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Ugly Bastard · 04-17-2005, 02:34 PM

This thread is for all those questions that you've always had pop up in your head, but never let them out of your mouth, 'cause you were always afraid you'd sound really dumb for not knowing the answer. Here's my question of the day:

Alright, say I unplug my computer right now, put it in the attic for months, get it back out, and plug it in somewhere, how in the fuck does it know what time it is in the system tray?

-Ugly Bastard

AcTivE · 04-17-2005, 05:09 PM

There is a battery that sits on the motherboard. The motherboard is what all the parts of the computer plug into...Hard Drive, Memory, CPU, etc.

Ugly Bastard · 04-17-2005, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AcTivE:
There is a battery that sits on the motherboard.

Okay so basically it's just battery powered (like a watch)? Neato. I always wondered.

Next question:

What is "douche"?

-Ugly Bastard

God's Substitute · 04-17-2005, 06:50 PM

shower

Mr. Blonde · 04-17-2005, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ugly Bastard:

What is "douche"?
-Ugly Bastard

A process of cleaning the inside of a woman's vagina. You can buy douching kits and shit.

Carnivorous Flavor · 04-17-2005, 11:01 PM

this thread gives me an idea.....

Mr. Blonde · 04-18-2005, 03:29 AM

Ok, so why in the hell is the sky blue? I have no clue how all that shit works.

sim_flex_x · 04-18-2005, 04:44 AM

First you've got light
Assuming you know a little about chemistry you know that light travels in waves and each color of "visible light" (aka white light) travels at a different wavelength with a different frequency.

Red has the longest wavelength and lowest frequency, while violet has the shortest wavelength and highest frequency.

Next you've got the atmosphere
The atmosphere is made up of a bunch of shit, mostly Nitrogen and Oxygen, but also some other random gases with some dust and water vapor and other stuff thrown in. The closer you are to the earth, the thicker the atmosphere.

Light travels in a straight line unless it crashes into something. If it hits a large particle, such as dust or something, all of the colors bounce off together and the light still appears white. However, if it hits a gas molecule (which is most of the atmosphere) it reacts differently. All of the colors can be absorbed by a gas molecule, but the higher frequencies ( green, blue, indigo, and violet ) are absorbed more often than the lower frequencies ( red, orange, and yellow ). This is called Rayleigh scattering (if you cared to know).

Why is the sky blue ?
As light moves through the atmosphere most of the longer wavelengths (red, orange, and yellow) pass straight through and these wavelengths are not affected by the air. However, the shorter wavelengths (green, blue, indigo, and violet) are absorbed by the gas molecules and "blue light" is scattered all around the sky. Since the sky is hella big, "blue light" is all around and above you, and thus the sky appears blue.

Sunsets?
As the sun sets, light must travel through more atmosphere to reach us, so more of the light is reflected and scattered. Less light reaches us so the sun appears less bright. The color of the sun appears to change because more greens, blues, indigos, and violets are scattered and only the longer wavelengths (reds, oranges, and yellows) travel directly to our eyes. The sky also changes colors because of all the larger shit floating around, such as dust or water particles, reflect light in all directions and different amounts of shorter wavelength colors are scattered, you see only the longer wavelengths, and ta-daa, you have a sunset.

(sorry, I got kind of color happy

)

[ April 18, 2005, 02:48 AM: Message edited by: sim_flex_x ]

Repugnant Abomination · 04-18-2005, 04:48 AM

That's one smart woman!

Ironic Mustache · 04-18-2005, 12:44 PM

That was an elaborate and entertaining answer, however it was also a false answer. Stars are actually two way mirrors that god placed sporadically around the universe so that he could monitor us without us seeing him. The sky is blue, because we're a actually seeing mirror images of the ocean.

[ April 18, 2005, 10:47 AM: Message edited by: Ironic Mustache ]

Beebs · 04-18-2005, 02:11 PM

If they were two way mirrors, god would simply be looking at himself, which who can blame him, God is probably attractive? However, if he wanted to watch us, they would be one way mirrors.

[ April 18, 2005, 12:11 PM: Message edited by: Beebs ]

Ironic Mustache · 04-18-2005, 02:15 PM

Yes that's what I meant.

Mr. Blonde · 04-21-2005, 10:38 PM

So when i'm eating yogurt, it's actually...good bacteria? Also, is that the same deal with milk and cheese?

SittinOnDubsWGW · 04-26-2005, 12:47 AM

nevermind, I figured it out.

[ April 25, 2005, 10:47 PM: Message edited by: SittinOnDubsWGW ]

Ugly Bastard · 04-26-2005, 12:49 AM

What was the question?

