The "Random Thoughts" Thread

[RoboFox]

2 hours ago, browniefox said:

What if it's not global warming, just that the earth is getting gradually closer to the sun? 

Nah, that's because the Sun, our wholesome yellow harbinger of energy, is slowly expanding and will eventually swell into a red giant and consume most of the inner planets of the solar system in a fiery apocalypse. 

 

It's predicted to happen in about 50 billion years, but at this rate I'm thinking it could be as soon as October.

Edited 6 August 2018 by RoboFox

[leicsmac]

11 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

Nah, that's because the Sun, our wholesome yellow harbinger of energy, is slowly expanding and will eventually swell into a red giant and consume most of the inner planets of the solar system in a fiery apocalypse. 

 

It's predicted to happen in about 50 billion years, but at this rate I'm thinking it could be as soon as October.

 

To clarify further, the Sun will enter its red giant phase in about 5 billion years (once it has consumed all hydrogen fuel) but its overall luminosity is increasing steadily over time and that means Earth will become uninhabitable to complex life much sooner - about 800 million years.

[RoboFox]

8 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

To clarify further, the Sun will enter its red giant phase in about 5 billion years (once it has consumed all hydrogen fuel) but its overall luminosity is increasing steadily over time and that means Earth will become uninhabitable to complex life much sooner - about 800 million years.

Christ. 

 

That means we'll miss series 800,000,005 of Love Island. 

[Buce]

12 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

Christ. 

 

That means we'll miss series 800,000,005 of Love Island. 

 

It's not all doom and gloom then.

[Nalis]

Watching the European Championship here, why are there so many swimming events? Backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, freestyle, medley etc?By way of comparision, we dont have 100m running backwards or sideways events and a combo of these at the Olympics do we?

[SouthStandUpperTier]

2 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Watching the European Championship here, why are there so many swimming events? Backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, freestyle, medley etc?By way of comparision, we dont have 100m running backwards or sideways events and a combo of these at the Olympics do we?

Spot on. I've often thought this myself. Freestyle is by far the fastest stroke, so what is the point of the other 3?

 

There are too many track cycling events also. Half of them are nonsensical.  

[fleckneymike]

Why do finger nails grow quicker than toe nails?

[SouthStandUpperTier]

1 minute ago, fleckneymike said:

Why do finger nails grow quicker than toe nails?

Good question. More sunlight?

[Buce]

35 minutes ago, fleckneymike said:

Why do finger nails grow quicker than toe nails?

 

32 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Good question. More sunlight?

 

https://www.wired.com/2014/08/wuwt-nails/

 

You're welcome.

[Milo]

Anyone know why we use 0-60 as a measurement of how fast a car is?

 

Why not 0-100, or 0-70?

 

60mph seems a bit of a crap number, you’d have thought 100, or 50 or the maximum speed limit, for example. 

[the fox]

4 minutes ago, Milo said:

Anyone know why we use 0-60 as a measurement of how fast a car is?

 

Why not 0-100, or 0-70?

 

60mph seems a bit of a crap number, you’d have thought 100, or 50 or the maximum speed limit, for example. 

60 miles equal 100 kilometers. 

[Milo]

3 minutes ago, the fox said:

60 miles equal 100 kilometers. 

Nope - 96.56 kph

[lifted*fox]

18 minutes ago, the fox said:

60 miles equal 100 kilometers. 

 

This is the correct reason. 

 

A quick Google search shows many people confirming. 

[Suzie the Fox]

4 hours ago, Milo said:

Anyone know why we use 0-60 as a measurement of how fast a car is?

 

Why not 0-100, or 0-70?

 

60mph seems a bit of a crap number, you’d have thought 100, or 50 or the maximum speed limit, for example. 

Because most roads, with the exception of Motorways and built in areas are 60 mph? 

[RoboFox]

Why do our brains refer to themselves in the third person? I mean, we ARE our brains.

 

And now you're probably thinking about your brain, which is just your brain thinking about itself in 3rd person.

[whoareyaaa]

is the world over populated?

[cambridgefox]

If someone is blind allof their life.

Do they dream pictures?

Edited 18 October 2018 by cambridgefox

[Paninistickers]

How come girls never know anything about the Falklands War?

[Buce]

56 minutes ago, cambridgefox said:

If someone is blind allof their life.

Do they dream pictures?

 

I swear you’ve asked this before, Cambridge. 

 

The answer is no, but they do have auditory dreams. 

 

Edit: It was asked in this very thread but it wasn’t you after all. 

 

https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=765o

 

 

Edited 18 October 2018 by Buce

[cambridgefox]

9 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

I swear you’ve asked this before, Cambridge. 

 

The answer is no, but they do have auditory dreams. 

Cheers,I think I asked something about what colours people see.

eg is your green the same as my green.

[tom27111]

On 08/08/2018 at 22:55, Milo said:

Anyone know why we use 0-60 as a measurement of how fast a car is?

 

Why not 0-100, or 0-70?

 

60mph seems a bit of a crap number, you’d have thought 100, or 50 or the maximum speed limit, for example. 

 

It was devised by an American motor journalist, Tom McCahill, back in 1946.

 

It's thought that this figure was chosen because it's a mile a minute.

 

Nothing at all to do with 100kmph, pure coincidence that the figures are very similar.

[Carl the Llama]

The kleenex mansize thing probably had less to do with that one dumb tweet and more to do with a PR person trying to stop them being viewed as wank rags.

[Wymsey]

When will the consequences of global warming catastrophically hit the earth?

[Countryfox]

Just now, Wymeswold fox said:

When will the consequences of global warming catastrophically hit the earth?

 I got slightly sunburnt on Sunday ...

[Alf Bentley]

6 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

 I got slightly sunburnt on Sunday ...

 

Knock-on consequences:

1) People are no longer able to tell where your shorts end and your skin begins.

2) This opens up new career opportunities....