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Nothing like seeing the fire on one side of the room and you think your safe, to get to the exit but the superheated gases travelling along the ceiling over your head dip down and ignite the opposite side of the room on fire.

That's right. These guys got the ash, but the hikers closer to the peak weren't so lucky. In the description, Kuroda Terutoshi writes

避難小屋が近くて助かった

I was watching a NOVA, or some such program, special on nuclear bombs the other day and they actually explained a few things about fallout. With nuclear bombs the fallout is the product of the radioactive substances fusing with earth, bomb casing fragments etc in the superheated explosion. Ground explosions cause more immediate fallout because there is more matter for the material to fuse with, while air explosions can send the material higher into the atmosphere, also dependent on explosion size. Nuclear power plants apparently use substances with a longer half-life which would make the fallout more dangerous, however I would assume there would need to be a big enough explosion to vaporize and fuse earth and other substances with the radio-active material, and to propel it further into the atmosphere thus increasing the fallout area.

Okay wiki to cover my inaccuracies or inadequate explanations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_out
The reporter seems to be pushing for some bomb like explosion that'll blanket the world in lethal radioactive fallout, and my understanding is that's unlikely to happen. Its unfortunate the media blows things like this out of proportion, I think it distracts from the real problem. When inevitably these things don't come to fruition and there's not fallout in people's backyards they tend to think the issue is done with.

Ion rockets (they aren't really rockets, they are called ion thrusters) as they stand do not generate that much thrust. This is vastly different than an ion drive. The only function the magnetic field has in this drive is to focus what is a very traditional "jet stream" of superheated plasma out the tail. A ion drive uses the magnetic field to "push" off ions...very different concepts. The ion drive is great because the amount of fuel is needs is so minute...but thrust is also fairly pitiful.

(upon further reading, the best ion drive is about x2 less powerful than this particular drive. This particular drive is running at 59% efficiency. They have plans for a slightly larger rocket that is about 80% or so efficiency, which brings them up to about what a normal rocket efficiency is.)

Chaucer is wrong in that he's got his urban legends wrong. Distilled water boils in a kettle all right, it's the microwave any water without additives shouldn't be put into as it can get superheated (bubbles don't form, and there is a temp buildup way beyond the boiling point). When a spoonful of coffee is introduced to a cup of superheated water, literally an explosive reaction occurs - and people have suffered serious burns from this.

It may be a sign of 'The End Times(tm)'. Instead of locusts, we have lady bugs.

Some individuals, including myself, are hunkering down in their basements.... collecting can goods and water, and awaiting the Rapture(tm) to arrive. Because it will you know. It'll sneak up on us before we know it and we'll all be sprouting wings and flying off magically into the sky. At least those of us that are cool enough to have signed the contract and been deemed saved(tm).

The rest will take a dip in a lake of fire. Though.. oftentimes that term confuses people. At the far depths of the underworld, the pressures are so high that the so-called lake, is actually a reservoir of superheated highly compressed plasma. The souls of course are noncorporeal and magical in nature, so the high pressure environment is unnoticed by them. Though.. I still don't get how sitting in a hot pool of 'fire' would harm a soul. They have no nerve endings after all. Hmmm. I'll have to ponder that for a bit.

>> ^mentality:
$50k for immortality and near invincibility? Sign me up!
I've always thought that Wolverine's superhealing was - by far - the best mutant power out there.
Also, the way these two acted at first reminded me of a gay couple adopting their first baby lol


Best mutant power is easily just any kind of omega-level mutant like jean or jubilee or whatever. Jubilee was meant to be one of the most powerful mutants ever, apparently limitless in power, and being omega-level supposedly makes you all but immortal. Hence jean dying doesn't necessarily mean she's dead. The phoenix rises, etc.

I realise how nerdy this looks, but after watching it yesterday on film4, i decided to read up on what exactly happened to cyclops, which led to jean, which led to omega-level mutants and to jubilee and onwards....

Honestly.

$50k for immortality and near invincibility? Sign me up!

