Happy New Year

Jan 01, 2005 18:16 Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all the people that plays WinBolo.

May your games this year be filled with screams of joy when u massecre your enemies!

For Asians and Fido, a premature Happy New Year!

Is it in Feb?

Jan 01, 2005 18:38

Everything's a little 'off' when you're Fido. :D

Jan 02, 2005 00:52

heh Acro.

The Rook: I think it's only the Chinese who have their new year off - I think the rest of Asia use a western based calendar.

Jan 02, 2005 02:46

February 9, 2005

Jan 02, 2005 05:30

Damn, deht's fuxed!

Jan 02, 2005 15:29

Acro: Ha Ha Ha *cough* Ha Ha Ha *wheeze*

FireIce: Yeah, everyone, to my knowledge uses the western one.
However, the Chinese uses their Eastern One in combination with the Western One and uses the Eastern Calender's New Year instead of the Western One which is 2 months off.

Fido: Tks, now i know when to pressure my relatives for *tuitage for college*

Jan 02, 2005 18:48

Madd Maxx wrote:
Damn, deht's fuxed!

MaddMaxx, what r u talking about?

Jan 02, 2005 19:54

Hello, Fido.

I'd like to answer your signature.

If a locker slams in the hallway and there's noone around to hear it, does it make a sound?

No, because the human (animal too, I suppose) brain preceives sounds waves and produces it by three tiny vibrating bones in your inner ear into something you can hear, although the sound waves themselves can be powerful enough to slam the locker back open. (the sound of one hand clapping would depend on how you clap it; snapping your fingers against your palm would result in noise, however clapping the hand in the traditional sense might make you hear the sounds of your bones moving)

Sorry.

Jan 02, 2005 21:11

Sorry, h00d, but the existence and propogation of sound waves doesn't require a receptive medium. Sound waves are a form of energy that impacts the surrounding environment in other ways that an ear cannot perceive. Sound waves will happen as a result of energy interacting with matter (and perhaps even antimatter!) A nearby thunderclap can break the window in your hunting cabin even if you're 400 miles away watching a movie. :D

Jan 02, 2005 23:16

jhood wrote:
Hello, Fido.

I'd like to answer your signature.

If a locker slams in the hallway and there's noone around to hear it, does it make a sound?

No, because the human (animal too, I suppose) brain preceives sounds waves and produces it by three tiny vibrating bones in your inner ear into something you can hear, although the sound waves themselves can be powerful enough to slam the locker back open. (the sound of one hand clapping would depend on how you clap it; snapping your fingers against your palm would result in noise, however clapping the hand in the traditional sense might make you hear the sounds of your bones moving)

Sorry.

What about all the insects found in a normal hallway? Wouldn't they be able to hear the sound soundwave, thus having sound. Or are insect incapable of discernining soundwaves?

:)

Jan 03, 2005 00:04

Does that mean Jhood owes fido $50?

Jan 03, 2005 00:10

It seems my signature has sparked arguments.

Confusing eh? :P

P.S. Where's my fifty dollars? :D :D :D

Jan 03, 2005 00:57

Lizzie, I think your name HostileToy is a little bit outdated. It should be FriendlyToy ;)

Jan 03, 2005 02:37

jhood wrote:
Hello, Fido.

I'd like to answer your signature.

If a locker slams in the hallway and there's noone around to hear it, does it make a sound?

No, because ... blah blah blah

How 'bout this...If you remove the wings off of a fly, does it become a walk?

-DAllen

Jan 03, 2005 03:00

no, DAllen, it becomes a flyless! hahaha... as i see it, there is no such thing as sound, just random vibrations that our ear bones pick up and convert to electric currents that trigger the brain, allowing us to hear. If sound requires vibration, theres no sound in the vacuum of space, right?

Jason#8

Jan 03, 2005 03:05

Jason#8 wrote:
If sound requires vibration, theres no sound in the vacuum of space, right?

Jason#8

If this holds true, then your mind is a quiet place indeed. :D

Jan 03, 2005 07:22

Sorry, h00d, but the existence and propogation of sound waves doesn't require a receptive medium. Sound waves are a form of energy that impacts the surrounding environment in other ways that an ear cannot perceive. Sound waves will happen as a result of energy interacting with matter (and perhaps even antimatter!) A nearby thunderclap can break the window in your hunting cabin even if you're 400 miles away watching a movie.

You're right, but so am I. The question wasn't, "If a locker slams, does it make a sound wave?".. Also notice how I said the sound wave itself could slam the locker back open.

If sound requires vibration, theres no sound in the vacuum of space, right?

You're in space right now.

Wording of questions is what gets you.

Jan 03, 2005 11:43

[url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sound]www.dictionary.com[/url] wrote:
1.
1. Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
2. Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
3. The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
4. Such sensations considered as a group.
2. A distinctive noise: a hollow sound.
3. The distance over which something can be heard: within sound of my voice.
4. Linguistics.
1. An articulation made by the vocal apparatus: a vowel sound.
2. The distinctive character of such an articulation: The words bear and bare have the same sound.
5. A mental impression; an implication: didn't like the sound of the invitation.
6. Auditory material that is recorded, as for a movie.
7. Meaningless noise.
8. Music. A distinctive style, as of an orchestra or a singer.
9. Archaic. Rumor; report.

My take: Yes, it does make a sound. Sound waves and sounds are one and the same. Also: I woke up about an hour ago, it's 3:42 and if I missed something obvious, sorry.

Also: Hitler wants your melons, dag nammit.

Jan 03, 2005 13:09

I apologize, you are right.

sound -- (mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them")

However, so am I.

sound -- (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)
sound -- (a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast")

Would a tree falling produce a large ocean inlet? What about a narrow channel connecting two bodies of water?

It's all in the wording.

Jan 03, 2005 13:29

Do I really need to say that each definition only applies within a certain context?

Jan 03, 2005 16:05

Do I really need to say that each definition only applies within a certain context?

You could, but it wouldn't change the fact that neither of use are wrong.
This is the article that I based my first answer on.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_236.html

Jan 03, 2005 17:02

I AM JUST TESTING MY ABILITY TO LAUGH

Jan 04, 2005 04:56

jhood wrote:
Do I really need to say that each definition only applies within a certain context?

You could, but it wouldn't change the fact that neither of use are wrong.
This is the article that I based my first answer on.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_236.html

Okay, we talked about this earlier on today (much earlier, in fact) and I finally understand what the hell the guy's talking about. Yay. It's amazing what you'll miss when you're zombie-tired.

Jan 04, 2005 08:56

funny thread!

Jan 05, 2005 01:20

Yes fi. I suffered numerous celebral injuries just reading it. Bla blah blah technicalities.