-Ugly Bastard

Mr. Blonde · 04-26-2005, 12:51 AM

Nevermind, I can't read. Nobody's answered my question yet, though.

[ April 26, 2005, 01:58 AM: Message edited by: Mr. Blonde ]

SittinOnDubsWGW · 04-26-2005, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ugly Bastard:
What was the question?

-Ugly Bastard

"how the hell do you choose an avatar" I was going to the user cp, but just not seeing it... then I saw it 30 seconds later.

Mr. Blonde · 04-26-2005, 03:59 AM

Am I allowed to wash my ties that are silk? It seems kind of silly to go to the dry cleaners for one fucking tie.

04-26-2005, 04:05 AM

Why not wait till you have something else to take?

You don't really have to wash ties too often, in my experience.

Mr. Blonde · 04-26-2005, 04:15 AM

When you work at a restaurant you do. I've never gotten anything dry cleaned before, wouldn't it have to be a separate charge, or would they put them together, or what?

SittinOnDubsWGW · 04-26-2005, 04:24 AM

Just get some of that Dryel shit, if they still make it... Its DIY dry cleaning, you just toss your shit in the dryer with Dryel and boom goes the dynamite.

Super Nintendo · 04-26-2005, 04:28 AM

How do you punctuate the following...

The man with the yellow hat said George actually said I want a banana.

Is it like this:

The man with the yellow hat said, "George actually said, 'I want a banana'."

???

SittinOnDubsWGW · 04-26-2005, 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Super Nintendo:
Is it like this:

The man with the yellow hat said, "George actually said, 'I want a banana'."

???

Close,it would be like this:

The man with the yellow hat said, "George actually said, 'I want a banana.'"

You would not put the . outside of the quote. If I'm incorrect, shoot me.

[ April 26, 2005, 02:39 AM: Message edited by: SittinOnDubsWGW ]

Beebs · 04-26-2005, 10:57 AM

The man, with the yellow hat, said....could also work.

04-26-2005, 11:02 AM

Nothing to see here folks, just a college student jacked up on caffeine early in the morning.

[ April 26, 2005, 09:09 AM: Message edited by: DJ FC ]

04-17-2005, 05:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
AcTivE 1 thing leads to another. Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,012 Internets: -2654	There is a battery that sits on the motherboard. The motherboard is what all the parts of the computer plug into...Hard Drive, Memory, CPU, etc.
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04-17-2005, 06:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
God's Substitute Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 94 Internets: 10	shower
	allow me to urinate on you

04-17-2005, 11:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Carnivorous Flavor Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: tracking schroeder Posts: 703 Internets: 10	this thread gives me an idea.....
	i'm the sinful stench that wafts through nostrils of the righteous....

04-18-2005, 03:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 278288	Ok, so why in the hell is the sky blue? I have no clue how all that shit works.
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

04-18-2005, 04:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
sim_flex_x Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: St. Pete Posts: 690 Internets: 10	First you've got light Assuming you know a little about chemistry you know that light travels in waves and each color of "visible light" (aka white light) travels at a different wavelength with a different frequency. <font color="red">Red</font> has the longest wavelength and lowest frequency, while <font color="violet">violet</font> has the shortest wavelength and highest frequency. Next you've got the atmosphere The atmosphere is made up of a bunch of shit, mostly Nitrogen and Oxygen, but also some other random gases with some dust and water vapor and other stuff thrown in. The closer you are to the earth, the thicker the atmosphere. Light travels in a straight line unless it crashes into something. If it hits a large particle, such as dust or something, all of the colors bounce off together and the light still appears white. However, if it hits a gas molecule (which is most of the atmosphere) it reacts differently. All of the colors can be absorbed by a gas molecule, but the higher frequencies ( <font color="green">green</font>, <font color="blue">blue</font>, <font color="indigo">indigo</font>, and <font color="violet">violet</font> ) are absorbed more often than the lower frequencies ( <font color="red">red</font>, <font color="orange">orange</font>, and <font color="yellow">yellow</font> ). This is called Rayleigh scattering (if you cared to know). Why is the sky <font color="blue">blue</font> ? As light moves through the atmosphere most of the longer wavelengths (<font color="red">red</font>, <font color="orange">orange</font>, and <font color="yellow">yellow</font>) pass straight through and these wavelengths are not affected by the air. However, the shorter wavelengths (<font color="green">green</font>, <font color="blue">blue</font>, <font color="indigo">indigo</font>, and <font color="violet">violet</font>) are absorbed by the gas molecules and "<font color="blue">blue</font> light" is scattered all around the sky. Since the sky is hella big, "<font color="blue">blue</font> light" is all around and above you, and thus the sky appears <font color="blue">blue</font>. Sunsets? As the sun sets, light must travel through more atmosphere to reach us, so more of the light is reflected and scattered. Less light reaches us so the sun appears less bright. The color of the sun appears to change because more <font color="green">greens</font>, <font color="blue">blues</font>, <font color="indigo">indigos</font>, and <font color="violet">violets</font> are scattered and only the longer wavelengths (<font color="red">reds</font>, <font color="orange">oranges</font>, and <font color="yellow">yellows</font>) travel directly to our eyes. The sky also changes colors because of all the larger shit floating around, such as dust or water particles, reflect light in all directions and different amounts of shorter wavelength colors are scattered, you see only the longer wavelengths, and ta-daa, you have a sunset. (sorry, I got kind of color happy ) [ April 18, 2005, 02:48 AM: Message edited by: sim_flex_x ]

