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[jedidia]

If you're willing to swallow that assumption, then sphericity and albedo are irrelevant, but vacuum or not does matter (radiated power must increase until it matches generated thermal power unless contact with the surroundings carries heat off non-convectively).

So... what radius must the horse have to reach equilibrium? :lol:

 

[Notebook]

Wouldn't the horse reach equilibrium in a few minutes unless it had a horse-shaped space-suit?

 

[steph]

Wouldn't the horse reach equilibrium in a few minutes unless it had a horse-shaped space-suit?

Only if it's in the desert and it has no name :lol:

 

[jedidia]

Wouldn't the horse reach equilibrium in a few minutes unless it had a horse-shaped space-suit?

Well, it would reach *some* equilibrium, but it might be too hot or too cold. Probably should have specified that I meant a healthy equilibrium...

 

[Urwumpe]

Well, it would reach *some* equilibrium, but it might be too hot or too cold. Probably should have specified that I meant a healthy equilibrium...

It it really equivalent to the concept of a thermodynamic equilibrium when discussing equine equilibriums?

 

[Notebook]

If its a dead horse is it worth flogging?

 

[Urwumpe]

If its a dead horse is it worth flogging?

Flogging a dead horse is not animal abuse.

 

[Notebook]

No, its just a waste of time...

 

[Urwumpe]

No, its just a waste of time...

Maybe it makes horse meat especially soft?

 

[Notebook]

Well, they tenderise beef that way. We really need a horsemeat expert.

 

[jedidia]

Flogging a dead horse is not animal abuse.

At first glance I read that as "flogging a dead horse is nominal use" and I thought yap, that sounds about right when looking at the internet :lol:

 

[Notebook]

Police were inundated with Lord of the Rings jokes after posting an appeal looking for the owner of a "precious" piece of jewellery.
North Yorkshire Police seemed unaware of the JRR Tolkien connection when they shared photos of the "distinctive silver ring" on Facebook.
Thousands of people soon responded with gifs and memes referencing the famous fantasy novel and film series.
The force replied: "We obviously need to brush up on our movie knowledge."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-51311739

 

[Urwumpe]

Barkeeper: "We don't serve superluminal particles."
A tachyon enters the bar.

 

[Notebook]

 

[Linguofreak]

Cilantro/Coriander is supposed to strike people with certain genetic characteristics as having a "soapy" taste. I can taste the taste that is referred to, but the problem is, it's not the taste of soap: it's the taste associated with a floral scent that is often used in soap. The resemblance is enough to make cilantro disturbing to eat for me, but I've never associated the smell with soap itself, as opposed to the marketing of soap.

 

[jedidia]

What kind of soap do you guys have over there? I don't like Coriander too much, but I never thought of anything soap related when tasting it. Just of Coriander...

 

[Urwumpe]

What kind of soap do you guys have over there? I don't like Coriander too much, but I never thought of anything soap related when tasting it. Just of Coriander...

Same here... I remember one kind of herb, that has a slightly soapy taste, but that sure wasn't coriander.

Interesting, reading a bit more about the topic: So, if you are not used to Coriander in your food, it really can taste like some really bad chemical soap or the smell that bugs produce to scare away attackers (That explains the low German term for the plant, literally "bug herb"). Including reactions like nausea for people with unfavorable genes, while most other people are able to adapt will to it.

Also, it might be a matter of European kitchen vs Asian kitchen - Europeans mostly use the seeds of Coriander as herb (which give the food a rather aniseed like taste), Asians prefer the leaves, which are more lemon-like.

 

[Linguofreak]

Same here... I remember one kind of herb, that has a slightly soapy taste, but that sure wasn't coriander.

Interesting, reading a bit more about the topic: So, if you are not used to Coriander in your food, it really can taste like some really bad chemical soap or the smell that bugs produce to scare away attackers (That explains the low German term for the plant, literally "bug herb"). Including reactions like nausea for people with unfavorable genes, while most other people are able to adapt will to it.

Also, it might be a matter of European kitchen vs Asian kitchen - Europeans mostly use the seeds of Coriander as herb (which give the food a rather aniseed like taste), Asians prefer the leaves, which are more lemon-like.

In the US we tend to use the leaves. I'd never had the stuff until well into my life, and I associate the taste with the floral-ish scent used in a lot of scented hand soaps. It doesn't produce nausea for me, just a weirded -out feeling.

 

[Urwumpe]

Things that never change:

1. War
2. The long time needed for installing MS Train Simulator (from 2001)

 

[Linguofreak]

At least you can install it. There's plenty of software from the late 90's/early 2000's era that, in theory, runs just fine on modern Windows, but is tricky to install because the developer licensed a Win16 installer. IIRC, a good number of LucasArts games actually had a 16-bit launcher, which makes them even trickier.