Something You Never Understood? Why is the sky blue?
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Posted 28 May 2005 - 04:51 PM
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Posted 28 May 2005 - 07:21 PM
#3
Posted 28 May 2005 - 09:55 PM
Whe sky is blue because blue light from the sun strikes the air molecules and scatters and our eyes see it as blue.
Now, if a pack of gum says that each piece is 10 calories, is that amount just chewing the gum, or also for swallowing it?
#4
Posted 28 May 2005 - 10:13 PM
If we see the sky as Blue...answer this. What colour is it really?
#5
Posted 28 May 2005 - 10:26 PM
#6
Posted 28 May 2005 - 10:37 PM
What was Captian Hook's name before he had a hook for a hand?
If a kid stars in a rated R movie, can he ever watch it when it's done?
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink what comes out"?
How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
Ok, I'm just about out.
EDIT: Wait, just thought, Why is number abbreviated as "no"? There isn't any "o" in number.
#7
Posted 28 May 2005 - 10:47 PM
About staring in a R rated movie...lol. That was good.
#8
Posted 28 May 2005 - 10:49 PM
Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? Coincidence? I think not...
Therapist is THE RAPIST put together!
When is your birthday if you were born on February 29, leap day?
The professor on Giligan's Island can make a radio out of coconut. Why can't he fix the hole in the stupid boat?
I think it's all a conspiacy... Well... Think about it.
But seriouly, is the human race THAT strange?
#9
Posted 28 May 2005 - 10:55 PM
My freind (who just got blamed for stealin $100, but the other guy got caught) has a birthday on Feb. 29. He's 3/4 (can't remember) years old while being 14.
#10
Posted 28 May 2005 - 10:57 PM
Like when you see a mountain far a way and it looks blue.
It's the amount of oxygen between you and the mountain that makes it look blue.
#11
Posted 28 May 2005 - 10:58 PM
Why is Joey short for Joe, when Joey has more letters?
Why do we sing 'Take me out to the ball game', when we are already there?
If you were a pastor, and you were getting married, would you hire a pastor, or would you do the wedding yourself?
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No gas has color unless mixed with another chemical. Oxygen is not blue. Remember, in the Aurora, oxygen makes the red-ornage and yellow colors. http://chemistry.abo...library/blo.htm
#15
Posted 28 May 2005 - 11:08 PM
Why say "may I ask?" and then follow it up with a question?
#16
Posted 29 May 2005 - 01:18 AM
Izar, on May 28 2005, 08:49 PM, said:
Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? Coincidence? I think not...
Therapist is THE RAPIST put together!
When is your birthday if you were born on February 29, leap day?
The professor on Giligan's Island can make a radio out of coconut. Why can't he fix the hole in the stupid boat?
I think it's all a conspiacy... Well... Think about it.
But seriouly, is the human race THAT strange?
Adults can use Kids Tylenol.
It is not considered necessary.
Wow.
When your birthday is on the twenty-ninth of February, your birthday comes every four years. My friend's aunt was born on a leap year. She's nine years old right now. If she were born on the twenty-eight, she'd be thirty-six.
Because it was a television show, they were never meant to leave the island.
Izar said:
Why is Joey short for Joe, when Joey has more letters?
Why do we sing 'Take me out to the ball game', when we are already there?
If you were a pastor, and you were getting married, would you hire a pastor, or would you do the wedding yourself?
Joey is not short for Joe. They are both short for Joseph.
The song was written to be sung not at the ball game.
If you were already in the spiritual vocation, you wouldn't be allowed to enter the marriage vocation, so the pastor couldn't get married.
#17
Posted 29 May 2005 - 01:36 AM
And, about the birthday thing: If you are trying to count how old you are, then absolutely nobody is the right age with the current system. Leap years exist because the Earth doesn't revolve on a nice, even schedule that could be broken up for a calender. Trying to say that you are 10 years old on the date of your birth 10 calender years from when you were born isasininen. There were 2 leap years between when you were born and your 10th "birthday", so on that day you really haven't been alive for exactly 10 revolutions of the Earth. Ah, screw it, let's just say I really really hate the calender, and can only pray the World calender get's implemented before I die.
