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[Compass]

Tan

Do you have any pets?

[Kronus]

No

What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

[Spike The Cylon]

No

What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?


African or European?

[Kronus]

Huh? I-- I don't know that. Auuuuuuuugh!

[Excalibur]

What is unusual about this sentence?

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."



Answer:
It uses every letter in the alphabet, at least once.

[Excalibur]

What time of year, or season, is your favorite? I love spring with autumn coming in a very close second.

[Compass]

Usually late Spring.

What are your hobbies?

[Spike The Cylon]

Reading.

what are yours?

[Callipygian]

Reading, gardening and woodworking.

What is your all-time favorite campy B-movie?

[Compass]

Love Bug

What team sports have you played?

[Callipygian]

Softball, field hockey, bowling, soccer, gymnastics, flag football, and fencing. I know...fencing doesn't really count as a team sport, but we competed against other schools of fencing.

What is the most embarrassing thing that you've ever experienced?

[kriechbaum]

An incident comes to mind from my early childhood. I beat an older kid in a game of table tennis and was quite pleased about it. It came as a surprise when he smashed a basketball in my face, hard enough to split my lip and I actually started crying. He joined his friends and they left. It was embarrassing because it happened in front of virtually the whole school (it was during a break between the lessons) and people just stared and walked by without a word. I felt embarrassed, confused and alone.

If you could change a moment in history that you think would change our world for the better, what would it be?

[Callipygian]

That is a very tough question, and there are so many possibilities that I find it difficult to choose just one. But, since I must choose one...I would prevent the AIDS virus from ever coming into existence.

If you could choose one person (must be a real person, present or past, anyone throughout history) to be your companion for an evening of drinks, dinner and conversation, who would it be?

Calli

[kriechbaum]

Could I also have one more insignificant talent, that of speaking all the languages present or past:)? If I did, I would love to have a dinner with either Jesus or Mohammed, whoever is available. I would love to hear their views on how their religions have been so twisted over time.

Do you believe in intelligent design?

[Callipygian]

No...I do not. I am a true agnostic. I have not seen/heard enough evidence to support belief in any religion or creationist theories of any kind. I simply do not know if there is a divine or advanced being with a hand in the creation of man, but I am not arrogant enough to declare absolutely that there is no such being. I am a true agnostic.

Who do you consider to be the most influential and significant science fiction writer to date?

Calli

[Zenislev]

Robert A. Heinlein.




(A twist on this) Who do you feel is the most influencial, significant, and prolific writer of all time?

[Callipygian]

It would have to be Isaac Asimov.

If you were given the opportunity to have a small one-time role in any science fiction TV series (past or present), which would it be?

[Damocles]

Babylon 5 or Battlestar Galactica. I'd have to flip a coin.

Which episode of Battlestar Galactica did you like the best?

*Classic for me was "Living Legend"

:salute: Best wishes:

[Zenislev]

My best Galactica Episode has to be.....


The Living Legend!


If you was a Viper Pilot, what would your callsign be?

[Senmut]

Crash.


What is the ratio of water to steam?

[Compass]

I'd need more information to answer the question. But if you mean, what is the ratio of the number of water molecules in steam to the number of previously liquid state water molecules that were boiled, the ratio is 1:1.

Who are your favorite actors and actresses?

[Senmut]

None in particular.

What super high-tech engineering tool did the astronauts use to free the stuck solar panel on Skylab?



(1:1600, Compass. 1 c.f of water becomes 1600 c.f of steam.)

[Compass]

(1:1600, Compass. 1 c.f of water becomes 1600 c.f of steam.)
Ah, you were talking 'bout volume. Okay. :salute: That's an interesting statistic... I would've guessed 1:400 or so but not 1:1600.

What super high-tech engineering tool did the astronauts use to free the stuck solar panel on Skylab?
cable cutters

What was the dollar amount of the 2004 national trade deficit for the United States?

[Senmut]

cable cutters



Wrong. They used pole loppers, like you use in an orchard.

Dunno.

[Compass]

Wrong. They used pole loppers, like you use in an orchard.
Hmmm. *Sends nasty email to website for giving me wrong information*

Dunno.

$617 billion, according to www.bea.doc.gov


What is the name of the host for the TV show "Wheel of Fortune?"

[BlueSquad2001]

Where's DAWG???? :rotf:

[Compass]

I'm told that he's gone for the next several days. :salute:

Besides Star Trek productions, what are two productions in which Patrick Stewart acted?

[StanKross]

steamboy (awesome movie) and x-men

What, where, how and why?

[Compass]

The cow jumped over the moon because soon the Barnyard will have one fewer turkey.

Why did Commander Adama cross the road?

[TopGun]

Because Kobol was on the other side :D

What is the name of the earth fighter introduced in Season 6 of SG-1?

[Cylon Number 13]

That would be the X-302.

What is the name of the X-303?

[TopGun]

Prometheus

What is the new title of X-302?

[Cylon Number 13]

That would the F-302.

If you could travel to any time in the past, what time period would you go to, and why?

[Damocles]

The beginning of time so I could observe the asymmetric breaking of the unified field and watch space/time curve negatively. It would answer so many questions.

What is your favorite thing to do?

[Cylon Number 13]

Creating fictional characters to roleplay.

What is the X-Man Wolverine's real name?

[Damocles]

James(Logan)Howlett.

Who was Hugo Grotius?

