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Von Smallhausen · 1 Jan 2009 at 19:58

platinum87 said:
triple fail it was a NX class

Arses. I forgot about that one.

platinum87 · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:02

Von Smallhausen said:
Arses. I forgot about that one.

im waiting for someone to say -quadruple fail it was HMS enterprise in 1700 or roughly

mangobreeder · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:04

platinum87 said:
triple fail it was a NX class

Quadruple FAIL it was Declaration Class

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(XCV_330)

Mr^B · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:05

I thought that the first Star Trek Enterprise was infact the XCV 330:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(XCV_330)

bleh! Beaten by lag AGAIN!!

platinum87 · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:17

mangobreeder said:
Quadruple FAIL it was Declaration Class

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(XCV_330)

Quintuple fail!!!, it the first space ship with enterrpise will be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise

Greenlizard0 · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:23

Don't allow this thread to descend into what class a fictitious star ship was. Laughable irony as it's a true/random fact thread...

Azagoth · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:26

At sea level, a cubic yard of air weighs about 2lb.

mangobreeder · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:29

edited: took greenlizards advise.

Interesting FACT:

STARTREK is REAL

platinum87 · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:02

Azagoth said:
At sea level, a cubic yard of air weighs about 2lb.

the air within a 747 must be calculated together with the weight of the plane, and weights over a ton

Chris1712 · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:07

K.C. Leblanc said:
R2D2 is the only part played by the same person in all 6 Star Wars films.

Errr Anthony Daniels played C3PO in all of them to? And Ian Mcdiarmid was in both trilogies as the same character, not all the films though.

knowlesy · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:10

good thread, should be on a daily rss feed lol

sigma · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:21

Apparently in space cells grow into the organ they come from, so liver cells will grow back into a liver but on earth they just grow into a clump/group.

Azagoth · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:22

silane said:
Apparently in space cells grow into the organ they come from, so liver cells will grow back into a liver but on earth they just grow into a clump/group.

Surely that can't be true, wouldn't they freeze in the cold dead vacuum?

Ricochet J · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:23

Energy of a moving fluid per unit mass is equal to the sum of its potential energy, kinetic energy and presure.

Greenlizard0 · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:24

silane said:
Apparently in space cells grow into the organ they come from, so liver cells will grow back into a liver but on earth they just grow into a clump/group.

Interesting - you mean that in space eventually an able (/functional again?) liver can be "created" whereas on earth the cells don't function together as an organ?

Azagoth said:
Surely that can't be true, wouldn't they freeze in the cold dead vacuum?

He probably means just without gravity. I'm assuming the cells have food etc. etc.

sigma · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:24

Azagoth said:
Surely that can't be true, wouldn't they freeze in the cold dead vacuum?

Sorry, when I meant in space I meant inside the ISS.

sigma · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:25

Greenlizard0 said:
Interesting - you mean that in space eventually an able (/functional again?) liver can be "created" whereas on earth the cells don't function together as an organ?

I believe so, I watched an interesting documentary on the ISS and they mentioned that it was one of many experiments they were conducting

They weren't sure whether it was due to the lack of gravity or something else.

Jon1818 · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:25

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

platinum87 · 1 Jan 2009 at 22:05

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache

SlyReaper · 1 Jan 2009 at 22:27

Jon1818 said:
The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

I can't believe that one. :eek:

The pacific ocean is a thin layer sitting on the Earth's crust - the moon is an enormous solid ball of rock. Now, if you'd said they have the same surface area, I might believe you.