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Hrm....if chro-chro was an anime character, I think he'd look like that? *points to chro's avatar* Maybe? Then again, it's Jo-chan's rendition. o.o
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Got a large crop of difficult questions tonight. Let's start:
Pez: There are many different forms of weapons of mass destruction (WMD to the media). It would take me forever to describe each and every one of them, so I'm just going to start with the one you mentioned: an atomic bomb. If you want any more information or info on any others, just post again.
An atomic bomb is a very powerful weapon. It comes in two varieties: fission and fusion. Fission relies on splitting large atoms for energy while fusion relies on fusing small atoms for energy. While we've made large headway into fission technology, fusion is still a mystery and eludes us for the time being. The basics behind a fission weapon is to compress a large amount of a large element as quickly as possible, forcing the nuclii of atoms to break apart. This is done with a series of dynamite pads on a spherical core of uranium or plutonium. There's special wiring to make sure all the pads detonate at once to ensure maximum compression. Once the pads detonate, the atoms collide and break apart so quickly and with so much force that they cause a devestating nuclear reaction. This reaction is capable of utterly destroying so much, and fatally damaging even more, which is why governments are very afraid of them.
Zorn: Did SnV infest you for a second? Your grammar killed that sentence. Please fix it up and try again.
Dith: The main causes of stuttering are genetics and environmental factors. Not much is really known about it, but there are treatments involving language training to reduce or even get rid of stuttering.
Polydactylism. The scientific term for being born with more than the usual number of fingers or toes. This is genetically caused, obviously, and the gene for it is dominant. The reason that it doesn't show up much though is because parents are afraid of future social pressure and often have the extra digits cut off. There are no direct side effects of having the gene, but polydactylism does show up in a few genetic disorders, so it sometimes gets lumped together with those, but it really doesn't have anything to do with it. In fact, more babies are born with polydactylism and are healthy than not.
An Anime character, eh? Jo-Chan's rendition of me sounds like a good place to start, since it is drawn and seems to be close to true Japanese drawing. (I'm not insulting your work Jo-Chan. I just wanted to point out that there's a difference between how you draw and how the typical Japanese comic book artist draws). I suppose I would be close to anorexically thin, with much thinner boots and gloves that would reach all the way to my knees and elbows. There would be some form of hair, probably the same color as my scarf, coming out from under my helmet just a bit, and the shades would be underneath the helmet instead as a part of it. The scarf would probably become some sort of cape, just because.
HSR Reference: Bean shaped head, blue hair, rediculously small mouth when I'm not talking, rediculously large mouth when I am, and cool poses through space. That's all I need.
By the way, I really don't ignore Dither in real life. Just a few times, when I'm extremely busy doing something else.
Pez (again): Yes, electrons give off thermal radiation. The reason they do so is extremely complex, and as such, I won't go into it, but just know that they do.
Pez: There are many different forms of weapons of mass destruction (WMD to the media). It would take me forever to describe each and every one of them, so I'm just going to start with the one you mentioned: an atomic bomb. If you want any more information or info on any others, just post again.
An atomic bomb is a very powerful weapon. It comes in two varieties: fission and fusion. Fission relies on splitting large atoms for energy while fusion relies on fusing small atoms for energy. While we've made large headway into fission technology, fusion is still a mystery and eludes us for the time being. The basics behind a fission weapon is to compress a large amount of a large element as quickly as possible, forcing the nuclii of atoms to break apart. This is done with a series of dynamite pads on a spherical core of uranium or plutonium. There's special wiring to make sure all the pads detonate at once to ensure maximum compression. Once the pads detonate, the atoms collide and break apart so quickly and with so much force that they cause a devestating nuclear reaction. This reaction is capable of utterly destroying so much, and fatally damaging even more, which is why governments are very afraid of them.
Zorn: Did SnV infest you for a second? Your grammar killed that sentence. Please fix it up and try again.
Dith: The main causes of stuttering are genetics and environmental factors. Not much is really known about it, but there are treatments involving language training to reduce or even get rid of stuttering.
Polydactylism. The scientific term for being born with more than the usual number of fingers or toes. This is genetically caused, obviously, and the gene for it is dominant. The reason that it doesn't show up much though is because parents are afraid of future social pressure and often have the extra digits cut off. There are no direct side effects of having the gene, but polydactylism does show up in a few genetic disorders, so it sometimes gets lumped together with those, but it really doesn't have anything to do with it. In fact, more babies are born with polydactylism and are healthy than not.
