Comments on: There are no stupid questions http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:52:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: zizka http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4152 zizka Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:09:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=301#comment-4152 If a single hurricane releases half the energy used by the whole human race in the course of a year, then wouldn't we be able to forget about both fossil fuels and nuclear energy if we succeeded in harnessing the energy of two hurricanes? They said that space flight was impossible too. If a single hurricane releases half the energy used by the whole human race in the course of a year, then wouldn’t we be able to forget about both fossil fuels and nuclear energy if we succeeded in harnessing the energy of two hurricanes? They said that space flight was impossible too.

]]> By: epist http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4151 epist Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:22:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=301#comment-4151 This is the sort of thinking that results in beached whales being filled with explosives and distributed over a 5 mile radius as a chunky rain. Makes for excellent TV though. . . Check it out. . . http://www.hackstadt.com/features/whale/ This is the sort of thinking that results in beached whales being filled with explosives and distributed over a 5 mile radius as a chunky rain. Makes for excellent TV though. . . Check it out. . . http://www.hackstadt.com/features/whale/

]]> By: Jeremy Osner http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4150 Jeremy Osner Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:47:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=301#comment-4150 My tagline henceforth: <blockquote>In the words of Kieran Healy, "There are no stupid questions. Well, as a matter of fact, there are."</blockquote> My tagline henceforth:
In the words of Kieran Healy, “There are no stupid questions. Well, as a matter of fact, there are.”

]]> By: Tripp http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4149 Tripp Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:53:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=301#comment-4149 Why don't we get all the airplanes to fly in the opposite direction to the winds? Why don’t we get all the airplanes to fly in the opposite direction to the winds?

]]> By: brayden http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4148 brayden Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:09:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=301#comment-4148 This reminds me of a Daily Show bit where Stephen Colbert said that what the U.S. needed to restore "freedom" in Iraq and peace to the world was a bomb that destroyed ideas - so that we could wipe out the idea of Saddam altogether. My response is the same - don't give the Bad Men any ideas! This reminds me of a Daily Show bit where Stephen Colbert said that what the U.S. needed to restore “freedom” in Iraq and peace to the world was a bomb that destroyed ideas – so that we could wipe out the idea of Saddam altogether. My response is the same – don’t give the Bad Men any ideas!

]]> By: Doc http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4147 Doc Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:50:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=301#comment-4147 We believe that hurricanes are pursuing a program for WMD production... We believe that hurricanes are pursuing a program for WMD production…

]]> By: david http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4146 david Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:17:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=301#comment-4146 Man that's funny. But that question is about as real as the questions in Personality Parade. It comes up every season? Some questions, even if they are too stupid to be asked, are too much fun when answered. Man that’s funny. But that question is about as real as the questions in Personality Parade. It comes up every season? Some questions, even if they are too stupid to be asked, are too much fun when answered.

]]> By: Matt http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4145 Matt Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:02:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=301#comment-4145 How about 'Nuking a hurricane will make the situation so much worse that you will forget about the wind and rain'... How about ‘Nuking a hurricane will make the situation so much worse that you will forget about the wind and rain’…

]]> By: matt http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4144 matt Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:26:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=301#comment-4144 Envy the dry-humored weather geek who gets to type this: "Now for a more rigorous scientific explanation of why [nukes] would not be an effective hurricane modification technique." Envy the dry-humored weather geek who gets to type this: “Now for a more rigorous scientific explanation of why [nukes] would not be an effective hurricane modification technique.”

]]> By: Doug http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/18/there-are-no-stupid-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4143 Doug Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:28:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=301#comment-4143 Spoilsport! Any question that lets the weather geeks write sentences like "The heat release [in a hurricane] is equivalent to a 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes." or understatements like "To change a Category 5 hurricane into a Category 2 hurricane you would have to add about a half ton of air for each square meter inside the eye, or a total of a bit more than half a billion (500,000,000) tons for a 20 km radius eye. It's difficult to envision a practical way of moving that much air around." is a very good question indeed. Spoilsport! Any question that lets the weather geeks write sentences like “The heat release [in a hurricane] is equivalent to a 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes.” or understatements like “To change a Category 5 hurricane into a Category 2 hurricane you would have to add about a half ton of air for each square meter inside the eye, or a total of a bit more than half a billion (500,000,000) tons for a 20 km radius eye. It’s difficult to envision a practical way of moving that much air around.” is a very good question indeed.

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