No Stupid Questions

[bass-icly me]

Oh god no. There was no threat whatsoever from either side. Both leaders decided it was a perfect time to implement 'operation keep them afraid'. It is a tried and true political tactic- scared people are easy to lead. Other 'make em afraid' tactics followed- The made up gas crisis, and drug pushers handing out free drugs to children come to mind. Now they are using the 'They're coming for your jobs' tactic.

Wow. What planet do you live on???? Was WW2 a game and nobody really got hurt?

Having lived through that time, you are so wrong, and whoever created those conspiracy theories is totally malicious. Propaganda like that only serves to alienate people by confusing them with "misinformation".

Still loving you as a fellow human.

 

[Funky Ghost]

The spirit of this thread is to answer any question someone brings here as seriously as possible. I know there's going to be jokesters, but no question here is too dumb and we aim to find the truth behind every question no matter how stupid you may think it is. This Thread was inspired by the following question:

If kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy, how many times would I need to slap a chicken to cook it?

Where are the physicists in the house??

If you have your own stupid question, please ask.

More information is needed.

What is ambient temp where this event is to happen?

How much energy is expended during the slap? ( side question - How many slaps until the hand itself is cooked - side side question - how many slaps until the hand is no long identifiable as a hand )

 

[bass-icly me]

More information is needed.

What is ambient temp where this event is to happen?

How much energy is expended during the slap? ( side question - How many slaps until the hand itself is cooked - side side question - how many slaps until the hand is no long identifiable as a hand )

I know, right?

About the hand becoming unidentifiable, considering that to make this happen one would be slapping so fast the hand and belly would fuse and become one.

Whoa. We're talking some heavy duty molecular fusion stuff, dude.

 

[SgtHulka]

More information is needed.

What is ambient temp where this event is to happen?

How much energy is expended during the slap? ( side question - How many slaps until the hand itself is cooked - side side question - how many slaps until the hand is no long identifiable as a hand

More information is needed.

What is ambient temp where this event is to happen?

How much energy is expended during the slap? ( side question - How many slaps until the hand itself is cooked - side side question - how many slaps until the hand is no long identifiable as a hand )

I know, right?

About the hand becoming unidentifiable, considering that to make this happen one would be slapping so fast the hand and belly would fuse and become one.

Whoa. We're talking some heavy duty molecular fusion stuff, dude.

The formula for converting between kinetic energy and thermal energy is 1/2mv^2=mcT.


The average human hands weights about 0.4kg, the average slap has a velocity of 11m/s (25mph), an average rotisserie chicken weighs 1kg (2lbs), has a specific heat capacity of 2720J/kg*c, and lets assume the chicken has to reach a temperature of 205C (400F) for us to consider it cooked. the chicken will start of frozen, so 0C (32F).


1 average slap would generate a temperature increase of 0.0089 degrees Celsius. it would take 23,034 average slaps to cook the chicken.


To Cook the chicken in one slap, you would have to slap it with a velocity of 1665.65m/s or 3725.95 mph.

 

[5StringBlues]

How can we be lovers if we can't be friends?


Asking for a friend.

 

[Funky Ghost]

How can we be lovers if we can't be friends?


Asking for a friend.

Two words.

Grudge ****.

 

[furym]

The formula for converting between kinetic energy and thermal energy is 1/2mv^2=mcT.


The average human hands weights about 0.4kg, the average slap has a velocity of 11m/s (25mph), an average rotisserie chicken weighs 1kg (2lbs), has a specific heat capacity of 2720J/kg*c, and lets assume the chicken has to reach a temperature of 205C (400F) for us to consider it cooked. the chicken will start of frozen, so 0C (32F).


1 average slap would generate a temperature increase of 0.0089 degrees Celsius. it would take 23,034 average slaps to cook the chicken.


To Cook the chicken in one slap, you would have to slap it with a velocity of 1665.65m/s or 3725.95 mph.