I never understood why people care so much about all this reduced fat nonsense!! Arrrrg.
#18
Posted 29 May 2005 - 01:46 AM
And, Bet, you really owned Izar there. Yet, took the crazyness out of it.
#19
Posted 29 May 2005 - 10:03 AM
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Because, believe it or not, DDR is a great way to burn calories. I have burned >500 after playing for a little while.
#20
Posted 29 May 2005 - 09:02 PM
Betrayer, on May 29 2005, 01:18 AM, said:
It is not considered necessary.
Wow.
When your birthday is on the twenty-ninth of February, your birthday comes every four years. My friend's aunt was born on a leap year. She's nine years old right now. If she were born on the twenty-eight, she'd be thirty-six.
Because it was a television show, they were never meant to leave the island.
Izar said:
Why is Joey short for Joe, when Joey has more letters?
Why do we sing 'Take me out to the ball game', when we are already there?
If you were a pastor, and you were getting married, would you hire a pastor, or would you do the wedding yourself?
Joey is not short for Joe. They are both short for Joseph.
The song was written to be sung not at the ball game.
If you were already in the spiritual vocation, you wouldn't be allowed to enter the marriage vocation, so the pastor couldn't get married.
You took the fun out of everything! Quit being so literal... :lol: And it's not owning, it's called being rude. OMG Why did you answer mine and not everyone elses? Conspiracy? I think so.
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It's MEANT for kids, not for adults. :angry:
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It was MEANT to be sung before, but WHY is it sung AT the ball game?
Here's one you can't answer. Why did the old Enzyte (Male Hormone stuff) say NOT to use while nursing or pregnant.
#21
Posted 29 May 2005 - 09:09 PM
Izar, on May 29 2005, 07:02 PM, said:
Oooh, but I can. Because they trying were to make an oxymoron. :lol:
And I wasn't trying to "suck the fun" out of the topic, nor be litteral and make a conspiracy. Yours were just the easiest to answer. >>;
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 09:27 PM
#23
Posted 29 May 2005 - 09:47 PM
Betrayer, on May 29 2005, 09:09 PM, said:
But you did suck out the fun, the others are ALOT easier to answer. :angry: And I was joking about the conspiracy. :lol:
And that still didn't answer my question.
#24
Posted 29 May 2005 - 11:30 PM
I've never understood why people who a good looking automatically think they can sing, dance and act -.- .
#25
Posted 30 May 2005 - 09:29 AM
Too True. There are good looking girls here who jsut act terrible, too much drama! I don't understand why they don't even try!
#26
Posted 30 May 2005 - 12:26 PM
water is blue because it is blue (for the reason Sheba said that the sky is blue - it is true for water). contrary to popular belief, water does NOT reflect the sky.
and about the tylenol one, many of these warnings are to avoid lawsuits. for example, one man was driving his motorhome, when he wanted coffee. so he actually put it on cruise control and went back to the kitchen to brew himself a pot. to make a long story short, this idiot crashed and sued the company that made the vehicle for not warning him what common sense should have told him. as a result, they now have to clearly print in the owners manual that you cannot do this.
other examples of stupid labels include:
on a 10cm CD rack: "Warning: do not use as a stepladder"
on a bottle of sleeping pills: "may cause drowsiness"
there are more, but I can't remember them now.
here's a question for you, though: why do they put an expiry date on sour cream?
#27
Posted 30 May 2005 - 04:33 PM
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Yeah, I knew that, but it's jsut a good question.
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Ha, I saw that one. I think even sour cream goes bad, yeah, because Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.
Hey, what's a "wanker" and why did, I thinkAnubis, put stars in it like a cuss word.
#28
Posted 30 May 2005 - 08:58 PM
Why is it that most women like to hang around with homosexual men?
