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Science thread - anything interesting?

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  1. Christodoulides wrote
    Simulated earthquake. Very scary situation...

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=acb_1266815100

    I remember when Anne and I visited the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco many years ago we tried the 1906 earthquake simulator. It was a small (2-man) platform - with a rail to hold on to - that recreated the ground movement of the 7.8 magnitude 'quake. It only lasted about 45 seconds as I recall, but it seemed such a long time even in the safety of the museum!
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2010
    There's a similar contraption you can try in the Science Museum in London.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2010
    Christodoulides wrote
    Simulated earthquake. Very scary situation...

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=acb_1266815100


    Any idea what the Richter scale on this test was?

    Mia??
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2010
    It seemed horrific though. I'd imagine 7+. Also did anyone understand if it was a smaller scale model or an actual sized one? I don't have time to observe it in detail (proportional relations etc) as i'm leaving for work but that'd be very interesting to find out.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2010
    I wondered exactly the same thing D, it looked to be full size but it could be deceiving, it would be weird going into a huge indoor area to find a full appartment block.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2010
    Well, if they have the budget for it, why not smile
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
  7. Skating_Lientje wrote
    If she would wonder in to my house, I would definitely get her outside safely and not kill her.


    safely?

    I would throw whatever CD I could find to kill that frakkin spider shame
    waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2010
    You'd not have a problem. Your place is full of Tyler BAtes' cd's.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2010
    lol applause
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorBhelPuri
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    Christodoulides wrote
    Big spiders with myriads of her babies on her. Not for the faint hearted.

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5b4_1266684183


    That was a bit creepy at the start. I thought it was a spider infested with parasites or something else.

    Parasitoid wasps are way too creepy. Check out this youtube video of how a wasp makes a precise sting in a roach, making it a zombie, leading it to a nest, injecting eggs and the eventual hatching.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsSqsqJtZg

    Here's another where a caterpillar is infected. What's super cool is that it makes the caterpillar unnaturally aggressive which aids it to fight off predators. A cruel twist of nature that makes an infected host protect the young parasite inside it. shocked
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UkDMrG6tog
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    Sure makes you wonder where ALIEN gets it's origins from. wink
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    BhelPuri wrote
    Parasitoid wasps are way too creepy. Check out this youtube video of how a wasp makes a precise sting in a roach, making it a zombie, leading it to a nest, injecting eggs and the eventual hatching.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsSqsqJtZg

    Here's another where a caterpillar is infected. What's super cool is that it makes the caterpillar unnaturally aggressive which aids it to fight off predators. A cruel twist of nature that makes an infected host protect the young parasite inside it. shocked
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UkDMrG6tog


    Über-cool!

    Peter cool
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      CommentAuthorMiya
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    plindboe wrote
    I'd use the glass and cardboard method. This has been proven to work by science.

    Peter smile


    What is the glass and cardboard method?


    Hey I thought the spiders are cute. She's a good mom! wink
    Labels are for cans, not people. - Anthony Rapp
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    Spiders? CUTE!? Spiders aren't cute. They're just not... we're wired to find them creepy!

    Okay, put it this way: imagine you're sitting at your table eating your breakfast. What would you rather have jump on the table and greet you: a kitten, or a wolf spider with its babies on its back?
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      CommentAuthorMiya
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    Timmer wrote
    Christodoulides wrote
    Simulated earthquake. Very scary situation...

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=acb_1266815100


    Any idea what the Richter scale on this test was?

    Mia??


    Mia who? wink

    The video says it's about the same scale as 1995 Kobe Earthquake (M7.3), and the building is an actual sized model.

    Actually they did many more experiments like that... because our islands are constantly quaking freezing
    http://www.bosai.go.jp/hyogo/ehyogo/research.html
    Labels are for cans, not people. - Anthony Rapp
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010 edited
    An actual sized model and received all that damage? Damn, it looks unbelievable, the way it shakes and breaks up like this. Earthquakes scare the crap out of me.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    Miya wrote
    What is the glass and cardboard method?


    1.Place drinking glass over spider.
    2.Move glass a bit so the spider climbs onto the inner sides of the glass.
    3.Take a piece of cardboard, or some other flat square board and slide it under the glass, so you can take the glass off the wall while the spider remains trapped.
    4.Hold glass out of window upside down and shake it so spider falls out.
    5.Get the willies

    There are variants of this method of course. I usually use a piece cardboard, but you can use other items, as long as they are flat and rigid.

    Peter smile
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    Or simply





    KILL AND TRASH THE MOTHERFUCKER










    Here. Saved you 5 minutes of your life. And some minimum physical but still maximum psychological effort.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorMiya
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    Ah now I see what it means. Thanks! smile


    Steven wrote
    Spiders? CUTE!? Spiders aren't cute. They're just not... we're wired to find them creepy!

    Okay, put it this way: imagine you're sitting at your table eating your breakfast. What would you rather have jump on the table and greet you: a kitten, or a wolf spider with its babies on its back?


    I don't want a kitten on my table because he steals my breakfast! wink

    Seriously, if I encounter a spider mom I'll kept her in a glass and observe her and her kids while eating breakfast. spidereat
    Labels are for cans, not people. - Anthony Rapp
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    My kittehs don't steal any food...
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    They don't creep you out either and have their young crawl on there body.

    Spiders are cool. But they are NOT CUTE.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    Miya wrote
    Ah now I see what it means. Thanks! smile


    Steven wrote
    Spiders? CUTE!? Spiders aren't cute. They're just not... we're wired to find them creepy!

    Okay, put it this way: imagine you're sitting at your table eating your breakfast. What would you rather have jump on the table and greet you: a kitten, or a wolf spider with its babies on its back?


    I don't want a kitten on my table because he steals my breakfast! wink

    Seriously, if I encounter a spider mom I'll kept her in a glass and observe her and her kids while eating breakfast. spidereat


    Both Elin and Miya have gone up in my estimation a thousandfold kiss

    Miya, that is PRECISELY what I would do! beer
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    Steven wrote
    They don't creep you out either and have their young crawl on there body.

    Spiders are cool. But they are NOT CUTE.


    Five hundred fold for saying they're cool beer

    and of course they aren't cute, they're menacing looking mudderfookers just as they should be.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    I'm not sure I'd be able to eat my breakfast whilst looking at a spider wolf with its babies crawling all over it (and there's something wrong with you if you can), but it would be extremely fascinating to watch, no doubt about it.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    I can! And I'm wrong.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    Clearly.

    Urgh.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
    They do try to cute it up sometimes, though.
    I am extremely serious.
  28. Christodoulides wrote
    You'd not have a problem. Your place is full of Tyler BAtes' cd's.


    cute, real cute wink
    waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 28th 2010
    Chilean earthquake-induced tsunami as seen from the space.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWJNKr3rV00

    Awe-inspiring.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMar 1st 2010
    Christodoulides wrote
    Chilean earthquake-induced tsunami as seen from the space.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWJNKr3rV00

    Awe-inspiring.


    I can't see anything. Am I supposed to see something moving?
    I am extremely serious.

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