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No Hitter Alert: Reds' Arroyo through 7. -- nm - nubby Jun 26, 17:53 2
- Wonk wonk. -- nm - nubby Jun 26, 18:06
- jeff kellogg is the home plate ump? he's sure to screw something up unless he was bought off - dogbert Jun 26, 18:02
Turkey AND Syria both start throwing the "war" word around at each other -- (link) - Beaker Jun 26, 17:52
Breaking Bad season four finale spoilers - Other David Jun 26, 17:48 5
- Sort of related - ralph wiggum Jun 26, 17:51
- I'm interested if you had the same reaction as the people that saw it in order - Reagen Jun 26, 17:51 3
  - Unrelated, but I've been meaning to ask you, have you gotten around to watching the final season of The Shield yet? nm - ralph wiggum Jun 26, 17:59 2
    - I had just started the 6th before I lost momentum. - Reagen Jun 26, 18:01 1
      - Yeah, the acting is still awesome, but you can almost skip S6 and go straight to the fireworks factory that is S7. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 26, 18:03
LIR - The dog shot the video because his owners weren't going to believe him without proof. -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 26, 17:47 2
- and dogs are supposed to sense quakes before hand anyway and wanted to see how that damn cat would react -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 17:51 1
  - What does that have to do with the baby bear? ;) -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 26, 17:55
SITWAP - Megan Fox pregnant -- (link) - amoxy Jun 26, 17:18 6
- Kassius? really? -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 17:55
- Not to be mean, but my first question was ... - Beryllium Jun 26, 17:43 1
  - (I suppose I should have proofread that. Or not posted it at all.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 17:48
- wonder if the stretch pauses will change the meaning of her tattoo -- nm - dogbert Jun 26, 17:33
- *oh shit* -- nm - half the dudes in Hollywood Jun 26, 17:20 1
  - *sigh* -- nm - Spawn Jun 26, 17:38
What was your favourite "BCS instead of a playoff" moment, CFB fans? -- (link) - Reagen Jun 26, 17:10
WaPo is reporting that Ephron has died. -- nm - spamlet Jun 26, 17:08 4
- it seems to be tru now :(((( -- nm - peglegpete Jun 26, 17:41
- My favorie movie of hers is You've Got Mail. But it's a tough call. -- nm - Other David Jun 26, 17:26
- whoa, that's kind of young. (distinction: *not* Efron) -- nm - Max Jun 26, 17:18 1
  - yeah. - prayformojo Jun 26, 17:25
39 replies about the physics of blanket layers. We can do better. - Beryllium Jun 26, 17:04
Shipping Today: The FP -- nm - Dano Jun 26, 16:42 1
- Shipping today: Chronicle -- nm - prayformojo Jun 26, 16:56
Heh. I'm picturing you torn between frustration and making an attempt to explain -- nm - JD Jun 26, 16:39 1
- Er, stupid placement. Supposed to be a reply to "Why Show" -- nm - JD Jun 26, 16:43
How it's Made: pewter flasks runs 6/28 at 4:30 pac. time on Discovery Science -- nm - peglegpete Jun 26, 16:25
"The Why Show" has made its debut in our house. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 16:23 5
- Something I learned from a friend's 3 year old - Sometimes they're looking for a fun answer instead of the right one. - the liioulu with Jun 26, 17:17
- Get ready to think about that Louis CK routine *a lot*. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 26, 16:59 1
  - "Because you can't something that's nothing - if it was nothing it wouldn't be!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 17:07
- One word Answer - amoxy Jun 26, 16:26 1
  - I prefer to reply: - Al Sweringen si Jun 26, 16:28
Ha. The Oreo hissyfit in context. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 26, 16:08 [Image]
Most misleading headline: "Gunnar, the U.S. Navy seal, dies at age 38" -- (link) - GregW Jun 26, 15:52 3
- "We really needed that guy!" -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 16:22
- OK, but that's the 3rd famous creature to die this week, that turtle (last of its kind) and the oragatan -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 16:03 1
  - and despite rumours, Nora Ephron is still alive -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 26, 16:12