It's something even my teacher could not explain. Plus she also think these people are like gifts sent from god just to comfort her.(She has to guys that are *** that she hangs out with.)
#29
Posted 30 May 2005 - 09:14 PM
Ever heard the saying "A homosexual is a woman's best friend."? It's true.
It's just like having one of you guys but like someone we can talk to about how we look or the clothes we wear orrrrrrr all of that girly stuff D: And, they're gentlemanly.
They're like a guy who knows everything about girls and what it is like to be a girl. It's a shame that they're *** though D:. They'd be "the perfect boyfriend".
#30
Posted 30 May 2005 - 09:21 PM
Sheba, on May 30 2005, 10:14 PM, said:
Ever heard the saying "A homosexual is a woman's best friend."? It's true.
It's just like having one of you guys but like someone we can talk to about how we look or the clothes we wear orrrrrrr all of that girly stuff D: And, they're gentlemanly.
They're like a guy who knows everything about girls and what it is like to be a girl. It's a shame that they're *** though D:. They'd be "the perfect boyfriend".
I could never go so low as to actually listen, speak, and act like a girl just to get a girlfriend or get.......somewhere with her in a relationship. I mean it's great to have girls as friends but when you would go and put down your masculine side down to talk to your friends about nail polish and Justin Timberlake's a$$ that's were I draw a line. This is just my opinion here nothing more. Don't you wonder if some guys are just acting like homosexual's just to get closer to the opposite sex? Just a simple question.
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Posted 30 May 2005 - 09:27 PM
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Posted 30 May 2005 - 09:57 PM
#33
Posted 30 May 2005 - 10:00 PM
#34
Posted 30 May 2005 - 10:19 PM
#35
Posted 30 May 2005 - 10:20 PM
***s creep me out.
#36
Posted 30 May 2005 - 10:22 PM
You know how women are XX and men are XY?
Well, I can't really remember how does it all happen but SOMETIMES you get a hermaphrodite. A guy trapped in the body of a woman. A person that looks like a woman, has the body of a woman but genetically is XY and not XX.
Remember, those are just the BASICS.
#37
Posted 30 May 2005 - 10:25 PM
confusion of role models seen in parents, including, but not limited to, a dominant mother and a weak or absent father
serious family dysfunction that wounds and damages the child
early sexual abuse
the influence of an older homosexual during a critical period of adolescence;
conscious choice and cultivation
homosexual experimentation, such as mutual masturbatory activity, by boys in early adolescence
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Heraphrodites mean women who have male reproductive parts, or the other way around.
#38
Posted 30 May 2005 - 10:26 PM
BUT ANYWAY, I'm not going to debate with Izzy. n.n
#39
Posted 30 May 2005 - 10:29 PM
Web definitions for hermaphrodite
- one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn2.1 - Definition in context
Type "What is a Hermaphrodite" on google. You'll see.
http://www.factmonst...i/A0823491.html
I don't understand hy they just don't choose a sex, or why the parents don't choose at birth.
#40
Posted 31 May 2005 - 12:12 AM
</in my opinion>
^ read that
#41
Posted 04 August 2005 - 03:54 PM
@Betrayer - Yes you are allowed to marry after entering "spiritual vocation". It happened ALOT here, you are talking about priests not pastors.
#42
Posted 04 August 2005 - 07:27 PM
Now, suppose that the male develops this female hormones...but still has kids... MAYBE, some of this female hormone info gets transferred into the fetus's genes, in the case it ends up being a male...and, as he grows, he may start acting feminine, because of that. That's my theory. It's all based on something i learned in health class (all that shizz about the steroids and opposite-sex hormone developing), and the theory is something i just came up with...although very uneducated theory.
#43
Posted 04 August 2005 - 07:48 PM
Agatio, on May 31 2005, 01:12 AM, said:
If your talking about Bisexuals, I have to agree. Being Bi, IMO, is the one lane highway to Gheyville.
