I wish there were a Chipotle convenient to me.
This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Sep 07, 2007 7:29:58 am PDT #9054 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fred Pete - Sep 07, 2007 7:30:16 am PDT #9055 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
My intuitive answers on the physics questions:
(1) Chrysanthemum.
(2) Harold Lloyd.
I guess you're not of the school of thought that has the fall (and not the attempted landing) as being the first fatal bit, huh? Is that supposed to be true, or debunked? Also, how do you test and remain even vaguely ethical?
I read an article recently (and I wish I could remember where I saw it, but here's a similar article) about that very subject. They went to various animal hospitals and asked for info on their patients.
Oddly enough, maximum fatality seems to occur from falls in the 7 story range.
Steph L. - Sep 07, 2007 7:31:21 am PDT #9056 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I don't think the "mild" salsa is very mild.
Burning lips! Burning lips!
§ ita § - Sep 07, 2007 7:31:58 am PDT #9057 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just love the word "chipotle" I swear I'd never heard it before I moved out west, and now every time I see it I have to roll the syllables over my tongue.
Almost as tasty as the flavour itself.
Dana - Sep 07, 2007 7:34:17 am PDT #9058 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I like Chipotle's corn salsa, except for the GIANT chunks of jalapeno they put in it.
shrift - Sep 07, 2007 7:37:14 am PDT #9059 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I brought my lunch today. I have a heavy hand with the garlic and red pepper flake, so my mouth is burning pleasantly, as well.
Jesse - Sep 07, 2007 7:37:27 am PDT #9060 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I swear I'd never heard it before I moved out west, and now every time I see it I have to roll the syllables over my tongue.
It had that weird popularity explosion about then -- one minute it was obscure, the next minute it was everywhere! I correctly predicted a couple of years ago that many of the winning Pillsbury Bake-Off recipes would include chipotle.
I hate when people say "chi-pole-tay." Just say the letters in order, people!
Fred Pete - Sep 07, 2007 7:37:56 am PDT #9061 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I go with their corn salsa, not least because it's the only one they have without big tomato chunks.
bon bon - Sep 07, 2007 7:40:48 am PDT #9062 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I wish there were a Chipotle convenient to me.
There's one on Maiden lane, is that close?
Hil R. - Sep 07, 2007 7:42:38 am PDT #9063 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think that, maybe, what makes the energy question seem less intuitive is the word "energy." I've found that when explaining stuff like this, a lot of people don't really have a working sense of the difference between energy and force.
The falling object one seemed completely intuitive to me. Though after seeing the number of people here who answered that it'll always have the same velocity, I think I need to rethink the way I explain the second derivative to my calculus classes, since I think I was basing that explanation on assumptions that it seems not everyone has.