Gravity Pike posted:

If I mix 1 L water at 20° C with 1 L water at 40°, do I get 2 L water at 30°, or is it somehow more complicated than that? How about 500 mL 20° with 1 L 40° - would I get 35° water? Or would it take 1.5 L of 40°?

I feel like high-school chemistry prepared me for this, but all I remember is PV=nRT, and I don't remember how I'm supposed to use 'n' in this situation.

Eggplant Wizard posted:

I'm not sure if this is widespread, but in Massachusetts at least, I believe any place that sells motor oil has to take it back for disposal. So you just funnel the old stuff into old bottles and bring it back to Autozone or where ever you bought it.

Wagonburner posted:

fishmech posted:

Call up a tailor? I'm sure any given tailor will have that style of fabric and if they don't they'll certainly be able to get some to make a suit by Halloween.

Roundboy posted:

here is something that i think is so simple, but the math escapes me.

given 2 choices, which is the better one.

1) doing something that has a 1% chance to win 5 times

or

2) doing something that has a 5% chance to win ONE time

For the 5x above, each chance is 'reset', so its not like you are drawing tickets and lowering the total number each time. Each pull is exactly a 1% chance.

maths tells me they should be equal, but doesn't the fact you are doing one multiple times factor in?

TShields posted:

Strangely, I know exactly what you mean, but no, it can't be- garbage went out today, can is empty except for junk mail at the moment. Unless something fell on the floor that we don't know about... but its just a hint of a smell, almost like someone sprayed too much perfume in the room a couple hours ago and it still hasn't aired out.

Edit: Okay, I let my nose reset and walked back through the scented rooms, and it kinda smells like fruit punch, or some fruity girlie alcoholic drink. Or maybe we're both having strokes at exactly the same time.

MissFortune posted:

Waffleimages is down. What's a good alternative (read: reliable) image hosting site for forum posting?

Gravity Pike posted:

Why is Greece (the country) called "Greece" in English? Looking at Google Maps, it looks like the local name for it is "Eλλάς", which (I think) would be pronounced "ellas" or "hellas", which isn't even close to "Greece." Where'd out name for it come from?

Anjow posted:

Say I've got a diver's bottle that is empty. I weight it and it's 10kg to the nearest mg. I then get it filled up to 300 bar with high pressure air and weight it again. Would it weigh more or the same?

Brigadier Sockface posted:

What is your general opinion of the University of Tennessee?

Archyduke posted:

Does anybody know who this piece is by?


I used to know, and it's killing me. I'm pretty sure I got it off of a lit theory blog or something a few years ago, so my gut says it's from, like, early 20th century Germany? The BB kinda suggests Brecht but that didn't turn up anything on google.

The Illusive Man posted:

Any recommendations for permanent hair dyes of non-traditional colors?

My friend is going to dye theirs soon. I know hot topic carries dyes, but I don't really trust them to carry the best quality stuff.

Mr. Crow posted:

I gotta keep this quick hopefully it's enough if not I'll elaborate later, but what is the deal with taxes and being a student? My friend and I have gotten in an argument about paying taxes recently; last year I didn't have to pay any taxes (with a job and as a college student) and when I asked my dad he said something about new legislation by Obama and left it at that. At the time I just said whatever, but now my friend is saying he payed taxes last year and I was trying to tell him he shouldn't be (other then social and medicare or whatever) and we got in this argument, so can anyone provide more insight, actual laws or something?

Anjow posted:

Has anyone else noticed youtube changing your settings back to show annotations again and again? I have, many times, turned off the 'show annotations' setting in my preferences yet it keeps getting turned back on after a while.

Also, is there a way to always make it use the larger player? That's another setting it seems to remember for a few days then magically forget.

Anjow posted:

I know there's a stereotype of children of incest having deformities like eyes way too close together and so on. How true is this?

MissFortune posted:

I feel really moronic asking this, but I'm writing a thank you note at the end of a long day.

Is the phrase "After the conversation with Kevin and yourself, I felt even more enthusiastic about the position." grammatically correct, particularly the "Kevin and yourself" usage?

It just looks really awkward for some reason.

kalonji posted:

Can anyone tell me about a good over the counter medication for sinus colds/head colds. I used to use sudafed but thanks to the tweakers that doesn't work anymore.

