Both the words reflecting and mirror are somewhat misleading when describing the physics behind mirages because neither of which are actually involved with what is going on. The light is actually bending because its following the path of least resistance (through the hotter air above the road). But its described as if it is "reflecting from a mirror" because that is something that people are familiar with, but in essence is really a lie.

>> ^Tymbrwulf:

Why does it act like a mirror when it is not reflecting off of anything?

that was rather... basic. i like the sixty symbols much more.

University of Nottingham has lots of cool video projects going on... Sixty Symbols, My Favorite Scientist, this series...

>> ^TheGenk:

Ah yes, some years to come before he turns villain I guess.


Just one freak accident during an experiment...

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Lol. It's alright, it is a good video to promote.
I am going to guess SiftBot will say I do not have sufficient privilege to
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>> ^BoneRemake:

fuckin christ sakes.
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fuckin christ sakes.

siftbot is a piece of broken shit with cogs of frozen piss meshing together to create the ultimate of a fuckup in a bot.

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what a waste of a good mannered promote.

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>> ^RFlagg:

I love Sixty Symbols. I also like Meghan Gray's answer to favorite Astronomical feature... then again I also dig her so that may slant me some. The lens effect is excessively cool. But I agree with the last guy, the Hubble Deep Field and Ultra Deep Field images are some of the most amazing images in the world and tend to be my favorite.

So would you say that you'd shove your white dwarf into her black hole?

I love Sixty Symbols. I also like Meghan Gray's answer to favorite Astronomical feature... then again I also dig her so that may slant me some. The lens effect is excessively cool. But I agree with the last guy, the Hubble Deep Field and Ultra Deep Field images are some of the most amazing images in the world and tend to be my favorite.

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Thanks! =D
>> ^Haldaug:

quality

I dont know if its a matter of letting the community decide, or having the powers that be decide. Its more a case of having a set guideline as to what should constitute a channel. In the other thread, Krono mentioned how the line between tags/channels/playlists has been blurred over time, and I think this is a result of that. If that is the case, then why have any of it? Each thing has its own purpose and should serve a certain function.

Tags: Used to make youre video visible to certain keyword searches.
Channels: Displays videos of a certain broad themes governed by a standard which is moderator controlled to preserve quality.
Playlists: Personal, user customizable lists of videos of your choice.

The Wilhelm Scream is nothing but an obscure movie reference about a reused, signature scream. What purpose does it serve for it to have its own channel? It fits quite well in the Obscure or Movie channels. Does the traffic to those videos warrant its own channel? Sure it may just be a spot out there on the internet, in its own little corner not harming anything, but then where do you draw the line? How about an Astronomy channel in addition to Spacy, or Physics in addition to the Science channel. Christian and Jewish channels in addition to Religion? I post a lot of things from the Sixty Symbols series, why dont I have a channel for that? Do you see my point? If you let the number of channels get out of control with subtopic channels that are covered in a broader "parent" channel, then you'll just have a giant mess of channels that frankly aren't really needed, and annoying to go through when choosing channels when submitting a video.

A site like this needs standardized topic channels. If someone wants to make a list for a more specific single topic, thats what playlists are for.