You know what *I* learned today?

TDK · 09-25-2009, 06:57 PM

Stink bugs. You know, those little shield-shaped fuckers that stick everywhere and buzz annoyingly and are creepy and crawly and hate you. And when you exact revenge upon them, they stink.

Yeah, they can survive the vacuum of SPACE.

This fucking terrifies me.

Share your personal scientific discoveries!

Mesden · 09-25-2009, 07:07 PM

Wait, really? Do you mean just a plain ol vacuum, or actually in space? As far as I was aware, the best thing there was was Water Bears, and even those would probably go down in a few weeks. =(

poor lil guys

TDK · 09-25-2009, 07:11 PM

Well, I made a vacuum chamber, and I was fiddling with it earlier and decided to see its effect on the annoying little fuckers. It did nothing!

Its a pretty good vacuum, it gets down to about 26 inHg, which is around the pressure at the Karman line, which is the common definition of where space begins.

...Water Bears?

Eltargrim · 09-25-2009, 07:13 PM

I learned that solving complex expressions is surprisingly hard.

Anyone know what the best way to find the roots of (8i(3)^1/2 - 8)^1/4 is?

Marc v4.0 · 09-25-2009, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TDK

...Water Bears?

Yeah, unkillable little bastards.

Ryanderman · 09-25-2009, 07:19 PM

Today I learned that during hurricane season in Florida every day, even if it looks like a beautiful sunny day out the window all day at work, it will be pouring rain and thundering by the time I get home and get my swim trunks on.

TDK · 09-25-2009, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eltargrim

I learned that solving complex expressions is surprisingly hard.

Anyone know what the best way to find the roots of (8i(3)^1/2 - 8)^1/4 is?

Should be 1.56i but I haven't done imaginary numbers in a year or so (and my teacher was an idiot), so I could be wrong.

POS Industries · 09-25-2009, 07:24 PM

Clearly, we need to be using stink bugs for our deep space exploration.

Eltargrim · 09-25-2009, 07:53 PM

Went through and solved it. The roots are +-(sqrt3 + i). For a completely different question. Wow. Way too tired right now. On to the actual question now!

Actual answer! +-(3.86 + 1.04i), +-(1.04 - 3.86i)

Bells · 09-25-2009, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eltargrim

Actual answer! +-(3.86 + 1.04i), +-(1.04 - 3.86i)

You see, usually at school if a teacher told me this i would go "No, sorry.. care to try again?" or something like that.

Or i would simply say "2" and if the teacher tells me i'm wrong i would ask him to prove me why it can't be 2... that usually fucks them up pretty nicely.

09-25-2009, 06:57 PM	#1
TDK Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reality Posts: 2,914	*You know what I* learned today?** Stink bugs. You know, those little shield-shaped fuckers that stick everywhere and buzz annoyingly and are creepy and crawly and hate you. And when you exact revenge upon them, they stink. Yeah, they can survive the vacuum of SPACE. This fucking terrifies me. Share your personal scientific discoveries!

09-25-2009, 07:07 PM	#2
Mesden There is no Toph, only Melon Lord! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Inside of a box inside of a smaller box Posts: 4,310	Wait, really? Do you mean just a plain ol vacuum, or actually in space? As far as I was aware, the best thing there was was Water Bears, and even those would probably go down in a few weeks. =( poor lil guys __________________ I can tell you're lying.

09-25-2009, 07:13 PM	#4
Eltargrim Fifty-Talents Haversham Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: FABULOUS Posts: 1,904	I learned that solving complex expressions is surprisingly hard. Anyone know what the best way to find the roots of (8i(3)^1/2 - 8)^1/4 is? __________________ <Insert witticism here; get credit; ???; profit!>

09-25-2009, 07:19 PM	#6
Ryanderman Beard of Leadership Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 827	Today I learned that during hurricane season in Florida every day, even if it looks like a beautiful sunny day out the window all day at work, it will be pouring rain and thundering by the time I get home and get my swim trunks on. __________________ ~Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to stop, it turns. You tell it to turn, it stops. You tell it to take out the trash, it watches reruns of Firefly.~

09-25-2009, 07:24 PM	#8
POS Industries Argus Agony Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gotta go fishing! Posts: 10,483	Clearly, we need to be using stink bugs for our deep space exploration. __________________ Either you're dead or my watch has stopped.

09-25-2009, 07:11 PM	#3
TDK Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reality Posts: 2,914	Well, I made a vacuum chamber, and I was fiddling with it earlier and decided to see its effect on the annoying little fuckers. It did nothing! Its a pretty good vacuum, it gets down to about 26 inHg, which is around the pressure at the Karman line, which is the common definition of where space begins. ...Water Bears?

09-25-2009, 07:53 PM	#9
Eltargrim Fifty-Talents Haversham Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: FABULOUS Posts: 1,904	Went through and solved it. The roots are +-(sqrt3 + i). For a completely different question. Wow. Way too tired right now. On to the actual question now! Actual answer! +-(3.86 + 1.04i), +-(1.04 - 3.86i) __________________ <Insert witticism here; get credit; ???; profit!> Last edited by Eltargrim; 09-25-2009 at 08:02 PM.