An Anime character, eh? Jo-Chan's rendition of me sounds like a good place to start, since it is drawn and seems to be close to true Japanese drawing. (I'm not insulting your work Jo-Chan. I just wanted to point out that there's a difference between how you draw and how the typical Japanese comic book artist draws). I suppose I would be close to anorexically thin, with much thinner boots and gloves that would reach all the way to my knees and elbows. There would be some form of hair, probably the same color as my scarf, coming out from under my helmet just a bit, and the shades would be underneath the helmet instead as a part of it. The scarf would probably become some sort of cape, just because.
HSR Reference: Bean shaped head, blue hair, rediculously small mouth when I'm not talking, rediculously large mouth when I am, and cool poses through space. That's all I need.
By the way, I really don't ignore Dither in real life. Just a few times, when I'm extremely busy doing something else.
Pez (again): Yes, electrons give off thermal radiation. The reason they do so is extremely complex, and as such, I won't go into it, but just know that they do.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! XD *dies* Hrm...oh, I know!chromus wrote:Zorn: Did SnV infest you for a second? Your grammar killed that sentence. Please fix it up and try again.
How come really old books have that smell about them?
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Jo: Really old books used to be printed on paper than contained acid. Modern books are printed on acid-free paper. The acid in the paper breaks down the pages over time, causing the dust effect where opening a book can turn all of its pages to dust. The same acid that breaks down the paper releases small amounts of gas that smell.
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couple of questions
1)Why does a computer have the RGB colors on a scale of 0-255? Why not another number?
2)Is the Hydrogen Bomb made about the same as an atomic bomb, being that in theory it's about a 1000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb, but yet has been tested?
3(rephrase))Can you explain to me why programs that run on PC's(aka. Window Operated Systems) can't be run on computer with a different processing unit(ex. Apple)
1)Why does a computer have the RGB colors on a scale of 0-255? Why not another number?
2)Is the Hydrogen Bomb made about the same as an atomic bomb, being that in theory it's about a 1000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb, but yet has been tested?
3(rephrase))Can you explain to me why programs that run on PC's(aka. Window Operated Systems) can't be run on computer with a different processing unit(ex. Apple)
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Because that's 256 numbers, which is one byte. And it's convenient to use bytes to store data, because otherwise you have to muck around in Bit I/O. *shudder* Besides, higher bittage graphics use more than that, iirc.Zornak wrote:1)Why does a computer have the RGB colors on a scale of 0-255? Why not another number?
Are you sure you haven't been infected by mon frere? I have no idea what you mean.2)Is the Hydrogen Bomb made about the same as an atomic bomb, being that in theory it's about a 1000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb, but yet has been tested?
Because the events et al are different under different operSystems. For example, if you click on a button in WinZip in Windows, it'll send <some event> to the program, which will then interpret it, whereas MacOS will send a different event, so the program will not be able to interpret it. There's probably heaps more reasons, but oh well. Which is why Java progs can run on all systems, because they run under the JVM and there's a different JVM for each system which converts the java into code native to that system.3(rephrase))Can you explain to me why programs that run on PC's(aka. Window Operated Systems) can't be run on computer with a different processing unit(ex. Apple)
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Zorn: Computers use the values 0-255 because that is the range of values that one byte, the smallest amount of memory available, can store. In modern games, an integer (4 byte variable) is used, where the four bytes correspond to red, green, blue, and alpha values. Because an integer is the most common data type, this makes sense in terms of speed and memory.
Before I answer your next question, more clarification. There are two types of nuclear reactions: fusion and fission. The more popular atomic bombs are of the fission variety. "H-Bombs" are the fusion kind. In a nuclear fusion reaction, small hydrogen atoms (hence the name) are fused together to release massive amounts of energy. While fusion based weapons are far more powerful than their fission brethern, they aren't really true fusion reactions. Humans have yet to harness the true power of fusion, but we have found a way to boost a fission based weapon with a fusion reaction. That's what makes a fusion based weapon so powerful.
Before I answer your last question, I want to answer Phred's as I am on the same topic: No, the hydrogen used in nuclear fusion weapon would not combine with oxygen to create water. The hydrogen is contained within a sealed container until it is used to start a fusion reaction.
Zorn, your last question is a doozy, so I won't be answering it now. I'm compiling an answer which is pretty long, and I'll post it in a bit.