I was talking about people with a guy thing and a girl thing - Agatio
#44
Posted 04 August 2005 - 07:54 PM
#45
Posted 04 August 2005 - 10:37 PM
Eugine, on Aug 4 2005, 08:54 PM, said:
well, seems you didn't catch the fact that my post was not answering yours. It was about the issue that Izar and Sheba were discussing, which is the possible transmission of "anubis genes". Guess I forgot to add "IF THIS WERE A FACT INSTEAD OF A MYTH" in the beginning of my post. I do not believe that there is such thing as "anubis gene" transmission. I just thought it'd be an interesting topic that could bring up an interesting conversation. Hope that clarifies it for ya.
And i have no clue as to why, in my previous post, the word GtotheAtotheY was replaced with "anubis". The other word (the one that starts with G, follows with an A, and ends in Y) is still present in some posts previous to mine. For example, in Mystic Warrior's post.
#46
Posted 05 August 2005 - 06:48 AM
My post: About marriage
Your post: About anubis
How are they related? So how could I not catch they were different topics?
Anyways, my second post was just to tell you everyone has a theory and your theory could not be correct because being anubis was discovered long before steriods were invented. Thus, I stand to my theory.
#47
Posted 05 August 2005 - 10:50 AM
Eugine, on Aug 5 2005, 07:48 AM, said:
hahaha, read my post again...this is what it says: "Guess I forgot to add "IF THIS WERE A FACT INSTEAD OF A MYTH" in the beginning of my post. I do not believe that there is such thing as "anubis gene" transmission. I just thought it'd be an interesting topic that could bring up an interesting conversation."
there...noone disagrees with your theory. As a matter of fact, most if not all of us agree with you. So, IN THE CASE THAT ANUBIS GENE TRANSMISSION WERE REAL"...my theory wouldn't be that far off from possible. Please notice: I underlined "were"...this means just that. If it WERE REAL...meaning, IT IS NOT REAL, but in the IMAGINARY SCENARIO THAT IT IS REAL...hope that usage of language calrifies my intentions :o . Also, that steroids can develop neutral hormones into those of the opposite sex is a FACT. I did not make that up. Blame my health teacher for teaching erroneous information if you can prove otherwise. Being anubis was discovered before steroids, however, IT DOES HAPPEN that many straight males turn anubis because of steroid use. And i'd like to think that you don't disagree with that, as it is very commonly seen.
#48
Posted 05 August 2005 - 10:56 AM
Eugine, on Aug 5 2005, 07:48 AM, said:
NO. My first post had nothing to do with yours. Then, you made this post :
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And it was after that that this whole argument started. That's when I answered you, not previously.
#49
Posted 05 August 2005 - 11:08 AM
I SIMPLY MADE A FRIENDLY REPLY, YOU BECAME MEAN AND RUDE. END ARGRUMENT NOW. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS.
Another thing I don't understand:
How was the world created? Shouldn't something create it? And if something created it? Who created the something? HEHE
#50
Posted 05 August 2005 - 11:27 AM
Eugine, on Aug 5 2005, 12:08 PM, said:
I SIMPLY MADE A FRIENDLY REPLY, YOU BECAME MEAN AND RUDE. END ARGRUMENT NOW. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS.
Another thing I don't understand:
How was the world created? Shouldn't something create it? And if something created it? Who created the something? HEHE
why the hostility? I only made friendly replies :o my intention was not that of being mean/harassing you. My intention was that of clarifying. Hope you understand that. HAHA, guess who would've gotten mean if it was I who said "BOY GET A GRIP", or "DO NOT REPLY TO THIS", or "YOU IS TEH ROOD!!"?
anyways, to answer to your new question (NOTE: no hositlity is intended. I only want to present my opinion)...the origin of the world is pretty much the same as "who came first: ze chicken or ze egg?"...science hasn't found an answer to the question, religion has only some fairy tales about it(NO OFENCE INTENDED, it's just my opinion). And I'll make myself some fried eggs now. *makes elf some fried eggs* Anyways...I have no clue as to whether the world was created out of nothing, the big bang, or if some higher being created it...i think that if we keep thinking about it our heads will explode. We just don't posses enough knowledge. YET. </suspense>
#51
Posted 05 August 2005 - 01:03 PM
Energy cannot be created or destroyed but changed from one form to another.
