Insanest thing you seen

Scott-Land · Post by **Scott-Land** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:58 am

Bean_ wrote:
Scott-Land wrote:Risk related-- Prankcall autoing 18 vs 52 and had 9 leftover..........

That's about 1 in 400,000. Impressive.

yeah it was-- he autoed trying to prevent an elimination and ended up not only stopping one he went on to do it with his 9 remaining armies..... it was so sick !

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:07 am

The insanest thing I've ever seen was two airplanes crashing into two 110 story skyscrapers causing them to collapse and killing 3,000 people, but that's just me.

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:16 am

Scott-Land wrote:Risk related-- Prankcall autoing 18 vs 52 and had 9 leftover..........

what was he game number?

RobinJ · Post by **RobinJ** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:22 am

unkannijim wrote:the most insane thing ive seen* is a man leading a marathon race by a long way getting run over by a tram at around 19 miles (he was just knocked out but that just proves if you are not meant to win you aint gonna) LMAO but you have to love the the internet!!!!! (my ancestors would have missed out on seeing that! and all of the free porn!!!!LOL)

*if 2 girls 1 cup is diqualified!!

Oh god you saw that too then... :sick:

oggiss · Post by **oggiss** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:27 am

RobinJ wrote:
unkannijim wrote:the most insane thing ive seen* is a man leading a marathon race by a long way getting run over by a tram at around 19 miles (he was just knocked out but that just proves if you are not meant to win you aint gonna) LMAO but you have to love the the internet!!!!! (my ancestors would have missed out on seeing that! and all of the free porn!!!!LOL)

*if 2 girls 1 cup is diqualified!!

Oh god you saw that too then...

Me too, I was so close to puking :/

KoE_Sirius · Post by **KoE_Sirius** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:41 am

AAFitz wrote:a cat has a non terminal falling speed... after a high enough point, it can survive any fall assuming its in good shape, and not obese... or stupid... it is designed to catch the right amount of air and glide like a squirel

this isnt to say it wouldnt get hurt or bruised, but typically they can survive great falls, as long as they are ready, and dont panic...

testing this however is illegal and absolutely inhumane... anyone who would do this to a defenseless animal, has some psychological issues

So if the cat had fell from the Post Office Tower it would have been ok then too?
Cats fly like Squirrels lmao?

jiminski · Post by **jiminski** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:26 am

KoE_Sirius wrote:
AAFitz wrote:a cat has a non terminal falling speed... after a high enough point, it can survive any fall assuming its in good shape, and not obese... or stupid... it is designed to catch the right amount of air and glide like a squirel

this isnt to say it wouldnt get hurt or bruised, but typically they can survive great falls, as long as they are ready, and dont panic...

testing this however is illegal and absolutely inhumane... anyone who would do this to a defenseless animal, has some psychological issues

So if the cat had fell from the Post Office Tower it would have been ok then too?
Cats fly like Squirrels lmao?

It is actually true ... after about the 4th floor i think they have a better chance of survival.. (Fitz means a particular kind of squirrel... .. the one with the flaps .. i'll google it and post the little fella for you.

jiminski · Post by **jiminski** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:28 am

North American Flying Squirrel

KoE_Sirius · Post by **KoE_Sirius** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:41 am

yeah ...I have seen squirrel jump long distances...,but never seen a cat fly.The one I saw was falling.

jiminski · Post by **jiminski** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:12 am

KoE_Sirius wrote:yeah ...I have seen squirrel jump long distances...,but never seen a cat fly.The one I saw was falling.

Not only is it possible for a cat to survive a fall of 14 stories (or more), a cat is more likely to survive such a fall then one from only four stories (at least according to my freshman physics textbook; like everything else I learned during my freshman year, I trust it to be 100% correct). The reasoning is thus:

A cat has little ability to sense its absolute speed (which makes sense, since any good relativist will tell you that there's no such thing as an "absolute speed"). What a cat does have is a sense of proprioception, which tells the cat how fast it's accelerating. When a cat falls out of a window it begins accelerating at something close to 9.8 m/s; this really freaks the cat out, so it assumed its "I'm in danger" posture. Specifically, it tucks its head in, pulls its feet under its body, and curves its spine. This is a good thing for the cat to do if something has just thrown it; the important parts are towards the inside where they are less likely to get injured upon impact. Unfortunately, it also makes the cat much more aerodynamic.

Curled up like this, a cat cuts through the air suffering very little drag. The low surface area of this shape means the cat has a high terminal velocity (maybe 15m/s?). If it strikes the ground going this fast, it is unlikely to survive (at least not without serious injury).

