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Is water wet?
04-24-08, 06:45 PM
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Is water wet?
It had to be done...
what do we, as the roadie forum collectively disagree on?
https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...33&postcount=2
what do we, as the roadie forum collectively disagree on?
https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...33&postcount=2
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Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
Last edited by AEO; 04-24-08 at 07:07 PM.
04-24-08, 07:07 PM
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OK, so if water isn't wet, why the F do they call them WET suits?
04-24-08, 07:09 PM
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04-24-08, 07:09 PM
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Wet suits? I thought they were called Hydration suits.
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Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
04-24-08, 07:10 PM
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depends on the definition of "wet", and the temperature assumption inherent in the question.
04-24-08, 07:12 PM
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Ok, I was the one responsible for this nonsense.
I sincerely apologize to each and every single one of you.
Edit: I answered the poll and got to see the results. Apparently I was correct.
I sincerely apologize to each and every single one of you.
Edit: I answered the poll and got to see the results. Apparently I was correct.
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04-24-08, 07:23 PM
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depends on what day it is
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04-24-08, 07:32 PM
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The powdered water I use is quite dry and saves a ton of weight on the bike.
04-24-08, 07:42 PM
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Hmmm..... regular water or heavy water?
04-24-08, 07:49 PM
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04-24-08, 07:52 PM
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Not really. Although add soap, THEN it's wet.
04-24-08, 08:03 PM
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3/3 does not equal .9999. It equals 1. Back to 2nd grade for you
04-24-08, 08:27 PM
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"Wet" is a quality we as humans assigned to it. It's an arbitrary term and has its origins in our limited powers of perception.
It also depends on the state, as has already been touched on. Is scalding hot steam vapor or water well below the freezing point "wet"?
It also depends on the state, as has already been touched on. Is scalding hot steam vapor or water well below the freezing point "wet"?
04-24-08, 08:28 PM
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really, we should be discussing how to reduce the weight of water.
and i think it depends what the water is in... a aluminum cup, carbon cup, or steel cup, or maybe a half aluminum cup with a carbon bottom to reduce vibration...heckling....BEGIN!
and i think it depends what the water is in... a aluminum cup, carbon cup, or steel cup, or maybe a half aluminum cup with a carbon bottom to reduce vibration...heckling....BEGIN!
04-24-08, 08:36 PM
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.... but .999999999 is 1, so what's the point?
Why is it so hard to believe that 2/3 is .666? Or that 1/3 is .333? Did you not learn fractions in second grade? Did you miss the section in algebra when we/ learned about imaginary numbers?
04-24-08, 08:43 PM
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Engineers rule!!!!!!!!!!!
04-24-08, 08:49 PM
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I was thinking more along the lines of "why is it hard to believe that 2/3 equals .3repeating?"
04-24-08, 08:51 PM
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04-24-08, 08:52 PM
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