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Pom Pey wrote: fun?
Fun (n) A sense of enjoyment often experienced by those that don't devote their lives to cynicism.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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He lives in Portsmouth, so his options are
1) Cynicism.
Or
2) Suicide.
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Or nearly combine the two - Cyanide
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Pom Pey wrote: fun?
Well its more fun than Fratton Park! 
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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you ? YOU ?  Cooool, that had been such a long time ! Welcome back ! What chocolate did you eat that took you away that long ? 
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I'm just passing through. It' been an age and I wondered who was still here. nice to see you are still going strong.
Rage wrote: What chocolate did you eat that took you away that long ?
I've gotta tell you, it was one hell of a box of chocolates ... more a ship load really!
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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Nah, I was there in April when we topped the league for 23 minutes in the whole seaeson, just so happened to be the last 23 minutes of the season and we won yet another shiny trophy
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... kindof. I just heard that a company with the name of Wenker is building facilities at the BMW factory in Dingolfing. Why am I not surprised?
I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.
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CodeWraith wrote: Why am I not surprised?
A German company building facilities for Bavarian Motor Works in a town in Bavaria, Germany,
so why should anyone be surprised?
nomen est omen: huh? sorry but nope.
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My brand new car got hit by a road-raging bmw lunatic yesterday.
I hate those m-fers.
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I always thought BMWs were made in Noblinken.
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Not only there. Also in Toofast, Dumbasbread and the United Inconsiderates. Here in Munich is their world headquarters and that's why they are all over the place.
I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.
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Last year I tried to register linkedout.com
I terrific name... someone had thought before me.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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However, if you are romantic at heart then you should prefer Lua[^].
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maybe they should serve some at the google canteen
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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No programming in this at all, but I figure there are some physics geeks amongst the crowd.
Here's the situation: My general lunch routine recently has been to be eating at a picnic table on the Jersey City boardwalk, overlooking the Hudson river --- none of that is particular relevant except to say, it's a bit windy.
Somedays I eat a pizza, which is served in a small flat box. After I finish eating, I'll sit at the table and read for a while, before packing up my thing, throwing out the garbage, and returning to work.
During this point, I don't want the box blowing away, so I close of the box so it's a flat as possible.
Now, the question: Have I made the box MORE aerodynamic, or LESS?
The immediate goal is to allow the wind to pass smoothly over the box, instead of dragging it away, which would be MORE aerodynamic.
But the overall goal is to prevent it from flying away, which would mean LESS aerodynamic....
Truth,
James
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IMO, a pizza box is too light to consider aerodynamics. What you really want is to decrease the surface area of the box on which the wind can apply any Pressure.
Since Force = Pressure x Area, considering the pressure by the wind is a constant, the lesser the area the lesser the force applied on the box hence, the lesser the chances that the wind will move it, given that the pressure is not too much.
I am not the one who knocks. I never knock.
In fact, I hate knocking.
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What you should be doing is forming it into an inverted wing - do that instead of generating lift, it creates downforce, "sucking" it onto the table and increasing the friction, thus preventing it from getting blown away.
Naturally, you will need to design this for the prevailing wind speed range and direction to get a noticeable effect.
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Way to spend the lunch break
I am not the one who knocks. I never knock.
In fact, I hate knocking.
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You would not need to make it a wing shape, just put it on some supports, leaving a small gap between it an the table.
Air will accelerate through this gap, and, as Bernoulis law dictates, the pressure in the gap will be reduced.
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Assuming the downforce generated is greater than the force against the flat leading edge.
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If the box were flat on the table it would have blown off.
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