This is pretty cool – considering there is a big assed sun fairly close to us, and all the stars in the sky – why is it so dark our there? The question is answered below:
This is pretty cool – considering there is a big assed sun fairly close to us, and all the stars in the sky – why is it so dark our there? The question is answered below:
Posted by Owen Richardson on October 1, 2012
http://owenrichardson.com/2012/10/01/why-is-the-sky-dark-at-night/
Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year.
Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.
Dihydrogen monoxide:
Contamination is reaching epidemic proportions!
Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. In the midwest alone DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property damage.
Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:
Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer!
THE HORROR MUST BE STOPPED!
The American government has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its importance to the economic health of this nation. In fact, the navy and other military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilize it during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.
IT’S NOT TOO LATE!
Act NOW to prevent further contamination. Find out more about this dangerous chemical. What you don’t know CAN hurt you and others throughout the world….
This is funny – and whilst technically true I don’t think we should ban water!
Posted by Owen Richardson on January 10, 2012
http://owenrichardson.com/2012/01/10/dihydrogen-monoxide/
So here’s the scenario – you’re in the space shuttle, you pass wind because you unwisely consumed a lot of Newcastle Brown Ale at the pre-launch party and your fellow astronauts flushed you out the airlock without a space suit – how long would you survive?
Now i knew a couple of things about this already, but was surprised that how stuff works didn’t quite get it right. so what would happen to your body in the vacuum of space? Here are some facts:
There’s actually been an astronaut who had a hole in his glove once – and he didn’t notice it until he got back nf realized he had a uncomfy red area on his hand, and a further investigation led them to finding a hole in his glove – since then there is a procedure to check gloves every 30 minutes. In the case of the glove if memory serves correctly the difference in pressure inside and outside the suit caused the astronauts skin to seal the breach. I could be wrong about this and am too lazy to google stuff this morning.
Posted by Owen Richardson on January 9, 2012
http://owenrichardson.com/2012/01/09/floating-in-space/
Cookware and pottery used to be made out of an orange clay named pygg, and coins would be stored in a jar made of this. Apparently an english potter didn’t know this and made someone a piggy bank rather than a pygg bank. It was kind of fun, and caught on!
…i don’t know how true that story actually is but it kind of makes sense because Pygg does really exist, and money was collected in jars made of pygg.
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 17, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/17/where-do-piggy-banks-come-from/
Found a really fascinating albeit slightly geeky blog entry on the creation of the special effects in Tron Legacy, from one of the guys that worked on it. I loved the film, as well as the original. I was delighted to see the original got a bit part in the newer movie and thought it had stunning special effects.
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 16, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/16/tron-legacy-2/
Interesting fact – The origin of when you bang your glasses together to say cheers or good health…
Back in dark times when people used to poison each other to get ahead in life, and generally didn’t trust each other, Banging glasses together would allow a small amount of drink to enter each others glasses. If someone wanted to poison you they obviously they would not do this…
Posted by Owen Richardson on November 7, 2010
http://owenrichardson.com/2010/11/07/1504801723/