast that they would jam the typewriters. So they mixed up the letters to slow them down.Tortoiseloz said:W
Why is the order on keyboards qwerty instead of abcdef?
Oh right, questions. When is PSN coming back?
Is the pope a Muslim from Mars?Mastercylinder said:Is it safe?
I'd say the question should be "is a wave of compressed air really a sound if there isn't an eardrum to hit?"StellarViking said:Here's one I've only ever gotten one satisfactory answer to:
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody's around to hear it, does it make a sound?
We've been living outside of time this whole time? No wonder this day's been dragging on forever!TiloXofXTanto said:Pretty much all of it (and then some more)Buchholz101 said:How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck Norris?
When the Earth begins to slowly tilt into the fourth dimension.shadyh8er said:They actually used to be abcdef, but the typists were typing so fast that they would jam the typewriters. So they mixed up the letters to slow them down.Tortoiseloz said:W
Why is the order on keyboards qwerty instead of abcdef?
Oh right, questions. When is PSN coming back?
Okay, seriously, I'd guess a month
Surprising isn't it?Nieroshai said:We've been living outside of time this whole time? No wonder this day's been dragging on forever!