30-08-2003 14:52									#91
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I rememba my Astro Prof saying that the maximum age of the universe is the inverse of the Hubble constant, which is roughly equal to Heisenberg's Uncertainty.

	31-08-2003 06:01									#92
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quote: Originally posted by Tuberski Claim: The average person swallows eight spiders per year. Status: False. (...) Fear not. This "statistic" was not only made up out of whole cloth, it was invented as an example of the absurd things people will believe simply because they come across them on the Internet. (...)

Well, I see your point and I have no doubt that it's true, but seriously, there is a difference between "twice in a life time" and "eight times per year"!

quote: Originally posted by skywalker 64.8% of all statistics are made up on the spot

Don't remember who said it, but some wise guy once remarked that there a three main types of lies:

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

	31-08-2003 06:03									#93
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What kind of car do you drive, Mickey?

	31-08-2003 20:34									#94
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quote: No White dwarf can have a mass greater than 1.44 solar masses.

Two weeks ago, on a public bus here in Shanghai, I noticed a Chinese dwarf standing near me. I looked out the window a moment later and saw a Chinese midget on a bicycle.

I thought I had slipped into a David Lynch film.

	31-08-2003 21:12									#95
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IIRC, 1 cm³ of neutron star matter has the mass of 30 million metric tons.

	31-08-2003 21:14									#96
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quote: Originally posted by st_swithin I rememba my Astro Prof saying that the maximum age of the universe is the inverse of the Hubble constant, which is roughly equal to Heisenberg's Uncertainty.

Do you always babble like that?

	31-08-2003 21:16									#97
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How's that babbling?