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I am here to get information.

We are here to mock you as you attempt to get it.

Example:

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In any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs of the triangle. The theorem can be written as an equation relating the lengths of the sides a, b and c, often called the Pythagorean equation:

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where c represents the length of the hypotenuse, and a and b represent the lengths of the other two sides.

How's that for information?

From the "practical" end of the spectrum:

If you put your hand on a hot stove burner, something bad will happen to you.

If you leave the house without an umbrella and it is raining, you will get wet.

If you do not pay the electric/gas/water bill, the utility company will come and shut off the service. Same for cable/phone. If you don't pay the mortgage/rent/car payments, something worse will happen.

If you do not brush and floss daily, eventually you will just drop your teeth in a glass at bedtime.

I'll tell you what you need to know in exchange for precisely the cost of a two-week trip to Italy for my husband and I. We have relatives so we have places to stay. Airfare and spending money is all we need.

Four flats = Ab Major
Four Sharps = E Major

Händel's Hallelujah Chorus is actually in the Easter section of The Messiah and is meant to be sung at Easter, not Christmas.

Monteverdi died of syphilis.

Haydn wrote The Creation meaning for it to be a timeless classic that would be sung for generations to come. Mission accomplished.

Vocal classifications are based on the German concept of fach. When classifying womens' voices, the term for the lowest voice is actually the CONTRalto (counter-high), not alto, which means high. Not all coloraturas are sopranos.

In order that the conveyor belt remain at constant velocity, the driving tension force must be equal and opposite to the friction force it delivers to the sand.
T = m_dot*v

D) W_dot = T*v

W = m_dot*v^2*t

E) KEi = roughly zero. KE_f = 1/2*m_dot*t*v^2

Thus:
deltaKE = 1/2*m_dot*t*v^2

Data:
m_dot:=5.10 kg/s; v:=0.600 m/s; t:=1 sec;

Results:
A) p_dot = 3.06 Newtons, rightward
B) F = 3.06 Newtons, rightward
C) T = 3.06 Newtons, rightward
D) W = 1.836 Joules
E) deltaKE = 0.918 Joules
F) Because the sand and the conveyor belt have an inelastic collision based on kinetic friction. This is dissipating heat.

This, so far, is the most informative thread on GreekChat.

EXCEPT for the one where we give out incorrect information.

The largest of the woodpeckers north of Mexico and the third largest in the world, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker was a bird of old-growth forests of the Southeast. Destruction of its forest habitat caused severe population declines in the 1800s, and only a handful of birds remained into the 20th century. It was thought to have gone extinct in the middle of the twentieth century. The bird was rediscovered in the "Big Woods" region of eastern Arkansas in 2005, but has proven difficult to relocate since then.

Ode to Joy was written in 1785 by German poet Freidrich Schiller. Beethoven set the piece, with revisions, to music as the fourth and last movement of Symphony Number 9 in D minor, which was completed in 1824. It is said that Beethoven was completely deaf from an inner ear lesion by 1816. Therefore, he never “heard” the final version of his work. He felt the vibrations.

He conducted the debut, and had to be stopped by a member of the orchestra to accept his applause, because he continued to conduct after the piece was over. (I have just sung this with the Charlotte Symphony last Spring.)

How to Survive an Alligator Attack

• Go for the eyes. The most vulnerable part of a crocodile's or alligator's body is its eyes. Try to hit or poke the eyes with whatever you have handy: an oar, a stick, or a knife. Even your hands can be effective weapons if you can hit the animal's eyes. A Florida teenager recently escaped an alligator that had dragged him into the water by jamming his thumb into the alligator's eye.
• Go for the nostrils or ears. While not as sensitive as the eyes, the nostrils and ears can be effectively attacked. A hard blow or a cut to either of these areas may cause the animal to release you. Many people have been saved from a crocodile's or alligator's jaws when other people have hit the animal's snout with a pole or club.
• Go for the palatal valve. Crocodilians have a flap of tissue behind the tongue that covers their throats when they submerge in water. This flap prevents water from flowing into their throats and hence prevents the crocodile from drowning when its mouth is open. If your arm or leg is stuck in a crocodile's mouth, you may be able to pry this valve down. Water will then flow into the crocodile's throat, and animal will most likely let you go. Hard strikes to this valve may also cause the animal to release you.
• Get medical attention promptly.

To tie the Windsor Knot, select a necktie of your choice and stand in front of a mirror.

1) Start with the wide end ("W") of your necktie on the right, extending about 12 inches below the narrow end ("N") on the left.
2) Then cross the wide end over the narrow end.
3) Bring the wide end up through the loop between the collar and your tie.
4) Then bring the wide end back down.
5) Pull the wide end underneath the narrow end and to the right, back through the loop and to the right again so that the wide end is inside out.
6) Bring the wide end across the front from right to left.
7) Then pull the wide end up through the loop again.
8) Bring the wide end down through the knot in front.
9) And -- using both hands -- tighten the knot carefully and draw it up to the collar.

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