Frequently Asked Questions........

[dhama]

....but no answers..............

Is there life after death?

Is there any real meaning to our existence?

Why am I here?

Are you going to eat the rest of that?

Do I look fat?

How much does it cost?

[staticon]

Here are some answers to these from the Staticon judges:
Key to answers:
Not a proper answer
Proper answer (IMHO)

Is there life after death? There's not much evidence of life during life.

Is there any real meaning to our existence? No!

Why am I here? Because I am not there.

Are you going to eat the rest of that? Silly question - of course I am. :D

Do I look fat? Probably not - when you stand next to me.

How much does it cost? If you have to ask that one, you can't afford it.

:D

[Exitium]

Is there life after death?: What? Your an active mass of quarks and gluons, you aren't really alive. We just want you to think that you are alive.

Is there any real meaning to our existence?: Well, if you follow priorities followed by our instincts, there is (In descending order) reproduction and survival. If you do not follow your instincts, than there is love and happiness. Trust me, love and reproduction are two different things that we think create humour and happiness when combined. Bleh, desire.

Why am I here?: God's Dice

Are you going to eat the rest of that?: Eat what? What in the hell are you talking about? I really hope you aren't talking about that pizza either.

Do I look fat?: Depends, are you obese?

How much does it cost?: Some paper, or maybe a fair trade in mass.

[DaveJ]

Is there life after death?
Is there life before 9pm?

Is there any real meaning to our existence?
Yes....twiglets.

Why am I here?
Because I can't afford to hire anyone to type for me.

Are you going to eat the rest of that?
I yam what I yam.

Do I look fat?
Wouldn't hurt to lose a few pounds....

How much does it cost?
If you have to ask, you can't afford me.

[dhama]

How long is a piece of string?

Will that quicker queue go slower if I join it?

When will that game be out?

oops, almost forgot..........

Will they ever make a good StarTrek movie?

Will my computer be 'crash-free' this sitting?

[Exitium]

How long is a piece of string?: Very, good, question.

Will that quicker queue go slower if I join it?: Depends, do you make bribes?

When will that game be out?: Wasn't there a website that awnsered that question?

Will they ever make a good StarTrek movie?: I think the question should be, "Will they ever make a good movie based on a computer game?"

Will my computer be 'crash-free' this sitting?: Not if I have something to do about that, heh...

[DaveJ]

How Long is a piece of string?:
No...he's a Chinese chef.

Will that quicker queue go slower if I join it?:
Thats what Astral Projection is for.

When will that game be out?:
When its ready.

Will they ever make a good Star Trek movie?:
They did....5 of them.

Will my computer be 'crash-free' this sitting?:
Now I have a Mac...yes, it will.

[LARAMANIAC]

How long is a piece of string?
As long as you imagine it to be!

Will that quicker queue go slower if I join it?
YES!!!!!!!! Definitely!

When will that game be out?
Sometime this millenium............hopefully!!

oops, almost forgot..........

Will they ever make a good StarTrek movie?
Whaaaaaaat..............another one??;)

Will my computer be 'crash-free' this sitting?
Not on your nelly!!!!! :D:D

[TombRaiderChik]

Originally posted by dhama

Will that quicker queue go slower if I join it?

absolutely. w/o a doubt :p

how about this one ...


Is there really a Heaven, Hell and Purgatory?

Is the glass half empty or full?

How many licks does it take to get to the center of the tootsie pop? -- the world will never know :p

[MountainDewNut]

How many licks does it take to get to the center of the tootsie pop? Ya know, i tried counting how many licks when I was 8. I lost count after about 1,000.

[Raven25]

Here's some questions that have actually been driving me insane for years now, can anyone answer these for me please?:

Why do all toasters have a setting that will burn the toast to a horrible crisp?

How do they measure the layers of the Earth?

How does deja vu work?

Does the Earth weigh the same now as when it was first formed?

How do stereograms work to make a picture look 3D?

How is it known that no two snowflakes are alike?


This question has been bugging me for the past 5 years!:

Why was the 12 hour clock developed as opposed to the 24 hour clock???

The only reason I can come up with is that 12 hours fits better on an analog watch than 24 does. Other than that, why on earth would we split the day in half and use a confusing am and pm system instead of just having 24 hours in the day?

[Exitium]

Is there really a Heaven, Hell and Purgatory?: Depends. Are you dead yet? Oh. . .

Is the glass half empty or full?: If you count space-time, the glass has actually been full since the dawn of time.

How many licks does it take to get to the center of the tootsie pop?: Depends on what species is licking it. Tell me how fast a Tiger can get to the center and I think we may have a winner.