So how was energy created in the first place?
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Posted 05 August 2005 - 02:03 PM
#53
Posted 05 August 2005 - 03:22 PM
How was the energy created in the first place? Also the matter? How were they created?
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Posted 05 August 2005 - 04:40 PM
#55
Posted 06 August 2005 - 08:59 PM
The Definition of a scientific theory is something that has gone through the Scientific method, and can be repeated and tested, and seen.
Then why is Evolution called a theory?
#56
Posted 06 August 2005 - 09:32 PM
Here is something I will never understand. Jack Thompson.
#57
Posted 07 August 2005 - 09:23 AM
Izar, on Aug 6 2005, 09:59 PM, said:
well, i guess it's called a theory cause they have found remnants of animals/whatever they were that have very similar structures, both physically, and genetically. That's whate they've "tested", and "seen" that these ancient beings might be in one way or another related to a certain species today. My guess.
#58
Posted 07 August 2005 - 05:46 PM
If you look at that question more carefully you can almost get the sense that it is asking you if you believe in creation or evolution.
#60
Posted 07 August 2005 - 06:24 PM
Eothain, on Aug 7 2005, 10:23 AM, said:
That's what I am saying. It's the same deal with the Big Bang. Ibelieve that something like the big bang happened, but Istill don't know why they call that a theory. How can that be tested and repeated?
#62
Posted 07 August 2005 - 06:41 PM
On the creationism trend, it's the chicken still.
#63
Posted 07 August 2005 - 06:49 PM
Izar, on Aug 7 2005, 07:41 PM, said:
That evolving process happens in the egg as well. This can be viewed from too points. Who is to say that there wasn't an egg to start with from which the chicken evolved from.
Now with the big bang theory the chances of the whole universe to be created from that theory is so small that it is to insignificant to be written down.
#64
Posted 07 August 2005 - 10:03 PM
Izar, on May 28 2005, 10:37 PM, said:
You know, I've wondered about that...
I have a million things I've wondered about but I can't remember them all. :P
The chicken had to come first. On basic logic, if it started out as an egg, it would probably die before it was hatched due to lack of warmth because of the lack of a parent. You can say that some miracle kept it warm enough so it hatches, but I find that unlikely. A just-hatched chicken can't feed itself, too.
...Unless you guys were talking in metaphors. :huh: What the heck.
#65
Posted 08 August 2005 - 03:54 PM
Izar, on Aug 7 2005, 07:24 PM, said:
i might be mistaken, but i think that what's tested and repeated is a hypothesis, not a theory. IF a hypothesis is thoroughly tested and repeated, and gives you the same or very close results, then it becomes a theory. I think that's how it is.
Echo_djinn, on Aug 7 2005, 06:46 PM, said:
it depends how you look at it. I don't think it's asking you if you believe in creation or evolution...it COULD...but i just think it's simply asking...what it is asking. Which do you think came first. And from then on you can branch off and start talking about evolution/creation.
#66
Posted 08 August 2005 - 03:58 PM
Echo_djinn, on Aug 7 2005, 07:49 PM, said:
Now with the big bang theory the chances of the whole universe to be created from that theory is so small that it is to insignificant to be written down.
Who's to say it can't happen while it's a chicken? :)
A hypothisis is an "educated guess," not something that is tested.
#67
Posted 08 August 2005 - 05:44 PM
anyway, like I said the first time, I think the egg came first; Dinosaurs where laying eggs long before chickens existed
if you want to be picky and say "which came first; the chicken or the chicken egg", then I still say the egg, because the very last evolutionary step before the chicken would lay a chicken egg, which would hatch into the very first chicken. don't forget; animals don't evolve, the species itself evolves through reproduction and natural selection. nothing natural can alter an individual's genetics, the only way that the species evolves is through survival of the fittest; the weak members of the species die, removing their genes from the gene pool, and only the strog are left to breed, improving the species.
of course, if you don't believe in evolution, that probably won't convince you.
