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My question (I'm still dissapointed with Martin's inablility to answer my last question):

Kentucky Fried Chicken in their adverts suggested a 'secret blend of herbs and spices' that made their chicken taste great. What was the secret recipie?
 
Ask anything eh? This thread is so long, but anyway, my current snack brings a question to my mind.
Who first dreamed up the glorious idea of putting peanut butter and jelly, into one eternal form of snack and/or lunch?
 
I'm baaaaaaahaaaaaack.

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Idun:

Which stars are the biggest and the hottest: blue, white, or red?

Blue ones.

And why?

The explanation for this is the same as why a stove burner turns red when you turn it on to the high position, or why the flame of a propane torch is blue in the center and red on the outside: the blue part of the flame is hotter than the red part. The stove burner turns red when you increase its temperature; if you could keep heating it, it would turn blue.

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SillyWabbit?

Why is the sky blue?

Headpodd already asked this question, but I'll repeat the answer:
Blue light gets scattered (spread) around much more (about 10 times more) than all the other colours from the sun. This is because blue has a shorter wavelength. This causes the sky to appear blue.
Actually, violet has the shortest wavelength of all colours. Violet is scattered even more than blue light. However, our eyes are much more sensitive to see blue than violet, therefore we see the sky as blue.

Why is the sea green?

Is it? I can tell you why it's blue, though. There are several theories as to why the ocean is usually blue. Some scientists believe that when sunlight hits seawater, part of the white light is absorbed and part is reflected. White light is composed of various shades (all the colors in the rainbow). Seawater does not absorb blue light, so the blue light is reflected outwards. Some scientists believe that suspended matter in the sea is responsible for its blue color.

Why is mud brown?

For the same reason that belly button fluff is always a shade of blue.

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Ashlea:

What wheels should I get for my car (VW Cabrio):

The ones on the left.

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lies:

Why do some people get belly button fluff while others don't?

Some belly buttons are easier to 'invade' than others.

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Watercrystal:

How to do meditation? Would you please tell me HOW, procedure, something like that.

There are many ways of meditating. Perhaps best and simplest is breath awareness meditation. To do breath meditation, simply:
  • Find a quiet place to sit.
  • Give yourself a moment to catch up with whatever you have been doing and thinking about. The best results occur when you are not trying to accomplish anything and not in a hurry.
  • Allow your attention to drop to your abdomen as it gently expands and contracts with each breath. Feel each breath all the way in, and all the way out.
  • Let a gentle, Buddha-like half-smile come to your face to relax your body and your mind.
  • To help keep your attention focused, try counting breaths to 10, and then starting again at 1. (If you lose count, simply go back to 1. That’s okay: you’re not trying to accomplish anything, remember?) Or, label each inbreath and outbreath ("in," "out,").
  • Meditation is practicing kindness to yourself. So when distracting thoughts bring you away from the breath, know this is natural. Notice these thoughts with gentle, loving attention, and when you are ready, let go of them and return to the breath.
  • Continue for a comfortable period of time.
  • Emerge from your meditation gently. Once, again, don’t be in a rush.
Do you believe that whether or not there is possibilty for me to meet you by chance, or whatever.

Ooh, I have a fan! Dunno, would you want to meet me? :)

How to deal with the feeling of being rejected?

Denial.

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fluffy bunny:

I'm still dissapointed with Martin's inablility to answer my last question.

Please repeat.

Kentucky Fried Chicken in their adverts suggested a 'secret blend of herbs and spices' that made their chicken taste great. What was the secret recipie?

1/2 cup salt

1/4 cup black pepper

1/4 cup MSG (optional)

1/4 teaspoon garlic salt

1/4 teaspoon tumeric

1/4 teaspoon ground sage

3/4 teaspoon curry powder

3/4 teaspoon onion salt

3/4 teaspoon dry mustard

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

4 cups flour

Mix all ingredients together. Place chicken pieces in an egg mixture of 2
beaten eggs in 2 cups of water. Drain, then coat each piece in the flour
mixture. Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown. Finish off the chicken in a
300 oven about 1 hour.

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Ruzi:

Who first dreamed up the glorious idea of putting peanut butter and jelly, into one eternal form of snack and/or lunch?

Although people have been enjoying peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for decades, sometimes with the crusts removed, David Geske and his friend Len Kretchman, of Fargo, North Dakota, insist that the crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich was invented in 1995, when they were preparing lunch for their finicky children. The two created a product called the Incredible Uncrustable, a version of the sandwich with the crust trimmed and the edges folded over.

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And that's how the cookie crumbles.

NEXT!

Cheers, Martin :D
 
Errr ...

