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I say "Where's the remote? *rubbery squidge* *TV goes silent* Waaaaay better."
 
Why do i see joggers always jogging on the road. Most often in the opposite direction of traffic. They annoy me because i always have to kinda swerve to the left to avoid clipping them with my mirror. Why cant they just stay on the sidewalk or something?

You're supposed to run or bike against traffic, so you can see the cars coming towards you. Why a jogger/runner/biker would do what they do on the road when there's a perfectly good sidewalk or bike lane for them I have no idea.
 
You're supposed to run or bike against traffic, so you can see the cars coming towards you.

Really? Wow, you guys are weird there. :p
Over here, the rules are:
Drive the cars on the right lane
Pedestrians walk on the left side of the road
Bicycles circulate on the righmost part of the road, along with the cars on that lane. Never against traffic.
 
Asphalt is significantly more giving than concrete (you wouldn’t know it if you’re not a runner, but if you are, it’s like the difference between a go-kart and a Lexus), so many joggers like the asphalt so that their knees don’t get banged up as much.

Not that I think that’s a good reason myself – I’d rather have banged up knees from running rather than having banged up knees from getting slammed into by a car. I never run in the road unless the sidewalk suddenly runs out.

Running opposite of traffic feels much safer than running with traffic. If a car is on a trajectory to hit you, and you’re not facing it, you’d never know that you need to jump out of the way; if you’re running opposite of traffic, you have at least a little bit of time to see that problem and try to get out of the way.

Cyclists should never go against traffic though, since a bicycle is supposed to be treated sort of like a small car.
 
a bicycle is supposed to be treated sort of like a small car.

Piloted by a colossal smacktard.

But yes, if walking or running in the road (presuming no pavement to be available) you should do it against the flow of traffic, except on blind corners where you should cross to whichever side is the outside of that corner.
 
A combination of factors.

We know roughly (this is a strange definition of "rough" which means "highly accurately") what temperature a star is from its luminosity, size and colour (the three being closely linked). If we know the distance of a planet from its parent star, we know "roughly" how much solar radiation (heat) that planet is receiving. If we can image the planet directly we can calculate its atmospheric composition from its absorption spectrum and work out the effect the atmosphere has on the inbound solar radiation and thus its average surface temperature.
 
Bicycles should NEVER ride against traffic. You're unseen by all the cars coming at you except the first in line, so EVERY car that encounters you is surprised by you. That makes you feel safe??!!??! If you'e going the same direction as traffic, they have more time to adjust to you. It may sound wrong, but it's true.

Also, consider an intersection. A car on your left (right for Brits, Aussies, and Japanese) is looking for clearance into the intersection for a right (left for the aforementioned furrinners) turn. He's looking AWAY from you, where traffic is SUPPOSED to be coming from. When it's clear, he goes through and runs you down. You feel safe with that?!?!??!?!

Besides, everywhere I know anything about, bicycles must obey the same traffic laws as motor vehicles. Including speed limits, oddly enough! You can get ticketed for whizzing through a 15mph zone at 10 over!
 
I would wager hitting and scraping your nail against sharp or rough objects.
 
However, what I must add (good point, though) is that these indents are not rough; they appear to be natural indents about 0.7mm thick and spaced apart by 7mm along my left thumbnail, in my case. My friend said a while back that it was a zinc deficiency...
 
What is the right way, the best way to physically pronounce - thr - correctly for non English speaking people?

What do I have to do with my mouth, tongue, air in my mouth to make it sound right? E.g three, through, ...

I don't seem to have much problems with the - th -, I just have to stick out my tongue and press the air outwards between my tounge and teeth.
 
Well, I don't know how to answer your question but I pronounce thr like "th+r" so its like th-rou (through) or th-row (throw). Another way to pronounce thr is (I think) "ther" so it would be like ther-ree (three). Hope that helps out. :)

But actually I just want to ask this:
How do you calculate rpm? (Revolutions per minute)
If it can be calculated, how do you determine how much rev can an engine take? (before the engine blows up or something happened to the engine)
 
Here is one I've always contemplated: Suppose one placed two perfectly round marbles on a perfectly flat table, 20cm from each other, and left them there in a sealed room. Would they ever move, let alone touch each other? Surely the extremely minute amount of gravitational pull that both the objects possess would eventually pull them towards each other?
 
I remember reading an article about particles that copy eachothers movements even though they are in completely different places. They suggested that they were linked by an invisible force which meant they reacted to eacothers movements even though they were hundreds of miles apart. Can anyone provide any more information on the subject?
 
What is the right way, the best way to physically pronounce - thr - correctly for non English speaking people?

What do I have to do with my mouth, tongue, air in my mouth to make it sound right? E.g three, through, ...

I don't seem to have much problems with the - th -, I just have to stick out my tongue and press the air outwards between my tounge and teeth.

I pronounce it by putting the tip of the tongue gently between my teeth and making an almost silent sound, like a whisper, letting out a small amount of air. I don't even think about it when I speak in English, as I say it more or less correctly (I think), so it's hard to explain.
The rest is 'spoken', but that bit I say it almost silent. For example, if I were to scream it to someone at a distance, that someone probably would only hear the '...ree" part of the word three.
 
I don't seem to have problems with the -th- but when there is a -th- and an -r-==> -thr- I seem to have problems pronouncing the -th-in combination with the -r-, making it sound like thrrrrree. My tongue vibrates too much.
 
Pronounce the 'r' like a cat's purrr, but smooth.
 
I don't seem to have problems with the -th- but when there is a -th- and an -r-==> -thr- I seem to have problems pronouncing the -th-in combination with the -r-, making it sound like thrrrrree. My tongue vibrates too much.

If its your way of saying it, then I guess its just how people are born to speak. ;) I know one of my teachers say some words like that as well as some people that I know. Its just human nature I guess..... :)

So is anyone gonna answer my question or not!?.
 
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