Why do all toasters have a setting that will burn the toast to a horrible crisp?: Because they count on some people to eat refrigerated bagels once and a while.

How do they measure the layers of the Earth?: In density, materials, and state of matter. The core being the most dense and solid (Liquid if you count the outer core), the mantle being moderately dense and liquid and the crust being the least dense and solid.

How does deja vu work? Just watch the Matrix once and watch out for that black cat. . .

Does the Earth weigh the same now as when it was first formed?: No, we have built things from the Earth's materials and lifted them up into space.

How do stereograms work to make a picture look 3D?: You tell me first.

How is it known that no two snowflakes are alike?: Because the arrangement of atoms is totally random.

Why have a twelve hour clock as apposed to a twenty-four hour clock?: Because the most influence on our time was derived from the Romans, who used sundials. Thus, they only had twelve hour days.

[Raven25]

Because they count on some people to eat refrigerated bagels once and a while.

A refrigerated bagel still only needs to go in the toaster at around 4. I don't think this question is actually answerable lol.

In density materials, and state of matter. The core being the most dense and solid (Liquid if you count the outer core), the mantle being moderately dense and liquid and the crust being the least dense and solid.

Sorry I might have not been clear on this one. I meant how do they know the width of each layer? How did they measure that?

Just watch the Matrix once and watch out for that black cat. . .

Haha, I was thinking that too.:D

No, we have built things from the Earth's materials and lifted them up into space.

Hmmmm, that's a good answer, but we also have more people now which would compensate for the weight lost. Hmmmm, tough one.

Because the arrangement of atoms is totally random.

True, but if you think about all the snowflakes that have fallen over for thousands of years, wouldn't some have to have been same by any chance?

Because the most influence on our time was derived from the Romans, who used sundials. Thus, they only had twelve hour days.

Thanks for answering this one. But why would we still be stuck on 12 hours, when airports, the military, ect. uses 24 hours? 24 hours just makes so much more sense.

Thank you so much for answering my questions, Exitium!:D

[Exitium]

And I can finish them too! Heh, can't get enough of me, can you?

1. I refrigerate bagels to increase longitivity. What? Got something against it?

2. Measurement of layers is easy, you just take samples and such with good guesses. The core is supposedly nickel and iron, so if you just take their freezing and melting points, along with pressure estimates, etc, you can actually measure the layers accurately. It would be terrible, however, if we were wrong about a certain material.

3. Humans come from the same things that the Earth made. For this, I will reference to the Law of the Conservation of Energy. Matter and energy cannot be created from thin air, nor can they be destroyed. Even if they enter a Black-Hole.

4. Well actually, I forgot to mention alternate universes. There is one alternate universe with Amazon women ruling the earth, and one with snowflakes that are all completely identical. Although this may seem impossible, don't forget that Black-Holes contain single points of infinite density, and that the universe at the beggining was a point of infinite density. This means that anything can happen, yes, ANYTHING. I would stress that too, but I'm too lazy. I wouldn't count our universe as, "Anything is possible", however. That is, unless you count Mothman. Guess we're just too unlucky to be granted the ability to travel faster than the speed of light.

5. As for the rest of the question, ask the Romans why will still use their calander and why don't go to a new Metric Time that I thought of. It's complicated, but funny.

Thankyou for listening, not a lot of people listen to me anymore. Maybe it's my selfishness? Nah, I say its my up-beat and pessimistic attitude.

[MountainDewNut]

Originally posted by Exitium
Thankyou for listening, not a lot of people listen to me anymore.

Why wouldn't anyone want to listen to you? You sound very intelligent, and I've learned some interesting facts in your last few posts.

[Exitium]

Than I am glad you aren't with the mIRC #chat crowd, they don't listen to anybody unless it has something to do with desire (Pleasurable, desire). I thankyou for listening, unlike that Relic crowd. Blasted little ----. Oh, what? Relic, you know, the guys that made Homeworld, right? The forums are full of many people who will stomp on you if you do not agree with their rather biased opinions. The guy who made the game, however, was certainly nice. Or so I've heard.

