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01-03-06, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoobs

A metre cubed (m x m x m) of water weights a metric ton*.

*varies slightly with temperature

True at 4 deg Celsius, when water is at its most dense and still liquid.

01-03-06, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Filipe M.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuffy

Not all g*lf Balls have 360 dimples. There are some as high as 420. Thereare also all different kinds of dimple patterns.

And why are they dimpled?

is it so they leave a good impression if you get in the way off one ???

01-03-06, 01:10 PM

TAXI is spelt the same way in English, French, German, Swedish, Spainish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech and Portugese.

Ewe and you are pronounced exactly the same yet have no letters in common.

The shortest sentence in the English language is "Go!".

The word "queuing" is the only word in the English language to have five consecutive vowels.

The word "therein" contains thirteen words spelled with consecutive letteres; the, he, her, er, here, I, there, ere, rein, re, in, therein and herein.

SWIMS is the longest word with 180 degree rotational symetry.

01-03-06, 01:32 PM

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a phobia of long words

01-03-06, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sharriso74

They actaully go further with dimples than without. Amazing what you end up watching on TV when your suposed to be working from home. Got to love the Discovery channel

Quote:

Dimples, concave, like those used on a golf ball, are designed to reattach the airflow that moves around the ball as it flies through the air. These dimples allow for further flights of the ball with the same energy input as a ball without dimples.

As far as I remember, designers were looking at putting dimples on the nose of commercial jets...

01-03-06, 01:50 PM

Pogonophobia is a fear of beards.

01-03-06, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooby Drew

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharriso74

They actaully go further with dimples than without. Amazing what you end up watching on TV when your suposed to be working from home. Got to love the Discovery channel

Quote:

Dimples, concave, like those used on a g*lf ball, are designed to reattach the airflow that moves around the ball as it flies through the air. These dimples allow for further flights of the ball with the same energy input as a ball without dimples.

As far as I remember, designers were looking at putting dimples on the nose of commercial jets...

Precisely!

Who'd say that the smoothest form isn't always the more efficient aerodinamically?

Scoobs · 01-03-06, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scooby Drew

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharriso74

They actaully go further with dimples than without. Amazing what you end up watching on TV when your suposed to be working from home. Got to love the Discovery channel

Quote:

Dimples, concave, like those used on a g*lf ball, are designed to reattach the airflow that moves around the ball as it flies through the air. These dimples allow for further flights of the ball with the same energy input as a ball without dimples.

As far as I remember, designers were looking at putting dimples on the nose of commercial jets...

Precisely!

Who'd say that the smoothest form isn't always the more efficient aerodinamically?

Car parts as well. Unfortunately, the stylists don't like it.

01-03-06, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scoobs

Quote:

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scooby Drew

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharriso74

They actaully go further with dimples than without. Amazing what you end up watching on TV when your suposed to be working from home. Got to love the Discovery channel

Quote:

Dimples, concave, like those used on a g*lf ball, are designed to reattach the airflow that moves around the ball as it flies through the air. These dimples allow for further flights of the ball with the same energy input as a ball without dimples.

As far as I remember, designers were looking at putting dimples on the nose of commercial jets...

Precisely!

Who'd say that the smoothest form isn't always the more efficient aerodinamically?

Car parts as well. Unfortunately, the stylists don't like it.

So that's what happened to the VW Golf then- I though it looked a bit smooth

mattSV · 01-03-06, 02:17 PM

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01-03-06, 01:10 PM	#53
K Guest Posts: n/a	TAXI is spelt the same way in English, French, German, Swedish, Spainish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech and Portugese. Ewe and you are pronounced exactly the same yet have no letters in common. The shortest sentence in the English language is "Go!". The word "queuing" is the only word in the English language to have five consecutive vowels. The word "therein" contains thirteen words spelled with consecutive letteres; the, he, her, er, here, I, there, ere, rein, re, in, therein and herein. SWIMS is the longest word with 180 degree rotational symetry.

01-03-06, 01:32 PM	#54
sharriso74 Guest Posts: n/a	Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a phobia of long words

01-03-06, 01:50 PM	#56
tricky Guest Posts: n/a	Pogonophobia is a fear of beards.