Before I answer your next question, more clarification. There are two types of nuclear reactions: fusion and fission. The more popular atomic bombs are of the fission variety. "H-Bombs" are the fusion kind. In a nuclear fusion reaction, small hydrogen atoms (hence the name) are fused together to release massive amounts of energy. While fusion based weapons are far more powerful than their fission brethern, they aren't really true fusion reactions. Humans have yet to harness the true power of fusion, but we have found a way to boost a fission based weapon with a fusion reaction. That's what makes a fusion based weapon so powerful.
Before I answer your last question, I want to answer Phred's as I am on the same topic: No, the hydrogen used in nuclear fusion weapon would not combine with oxygen to create water. The hydrogen is contained within a sealed container until it is used to start a fusion reaction.
Zorn, your last question is a doozy, so I won't be answering it now. I'm compiling an answer which is pretty long, and I'll post it in a bit.
Alright, I think I have enough information to put together an answer to Zornak's question:
Compiled programs are generally incompatible between different operating systems because of the way the operating systems are made. A program written and compiled in Windows won't work on Linux. The main reason for this is that compiled programs generally include instructions on how to interface with the keyboard, the mouse, the monitor, plus the rest of the hardware. Since each OS handles this differently, compiled programs for each OS will have different instructions on how to handle the hardware. An example of this would be if you compiled a program on Windows, copied it to Linux, and then try to run it. The program will immediately crash because none of the instructions make sense. This also applies to the libraries that are linked to programs to make them work. If the library was statically linked (included in the compiled program) the instructions in the library won't make sense on the other OS. If the library was dynamically linked (part of the OS), the program won't be able to be found on the other OS. Since all programs link at least one library, this is garunteed failure.
The issue DT brings up isn't what would prevent a program from working on different OSs. For instance, I can use a library called SDL to make it so my program receives the same events, whether or not I compile the code on Windows or Linux. However, if you were to code using the native event functions present in each OS, your code would be incompatible in the first place and wouldn't be able to even compile on another OS.
DT: Even though this thread is Ask Chromus, I don't mind it when other people answer questions. However, if you choose to do so, don't point out when the question doesn't make sense to you. This bothers me because the question is (generally) directed at me and I am usually able to interpret what the question means.
Phred: Ice is the strongest when it's totally clear. Is is because of how ice freezes: when the water chills all at once (which is pretty rare) the ice is formed all at once and is perfectly clear. This offers the best stability. White ice is strong, but not as strong as clear ice, and blue ice has terrible stability.
Compiled programs are generally incompatible between different operating systems because of the way the operating systems are made. A program written and compiled in Windows won't work on Linux. The main reason for this is that compiled programs generally include instructions on how to interface with the keyboard, the mouse, the monitor, plus the rest of the hardware. Since each OS handles this differently, compiled programs for each OS will have different instructions on how to handle the hardware. An example of this would be if you compiled a program on Windows, copied it to Linux, and then try to run it. The program will immediately crash because none of the instructions make sense. This also applies to the libraries that are linked to programs to make them work. If the library was statically linked (included in the compiled program) the instructions in the library won't make sense on the other OS. If the library was dynamically linked (part of the OS), the program won't be able to be found on the other OS. Since all programs link at least one library, this is garunteed failure.
The issue DT brings up isn't what would prevent a program from working on different OSs. For instance, I can use a library called SDL to make it so my program receives the same events, whether or not I compile the code on Windows or Linux. However, if you were to code using the native event functions present in each OS, your code would be incompatible in the first place and wouldn't be able to even compile on another OS.
DT: Even though this thread is Ask Chromus, I don't mind it when other people answer questions. However, if you choose to do so, don't point out when the question doesn't make sense to you. This bothers me because the question is (generally) directed at me and I am usually able to interpret what the question means.
Phred: Ice is the strongest when it's totally clear. Is is because of how ice freezes: when the water chills all at once (which is pretty rare) the ice is formed all at once and is perfectly clear. This offers the best stability. White ice is strong, but not as strong as clear ice, and blue ice has terrible stability.
Phred: Sugar alcohol is alcohol made from just sugar. (Duh) The reason this is different from other alcohol is because other forms of drinking alcohol come from sugar when it is part of something else, like apples or grapes. Grapes are often fermented into wine, apples into moonshine, potatoes into vodka, etc... Sugar alcohol is just from fermented sugar when it's all by itself.