pretty random question

[JPaul]

depends on the gravitational pull of the planet you weigh it on.

And where on the plant.

Good points.

Fortunately J-LO thought of that and answered re their mass, in so doing obviated any potential problems.

[tesco]

J-Lo

[Wolfmight]

blasted CIA!



jus playin, it's really is a fully functioning oscillator: http://www.bell-labs.com/news/1999/june/3/1.html

What's an oscillator you say?

http://www.answers.com/oscillator

[tesco]

Why is that there?

And why so many people viewing this thread?

[ogie1konobi]

depends if you expand the diameter by crushing it in one of thos penny stretchers also sorry for the misspell are we taking about with gravity or without lol.

[Jon L. Obscene]

It weights the same as a 1/16th or is it an 1/8th.

No thats not true, used to be a half penny for teenth and penny for henry, but as my post said they changed the metal so people stopped using the penny because it got lighter (I think).

Just thought I'd point that out

I have a random question.......why is it that in every story told about aliens, they have to be way more advanced technologically than us?
Is it because they have reached us? <- this is what a friend said.
I replied, that does'nt mean they are more advanced tho, that could be simply that they have a better supply of fuel and the average life could be 1000 yearsand they don't need as much food/water as us, hence them being able to travel for longer, if we lived longer and had a better source of fuel we could travel to other planets no?

Jonno

[McStabhappy]

The new penny weighs 3.56 grams and has a diameter of 20.32 mm. Initially issued in bronze, the material used to make the 1p coins changed to copper plated steel in 1992. Since then the only penny to appear in bronze has been the proof issue of 1999.

Source

On a side note, the change of metal cost the amusement acrcade industry a fortune because all machines pretty much had to have the coin slot altered to have the magnet taken out because the new coins were jamming up the mechanism.

Jonno

you forgot that during WW2 they stoped making them out of copper

[Jon L. Obscene]

What does that have to do with my post?

The new penny weighs 3.56

In ww2 we had different monitary units, we did'nt decimilize until the 70's? (not sure on that, JP could help out here lol)

Jonno

[manker]

I have a random question.......why is it that in every story told about aliens, they have to be way more advanced technologically than us?
Is it because they have reached us? <- this is what a friend said.
I replied, that does'nt mean they are more advanced tho, that could be simply that they have a better supply of fuel and the average life could be 1000 yearsand they don't need as much food/water as us, hence them being able to travel for longer, if we lived longer and had a better source of fuel we could travel to other planets no?

Jonno

With our current technology, we can't even ascertain if life exists elsewhere, let alone travel to it. If we wanted to travel to the second nearest star to Earth it would take circa 50,000 years.

If aliens came here it would mean that they're more technologically advanced because a) they located us and b) they travelled here. Two things that we can't do.

Your friend is correct.

[manker]

What does that have to do with my post?

The new penny weighs 3.56

In ww2 we had different monitary units, we did'nt decimilize until the 70's? (not sure on that, JP could help out here lol)

Jonno

Even after decimalisation we still used some of the same coins - like a shilling for 5p, two shillings for 10ps - we also kept the pennies and tuppences.

That's only from memory because I remember seeing coins with old dates on them as a kid. There may be others.