#68
Posted 24 August 2005 - 08:07 AM
#69
Posted 29 August 2005 - 06:27 AM
evolution? Well obviously, since the chickens lay eggs, whatever came before it also layed eggs. This animan, which we will call "Chicken beta 1.01a", layed a screwed up egg from which came the chicken. Obviously, the beta chicken is not a chicken, but the egg was certainly a chicken egg, so the mutated egg is what came before the chicken.
Creation = chicken
Evolution = egg
i happen to believe the egg came first, even if god exists.
Also, if you don't think evolution is real, then I feel I have to explain that it has actually been witnessed in recent years. There was a region with a pretty high population of white butterflys. This area was invaded by industrial buildings etc, and black ash collected around the area over time. The white butterflys were then easy to see amongst the black, and were killed of pretty quickly by birds. However, the black mutants which would usually be killed off were now harder to see, so as the white ones died off, the evolutionary, mutant black butterflys took over.
As for the sky being blue. That is because of dispersion. On a rainy day we look out the car window and, omg, there's a rainbow! As light enters the water drops, the different frequencies (colours) travel at different speeds, refract at different angles, and result in a dispersion of the spectrum. Every single water drop emits the rainbow, but we see red in one area and blue or pink or green in another because from that position, that part of the spectrum hits out eyes, and the rest goes on by. No two people will see the same rainbow. Where you see red, they may see green, because the red light is refracted towards you and the green portion toward your friend. The same is true for the sky. As light from the sun travelling through space somes into the atmosphere, varying densities, and therefore changes in speed of the photons on light, causes the light to disperse into the different colours and bend towards the earth. Essentually, the spectrum is dispersed such that the blue portion of the spectrum is refracted toward us, and we see it, while the rest simply misses us. This is also why the sky becomes more red at sunset, because some of the red light does actually refract toward us :P.
Interestingly, the sun will stay visible for some time after it has actually moved around the Earth, because the light is being refracted through the atmosphere to our eyes :).
Do we have a nerd emoticon here? I think I need one right now, lol.
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Posted 29 August 2005 - 10:23 AM
#72
Posted 29 August 2005 - 07:12 PM
Why do guys have nipples?
I mean seriously. >>;;
#74
Posted 30 August 2005 - 06:13 PM
AND THAT'S WHERE GUYS COME FROM.
I'm being serious here.
-Explanation provided by Shebah's male wife.
#76
Posted 30 August 2005 - 06:19 PM
How can a person fail Phy.ed but yet still go almost every gym class he was assigned? I mean even if you don't like physical activities just standing there and lifting your arm should get you a pssing grade. That didn't happen to one of the students that went to my school. Say word? Fata$$.
#77
Posted 30 August 2005 - 10:33 PM
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Posted 31 August 2005 - 03:29 AM
#79
Posted 31 August 2005 - 06:33 PM
Sheba, on Aug 30 2005, 07:13 PM, said:
We are not "all women" we are technically niether sex, but that's only through like, the first month or something.
Why is it called a soap opera when nobody sings?
Isn't it funny how the word 'politics' is made up of the words 'poli' meaning 'many' in Latin, and 'tics' as in 'bloodsucking creatures’?
#81
Posted 31 August 2005 - 10:25 PM
Giraffes are the only animals born with horns. Both males and females are born with bony knobs on the forehead. :B
#82
Posted 01 September 2005 - 06:03 AM
Lets say the world started off with two people (no religous explination please I know what the bible says about that), how did the create english?!?! Or all those languages for the matter.
#83
Posted 01 September 2005 - 09:36 AM
Eugine, on Sep 1 2005, 07:03 AM, said:
They probably made noises or I bet they did a sharades kind of thing, that slowly became english. That is a good question though, I never thought about that.