I've always thought that Wolverine's superhealing was - by far - the best mutant power out there.

Also, the way these two acted at first reminded me of a gay couple adopting their first baby lol

I know, it may make no sense. That is because I am not a true religious values voter. Thus, I have absolutely no morality and I am ultimately destined for Hell(tm). At this juncture it is pointless for me to refrain from making fun of religion. If I stop now, I am still going to Hell(tm)

If I am to suffer an eternity being tortured by the big cloven hoofed red-guy(tm) with horns and a pitch fork, I might as well go out in an intense blaze fueled by fiery brimstone, dragged tooth an nail by Beelzebub and his Quasit army into the depths of the nine hells. I suspect the Leprechauns living in the upper levels of the underworld just below my tulip patch will laugh... teary eyed... at me, as I swoop past them when the Earth opens to claim it's luscious, juicy prize.

After the first decade, both the tortured soul and the demons must become rather bored. Rather repetitive it must be to torture the same person over and over and over again. After a while it just becomes monotonous and not unlike working for the Department of Public Works. Nowhere as exciting as teaching 'Exorcism 101' at the Vatican, or 'How To Maintain 21 Virgins And Have Sex With Them Too' as taught at so many Madrassa around the Middle East.

I suspect Hell must be quite a heavily populated place. Especially with the Earth's population increasing to FAR beyond what it was 6000 years ago. A full 6.6 billion strong! Though as the entire universe is only 6000 years old, they most certainly must have planned ahead to reserve plenty of real estate. They will be fine I am certain. Considering the Earth's diameter is quite a large 12,756.1 km. As a result, we can further calculate the Earth's Volume, which is 1,097,509,500,000,000,000,000 cubic meters. Taking that into account we have PLENTY of fire and brimstone for ALL! Plenty of room in Hell(tm) I say! At least I won't be in cramped quarters. Plenty of room for a few US military bases, and a Pentecostal Church. Demons just LOVE speaking in tongues. Being forked and all, they are quite adept at the language.

Peace.


>> ^MarineGunrock:
No, I say it because just about every one of your comments has something to do with insulting Christians - even on videos that have nothing to do with religion.
In reply to this comment by honkeytonk73:
>> ^MarineGunrock:
You really are a hateful sumbitch.
In reply to this comment by honkeytonk73:
Voter disenfranchising in the name of JEEEESUS. All for the sake of maintaining 'values voter' superiority. Christian morality at it's finest I say.


I probably should not have singled out values voters as being solely Christian. I apologize as that is wholly not fair in the least. Though those not able to speak to invisible magical friends simply have no values, so apparently they cannot be taken into consideration.
I wouldn't call myself hateful (others may and have the right to do so). Rather, I consider myself to be equally unbound by any form of deistic superstition among the hundreds which currently exist and the greater number which has existed in the past.
To elaborate, for those who have interest:
Each superstition in their own right is -entirely- correct in that they are the 'one' true faith. Everyone is correct, as it makes perfect sense. It is also politically correct to roll over and agree that everyone is equally deluded. Life is simpler that way is it not?
So now... I will now go bathe in the Lake of Fire(tm) for my sins, wherever that may be. I'll be sure to let everyone know if fire can exist in a liquid form... though I highly suspect it will be a lake of superheated plasma, rather than fire. In that case, I suspect the environment in hell is of quite high pressure.
The typical maximum pressure at which the human body can maintain life is measurable scientifically. On the other hand.. the non-corporeal 'spirit' with zero nerve endings, could potentially withstand infinite pressure. But then what would be the point? With no nerves, can one have pain? So what is the purpose of torture then? Maybe the big red horned guys just insult the damned denizens over and over again... and that is how they torture.
These are such insults I suspect I will endure in the various supposed afterlives:
"No your mother is NOT Aphrodite, I said a HERMAPHRODITE you nincompoop!"
"Your hair is as big as Tammy Fae Bakker and your eyelashes help you fly!"
"You smell like an all too lonely Arabian goat herder!"
"Your mother was a priestess of Lesbos!"
"Your real father was Pan, your momma got rammed darn good eh Mr coven hooves?"
I shall update everyone from Hell(tm) when I arrive. I hope they have broadband. Watch, one torture is to only provide a 300 baud inernet connection. Upper case text only. TRS-80 COCO!!