[Cylon Number 13]

Hugo Grotius (Huigh De Groot) was a Dutch legal scholar, playwright and poet. As a natural law philosopher, he is generally credited as the originator of "natural morality" and the "social contract" theory of the State. His 1609 book promoted idea that seas should be free for the innocent use and mutual benefit of all -- an idea disputed subsequently disputed by some Mercantilists. Grotius's 1625 treatise is acknowledged as the first in international law. More famously, Grotius argued that "property" was only the outcome of social consent, and thus had nothing "inalienable" in it. This conclusion was disputed by Pufendorf.

What's the answer to this riddle?

Food in my belly
Trees on my back
Nails in my ribs
Feet I do Lack
What am I?

[Damocles]

What's the answer to this riddle?

Food in my belly
Trees on my back
Nails in my ribs
Feet I do Lack
What am I?

A ship.

Answer this one; It's a simple physics problem.

You stand before 3 lightswitches. One of these switches is able to turn on/off a lightbulb in a room nearby. You can't see in the room but you know the light was turned off all day. You have to find which switch is connected to the lightbulb. In order to find the switch that is connected to the lightbulb, you can do only the following:
Step 1: Use zero or more switches as much as you want.
Step 2: Go to the other room.
Step 3: Tell which switch is connected to the bulb by doing something in the room (=not going outside).

Before you refer to the spoiler try to solve the problem....... :D

What's the physics part? Heat. Well, actually it's the light bulb. Switch the first switch. You then wait for a minute or two, and then turn it off again. Now switch the second switch and go in the room. One of the following situations takes place:

The light bulb is burning. Now you know that the second switch is the one that is connected the the light bulb.
The light bulb is not burning. Well, go and touch the light bulb. If it is hot, then you now it is the first switch that is connected to the light bulb (this is the switch you let burning for a minute). If it is cold, it is be the third switch that is connected.

As always; :salute:

[Cylon Number 13]

Answer this one; It's a simple physics problem. You stand before 3 lightswitches. One of these switches is able to turn on/off a lightbulb in a room nearby. You can't see in the room but you know the light was turned off all day. You have to find which switch is connected to the lightbulb. In order to find the switch that is connected to the lightbulb, you can do only the following:
Step 1: Use zero or more switches as much as you want.
Step 2: Go to the other room.
Step 3: Tell which switch is connected to the bulb by doing something in the room (=not going outside).


The physics is a matter of heat/light.

If you flip the first switch, wait a couple of minutes, then flip the switch off, then flip the second switch on and enter the room, you will find one of three things.
1. The light is warm, which means the light is connected to the first switch.
2. The light is burning, which means the light is connected to the second switch.
and
3. The light is cold, which means that the light is connected to the third switch.

Answer this riddle.
Bright as diamonds,
Loud as thunder,
Never still,
A thing of wonder.
What am I?

[Cylon Number 13]

Since no one guessed the answer to my question, I have added a spolier.

Answer this one; It's a simple physics problem. You stand before 3 lightswitches. One of these switches is able to turn on/off a lightbulb in a room nearby. You can't see in the room but you know the light was turned off all day. You have to find which switch is connected to the lightbulb. In order to find the switch that is connected to the lightbulb, you can do only the following:
Step 1: Use zero or more switches as much as you want.
Step 2: Go to the other room.
Step 3: Tell which switch is connected to the bulb by doing something in the room (=not going outside).


The physics is a matter of heat/light.

If you flip the first switch, wait a couple of minutes, then flip the switch off, then flip the second switch on and enter the room, you will find one of three things.
1. The light is warm, which means the light is connected to the first switch.
2. The light is burning, which means the light is connected to the second switch.
and
3. The light is cold, which means that the light is connected to the third switch.

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Answer this riddle.

Bright as diamonds,
Loud as thunder,
Never still,
A thing of wonder.
What am I?

Think Niagara

[Cylon Number 13]

Is it carpet?

[Senmut]

Rumor.

Now attend;

How could I place an object on the floor where no one could jump over it?

By making it a wall?


Why does water in a sink, if left to itself, always drain spinning in the same direction?

[ojai22]

It's the Coriolis force.

When I was a child my older sister told me, "You can stack chairs as high as the house and I can take off my shoes and jump over them." My younger brother and I dragged dining room chairs out the back door and stacked them up. We couldn't get them higher than my sister but she said that was okay. Then she pulled her stunt, laughing so hard she could hardly jump. Then my brother and I had to drag the chairs back into the house. What did I know - I was only ten.
What joke did a sibling play on you?

[bsg1fan1975]

None.

What was the worst thing to happen to you at school?

[Senmut]

None.

What was the worst thing to happen to you at school?

School.

Would you be a Mars colonist if you could?

[ojai22]

Think I'd miss the Big Blue Marble too much.


Do you love riding trains?

[Senmut]

Not really. You?

[ojai22]

I'm in love with trains.

What is your opinion of the 1982 Camaro, pace car at Indy 500?

[Senmut]

I have never seen one, thus I have no opinion.

[ojai22]

You had no question either.

Why don't you have a question?

[bsg1fan1975]

Couldn’t think of one to ask.

Are you a person who panics?

[ojai22]

No, because I am a woman who is strong and invincible, and I don't roar.

Do you roar?

[bsg1fan1975]

I’m not a lion.

Are you sick of what’s going on in this country?

[ojai22]

In this country and the rest of the planet.

Where in the world would you like most to visit?

[bsg1fan1975]

My home state of Wisconsin

[ojai22]

I've never been to Wisconsin.

Were you asking permission to go? :duck:

[bsg1fan1975]

Wish I could. I feel at peace there.

If you could eat anything you wanted for breakfast, what would you eat?