Science & Mathematics - 11 January 2007

So, my friend and I recently watched a movie trailer about people commiting suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.

We found that the distance between the bridge and the water is about 220ft.

He says that there is no way that anyone would be able to surive a fall into the water at such a height.

I say that its possible to survive such a fall if you perhaps entered the water properly and werent knocked unconscious.

Who is right? and why?

2007-01-11 03:29:07 · 6 answers · asked by xoil1321321432423 4 in Physics

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Is this telescope good for a beginner?

I have been looking on Amazon for a telescope and I found this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Celestron-93604-PowerSeeker-60-Telescope/dp/B0002CTZAC/sr=1-1/qid=1168532554/ref=sr_1_1/026-5108930-8127640?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

It's the first one i'll ever buy, is it ok for a beginner?

If not, then what would YOU reccomend? Or what should I be looking for, I see specs like 288x magnification. Barlow lens 2.3x, finderscope blablablabla but it's all jargon to me.

2007-01-11 03:28:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

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how bad is the weather where you are?

here in Glasgow its miserable-gale force winds and heavy rain yuk
where's the frost and snow? bring bad the good old fashioned winters when it was your fingers , toes and noses that were numb..

your feet, fingers and toes were numb x

2007-01-11 03:27:34 · 25 answers · asked by scotgal 4 in Weather

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I want a table showing mesurement?

like Kilograms and grams pounds and ounce meters an centimetres and so forth, can anyone help me?

2007-01-11 03:27:32 · 2 answers · asked by Jinn G 1 in Mathematics

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Who is right?

2 brothers where playing in the yard and 1 of them found a butterfly trap in the spider’s web. The spider begins to approach the butterfly, but then the boy reaches to save it from the spider’s web. As the boy reached to help the butterfly his brother crashes the spider. The 1 who tried to save the butterfly got angry and asked his brother why he killed the spider. The brother replies, because you wanted to save the butterfly from the spider. His brother replies no I wanted to save them both! The one who killed the spider then said Spiders need to kill butterflies or they will die of starvation so if you keep saving the butterfly the spider would die away. So to spare the butterfly and to ease the spiders suffering you should just kill the spider. The one you saved the butterfly said no you don’t have the right to take the life of the spider. He wanted to save them both.

My question is: would you save the butterfly or kill the spider?
Basically asking who do you feel is right.

2007-01-11 03:26:52 · 11 answers · asked by blackbible1 1 in Zoology

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how bad is the weather where you are?

here in Glasgow its miserable-gale force winds and heavy rain yuk
where's the frost and snow? bring bad the good old fashioned winters were your feet, fingers and toes were numb x

2007-01-11 03:26:01 · 36 answers · asked by scotgal 4 in Weather

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What is a Mp80 orange pill? And what does it do to you?

2007-01-11 03:25:39 · 3 answers · asked by jimmy 1 in Medicine

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can humans EVER travel through time?

i do have a theory but dont have anyone to discuss wid, if anyone interested then plz ask me, plzzzz.

2007-01-11 03:25:25 · 11 answers · asked by da_frost_god 1 in Physics

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What type of Satellite Orbit can you recommend for the following, and why?

1) Daily weather patterns of U.S
2) General purpose Earth Observation Satellite for Visual and IR imagery
3) A reconnaissance satellite
4) Monitor global earth temperature variations and El Nino
5) Monitor Ozone depletion over North and South Poles
6) Obtain instant real time weather observations anywhere in the world

2007-01-11 03:25:05 · 3 answers · asked by usa1eng 1 in Earth Sciences & Geology

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