#84
Posted 01 September 2005 - 02:07 PM
HOw did they make the alphabet
How do we know the alphabet isnt one really big word
why doesnt Q come at the end of the alphabet?
Why isnt x after y?
What is with all the weird questions?
How many times have you said the word 'the' in you lifetime?
What do you think my sig says? (i know what it says but do you?)
#85
Posted 03 September 2005 - 08:36 AM
Yeah, Eothain, Ticks was spelled at first without the k, and then changed into a word with a k.
#88
Posted 04 September 2005 - 06:27 AM
Because any number can be added or multiplied by any number. Therefore making it infinite.
How did they make the alphabet
Assumption (speaking scientifically here): Man took century to learn how to talk, it progressed slowly, stones, verbal actions, all sort of things and as time progressed it went into english. Christianity: God simply taught us it.
How do we know the alphabet isnt one really big word?
Because it's not in the dictonary.
Why doesnt Q come at the end of the alphabet?
Why did you make that stupid question? The people who made it wanted it so!
Why isnt x after y?
Why did you make that stupid question? The people who made it wanted it so!
What is with all the weird questions?
That's for you to answer.
How many times have you said the word 'the' in you lifetime?
When you tell me how much times you said it I'll answer also.
What do you think my sig says? (i know what it says but do you?)
Sucks ^_^
#89
Posted 04 September 2005 - 07:29 AM
#90
Posted 04 September 2005 - 09:15 AM
The ones who first made a form of writing with one symbol to represent one sound were the Phoenicians. o.o
The ones who made our current alphabet were the Romans.
Our alphabet has that name because of the Greeks. Remember? Alpha - Beta and so on.
What the Bible says about languages is that we all spoke the same common language (dunno which one though). And at one point, we started building this HUGE tower in order to reach God in zee heavens. BUT SUDDENLY. Everyone started speaking different languages. (And they couldn't keep on building the thing cause they didn't understand each other). ... And that is what I remember from my children's-versino Bible.
But basically, languages just evolved. For example, the word "moon" is one of the most ancient words there is. If you notice, in most languages, the word 'moon' has some type of 'oooo' sound.
English: Moon
Spanish: Luna (prnounced Loo-na)
Japanese: Getsu
French: Lune
And so on.
As for numbers, the current system we used was invented by the Arabs. o.o Europe already used Roman numerals but, you can easily tell which one is much more simple and efficient, can't you?
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Posted 27 November 2007 - 02:10 PM
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Posted 27 November 2007 - 11:48 PM
#93
Posted 28 November 2007 - 01:21 AM
#94
Posted 28 November 2007 - 08:47 PM
Why do we need to learn Physics or Calculus anyway?
We don't need it unless we go into a science or math field.... :/
#95
Posted 28 November 2007 - 09:18 PM
#96
Posted 29 November 2007 - 01:44 AM
Xelina, on Nov 28 2007, 07:47 PM, said:
Why do we need to learn Physics or Calculus anyway?
We don't need it unless we go into a science or math field.... :/
LOL, I unfortunatly learned this the hard way...
Video Games. If no one bothered studing, we wouldn't have the great games we have now. It probably would still just be side scrolling stuff.
#97
Posted 29 November 2007 - 06:08 AM
Who saw a cat died of curiosity?
Why do people say "practice makes perfect.", but they also say "nobody perfect."?
#98
Posted 29 November 2007 - 10:08 AM
#99
Posted 29 November 2007 - 10:42 AM
I never understand remorse, and why some people have none.
I dont understand how some people are naturally good at things.
#100
Posted 29 November 2007 - 10:44 AM
Earth Dude, on Nov 28 2007, 07:21 AM, said:
Good old GCSE biology. I always found the Physics side of it more confusing myself though.
I don't understand why people insist on stopping and hugging their friends IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAMN CORRIDOR? Seriously it happened so many times today. Why can't they let the grumpy people through?