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02-03-06, 02:36 AM

so... humans:

have basically the same number of genes as a tiny little nematode worm thing that lives in your back garden...

AND, most of the genes in this little yoke do much the same thing in Humans.

(roughly twenty something genes each...)

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6561

02-03-06, 02:47 AM

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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

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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.

Some F1 cars have dimples on them AFAIK.

Same goes for hydrodynamics. A lot of the good surf kayaks have dimples along their planeing surfaces, to let the boat slide over the water easier.

Some golf balls are illegal, because they have designed the dimples so well now that they go too far... The idea is, that the dimples sort of cause a little area of turbulance around the ball, this stops "separation", which is the sort of thing that happens when a wing passes through the air. When the air doesnt separate, and tucks in neatly in behind the ball, it causes less drag. So the ball goes further.

02-03-06, 11:12 AM

Watching TV uses up 50% more calories than sleeping.

If Barbie were lifesize her measurements would be 39-23-33, she would be 7'2" tall and have a neck twice as long as a normal human's.

There isn't a single reference to a cat in the Bible.

The Basenji is the only dog that cannot bark.

Gram for gram, a Bumble Bee is 150 times stronger than an Elephant.

Of all the species of Mammals on the planet, almost a quarter of them are types of Bat.

A Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an Elephant.

'In one of the bard's best thought of tragedies, our insistent hero, hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten'...

...is actually an anagram of...

... 'To be or not to be; that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune'!

02-03-06, 11:17 AM

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'In one of the bard's best thought of tragedies, our insistent hero, hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten'...

...is actually an anagram of...

... 'To be or not to be; that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune'!

that is awesome

Scoobs · 02-03-06, 11:34 AM

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Gram for gram, a Bumble Bee is 150 times stronger than an Elephant

According to the laws of physics a bumble bee should, in theory, not be able to fly*.

*a common misconception. Actually urban myth. Like me tazering myself.

02-03-06, 11:43 AM

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Gram for gram, a Bumble Bee is 150 times stronger than an Elephant

According to the laws of physics if a bumble bee was the size of an elephant, it should, in theory, not be able to fly*.

*a common misconception. Actually urban myth. Like me tazering myself.

Balky001 · 02-03-06, 12:22 PM

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Gram for gram, a Bumble Bee is 150 times stronger than an Elephant

According to the laws of physics if a bumble bee was the size of an elephant, it should, in theory, not be able to fly*.

*a common misconception. Actually urban myth. Like me tazering myself.

although if an elephant was the size of a bumble bee it would be able to fly - but what would it flap?

02-03-06, 12:40 PM

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Gram for gram, a Bumble Bee is 150 times stronger than an Elephant

According to the laws of physics if a bumble bee was the size of an elephant, it should, in theory, not be able to fly*.

*a common misconception. Actually urban myth. Like me tazering myself.

although if an elephant was the size of a bumble bee it would be able to fly - but what would it flap?

wether it could fly or not isn't a question, the fact it is as strong as an elephant is.

Stingo · 02-03-06, 01:30 PM

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

Erm...u...e...u...i....hmmm, why does the number 4 spring to mind?

02-03-06, 01:35 PM

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

Erm...u...e...u...i....hmmm, why does the number 4 spring to mind?

Euouae has six consecutive vowels and, yes, it is a real word.

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02-03-06, 02:36 AM	#71
philipMac Guest Posts: n/a	so... humans: have basically the same number of genes as a tiny little nematode worm thing that lives in your back garden... AND, most of the genes in this little yoke do much the same thing in Humans. (roughly twenty something genes each...) http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6561

02-03-06, 11:12 AM	#73
K Guest Posts: n/a	Watching TV uses up 50% more calories than sleeping. If Barbie were lifesize her measurements would be 39-23-33, she would be 7'2" tall and have a neck twice as long as a normal human's. There isn't a single reference to a cat in the Bible. The Basenji is the only dog that cannot bark. Gram for gram, a Bumble Bee is 150 times stronger than an Elephant. Of all the species of Mammals on the planet, almost a quarter of them are types of Bat. A Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an Elephant. 'In one of the bard's best thought of tragedies, our insistent hero, hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten'... ...is actually an anagram of... ... 'To be or not to be; that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune'!