Non-corporeal nerve endings produced specifically for eternal pain. I like that idea. ...God is a sadistic fuck.

>> ^honkeytonk73:
Hell is located under the ground. Very very deep under the ground. It is hot there. There is a 'lake of fire'. Well, actually a lake of superheated plasma, because as we all know.. fire cannot be a liquid. This then means that hell is under extremely high pressure, otherwise the plasma which the 'lake of fire' contains could not exist. This obviously makes sense... being underground. DEEP underground. I assume the devil as well as the 'doomed' are non-corporeal in nature, otherwise such high temperatures and pressures would make it impossible for them to exist. That would then imply that non-corporeal beings have nerve endings for the sake of enduring pain, and as a result can suffer eternal torture. Makes perfect sense to me.
Oh. Also snakes can talk.
A whale swallowed a man whole, then he survived.
The Earth was COMPLETELY inundated by water during the floods. Then the water just receded. Where the water receded to... I have NO IDEA. Magic I guess. Conservation of matter simply does not apply. It up and vanished. I wonder if the additional mass affected the Earth's rotation (slowed it down), and increased the gravitation field. Adding matter in such a large scale would without a doubt have such effects. Did the Earth Day get ever so slightly longer as a result? I wonder.

Hell is located under the ground. Very very deep under the ground. It is hot there. There is a 'lake of fire'. Well, actually a lake of superheated plasma, because as we all know.. fire cannot be a liquid. This then means that hell is under extremely high pressure, otherwise the plasma which the 'lake of fire' contains could not exist. This obviously makes sense... being underground. DEEP underground. I assume the devil as well as the 'doomed' are non-corporeal in nature, otherwise such high temperatures and pressures would make it impossible for them to exist. That would then imply that non-corporeal beings have nerve endings for the sake of enduring pain, and as a result can suffer eternal torture. Makes perfect sense to me.

Oh. Also snakes can talk.

A whale swallowed a man whole, then he survived.

The Earth was COMPLETELY inundated by water during the floods. Then the water just receded. Where the water receded to... I have NO IDEA. Magic I guess. Conservation of matter simply does not apply. It up and vanished. I wonder if the additional mass affected the Earth's rotation (slowed it down), and increased the gravitation field. Adding matter in such a large scale would without a doubt have such effects. Did the Earth Day get ever so slightly longer as a result? I wonder.

a) the water in the cup with the fork probably bubbled throughout the microwaving process.

b) metal in the microwave is for when the microwave is actively in use, afterwards is fine.

c) i suppose both. or place something in the glass with surface imperfections, such as a plastic fork.

d) superheating water can be dangerous, as it appears as though the water is not of boiling temperature. i'm sure you can still see water vapor, but it can be misleading, and putting your finger in the glass would be akin to placing your hand in violently boiling water. the container will also be very hot. also, most classic glassware and crystal can explode under those kind of temperatures.

>> ^Crosswords:
I'd think his superhealing ability would make it hard for the symbiont to infect him.


That's the kind of geekery I'm talking about, Crosswords! That's the first thing I thought about too! High-five!

I'd think his superhealing ability would make it hard for the symbiont to infect him.

After all non-Christians aren't human. They are heathens meant to burn in the lake of superheated plasma under great pressure and depths below the Earth's crust. But.. if they suddenly start believing in winged flying people living in the sky. Talking snakes. Talking burning bushes.. and barefooted half naked burlap sack wearing bearded men with powers to 'walk on water'. Then.. only then will they be deemed 'saved' and float into the sky all happy happy joy joy when 'The End' credits roll across the pin holed tapestry in the sky. You know. The tapestry which we all know so well that covers up 'day' and brings us under the cloak of darkness oh so conveniently. Because by golly-gee. If God didn't make it dark at night. How the heck'r we gunna sleep!?