Baby, I'm a star. - Spawn Jun 26, 15:26
ST: Cast these roles - Commander Sheppard, Nathan Drake, and Master Chief -- nm - Jovian Jun 26, 15:22 6
- Sheppard - Matt Fox. Drake - Fillion, 6 months and 30 pounds from now. Master Chief - Richard Moll. - Beryllium Jun 26, 15:50
- does it really matter who plays master chief, since you never see his face? keep the voice, put random giant in a suit. -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 15:24 3
  - Find a no name to play the actor, but have a name for the voice - amoxy Jun 26, 15:57
  - Pretty much. I was just going by people with the physical frame to pull it off. - Beryllium Jun 26, 15:55
  - agreed. use the same voice guy. -- nm - Remlik Jun 26, 15:25
- Drake - Fillion 10 years and 30 pounds ago. -- nm - Remlik Jun 26, 15:23
I love the response of music preference: Gay. That makes up a major party of the music acts and when I go to concerts, it seems that even acts..., - JD Jun 26, 15:20
40 more of the worst Rob Liefield drawings -- (link) - Reagen Jun 26, 15:17 7
- Still no backwards thumb? WTF? - Spawn Jun 26, 17:13
- if not for bad Rob Liefend drawings, I would have sold a lot less art in over the years. In the 1990's at the end of every San Diego Con, Rob would - peglegpete Jun 26, 15:29
- Wow. I haven't bought a comic book in ages, but I recognize some of that artwork. (nm) - musubi Jun 26, 15:27
- does anyone he draws have a normal back? also, worst boob artist ever. -- nm - zork Jun 26, 15:21 2
  - 24 inspires a sympathy wince. Think of them running. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 15:28
  - nope. -- nm - Remlik Jun 26, 15:22
- heh -- nm - Remlik Jun 26, 15:20
This is something GLaDOS would do ..... -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 26, 15:07
Remember that bear who travelled from one end of Cape Cod to the other then was caught and exiled to central Mass? -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jun 26, 15:00
Will Arnet cast as Batman and Channing Tatum as Superman..... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 26, 14:59
FWIW: Liz Smith Seems to Eulogize Nora Ephron; Director�s Camp Won�t Confirm Rumors -- (link) - Magic MDH Jun 26, 14:50 2
- TMZ: she's ill and not expected to last the night -- (link) - Remlik Jun 26, 15:16
- and the piece has been pulled. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 15:03
Doctor Who: 47 years in 6 minutes....by the fine brothers -- (link) - Remlik Jun 26, 14:49 [youtube]
where's nubby? I need one expert's opinion on a matter of physics. say you have three blankets, a thin one, a medium one, and a thick one. - mafic Jun 26, 14:44 41
- other variations to consider: tightness of the weave, thick blankets tend to be a loose weave, thin ones have a tighter weave, this becomes important - zeitgeist Jun 26, 17:40
- with the temperature last night I think you want more than blankets -- nm - Karl_S Jun 26, 16:13
- tell the female councelors body heat is better -- nm - peglegpete Jun 26, 15:07 6
  - And it would be better for the environment -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 15:33
  - heh, not that kind of camp. besides (non-geologist) women in exploration tend to be... rough. -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 15:12 3
    - Any port in a storm. -- nm - nubby Jun 26, 15:14 2
      - and... um... perhaps not welcoming of male company. at least in this camp. - mafic Jun 26, 15:30
      - slut -- nm - zork Jun 26, 15:16
  - Sincerely. -- nm - nubby Jun 26, 15:09
- spoiler - nubby Jun 26, 15:04 2
  - see below -- nm - spamlet Jun 26, 15:16
  - good to know, but when has that ever stopped an argument? -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 15:06
- I would think that all three layers would trap the same ammount of heat regardless of order. However in terms of utility - musubi Jun 26, 14:55 6
  - I disagree with this assumption. there's a heat source on one side. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 15:02 5
    - So? Heat retention and insulation still work the same. (nm) - musubi Jun 26, 15:03 4
      - what about convection? you would want the wind blocking layer on the outside. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 15:03 3
        
