Holadem
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You have got to be fecking kidding me. Sorry, but this is right up there with anything in this thread.
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quote: But it's not obvious to everyone, which is why the reporter said it. And obvious is not the same as stupid, especially for an explanatory comment for a very large and diverse audience.
I never said it wasn't, though I see how you could get that from the way I replied.quote:Holadem, air temperature IS related to the speed of sound. Air pressure plays the biggest factor in the actual speed of sound, and since pressure is proportional to temperature, it would logically follow that air temperature affects the speed...
quote:"what would be good is if one of thse bystander people lept into the intersection, they get killed, and it sends both of us to the hospital"
quote:all those factors (and there are many more I am sure) are negligible in the case of a layman trying to ESTIMATE the distance of a lighning bolt.
quote:What's important to remember to pass a ballot initiative is that more people have to vote FOR it then AGAINST it.