L. Marcus Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Re: The Last Word If you like pickled herring, it's paradise. If you don't, there's always köttbullar and prinskorv; as close to heaven as makes no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Re: The Last Word I don't think I've ever tried pickled herring. Is it anything like pickled jalapenos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... I wouldn't think they approved of gambling. I've looked into a bit of the history. Apparently, it's allright for others and it's perfectly OK to profit off it. It's a dialed down version of when the LDS leadership was perfecting willing to have non-mormon wagon trains massacred and blame it on the indians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Re: The Last Word Gonna be a long week: lab every afternoon. Ordinarily I have Friday afternoons off, but to avoid complete hosing of the calendar by two Monday holidays in one term, this Friday is a logical Monday (that is, Monday classes meet this Friday rather than Friday classes). Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word Q: it is the magnetic energy from the moon which causes the tides at the beach on Earth, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word *facepalm* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word So yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... No, it's all down to gravity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word Gravity? Wow, what a grave mistake that was. (note to cancer: I also can make bad puns) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word I'd say you're on par with Shakespeare. Mercutio, from Romeo And Juliet: "Tomorrow you will find me a grave man." He was dying at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word So no affect from Luna's EM* on Terra then? (Edit: well particularly the magnetic energy. *reflected light from Sol notwithstanding) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word The Moon, for all practical intents and purposes, has no magnetic field. So, no. At a guess, I'd say that Jupiters manetic field has a larger impact on us, but that field is monstrous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word L. Marcus has it correct. Tides are strictly a gravitational effect. And the Moon is remarkable for its all-but-lack of an organized magnetic field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word No dynamo, she. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word L. Marcus has it correct. Tides are strictly a gravitational effect. And the Moon is remarkable for its all-but-lack of an organized magnetic field. sounds like the moon needs a community organizer to coordinate thing. Here, take Obama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word Well, you'd need to melt it again, and that wouldn't be without its downside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word The Universe's Biggest Fondue EVAR!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word Considering the scale of things that can happen in this Universe ... probably not. But it'll be the biggest one for a couple of AUs, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... Where to get the bread, though ... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word Bread freezes well, so you could collect it slowly over time and keep it in deep freeze until the big event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: The Last Word And I understand it's supposed to be slightly stale to begin with ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Re: The Last Word Just store it behind the moon, so it should be pretty frozen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Re: The Last Word L. Marcus has it correct. Tides are strictly a gravitational effect. And the Moon is remarkable for its all-but-lack of an organized magnetic field. It that gravitational strong enough to affect us at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Re: The Last Word Go to the beach and watch the tide come in and go out over the course of a day. It's critically important to whole ecosystems.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Re: The Last Word Chances are that without tides there wouldn't be any multicellular life around. Said someone once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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