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Litany & Lies:

'M. KAHN IS BENT' was, until recently, painted in very large white letters on a railway bridge that crosses the North Circular road in London between Crouch End and East Finchley (Just by the gasworks).
It had been there for over ten years, unmissable by every single car travelling in a westward directionon the North Circular, which, bearing in mind that approximately 300,000 cars containing an average of 2.7 people pass under that bridge every day, would indicate that, over the course of time, the fact of M. Kahn's bent-ness may have been impressed on 2,956,500,000 people, or round about five times the population of Europe.
This kind of majority opinion must have made it very difficult for M. Kahn to dispute.

Many things, however, remain unexplained. Considering the scale of the insult, why did the man who painted it choose to use the polite form 'M. Kahn' - as if he was writing a letter to his bank manager? Perhaps he didn't know Mr Kahn's first name (Micheal? Monty?), in which case he can't have known him very well - in which case it seems a bit much to go and paint definitive statements about his sexual orientation ten feet high on the North Circular.
And perhaps even more intriguing, why was M.Kahn himself (Morris? Matt?), no doubt a resident of the Funchley area and well able to contact the local borough council, content to leave the message there for over a decade? Is it possible that he wrote it himself? Which would suggest that the graffiti was not in fact an insult, but the biggest sex-advert in the world. Perhaps we'll never know.

Whatever it was that persuaded the council finally to paint over 'M. KAHN IS BENT', The Mary Whitehouse Experience is prepared to offer a large sum of money to any person or persons prepared to go back to the bridge, under cover of darkness, and paint on it the words 'M. KAHN IS STILL BENT'.

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NEXT!

Cheers, Martin :D
 
Martin said:
Kentucky Fried Chicken in their adverts suggested a 'secret blend of herbs and spices' that made their chicken taste great. What was the secret recipie?

1/2 cup salt

1/4 cup black pepper

1/4 cup MSG (optional)

1/4 teaspoon garlic salt

1/4 teaspoon tumeric

1/4 teaspoon ground sage

3/4 teaspoon curry powder

3/4 teaspoon onion salt

3/4 teaspoon dry mustard

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

4 cups flour

Mix all ingredients together. Place chicken pieces in an egg mixture of 2
beaten eggs in 2 cups of water. Drain, then coat each piece in the flour
mixture. Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown. Finish off the chicken in a
300 oven about 1 hour.
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That last sentence sounds painful- I'd have thought you killed the chicken before subjecting it to all that.

Next question- how relevant are Asimov's 3 laws of robotics in the present day?
 
Quickie, this.

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fluffy bunny:

That last sentence sounds painful- I'd have thought you killed the chicken before subjecting it to all that.

That's the secret ingredient.

how relevant are Asimov's 3 laws of robotics in the present day?

Asimov's three laws of robotics:
  1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Many facets of Asimov's fiction are clearly inapplicable to real information technology or too far in the future to be relevant to contemporary applications. Some matters, however, deserve our consideration. For example, Asimov's fiction could help us assess the practicability of embedding some appropriate set of general laws into robotic designs. Alternatively, the substantive content of the laws could be used as a set of guidelines to be applied during the conception, design, development, testing, implementation, use, and maintenance of robotic systems.

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That's all ... folks!

NEXT!

Cheers, Martin :D
 
Martin said:
Quickie, this.
how relevant are Asimov's 3 laws of robotics in the present day?

Asimov's three laws of robotics:
  1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Many facets of Asimov's fiction are clearly inapplicable to real information technology or too far in the future to be relevant to contemporary applications. Some matters, however, deserve our consideration. For example, Asimov's fiction could help us assess the practicability of embedding some appropriate set of general laws into robotic designs. Alternatively, the substantive content of the laws could be used as a set of guidelines to be applied during the conception, design, development, testing, implementation, use, and maintenance of robotic systems.

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That's all ... folks!

NEXT!

Cheers, Martin :D
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Your source: http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/SOS/Asimov.html

What happened to the increasing use of Asimov's law in the research institutions of the present day (with respect to Artificial Intelligence)?

Consider the Terminator films- laws of robotics would have prevented the nuclear fire incident.
 
What is the text ( a complete one, please) of a song "Thank you very much" (it's the part when the people are dancing on a coffin) from a musical "Scrooge"?
 
*sneezes*

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Fluffy Bunny:

Your source: http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger....SOS/Asimov.html

Yes, and? I already knew that.

What happened to the increasing use of Asimov's law in the research institutions of the present day (with respect to Artificial Intelligence)?

Well, the first law is well on its way to being broken, as you can read in this article.

Furthermore:

Might Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics ever be used for artificial intelligence in real-life? Respected sci-fi author and futurist, Robert J. Sawyer points out that these laws were a useful literary device for interesting puzzle-oriented stories, but nobody is currently using them in actual A.I research today. Still, A.I. is still in its infancy--if it ever improves to the point that robots could become conscious and make their own independent decisions, who knows? They may prove to be quite useful constraints, or at least inspire such constraints, which the public would demand.
(Source, in case you're wondering: http://www.sciscoop.com/story/2002/12/4/7149/68605)

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Idun:

What is the text ( a complete one, please) of a song "Thank you very much" (it's the part when the people are dancing on a coffin) from a musical "Scrooge"?