        yeah, that's the important factor -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 17:54
        
        what wind blocking? you are changing the parameters. -- nm - zork Jun 26, 15:06
        
        There is no difference if we're talking about blankets that you're lying under. The assumptions mafic made - musubi Jun 26, 15:06
- if directly proportionate, it wouldn't matter - zork Jun 26, 14:51 5
  - not true ... the air might move differently. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 14:54 4
    - you have three layers of rigid foam insulation to attach to your house. do you really think it matters what order you put them on? the r-factor is pro - zork Jun 26, 14:59 3
      - that's not the same as a moving body. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 15:00 2
        
        If layering blankets on yourself, you're probably not moving that much. (nm) - musubi Jun 26, 15:02 1
        
        aside from the shivering -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 17:00
- thin to thick -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 14:46 15
  - this is what I think. that's how clothes are layered. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 14:48 13
    - this is what I do, and it seems like common sense, but I want the math. -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 14:52 7
      - the answer may be in here. I'm still reading it. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 26, 15:01 5
        
        oh wow. they say thick layer inside is best. See Figure 3. - loosilu Jun 26, 15:07 4
        
        I don't think their "shells" are comparable to the blankets that mafic is asking about. - musubi Jun 26, 15:19 1
        
        ah, ok. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 15:27
        
        that does not fit with mafic's initial parameters. the layers in that experiment have different insulation factors. -- nm - zork Jun 26, 15:16 1
        
        you're right. funn thing though, I realized I use their method for cross country skiing. Thick layers below, and a thin shell on top. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 15:28
      - math shmath -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 14:57
    - that's because you can move more easily that way, not so much the insulating factor, IMO. -- nm - zork Jun 26, 14:52 4
      - but bedding is that way too. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 14:54 3
        
        Same reason. You want to take off the heavy blanket, but not the light one? Pretty hard if the heavy is under the thin. (nm) - musubi Jun 26, 14:58 1
        
        unless you want to micro-manage the temperature then the thin should go on top -- nm - zork Jun 26, 15:00
        
        because it is easier to launder sheets than blankets. -- nm - zork Jun 26, 14:55
  - we've had this debate too, heh. we came to this conclusion. -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 14:47
I planted a different variety of peas in my garden this year, and they're already 4 feet tall - Reagen Jun 26, 14:27 2
- wow, same here, they completely over topped the section of fence they were to climb up -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 17:00
- hybrid species - zork Jun 26, 14:48
they should have cast Eriq La Salle. -- nm - Remlik Jun 26, 14:25 2
- This movie had to have been written for Denzel. "They tried to kill my wife!" -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 26, 14:40 1
  - and his partner would be some young up and comer -- nm - Remlik Jun 26, 14:46
Also, is there anyone less intimidating than Matthew Fox? -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 14:24 32
- wait, I got it. Spencer Pratt. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 15:26
- I'm tempted to say Paul Bettany ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 15:18
- A number of women would apparetly say yes. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 26, 15:16
- while the movie looks like shit, Fox looks pretty badass -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 15:07
- Matthew Perry? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 26, 15:04
- Paul Giamatti -- nm - eag Jun 26, 14:43 2
  - I have drunk plenty of merlot since Sideways -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 14:46 1
    - ik,r? some of it's good. -- nm - Diva Jun 26, 14:47
- Chris Martin -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 14:42
- Andy Dick -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 26, 14:42
- Jamie Kennedy -- nm - Remlik Jun 26, 14:37
- Robert Pattinson. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 26, 14:35 1
  - I like this answer -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 14:59
- Michael Cera? -- nm - Jovian Jun 26, 14:33 6
  - I'd love to see him play a diabolical villain. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 14:35 1
    - Meh. Now, jessie eisenberg ... - Beryllium Jun 26, 15:17
  - Loathe him. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 26, 14:34 2
    - /punches you into a handful of gold coins -- nm - S.Pilgrim Jun 26, 14:34 1
      - Not gold coins, loonies and toonies. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 26, 15:07
  - He's the best fighter in the district! -- nm - David Jun 26, 14:34
- Paul Dano? -- nm - Max Jun 26, 14:30 2
  - The first movie I saw of his was "L.I.E." and it still makes me creep out when seeing him. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 26, 14:40
  - I like this one. Because I have to think Daniel Day Lewis would be the most intimidating. -- nm - Jovian Jun 26, 14:39
- Gizmo? -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 14:30
- Tom Cruise -- nm - David Jun 26, 14:28
- Well... -- nm - Bus Driver's Vagina Jun 26, 14:27
- I kept watching it and going, "That looks like Tyler Perry, I think. But surely it's not Tyler Perry." - Kim Pine Jun 26, 14:26
- Is this a poll? - prayformojo Jun 26, 14:26 4
  - What if Matthew Fox is crying (pretty likely) and znu is not? -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 14:30
  - hey! -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 14:29
  - Hmm. Shia LeBoeuf? Andy Dick? -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 14:28 1
    - Andy Dick has already helped get one awesome person killed, let's not motivate him to do more. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 26, 15:13
secret agent man -- nm - peglegpete Jun 26, 14:23 2
- i know, i know...your numbah, i know, i know...your name -- nm - worst beatles song/b side evah Jun 26, 14:26 1
  - but a great Johnny Rivers song -- nm - peglegpete Jun 26, 14:32

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