[Mr Spock]

Originally posted by Exitium
..... ask the Romans why will still use their calander ......
I feel that I must point out some items of interest re the calendar:

The civil calendar of all European [and American] countries has been borrowed from that of the Romans. Romulus is said to have divided the year into ten months only, including in all 304 days, and it is not very well known how the remaining days were disposed of. The ancient Roman year commenced with March, as is indicated by the names September, October, November, December, which the last four months still retain. July and August, likewise, were anciently denominated Quintillis and Sextillis, their present appellations having been bestowed in compliment to Julius Caesar and Augustus.
In the reign of Numa two months were added to the year, January at the beginning and February at the end; and this arrangement continued till the year 452 BC., when the Decemvirs changed the order of the months, and placed February after January.
A number of changes to the calendar were implemented over the years, mainly at the discetion of the pontiffs until, in order to put an end to the disorders arising from the negligence or ignorance of the pontiffs, Julius Caesar abolished the use of the lunar year and the intercalary month, and regulated the civil year entirely by the sun. (Julian Calendar)
In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII (hence the name Gregorian Calendar) introduced the current calendar. The new calendar, although controversial among technical astronomers, was promulgated from Rome and adopted immediately in Catholic countries. Protestant countries followed suit more slowly. Protestant regions in Germany, and the northern Netherlands adopted the calendar within decades. The English, always suspicious of Rome during this period, retained the Julian Calendar. Further, while others now began the new year uniformly on 1 January, the English began it on 25 March (an older custom). Now, for example, the date 11 February 1672 in England was 21 February 1673 on the Continent. After 1700 in which the Julian Calendar had a leap year but the Gregorian did not, the difference was eleven days. The English and their American colonies finally adopted the Gregorian Calendar in the middle of the eighteenth century. George Washington was born on 11 February on the Julian Calendar; his birthday is celebrated on 22 February in the Gregorian Calendar.
The Gregorian Calendar is, however, useless for astronomy because it has a ten-day hiatus in it. For the purpose of calculating positions backward in time, astronomers use the Julian Date.

For Reference:
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Things/gregorian_calendar.html

[Raven25]

Wow! Thank you so much Exitium, you can answer anything!

Yes, I refrigerate my bagels too, but nothing has ever exceeded number 4 or 5 on my toaster. Has anyone else here used a higher setting?

Ah, the law of conservation of energy, of course!

Alright, someone who is with me on the idea of metric time!

And thank you Mr Spock for all the info!

Wow, I've learned a lot today lol, thanks!

:D :D :D

[Solange]

Originally posted by dhama
Will my computer be 'crash-free' this sitting?

You've got to be joking! With win -98, not a chance! :D I miss my old mac...

I keep my bread in the freezer, and toast it on maximum! Sometimes it needs a bit more...

[Raven25]

Hmmm, maybe it's just my toaster then. I've tried frozen bread and bagels at the highest and they get burnt to a crisp.

Another strange question:

Why do we say 'after dark' when it is really 'after light'?

[KoolKat]

Is there life after death?
Yeah - ever visited Langholm? This place should be called Ghostholm. :eek:

Is there any meaning to our existence?
Nope. Not unless you're actually gonna do something important for the world, otherwise, nope, we're all pretty much pointless. :p

Why am I here?
Because my parents decided to move here and I can't move out until I've finished school. :rolleyes:

Are you going to eat the rest of that?
Hell no! I'm stuffed. :D

Do I look fat?
Ask them no questions, then they can tell you no lies.

How much does it cost?
Waaay too much! :o Unless of course it's a computer game or book.

Here's some questions of my own:

How big is space?
How many stars are there?
Is there any intelligent life in this universe?

[Raven25]

Originally posted by KoolKat
Is there any intelligent life in this universe?

Other than us (if you consider us intelligent), I think there is intelligent life somewhere else in this universe. Not in our solar system, but if you think about all those billions of stars and most of them probably have planets around them, at least a few others have gotta be able to support life. Why would ours be the only one capable?

[Lil Lara]

Originally posted by Raven25
Other than us (if you consider us intelligent)...


ha ha ha ha... I don't know why, but I really enjoyed that. :D

[Solange]

Originally posted by Lil Lara
ha ha ha ha... I don't know why, but I really enjoyed that. :D

me too! I started thinking of how to define intelligence, and gave up after discovering that the human race failed to meet the requirements for intelligence in every possible way! :D

[Exitium]

Intelligence, we have that! Look, we made weapons for better hunting! Oops, we just annihilate ourselves. I think we lost the ability to be entered in the Hall of Fairly Intelligent Sentient Races now.

[Solange]

Originally posted by Exitium
I think we lost the ability to be entered in the Hall of Fairly Intelligent Sentient Races now.

Lol I think we lost that ability a long time ago! Hall of Fairly Intelligent Sentient Races, that's hilarious!

[Exitium]

Hilarious? What? Why does my head hurt?

I think Mice entered that after creating a huge computer. Problem is, I can't seem to find it.

[KoolKat]

LMAO :D

What's a mouse? Me have no intelligence.