On behalf of all the people who have assembled here
I would merely like to mention, if I may
That our unanimous attitude
Is one of lasting gratitude
For what our friend has done for us today
And therefore I would simply like to say :

Thank you very much
Thank you very much
That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me
I may sound double Dutch
But my delight is such
I feel as if a losing war's been won for me

And if I had a flag, I'd hang me flag out
To let us all the final victory touch
But since I left me flag at home
I simply have to say :
Thank you very, very, very much
Thank you very, very, very much

Thank you very much
Thank you very much
That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me
It sounds a bit bizarre
The things the way they are
I feel as if another life's begun for me
And if I had a canon I would fire it
To let us all see the grace of touch
But since I left me canon at home
I simply have to say :
Thank you very, very, very much
Thank you very, very, very much

For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
And so say all of us

Thank you very much
Thank you very much
That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me
It isn't every day
Good fortune comes me way
I never thought the future would be fun for me
And if I had a bugle I would blow it
To add a sort o' how's your father's touch
But since I left me bugle at home
I simply have to say :
Thank you very, very, very much
Thank you very, very, very much

SPOKEN:
No, no, dear friends, it is I who should thank you

Thank you very much
Thank you very much
That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me
The future looks alright
In fact it looks so bright
I feel as if they probably sing this song for me
And if I had a drum, I'd have to bang it
To add a sort o' rumpty tumpty touch
But since I left me drummer at home
I simply have to say :

Thank you very, very, very much
Thank you very, very, very much

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Thank you very much.

NEXT!

Cheers, Martin :D
 
Questions!!!

1) is this thread STILL going??????

2) Who invented the bra! ( and was it an uplifting experience :D )

3) Who invented underpants

Regards
SillyWabbit
 
SillyWabbit said:
Questions!!!

1) is this thread STILL going??????

2) Who invented the bra! ( and was it an uplifting experience :D )

3) Who invented underpants

Regards
SillyWabbit
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I like you SILLY ----wabbit :p ;)
 
Who, according to Hannibal, where the greatest chiefs in the history?
 
Heeeeeeeeeeeere's Martin!

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Wabbit:

Is this thread STILL going?

Yup.

Who invented the bra?

Mary Phelps Jacobs, a New York socialite, was awarded a patent for the "Backless Brassiere". The garment, which was made out of ribbons and handkerchiefs, was made for her own personal use as an alternative to the corset. The undergarment name "brassiere" was derived from the old French word for "upper arm". It came to be known as a "bra" in the 1930s.

Who invented underpants?

Already asked, already answered (I'll just ignore the fact that the answer sucked).

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Idun:

Who, according to Hannibal, where the greatest chiefs in the history?

I assume you are talking about Hannibal of Carthage. I Couldn't find anything on this, but if I'd have to guess, I'd say Alexander the Great, Publius Cornelius Scipio, among others.

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NEXT!

Cheers, Martin :D
 
Martin said:
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Idun:

Who, according to Hannibal, where the greatest chiefs in the history?

I assume you are talking about Hannibal of Carthage. I Couldn't find anything on this, but if I'd have to guess, I'd say Alexander the Great, Publius Cornelius Scipio, among others.

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You're good at guessing, Martin! You're absolutely right. The two others were Pyrrus and Hannibal himself.
 
I was right? Cool!

Well, Alexander the Great was quite obvious. He wasn't named 'the Great' for nothing, but Publius Cornelius Scipio really was an educated guess.

Nice. Thanks for the fun question, Idun, keep 'em coming!

NEXT!

Cheers, Martin :D
 
hmm

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Wabbit:

Who invented the spork?

Spork.

ti-spork.jpg


Blend of sp(oon + f)ork. A proprietary name for a piece of cutlery combining the features of a spoon, fork, (and sometimes, knife). 'Spork' is the colloquial term for 'Runcible Spoon'.
So, the spork is actually nothing more than a plastic decendant of the runcible spoon, the earliest mention of which I've found in Lewis Carrol's "The Walrus & the Carpenter."

Also.

The basic design of the spork has existed since prehistoric times, although some scholars on the subject credit the American Army that invaded Japan following the second world war as the designers. General McArthur (who wanted truman to enthrone him as emperor of japan) decreed that the use of chopsticks was uncivilized, and the conquered foe should use forks and spoons like the rest of the 'civilized' world. but fearing that the japs might rise up and retake their country with their forks, he and the us army invented the 'spork,' which was then introduced into the public schools. the army, which had taken over all government enterprises and the schools, enforced the use of the 'spork,' and made the use of chopsticks in the schools a punishable offense. this is a bit of spork history that's absolutely true, but not very funny.

Also.

The spork was patented in 1970 to the Van Brode Milling Co.

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Cheers, Martin :D
 
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