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Marco didn't know where he was going? He also didn't know where he had been... a lot people think Marco's accounts of his travels were at least partially BS.
 
Water is Marco's lesser known, younger brother.

The older brother was called Volkswagen iirc. A sister called Mint too...

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G-Forces:

I know that the force of gravity = 9.9 m/sec, so say that a F1 driver is pulling 5 negative Gs under braking, does that mean they are being hit with a force of 49.5 m/sec?
 
The force of gravity is 9.81N/kg. Acceleration due to gravity is 9.81m/s/s.

If they're pulling -5g under braking, they're decelerating at 49m/s/s (the equivalent of losing 49m/s from their speed every second, or about 110mph per second), yes. The force aspect is that every kilogram of their mass (and the car's mass) suddenly weighs 49N going forwards instead of 9.8N going downwards.
 
And when you're told that the acceleration from gravity is 9.8 meters per second per second, the question is usually "Why is 'per second' repeated?" If that's a point of confusion, then:

Velocity is a distance per unit of time, i.e. meters per second. If you're going 9.8 meters per second, you're not accelerating, you're just moving.

If you jump from a cliff, the instant of the jump, you have no velocity. One second later you're moving at 9.8 meters per second, air drag notwithstanding. Another second and you're moving at 19.6 meters per second. Each second of fall adds 9.8 meters per second to your speed. That's acceleration: your speed (meters per second) changes by 9.8 every second (the next 'per second.')

Acceleration is then the rate of change in velocity. Your velocity changes by so much every second.

Acceleration from gravity and the force of gravity tend to be used interchangably. Your'e obviously not accelerating downward as you walk, the ground keeps getting in the way. Yet we say you experience the force of 1g downward. You experience 'force' as your weight, which is the result of gravity attempting to accelerate you against the rock of the planet.

Since braking and turning are all examples of acceleration, the g unit is a convenient yardstick.
 
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Acceleration from gravity and the force of gravity tend to be used interchangably. Your'e obviously not accelerating downward as you walk, the ground keeps getting in the way. Yet we say you experience the force of 1g downward. You experience 'force' as your weight, which is the result of gravity attempting to accelerate you against the rock of the planet.

To answer your question, then, the answer is no. If an F1 driver is under -5g due to braking, those G forces are applied laterally, and it seems he's being pulled towards the front of the car.

However, he is still under 1g due to the Earth's gravity, so he's still being pulled towards the center of the Earth.
 
I've got a slight problem here. I'm using firefox and every time I bookmark a page it'll go to my bookmarks but when I shut my computer off and start up firefox again they disappear from my bookmarks. Anyone know why it does this?
 
Is it acceptable for a male to wear a ring other than a school ring/wedding band? I've always wanted to get a casual ring to wear. What finger should I wear it on if its acceptable for males to wear one?

If a ring is not acceptable, what is? Necklace? Bracelet?
 
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Two ear-rings. Because just one means you're metrosexual. Two ear-rings say that you're perfectly comfortable with your manhood, and not averse to wearing garters.

Without garter, how do you keep your boxers up?

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On a more serious note... wearing of non-wedding/military group/school jewelry has always struck me as something you might see a hairy-chested 50-year old male do. Complete with gold chains, open shirts and a gold hoop in one ear. If you've got to wear something, keep it simple... no cobras, scorpions, diamonds or diamond-encrusted letters (y'know, like T, H, U and G)... BVLGARI makes some interesting industrial-style bands, I think.

Rings go on the middle finger. Centers perfectly when you punch another guy in the teeth.
 
Is it acceptable for a male to wear a ring other than a school ring/wedding band? I've always wanted to get a casual ring to wear. What finger should I wear it on if its acceptable for males to wear one?

It's acceptable if you want to look like a man who wears a ring. Next time you see a guy wearing a non-wedding ring, ask yourself whether it's a good look or not.

If a ring is not acceptable, what is? Necklace? Bracelet?

A nice watch. IMO leave the jewellery for the ladies.
 
"Acceptable" male rings:
Wedding band; Engagement band

"Unacceptable" male rings:
Sovereigns; Everything else; Sovereigns; Sovereigns
 
So you're telling me I got screwed out of an engagement band?!?

Argh. :p

Seriously, the only "jewelry" I wear is my wedding ring (zero year anniversary present), watch (2nd year anniversary present) and CFF wristband, although I don't think that so much counts.

Some can get away with wearing a ring on their thumb, but I would think that it would just get in the way there.
 
I wore a high school class ring for much of my junior and all of my senior year in high school. But once I graduated, it has been off my hand. I tried putting it on once in a while, but I felt weird wearing it once I'd become an adult...big deal, you passed high school.

As for a wedding band, it took a week or two to get used to it, because I was always afraid I was going to lose it, especially after washing my hands. I was always worried I was going to beat it up, but after a while, you almost forget it's there. More than one ring just gets in the way of working with your hands. About the only times I remember it's there (other than looking at it) is when I grab my wife's hand and when a Dual Shock controller activates (there's a little wear pattern underneath the left part of each controller).

I don't wear any other jewelery but a watch; even with a cell phone, it's hardly needed anymore. I personally think jewelery is best left for women, even then, too much of it is kind of trashy. Guys that wear too much of it are just showing off; I just get the feeling they never got the King Midas story out of their head. When I see rich and really well-to-do people, they'd usually wear very little jewelery, just one item to impress, not three or four items.
 
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Get a huge yellow gold pinky ring with a large black osidian in it.

You may need to buy some chalk-stripe suits and start greasing your hair back to pull off the look though. If you can start loaning out sums of money to gambling addicts and busting knee caps it will help.
 
2) Why do women, or my girlfriend, think it's so weird to use two condoms at a time? (Too-weird question for GTP?) I thought it was all about prevention? Before I know it, she goes "Why the heck are you using two of them?" Then I can beign to explain that if one rips, we're screwed, yadayadayada...

Can you actually feel anything by doing that? :scared: I've never heard of putting 2 on, it just seems like an odd thing to be doing, especially as it's usually done in the heat of a moment and her waiting for you to put two condoms on (let alone one) might ruin it for her a little bit.
 
Is it acceptable for a male to wear a ring other than a school ring/wedding band? I've always wanted to get a casual ring to wear. What finger should I wear it on if its acceptable for males to wear one?

If a ring is not acceptable, what is? Necklace? Bracelet?

I have several different rings I wear, I have one given to me by Kate that I wear on my left ring finger. On my right ring finger I either wear my high school ring (soon to get a college ring), a Mason's ring, or various other stainless steel ones I have. I also have a couple pinky rings but rarely wear those.

I wear a necklace all the time, mostly steel beaded ones or sliver chains. Bracelets are only every so often, I have both a gold and silver one. Mainly I stick with a watch though.

I enjoy wearing jewellery, although none of it is terribly expensive. My one Mason's ring is worth a fair amount in gold but my grandpa gave it to me a long time ago.
 
There you go, if you want to look like Joey, go buy some jewellery. ;)
 
:lol:

I used to wear my high school class ring, but I graduated 2 years ago so I guess I was just looking for something to replace that.
 
I've got a slight problem here. I'm using firefox and every time I bookmark a page it'll go to my bookmarks but when I shut my computer off and start up firefox again they disappear from my bookmarks. Anyone know why it does this?

Anyone? This is starting to get annoying actually.
 
It looks like a photoshop where you head has been made bigger thus making your neck and body seem smaller, like Mr Mackey. :p


(If it's not, sorry! :D)
 
They were comparing me to Joey D. ;) Check out the pics of yourself thread for what they do to Joeys pics. :lol:
 
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