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So since I've returned from my workout(Finally got me a workout buddy...hopefully it wasn't just a one-time deal...I got Cic to go), I've been mainly chattin and reading up on some interesting things, well, interesting to me(and Jon) at least...and analyzing lil things here and there...
Maybe it's part of my partly critical personality, which, btw, I am not so much anymore, but anyway...I HAD to pick apart this one commercial I heard on the radio tonight. It was about Starburst, and how it even "made geometry funner." Okay, FUNNER? Not an actual word...more fun would've been more precise...or preciser...sheesh. So that wasn't even that bad...I didn't even really notice it til I started writing this. But what took the cake was this...they called Starburst a CUBE!!!?!?! Not just a square, but a cube...Excuse me but a cube is "a regular solid having six congruent square faces"(courtesy of www.dictionary.com). The last time I saw a starburst, I don't remember it looking like a Rubix, or a boullion(sp?) cube. No, to me, it looked more like a box than anything...but a CUBE? Come on...get it RIGHT folks!
The first one I wanna mention, which is ACTUALLY the second thing I was looking at, just that this one popped up first in my head...is that maglev train* they've proposed and I THINK have started building from Vegas to LA...check out what I found...I'd cite the source, but I had to restart earlier and forgot the site I got it from and I'm too lazy to look it up again...
"The maglev train travels at speeds up to 300 mph and can accelerate from zero to 200 mph in three miles. A trip from Las Vegas to Primm would take about 18 minutes. The route to Barstow, Calif., would take 56 minutes, and passengers could get from Las Vegas to Anaheim, Calif., in 96 minutes. The train can ascend up to 10 percent grades, which means fewer roadcuts and tunnels are necessary." Also... :The initial capital cost of the 42-mile segment from Las Vegas to Primm is estimated at $1.5 billion, or about $33 million per mile. Annual operating costs are expected to be about $25 million." So tickets would probably be a lil on the cha ching side...at least for a while until costs are offset or something. But that would be cool...being that since I don't really like flying all too much, this would be a perfect alternative...
*Magnetic Levitation trains, otherwise known as maglev...these are trains that work on electromagnetic principles...in short they use strong electromagnets to make the train actually float between 4-10cm from the track, reducing friction and wear and increasing speed and such...and speedwise, well, I already said it...it's pretty damned fast. There's actually two types in existence already, one uses electroMAGETIC technology and the other uses electroDYNAMIC technology, one of the main differences being price and the fact that one uses wheels and doesn't float until it reaches a takeoff speed of approx 62MPH...believe it or not I'm writing this from memory...it MUST be something I'm into. It's a really really cool concept, of which I wanna learn more in detail...I know I know...there's a name for people like me...GEEKS
This is cool Jon showed it to me when we were chattin...it compares sizes of different "craft" and certain fictitious characters, including some actual landmarks, be they from cinema or from real life. Anyway, I was telling Jon how interesting I find it when they show you how tall buildings are in comparison with each other, or like the different types of ships...only drawback is that they were missing some major stuff...in my opinion...like the Titanic, or the Deathstar...that would've been cool...
So since I've returned from my workout(Finally got me a workout buddy...hopefully it wasn't just a one-time deal...I got Cic to go), I've been mainly chattin and reading up on some interesting things, well, interesting to me(and Jon) at least...and analyzing lil things here and there...
Maybe it's part of my partly critical personality, which, btw, I am not so much anymore, but anyway...I HAD to pick apart this one commercial I heard on the radio tonight. It was about Starburst, and how it even "made geometry funner." Okay, FUNNER? Not an actual word...more fun would've been more precise...or preciser...sheesh. So that wasn't even that bad...I didn't even really notice it til I started writing this. But what took the cake was this...they called Starburst a CUBE!!!?!?! Not just a square, but a cube...Excuse me but a cube is "a regular solid having six congruent square faces"(courtesy of www.dictionary.com). The last time I saw a starburst, I don't remember it looking like a Rubix, or a boullion(sp?) cube. No, to me, it looked more like a box than anything...but a CUBE? Come on...get it RIGHT folks!
The first one I wanna mention, which is ACTUALLY the second thing I was looking at, just that this one popped up first in my head...is that maglev train* they've proposed and I THINK have started building from Vegas to LA...check out what I found...I'd cite the source, but I had to restart earlier and forgot the site I got it from and I'm too lazy to look it up again...
"The maglev train travels at speeds up to 300 mph and can accelerate from zero to 200 mph in three miles. A trip from Las Vegas to Primm would take about 18 minutes. The route to Barstow, Calif., would take 56 minutes, and passengers could get from Las Vegas to Anaheim, Calif., in 96 minutes. The train can ascend up to 10 percent grades, which means fewer roadcuts and tunnels are necessary." Also... :The initial capital cost of the 42-mile segment from Las Vegas to Primm is estimated at $1.5 billion, or about $33 million per mile. Annual operating costs are expected to be about $25 million." So tickets would probably be a lil on the cha ching side...at least for a while until costs are offset or something. But that would be cool...being that since I don't really like flying all too much, this would be a perfect alternative...
*Magnetic Levitation trains, otherwise known as maglev...these are trains that work on electromagnetic principles...in short they use strong electromagnets to make the train actually float between 4-10cm from the track, reducing friction and wear and increasing speed and such...and speedwise, well, I already said it...it's pretty damned fast. There's actually two types in existence already, one uses electroMAGETIC technology and the other uses electroDYNAMIC technology, one of the main differences being price and the fact that one uses wheels and doesn't float until it reaches a takeoff speed of approx 62MPH...believe it or not I'm writing this from memory...it MUST be something I'm into. It's a really really cool concept, of which I wanna learn more in detail...I know I know...there's a name for people like me...GEEKS
This is cool Jon showed it to me when we were chattin...it compares sizes of different "craft" and certain fictitious characters, including some actual landmarks, be they from cinema or from real life. Anyway, I was telling Jon how interesting I find it when they show you how tall buildings are in comparison with each other, or like the different types of ships...only drawback is that they were missing some major stuff...in my opinion...like the Titanic, or the Deathstar...that would've been cool...
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