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  • #46
    Out of curiosity, what kind of liquor are we talking about? Vodka and Baileys?
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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    • #47
      It doesn't matter. DEY TK R JRRRBS!

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      • #48
        Originally posted by Asher View Post
        Out of curiosity, what kind of liquor are we talking about? Vodka and Baileys?
        rough inventory off the top of my head: some tequila, a couple bottles vodka, rum, 4 bottles of whiskey, schnapps, and... I think that's it.

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        • #49
          Shaken, not stirred

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          • #50
            Originally posted by KrazyHorse View Post
            Quite strong on my floor. Evacuated building. Back at work 10 minutes later.
            It likely wasn't strong on your floor and instead the actual shaking was minor but because you were in a high rise, and because high rises are engineered to sway in an EQ (instead of structurally fail like what happened in the 1981 Mexico City quake), so you likely felt the swaying which was amplified due to how high you were up in the skyscrapper. Just a guess.
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            • #51
              Originally posted by Oerdin View Post
              It likely wasn't strong on your floor and instead the actual shaking was minor but because you were in a high rise, and because high rises are engineered to sway in an EQ (instead of structurally fail like what happened in the 1981 Mexico City quake), so you likely felt the swaying which was amplified due to how high you were up in the skyscrapper. Just a guess.
              I wonder if a physicist would know such things !
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              • #52
                Originally posted by Aeson View Post
                Shaken, not stirred
                Are you talking about the quake, or the drinks, or both?
                If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                • #53
                  Normally I would make a smartass response to such a question, but since your picture was the best thing posted on poly for weeks ... perhaps months ... I will simply say it was "drinks".

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by Asher View Post
                    I wonder if a physicist would know such things !
                    Apparently not. Or at least he wasn't thinking about the matter. Especially if he is some god damned Canadian with no experience with earthquakes.

                    Next question!
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                    • #55
                      Why the **** would you assume he didn't know?

                      His comment implies no such thing.
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                      • #56
                        Asher FAIL! Reread the previous two posts until you understand them or let KH comment because I'm right and you're not.
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                        • #57
                          We can find out if this is true simply by asking KH what floor he works on (or rather which floor he was on when the EQ hit). Or rather that would help though we'd need to know the wave frequency and amplitude as well as the magnitude of the quake where he was as well as how much the tower swayed during the quake (which could be determined based on design specs). A great place to start is which floor in the GS building he was at the time though. In any event you're out of your depth here.
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                          • #58
                            Perhaps God is just more angry with the higher ups at GS than he is at politicians.

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                            • #59
                              Originally posted by Oerdin View Post
                              We can find out if this is true simply by asking KH what floor he works on (or rather which floor he was on when the EQ hit). Or rather that would help though we'd need to know the wave frequency and amplitude as well as the magnitude of the quake where he was as well as how much the tower swayed during the quake (which could be determined based on design specs). A great place to start is which floor in the GS building he was at the time though. In any event you're out of your depth here.
                              WTF?

                              Doesn't everyone know the higher floors sway more?

                              I'm saying you're stating something ****ing obvious to someone with a PhD in physics and acting like it's insightful.
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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by Asher View Post
                                Doesn't everyone know the higher floors sway more?
                                Apparently you don't.
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