That's a rather small chicken, and at 400 degrees would be certainly overcooked.

 

[5StringBlues]

How come I can't get no Tang around here?

 

[Mike N]

Just a friendly reminder from the Mod Staff on the no politics rule here at TB.

Carry on......

 

[SgtHulka]

Can you hurt bacteria by punching it?

 

[David Jayne]

The formula for converting between kinetic energy and thermal energy is 1/2mv^2=mcT.


The average human hands weights about 0.4kg, the average slap has a velocity of 11m/s (25mph), an average rotisserie chicken weighs 1kg (2lbs), has a specific heat capacity of 2720J/kg*c, and lets assume the chicken has to reach a temperature of 205C (400F) for us to consider it cooked. the chicken will start of frozen, so 0C (32F).


1 average slap would generate a temperature increase of 0.0089 degrees Celsius. it would take 23,034 average slaps to cook the chicken.


To Cook the chicken in one slap, you would have to slap it with a velocity of 1665.65m/s or 3725.95 mph.

Excellent data, thank you. But I think it's safe to say that most of us will use a fresh, 'just-below-room-temp' chicken. We understand the challenges and would rather find the path of least resistance. Could you please republish your data with this factor in mind?

 

[LBS-bass]

Apparently 23,034 slaps will do your average chicken. Don't ask me why someone had worked this out already but you know, physicists aren't bass players, they have time on their hands.

If they're not bass players, why are they slapping?

 

[Samatza]

If they're not bass players, why are they slapping?

They like chicken?

 

[S-Bigbottom]

What is the difference between tray and platter?

Alas, not so. TV trays, back in the day, were rectangular and often had legs. Tea trays could be rectangular or oval. Some serving platters are oval. So I don't think that's the difference.

A tray is used to carry or hold items while a platter is used strictly to present or display food on. Think of platter as short for a plate like you eat off of.

 

[SgtHulka]

Because of how far their mouth is away from their stomach are giraffes able to vomit?

 

[jellymax]

Twillent it unpossible to whither the
Whippoorwill by the light of the moon?
It twill...

 

[mikeoso]

OK, here's my stupid question:

Were the USA and USSR really on the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis?

Everyone says that they were, but whenever I try to think it through, I just can't get there. Suppose Kennedy doesn't withdraw the naval blockade. A Soviet ship charges straight into it. Two ships collide. One of the captains loses their cool and starts shooting. There's a naval battle and some ships are sunk. I still don't see either Kennedy or Krushchev deciding to escalate to launching nukes. Am I wrong?

yup.
Because the ship has a fleet, and the fleet has air cover, and the air cover has a base that has to be attacked or defended...and both sides were committed to a policy of never surrender. That means that whoever thinks he's losing might go nuclear. Oh, it wasnt inevitable...obviously. But it was a real possibility.

I was in 8th grade. The day the Sov ships were due to hit the blockade line, our principal told us to all stay home from school...in the basement. We believed him because we'd lived with the real threat since birth. Nukes were USED a few years before I was born, and we all accepted that wars do blow up whole countries. Much of the world was still digging out of the rubble when we were kids.

 

[Razman]

I was going to post a separate thread when I saw this one at the top of Off Topic.

Question: why do I have so many micro USB cords lying around? I haven’t had an Android phone in years - we are all Apple now in my home. Why don’t Apple charging cords multiply like the other ones seem to have done?? I just gotta know...

 

[SgtHulka]

I was going to post a separate thread when I saw this one at the top of Off Topic.

Question: why do I have so many micro USB cords lying around? I haven’t had an Android phone in years - we are all Apple now in my home. Why don’t Apple charging cords multiply like the other ones seem to have done?? I just gotta know...

LOL same here, old technology dies hard and fast I got a ton of stuff that used to be great and now sits around in a Costco bin

 

[48thStreetCustom]

Why does the word "undergarments" almost always refer to women's underwear?