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Comment on The Word ‘Whence’ is Pretty Much Always Used Incorrectly by Daven

Daven — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:51:31 +0000

I thought it was obvious that “Grammar Nazi’s” was supposed to be ironical.

GRAMMAR NAZI SENSE OF HUMOR FAIL

Comment on The Word ‘Whence’ is Pretty Much Always Used Incorrectly by Airy

Airy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:37:30 +0000

Too bad you are retarded in the grammar department.

“Grammar Nazi’s, Unite!”. Grammar Nazi’s what?

I believe that Nazi does not have an apostrophe when pluralized. The word you’re looking for is “Nazis.”

“Nazi’s” is the possessive form.

GRAMMAR FAIL

Comment on The Sun is White Not Yellow by mac

mac — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:56:44 +0000

This article is not entirely correct. All stars are mostly white. But they do have color, whether viewed from Earth or from space.

The reason it is considered a yellow star is because yellow is it’s most predominant non-white color index (which is due to it’s temperature). It can only be viewed as yellow when put through a heavy non-polarized filter to block out the majority of the light. If you look directly at it, it will appear completely white because it will oversaturate the cones in your eyes.

A correct statement would be that the Sun is mostly white with a tinge of yellow. Also, the Earths atmosphere does affect the Sun’s apparent color, but that’s not to say that it doesn’t still have a predominant yellow color when viewed from space.

Comment on The First Known Robot Was Created Around 400 BC and Was a Mechanical Bird by Jeebus

Jeebus — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:42:54 +0000

This Archytas guy sounds like the coolest guy ever. It’s weird how the smart people of ancient times were gifted in many fields. Also, it seems like the cyborg man deserves an article of his own.

Comment on The First Known Robot Was Created Around 400 BC and Was a Mechanical Bird by squirrel

squirrel — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:27:57 +0000

This is nuts

Comment on The Sun is White Not Yellow by Cox

Cox — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:43:06 +0000

I thought that agreed number of stars in the Milky Way was around 400 billion.
Given this is a general estimate im sure (and not an actual set number), and given the estimate of galaxies in the known universe (google’d at 170 billion), the number of stars in existence is mind boggling. (simple math, 400,000,000,000 * 170,000,000,000 = 68,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Whats the name for that place? 68 sextillion stars?)

Comment on The Sun is White Not Yellow by Daven

Daven — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:57 +0000

Thanks for the feedback. However, the definition has already more or less changed or rather been modified thanks to certain news agencies out there. Wikipedia is behind the times there; check Websters for a more up to date definition or just read my post here on the subject

Comment on What Happens When You Stick Your Head Into a Particle Accelerator by Rob Ingram

Rob Ingram — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:00:36 +0000

Nice article, but it is wrong about Mr. Bugorski “being the only person to ever stick their head in a running particle accelerator.”

I myself, have “stuck my head” in a proton beam created by a cyclotron. It’s not very uncommon these days as it is a very effective form of therapy for tumors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_therapy

Comment on How an LED Works by notovny

notovny — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:16:54 +0000

Also note that the CCDs on digital cameras /are/ sensitive to infrared from remote diodes. If you want to check whether a remote is working one option is to point it at the lens of a digital camera and see if it flashes in the LCD screen.

Comment on The Sun is White Not Yellow by Solecize

Solecize — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:40:32 +0000

Misleading- there are already stars classified as white, and our sun is certainly not in that category.