04-17-2005, 02:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	This thread is for all those questions that you've always had pop up in your head, but never let them out of your mouth, 'cause you were always afraid you'd sound really dumb for not knowing the answer. Here's my question of the day: Alright, say I unplug my computer right now, put it in the attic for months, get it back out, and plug it in somewhere, how in the fuck does it know what time it is in the system tray? -Ugly Bastard

04-18-2005, 04:48 AM	#9 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 161638	That's one smart woman!

04-18-2005, 12:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ironic Mustache G'd up from the feet up. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 7,146 Supreme Emperor of the Jiu Jitsu Shit Forum?: Yes Internets: 114735	That was an elaborate and entertaining answer, however it was also a false answer. Stars are actually two way mirrors that god placed sporadically around the universe so that he could monitor us without us seeing him. The sky is blue, because we're a actually seeing mirror images of the ocean. [ April 18, 2005, 10:47 AM: Message edited by: Ironic Mustache ]
	Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.

04-18-2005, 02:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
Beebs Poor Sport Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indianapolis / Middlebury / Long Lake Posts: 5,306 Internets: 127341	If they were two way mirrors, god would simply be looking at himself, which who can blame him, God is probably attractive? However, if he wanted to watch us, they would be one way mirrors. [ April 18, 2005, 12:11 PM: Message edited by: Beebs ]

04-18-2005, 02:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ironic Mustache G'd up from the feet up. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 7,146 Supreme Emperor of the Jiu Jitsu Shit Forum?: Yes Internets: 114735	Yes that's what I meant.
	Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.

04-21-2005, 10:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 278288	So when i'm eating yogurt, it's actually...good bacteria? Also, is that the same deal with milk and cheese?
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

04-26-2005, 12:47 AM	#14 (permalink)
SittinOnDubsWGW I make bad decisions. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Desert Posts: 3,018 Internets: 108015	nevermind, I figured it out. [ April 25, 2005, 10:47 PM: Message edited by: SittinOnDubsWGW ]

04-26-2005, 12:49 AM	#15 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	What was the question? -Ugly Bastard

04-26-2005, 12:51 AM	#16 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 278288	Nevermind, I can't read. Nobody's answered my question yet, though. [ April 26, 2005, 01:58 AM: Message edited by: Mr. Blonde ]
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

04-26-2005, 03:59 AM	#18 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 278288	Am I allowed to wash my ties that are silk? It seems kind of silly to go to the dry cleaners for one fucking tie.
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

04-26-2005, 04:05 AM	#19 (permalink)
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a	Why not wait till you have something else to take? You don't really have to wash ties too often, in my experience.
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a

04-26-2005, 04:15 AM	#20 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 278288	When you work at a restaurant you do. I've never gotten anything dry cleaned before, wouldn't it have to be a separate charge, or would they put them together, or what?
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

04-26-2005, 04:24 AM	#21 (permalink)
SittinOnDubsWGW I make bad decisions. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Desert Posts: 3,018 Internets: 108015	Just get some of that Dryel shit, if they still make it... Its DIY dry cleaning, you just toss your shit in the dryer with Dryel and boom goes the dynamite.

04-26-2005, 04:28 AM	#22 (permalink)
Super Nintendo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Elkhart/Bloomington Posts: 200 Internets: 10	How do you punctuate the following... The man with the yellow hat said George actually said I want a banana. Is it like this: The man with the yellow hat said, "George actually said, 'I want a banana'." ???

04-26-2005, 10:57 AM	#24 (permalink)
Beebs Poor Sport Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indianapolis / Middlebury / Long Lake Posts: 5,306 Internets: 127341	The man, with the yellow hat, said....could also work.

04-26-2005, 11:02 AM	#25 (permalink)
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a	Nothing to see here folks, just a college student jacked up on caffeine early in the morning. [ April 26, 2005, 09:09 AM: Message edited by: DJ FC ]
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