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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #885 on: March 14, 2012, 01:12:54 PM »
Hopefully the question wasn't misunderstood, but the answer is Iron and Nickel, which I made three60 choose between his three, so he's up. We ended up finding out that the fused Nickel quickly (on the order of 80 days) decays into Cobalt, which similarly quickly decays into Iron. Cobalt, though between Iron and Nickel on the periodic table, is not created via fusion directly. Thus generally anything heavier than Iron is going to be created via supernovae, which is due to the fact that you need to add energy in order to bind the particles needed to create those heavier elements.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #886 on: March 14, 2012, 04:12:37 PM »
Who invented the television?
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #887 on: March 14, 2012, 05:59:12 PM »
Who invented the television?

UGH!

'Don't know his full name, but his last name was "Farnsworth."

(I know this because I've visited the site (on Green St) in San Francisco where he did it!)

Also, there were other versions/technologies before his, but his is recognized as the precursor to Modern TeeVee....

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« Reply #888 on: March 15, 2012, 02:29:04 AM »
Well there you are, I knew that like everything else that has ever been invented there was going to be some doubt over who actually invented it. I was looking for the first recognised precursor.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #889 on: March 15, 2012, 10:57:45 AM »

I think it was a Scottish guy, no idea Mac something probably ;)


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« Reply #890 on: March 15, 2012, 10:58:31 AM »
Scot MacTelevision I believe he was called.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #891 on: March 15, 2012, 11:33:21 AM »
It was a Scottish guy but, oddly, he wasn't called Mac-somethingorother.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #892 on: March 15, 2012, 12:16:34 PM »
I thought you were English, three60.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #893 on: March 15, 2012, 01:31:23 PM »
I was a Scottish guy...

I thought you were English, three60.

Yeah, when did this happen? Have you told mum yet?


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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #894 on: March 15, 2012, 03:54:24 PM »
Just answer the question.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #895 on: March 15, 2012, 04:19:03 PM »
Was it Usain Bolt?
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #896 on: March 15, 2012, 05:07:31 PM »
Nonononoo, he was Scottish remember?

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« Reply #897 on: March 16, 2012, 06:00:23 PM »
Any takers?
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #898 on: March 16, 2012, 07:07:19 PM »
Nope, apart from being Scottish I can't remember. 

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« Reply #899 on: March 18, 2012, 05:40:17 AM »
'Twas John Logie Baird.

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