The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Duke87 1,070]

(2701)

Freeways attract more people to use their cars which is less fuel efficient than more people who go by train.

Myth: trains are a more energy efficient means of transportation than cars

Fact: trains are a more energy efficient means of transportation than cars only if they are sufficiently crowded. About half the rail systems in the US are actually less energy efficient than driving. I've never seen statistics for Europe but considering your cars are more fuel efficient than ours I'd imagine it's probably a similar story.

[Frdm920 50]

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I guess it depends on the time of day. For instance here in Perth during peak hours trains are definitely more energy efficient. But outside it's probably a 50-50 split.

[Skimbo 304]

(2701)

Freeways attract more people to use their cars which is less fuel efficient than more people who go by train.

Myth: trains are a more energy efficient means of transportation than cars

Fact: trains are a more energy efficient means of transportation than cars only if they are sufficiently crowded. About half the rail systems in the US are actually less energy efficient than driving. I've never seen statistics for Europe but considering your cars are more fuel efficient than ours I'd imagine it's probably a similar story.

It depends not just on the trains and their energy consumption itself but also on the system itself, and, especially american train systems are very often just crap.

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[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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The trains I rode in Japan were always so nice and clean inside. The trains I rode in Chicago, well, they weren't... I imagine that in a huge crowded city like Tokyo (at least under normal circumstances) where so many people ride the trains at all hours of the day that kind of system makes perfect sense.

That being said, public transport sucks so bad to use and I would much rather drive everywhere and have my freedom than be chained to a train system.

[Larks2242 251]

2705.

Gotta love the new game smell, just picked up a copy of Homefront looks intresting.

  Edited March 15, 2011 by Larks2242  

[un1 41]

2706 - Major day in history today for the South Atlantic! 3rd named storm formed, Subtropical Storm Arani. The 2 before today was Tropical Storm Anita in 2010 and Hurricane Catrina which peaked as a category 2 storm. Arani is forecasted to reach category 1 strength. Arani is the first storm to be named when it reached tropical storm strength (40mph >) in the South Atlantic as Catarina was named before landfall by the media and Anita a couple days after it dissipated.

So yeah, highlight of my day.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2707)

Wasn't there some issue several years back where for the first time in recorded history a hurricane formed in the South Atlantic?

I seem to recall Al Gore Talking about it.

[Skimbo 304]

The inconvenient trouth....

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[un1 41]

(2707)

Wasn't there some issue several years back where for the first time in recorded history a hurricane formed in the South Atlantic?

I seem to recall Al Gore Talking about it.

Yup, when Cyclone Catarina formed, 1) it was the first storm in the South Atlantic so nothing had been set such as names or even warning systems. 2) It made landfall in Brazil as a category 1 hurricane.

Cyclone Catarina (2004) peaked as a category 2 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane in the South Atlantic to date.

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[nathanthemayor 1,262]

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I Have a question about ST7:

What does "reputation" in your profile mean?

[Duke87 1,070]

(2711)

It's how many times someone has "liked" one of your posts. You can like any post by clicking the little green "+" button to the lower right of it.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

2712

Haha, everyone likes everyone else's posts a lot more than they like mine.

Side note: why is "else's" not considered a word? Should I be typing it "everyone's else"? That doesn't seem right...

[astronelson 339]

2713.

My browser says "else's" is a word. "Discombobulated" isn't, though.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2714)

Else's. Discombobulated.

No squiggly red line under either for me. (Firefox 3.6.15, American English)

[Larks2242 251]

2715.

Must depend on the browser.

[nathanthemayor 1,262]

2716

Today in fresno it was 74 degrees, which is early considering it is still winter....

[Hamish 1,369]

2717.

It is a word, so incase you didn't know what it means:

discombobulate |ˌdiskəmˈbäbyəˌlāt|

verb [ trans. ] humorousdisconcert or confuse (someone) : this attitude totally discombobulated Bruce

[as adj. ] ( discombobulated) he is looking a little pained and discombobulated.

ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably based on discompose or discomfit .

[Frdm920 50]

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Ah I remember the calc teacher going "You've discombobulated me"

And it's shown up as misspelt for me too

[Skimbo 304]

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Posing from school again, the actual lession is damn boring....

  Edited March 16, 2011 by Skimbo  

[Duke87 1,070]

(2720)

Ah, on the internet in class on your smartphone. Nobody had that ability when I was in high school.

[astronelson 339]

2721.

Gee willikers Duke, you musta gone to school a long time ago! Over 4 years ago, even!

I think the iPhone was released when I was in year 11.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Hm, I'm on Firefox 3.6.15 also, but it doesn't seem to want to recognize else's... Discombobulated. That word seems alright though. Open Office didn't want to recognize else's either, if I remember correctly. Didn't want to recognize consternated, either. I'm pretty confident that consternated is a real word. Dictionary.com agrees with me.

Heh, when I was in high school, cell phones were decreasing in size and price, but only kids with wealthy parents got one. I finally got one after I graduated, and it wasn't a terribly impressive piece of electronics compared to what even basic phones can do these days...

[Muck308 55]

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Since we are talking about whether or not words are words and all. I'm reading a book in which the author attemtped to tell me a cat "shimmied" up something or other.

This is a common mistake but one that always gets my goat.

A shimmy is a dance of some kind and for all I know may not even be an actual word. One can shinney up something but they certainly can't shimmy up something. It should also be noted that the act of doing a shinney can only be done in the up direction. You can shinney up a tree but you can't shinney down a tree.

This is such a common mistake I wonder how many of you will think I've gone batty. I even wrote to a magazine once, after they challenged readers to find mistakes, and alerted them to their improper use of shimmy by writing that "he then shimmied down a pipe" was incorrect. They made no acknowledgement of my correction.

[jj88 23]

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Consternated is definitely a word - Encarta's dictionary and the inbuilt one in Firefox agree with me.

I enjoy using more interesting words than the standard words most people use

Interesting point about shinney Muck - I certainly never realised!

[Larks2242 251]

2725.

Everyone is just making up words now, its like when Bush was president an webster had to watch all his adresses so they could add all the new words.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

I think you misunderestimate our esteemed former president, Mr. Larks2242. Not since Shakespeare has the English language been enriched so;).

[Duke87 1,070]

(2727)

Gee willikers Duke, you musta gone to school a long time ago! Over 4 years ago, even!

Six, but who's counting?

[Larks2242 251]

2728.

It appears you are

[Muck308 55]

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I'm waiting for some pizza.

Ah!

  Edited March 17, 2011 by Muck308  

[Duke87 1,070]

(2730)

Make sure you have the correct number for your order.