Wacky news that makes you go "wtf?" - Page 18

jasong · 2010-07-20, 21:47

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-10697272

Maybe you're wondering why I put this in this thread. Well, after you read the article, think about who much of the classical literature of our time was aimed at originally. Who was Shakespeare targeting when he wrote his stuff?

Oddball · 2010-07-22, 23:20

"Tired Gay succumbs to Dix":

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6622I420100703

jasong · 2010-07-27, 20:15

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-10782301

Not a wtf?, but I thought the title was stone cold. Maybe they could have just mentioned it in the body and had a nicer title.

cheesehead · 2010-07-27, 22:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasong

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-10782301

Not a wtf?, but I thought the title was stone cold. Maybe they could have just mentioned it in the body and had a nicer title.

Simply

"... endurance record"

instead of

"... slowest record".

only_human · 2010-08-07, 20:25

Zombies-would-most-likely-wipe-out-humanity-if-they-really-existed-claim-scientists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6...cientists.html

davieddy · 2010-08-11, 17:22

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10922843

only_human · 2010-08-11, 23:38

http://www.katu.com/news/weird/100449269.html

science_man_88 · 2010-09-30, 20:18

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/yahoocana...stronomer_says

what they say about one thing makes me think they are wrong lol

science_man_88 · 2010-09-30, 20:23

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...src=canadanews

the link to the video that they give as well.

science_man_88 · 2010-09-30, 23:05

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/yahoocana..._singes_guests think this fits the bill kinda believable but the math scared me lol if he was the equivalent of spf 30 gone in 30 seconds that means to last 30 minutes he'd need spf 1800 I think lol needless to say that's a ridiculous amount lol.

Mini-Geek · 2010-10-01, 02:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by science_man_88

if he was the equivalent of spf 30 gone in 30 seconds that means to last 30 minutes he'd need spf 1800 I think lol needless to say that's a ridiculous amount lol.

Um...maybe I'm missing something, but he isn't sunscreen. And it never specifically says he put sunscreen there. And sunscreen only blocks UV light, not IR and visible light, which can heat you up quite quickly (singing and burning you, just not for the same reason as UV gives you sunburns).
Let's assume for a second that UV is all you worry about, and he didn't have any sunscreen on. If he lasted for 30 seconds before being burnt (as if you could really tell that...he just felt heat he likened to burning, not a normal sunburn) without sunscreen, 30 SPF would let him stay out for 15 minutes, or 60 SPF for 30 minutes. But this is such wild guessing from one person's opinion of when he was in it, it's ridiculous to even try to calculate anything.
I think if it was strong enough to give you a sunburn in 30 seconds with SPF 30 on (which would be like 1 second, compared to about 1800 seconds or 30 minutes, to get burnt without sunscreen), the sun would be 1800 times more intense, and you'd have things to worry about besides a sun burn...like being lit on fire or otherwise nearly-instantly dying from the intense heat.

2010-07-22, 23:20	#189
Oddball May 2010 499 Posts	Wacky title "Tired Gay succumbs to Dix": http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6622I420100703 Last fiddled with by Oddball on 2010-07-22 at 23:20

2010-08-11, 17:22	#193
davieddy "Lucan" Dec 2006 England 6474₁₀ Posts	Joys of being cabin crew http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10922843

2010-08-11, 23:38	#194
only_human "Gang aft agley" Sep 2002 2·1,877 Posts	Odd diagnosis: Man has pea plant growing in lungs http://www.katu.com/news/weird/100449269.html

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2010-07-20, 21:47	#188
jasong "Jason Goatcher" Mar 2005 3×7×167 Posts	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-10697272 Maybe you're wondering why I put this in this thread. Well, after you read the article, think about who much of the classical literature of our time was aimed at originally. Who was Shakespeare targeting when he wrote his stuff?

2010-07-27, 20:15	#190
jasong "Jason Goatcher" Mar 2005 3507₁₀ Posts	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-10782301 Not a wtf?, but I thought the title was stone cold. Maybe they could have just mentioned it in the body and had a nicer title.

2010-08-07, 20:25	#192
only_human "Gang aft agley" Sep 2002 2×1,877 Posts	Zombies-would-most-likely-wipe-out-humanity-if-they-really-existed-claim-scientists http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6...cientists.html

2010-09-30, 20:18	#195
science_man_88 "Forget I exist" Jul 2009 Dumbassville 2⁶×131 Posts	http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/yahoocana...stronomer_says what they say about one thing makes me think they are wrong lol

2010-09-30, 20:23	#196
science_man_88 "Forget I exist" Jul 2009 Dumbassville 8384₁₀ Posts	http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...src=canadanews the link to the video that they give as well.

2010-09-30, 23:05	#197
science_man_88 "Forget I exist" Jul 2009 Dumbassville 2⁶×131 Posts	http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/yahoocana..._singes_guests think this fits the bill kinda believable but the math scared me lol if he was the equivalent of spf 30 gone in 30 seconds that means to last 30 minutes he'd need spf 1800 I think lol needless to say that's a ridiculous amount lol.