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Dr. Clayton Forrester's Science Roundup

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joecct said:
Today's weapon of mass destruction

Missile launcher that weighs 200 kg has a range of 500m and a blast radius of 2km.

Never made it into production
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500 meters or miles? Because if it's meters, I think I can see why it never went into production.
 
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St. Clown said:
500 meters or miles? Because if it's meters, I think I can see why it never went into production.
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The project was scrapped after an exhaustive search failed to turn up anyone who could run the 1500m in 23 seconds.
 
joecct said:
Today's weapon of mass destruction

Missile launcher that weighs 200 kg has a range of 500m and a blast radius of 2km.

Never made it into production
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You referring to BrahMos? That has a 200kg warhead - the whole missile is north of 3000 pounds. Not exactly launchable from the bed of a pickup.
 
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LynahFan said:
You referring to BrahMos? That has a 200kg warhead - the whole missile is north of 3000 pounds. Not exactly launchable from the bed of a pickup.
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The sequel is supposed to go Mach 7. Nice aircraft carrier you've got there; be a shame if something 'appened to it.
 
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Starbucks caved to Food Boob (and her followers) and took the caramel coloring out of their pumpkin spice latte.
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
Starbucks caved to Food Boob (and her followers) and took the caramel coloring out of their pumpkin spice latte.
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Why would any of those people go to a corperate coffee shop when they could make their drink at home to be so much more healthier for them???
 
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bigmrg74 said:
Why would any of those people go to a corperate coffee shop when they could make their drink at home to be so much more healthier for them???
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Take a stroll through the corporate area of a downtown some weekday morning. There's a coffee shop on every block and each one of them has a line out the door.
 
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St. Clown said:
Take a stroll through the corporate area of a downtown some weekday morning. There's a coffee shop on every block and each one of them has a line out the door.
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Also, if you go around 8 it's the finest line of horse flesh in the city. I swear half the people are just there to hook up.
 
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Kepler said:
Also, if you go around 8 it's the finest line of horse flesh in the city. I swear half the people are just there to hook up.
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Obviously one of the results of the Ashley Madison hack. :)

Are the lines just for Starbucks or do Tim Hortons / Dunkies have lines, too?
 
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bigmrg74 said:
Why would any of those people go to a corperate coffee shop when they could make their drink at home to be so much more healthier for them???
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I'd think those people would be at the downtown hipster shop, the one with modern art work on the walls and music only approved by Pitchfork.... and with a poetry reading every Thursday night.
 
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aparch said:
*sigh*
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I will admit, she's kind of an evil genius. She just goes to Big Food Retailer, picks out scary-sounding ingredient in one of their foods, starts a fear-mongering campaign against it, and Big Food Retailer essentially pays her a lot of money to shut up and go away.
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
I'd think those people would be at the downtown hipster shop, the one with modern art work on the walls and music only approved by Pitchfork.... and with a poetry reading every Thursday night.
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Goddamit, I'm outed! :o :p

I had a guy my age tell me my Mudhoney t-shirt was "awesome" one morning. I wanted to ask him if he really knew who they were, but I realized that would be affirming the worst of hipster stereotypes, so I refrained.

But the coffee is so d@mn good!
 
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St. Clown said:
Take a stroll through the corporate area of a downtown some weekday morning. There's a coffee shop on every block and each one of them has a line out the door.
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The rapidly shrinking but uniformly corporate world yields some surprising realizations, especially to hicks like me. Last year, my wife and I travelled to Istanbul to spend some time with our daughter. After spending our first day walking crowded streets in the old city area, we walked into a starbucks in the Beyoglu district. Aside from the languages, we could have been in Manhattan or SF. I'm sure those who travel a great deal would not be the least bit surprised at this.
 
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What's worse about Starbucks caving to Food Boob is now they're putting ACTUAL pumpkin in their pumpkin spice latte. Don't know about you, but even if I were a fan of the PSL, I wouldn't want real pumpkin in there. A latte should be milk foam on top, steamed milk, and espresso.
 
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I have had Starbucks twice in my life. The first time, we were visiting a friend's wife who worked there. I ordered, and I quote, the "biggest, blackest coffee you have." The employee was not sure what I meant by that, no surprise. I had to repeat myself.

The other time was when I wanted a coffee, I was down by the U, and there was NO other place nearby that sold coffee. Of course, ordered the same thing as the first time.
 
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Among the chains, always preferred Caribou's "Depth Charge" (brewed black coffee + shot of espresso = ALL THE JITTERS). They never look at you askance when asking for it.

Desert Oasis is pretentious enough to have tasting notes for each roast posted next to the register. It feels like they will judge you for ordering anything other than black. :D

I'll be *cked if the tasting notes aren't accurate though. Those guys know their coffee.
 
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