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kapalama posted:

Bad stuff about CFLs: big time toxic waste when they do finally die.

Brigadier Sockface posted:

There're these cooking videos on youtube.

First one is of a really nasty fat girl making the most disgusting thing - I think it's pasta salad and she uses a whole tub of mayonnaise and tons of sugar.

The other is a series of videos by some guy who lives in a terrible disgusting filthy house and he is cooking omelettes or something with nasty utensils.

Does anyone remember any of these videos and could you give me the links? Much appreciated!

Gravity Pike posted:

I'm looking to get a cheapish pair of headphones (~$50) for listening to music at work (desk job) because my current pair is literally falling apart. I'm thinking skullcandy, since I really like the quality/price of their ink'd earbuds. Anyone who knows what they're talking about have any suggestions for what I should be looking at? I'm open to other brands, I just don't know what I'm looking for, and I see that skullcandy has a couple of models which fit nicely in my price range.

alan negative posted:

I have a question about looking for jobs on craigslist. I've emailed about 10 different people concerning job positions they're offering, using the provided link (like job-randomlettersandnumbers@craigslist.org) and not one person has answered. I need a job really badly and this is irritating. Is it my approach, or are they just not getting the emails?

Reason posted:

Can anyone tell me how to get into plumbing? How do I get a trainee plumbing license for an apprenticeship? Will I need to find a trade school to start first? Can anyone recommend one in the Seattle area? I've tried google, but I can't seem to find specific answers to these questions.

kapalama posted:

"Chicken Skin" is a Hawaii term for goosebumps. Do non-Hawaii Englihs speakers use the term Chicken SKin?

SausageMahoney posted:

I'm trying to remember the name of this movie, I've seen it a few time on Comedy Central when I was younger, but basically its about these teenagers who were obsessed with this "Feed Bag" thing that they sold at 7-11 and Circle K type places, and they were stopping the sale of them, so they were all trying to get the last few by breaking into the stores...any ideas?

Orzo posted:

The top bar on google (the one with web, images, etc) is no longer loading for me. It's really annoying. I'm using the latest Firefox, have recently reinstalled it to try to fix it (it didn't fix it), I haven't changed any settings, I haven't disabled any scripts. What's going on?

Golbez posted:

_{even if it wasn't fully extended and wasn't blinking}

Golbez posted:

He didn't honk and wave angrily for no reason. And apparently, when the amber lights on top of the bus start flashing, that's also required stopping. And, in the end, if he did take down my plate, it's my word against the word of a school bus driver, and we all know who wins that one. But, y'all have convinced me to calm down and wait and see what happens, if anything. It was probably just the annoyance of the moment at myself.

Golbez posted:

Thanks! However...

Guilty.

Pr0phecy posted:

What's that word when someone tries very hard to sound smart, mostly by using words he found in a thesaurus. The only word I can think of on top of my head is obfuscation but that's not it. there's a better word.

Zegnar posted:

the posted:

Before computers, how did they measure things?

I mean, like, let's say you wanted to cut a piece of wood to the length of a foot.

You take out a ruler and mark off a foot.

But how did the manufacturer of the ruler know that he was making something that was a foot long? How was he so exact? What did he measure against?

And if he used something, how was that thing created to be exactly a foot? Who knew they had exactly a foot?

stubblyhead posted:

How long does it take a letter and or small package to be delivered from the US to a soldier in Iraq?

kapalama posted:

Some people use dehumidifiers for this. There are also systems that essentially use a fancy Cling-Wrap to turn windows into faux dual pane windows if you want to skip the expensive dual pane windows. For another cheaper alternative that has other benefits, storm window can help.

Anjow posted:

I've not managed to find information on wikipedia, could anyone tell me what it is that causes tiger striping in wood? Like this:



Obviously this particular example is just a loving lovely bit of wood in the first place, but I've seen the effect on other bits that aren't as fantastic overall.

lllllllllllllllllll posted:

Who buys broken laptops? Those fetch high prizes regularly and I just sold an old Vostro 1400 for 180$. I can't believe these could somehow turn a profit for the buyer.

the posted:

How do I dispose of/recycle/whatever an aluminum Lian-Li computer case?