Luckily, after the cat has fallen seven or eight stories, it begins to closely approach its terminal velocity. This means that the drag due to air resistance is equal to the force of gravity, so the cat is no longer accelerating. This allows the cat to calm down enough to more thoroughly appraise the situation. Cats apparently all have an instinctive understanding of certain laws of physics, or at least they know they're more likely to survive a fall it they spread themselves out. They stretch their legs and neck out, increasing their surface area, which decreases their terminal velocity. This slows the cat down considerably (and makes it look kinda like a flying squirrel). At this slower speed it can easily survive the fall (theoretically from any height, though 32 stories is the highest on record).

Extract from a thesis by Professor Mog Felinson of Oslo University. He is the foremost expert on squirrel/cat height related incidents.

like the one you saw?

The actual cat you may have seen

KoE_Sirius · Post by **KoE_Sirius** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:03 pm

Yeah..I remember from College that Gravity)(9.81x mass x something=Terminal volocity...I doubt the cat knows any of that though.They just have 9 lives.

Risktaker17 · Post by **Risktaker17** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:46 pm

MATH AHHHHH!

ParadiceCity9 · Post by **ParadiceCity9** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:14 pm

KoE_Sirius wrote:Yeah..I remember from College that Gravity)(9.81x mass x something=Terminal volocity...I doubt the cat knows any of that though.They just have 9 lives.

I think its like x 10^9 maybe? I dno i learned it in 8th grade but that was 2 years ago

AAFitz · Post by **AAFitz** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:33 pm

KoE_Sirius wrote:
AAFitz wrote:a cat has a non terminal falling speed... after a high enough point, it can survive any fall assuming its in good shape, and not obese... or stupid... it is designed to catch the right amount of air and glide like a squirel

this isnt to say it wouldnt get hurt or bruised, but typically they can survive great falls, as long as they are ready, and dont panic...

testing this however is illegal and absolutely inhumane... anyone who would do this to a defenseless animal, has some psychological issues

So if the cat had fell from the Post Office Tower it would have been ok then too?
Cats fly like Squirrels lmao?

I did not say fly.. I said glide, and even that isnt the perfect word... but jimi posted the exact figures.... I didnt bother knowing someone would do it for me..

I will admit I learned of this info quite recently along with a few other interesting facts/misconceptions in "The Book of General Ignorance" which is a misnomer until you read the second part which is "everything you think you know is wrong"

Some of the stuff in there was just amazing, the cat story included.

hwhrhett · Post by **hwhrhett** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:50 pm

i autoattacked a 1 with 93 armies, and after i took it only had 48

KoE_Sirius · Post by **KoE_Sirius** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:24 pm

AAFitz wrote:
KoE_Sirius wrote:
AAFitz wrote:a cat has a non terminal falling speed... after a high enough point, it can survive any fall assuming its in good shape, and not obese... or stupid... it is designed to catch the right amount of air and glide like a squirel

this isnt to say it wouldnt get hurt or bruised, but typically they can survive great falls, as long as they are ready, and dont panic...

testing this however is illegal and absolutely inhumane... anyone who would do this to a defenseless animal, has some psychological issues

So if the cat had fell from the Post Office Tower it would have been ok then too?
Cats fly like Squirrels lmao?

I did not say fly.. I said glide, and even that isnt the perfect word... but jimi posted the exact figures.... I didnt bother knowing someone would do it for me..

I will admit I learned of this info quite recently along with a few other interesting facts/misconceptions in "The Book of General Ignorance" which is a misnomer until you read the second part which is "everything you think you know is wrong"

Some of the stuff in there was just amazing, the cat story included.

Sorry for mis quoting you...I don't see a big difference between fly and glide.

oggiss · Post by **oggiss** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:29 pm

hwhrhett wrote:i autoattacked a 1 with 93 armies, and after i took it only had 48

That must be one of the biggest losses ever :/

Blitzaholic · Post by **Blitzaholic** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:39 pm

DiM wrote:153vs72 autoattack that ended 3v48. i was the attacker

that is insane and i was mad at my 29 to take out 9

hwhrhett · Post by **hwhrhett** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:40 pm

oggiss wrote:
hwhrhett wrote:i autoattacked a 1 with 93 armies, and after i took it only had 48

That must be one of the biggest losses ever :/

not a huge loss, but its kind of insane to have that many "yellow" dice in a row. ironically it didnt effect the game at all, as it was on the last turn of an escalating game, and i only had like 15 more armies to kill :-)