Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum - Fun-n-Games http://www.bautforum.com/ Word games, math games, logic games, fun games, not-so-fun games... this is where they go! en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:11:10 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.bautforum.com/images/misc/rss.jpg Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum - Fun-n-Games http://www.bautforum.com/ Aiku http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/96879-aiku.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:12:52 GMT OK, been awhile since I started a new thread. Let's try:

Aiku -

using hi - IQ

share your wisdom with the world

thru succinct haiku

ex.

A flip and a turn.

The best answer would be E,

None of the above. ]]> Fun-n-Games uncommonsense http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/96879-aiku.html <![CDATA[I've got an idea...]]> http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/96804-ive-got-idea.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:11 GMT Let's talk about me......I'll go first...

I forget more math every year than you know about math...

Heh...I love arrogance without substance :)

Who's next?

Pete ]]> Fun-n-Games peter eldergill http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/96804-ive-got-idea.html <![CDATA[Clarke's choice of 3 deaths - A-bomb, nerve gas or bayonet!?]]> http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/96724-clarkes-choice-3-deaths-bomb-nerve-gas-bayonet.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:30 GMT Reading Arthur C. Clarke's book Greetings Carbon Based Bipeds, (Voyager / HarperCollins, 1999) I stumbled across the following sentence at the start of an essay titled "Scenario for a Civilised Planet" on page 421 :

Quote:
"I suspect that given the choice most of us would prefer to be killed by A-bombs rather than bayonets or nerve gas. So lets stop arguing over details and consider this fundamental question ..."
Okay then, I thought I'd put the rather morbid question Clarke offered to y'all as an experimental survey and see. A bit of black humour &/or philosophy anyone?

How then would you choose to die given the choice of death by :

1) A-bomb

2) Bayonet

&

3) Nerve gas

Do you have any preferential order & if so why? :sick:

PS. Of course I'm not entirely sure that any of these grisly fates would exactly be described as fun'n'games but a-n-y-h-o-w ... ;-)

PPS. I've chosen to die by bayonet. Painful I know but I've got my reasons which I'll explain later ... ]]> Fun-n-Games StevoR http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/96724-clarkes-choice-3-deaths-bomb-nerve-gas-bayonet.html Snappy answers to silly questions. http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/96576-snappy-answers-silly-questions.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:12:12 GMT Q: How do you get *really* whiter teeth in 5 seconds? A: Black lipstick! :D Q: How do you get really whiter teeth in 5 seconds?

A: Black lipstick!

:D ]]> Fun-n-Games Buttercup http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/96576-snappy-answers-silly-questions.html Betting pool for Nibiru http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/96492-betting-pool-nibiru.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:04:18 GMT :lol:

So we know that 2012 is going to be notable as the year that the world failed to end. Just like 2003. Since Nibiru keeps getting held up in traffic or something, why not make a "betting pool" for when the next Armageddon will be scheduled?

(i.e. what will the crazies say will be the date of the Nibiru encounter after it fails (again) to show up in 2012)

After 2012, we'll see who got the closest.




My arbitrary guess: Jan 20, 2021 (1-20-2021... a pattern in the numbers, must mean something right?) ]]> Fun-n-Games Hungry4info http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/96492-betting-pool-nibiru.html This is the advice thread - Ask or answer http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95695-advice-thread-ask-answer.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:30:18 GMT I have this odd problem, I'm sure you're the one who can help me. There are several people in my office whose names I don't know. They work in other departments and I've never been introduced to them, but I've been chatting with them in the elevator and at the coffee station for years. At least one of them knows my name, so it's much too embarassing to ask theirs. I even walked around by -----'s cubicle, but he doesn't have a name plate like most people do. Then there's Vzikctryczh Cucztchinnizyk, who introduced himself to me. I thought he said "Victor", but I'm scared to call him that in case it's wrong. How can I find out these people's names with the minimum embarassment, or in Vzikctryczh's case, how to pronounce it? --Incognizant in New York ]]> Fun-n-Games MAPNUT http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95695-advice-thread-ask-answer.html Emanate grandiloquent phraseologies http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95633-emanate-grandiloquent-phraseologies.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:52:52 GMT (Use big words!) (Use big words!) ]]> Fun-n-Games dwnielsen http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95633-emanate-grandiloquent-phraseologies.html Poll - How will the LHC end the world? http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95610-poll-how-will-lhc-end-world.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:40:13 GMT Poll Test - Assuming the Large Hadron Collider will end the world how will it do this? :

1) By creating a black hole - or strange (quark?) matter that will swallow the Earth /transfrorm it into a quark star the size of a pea or smaller.

2) By opening a transdimensional portal opening us up to aliens / Future beings /the hell dimension a.k.a. the 'Doom' scenario! ;-)

3) Y'know how splitting the atom lead to the really Big bomb thingy & an earth shaking Kaboom!? Well splitting the Higgs boson = an even bigger literally Earth shattering KA Boom! / Chain reaction involving Higgs boson & its role re: mass ends up destroying gravity either planet-wide or entire cosmos ...

4) God. He really hates us messing with His particles! ;-)

5) Sorry I'm a killjoy who just doesn't buy that premise - the LHC just will not do the Apocalypse job! / Other - please suggest in the comments.
(Or should I start another poll - can I fuse two polls into one & get ten or more options that way I wonder?)

(Man, I need more options here! Havinga total up to say nine or ten would be better IMHON.)

Okay I hope this works ... Testing, testing. In case you're wondering, yes, this is somewhat tongue in cheek.

No refund will be provided should our planet fail to self-destruct on ("proper") LHC activation & in event of Apocalypse occuring ..Well do you really you expect me to find away to pay up then? No bets! ]]> Fun-n-Games StevoR http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95610-poll-how-will-lhc-end-world.html You know what I hate?? http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95459-you-know-what-i-hate.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:35:24 GMT Cat litter!!! Cat litter!!! ]]> Fun-n-Games peter eldergill http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95459-you-know-what-i-hate.html How much damage would a big pumpkin do? http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95354-how-much-damage-would-big-pumpkin-do.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:01:18 GMT How much damage would a big pumpkin do if one struck the earth in 2012? Assume a spherical pumpkin of uniform density and a radius of 10 km. Should we try to put peanut butter on it? Nick How much damage would a big pumpkin do if one struck the earth in 2012? Assume a spherical pumpkin of uniform density and a radius of 10 km.

Should we try to put peanut butter on it?

Nick ]]> Fun-n-Games Nick Theodorakis http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95354-how-much-damage-would-big-pumpkin-do.html Mathematical conundruma http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95335-mathematical-conundruma.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:36:31 GMT Would the theoretical Nash equilibrium be he same for a Nash Rambler and A Nash Metropolitan, given that Nash merged with Hudson to form American Motors in 1954? Would the theoretical Nash equilibrium be he same for a Nash Rambler and A Nash Metropolitan, given that Nash merged with Hudson to form American Motors in 1954? ]]> Fun-n-Games mike alexander http://www.bautforum.com/fun-n-games/95335-mathematical-conundruma.html