Comments for Quezi » Questions and Answers http://quezi.com "Now You Know" Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:51:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on What are the design requirements of a knife? by larry http://quezi.com/11915#comment-3440 larry Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:51:08 +0000 http://quezi.com/?p=11915#comment-3440 "A little asymmetry of the blade’s cross-section is not normally a problem ..." Except for left-handers. Most asymmetrical knife blades will have serrations to the left, or the edge will be beveled to the left, fine for right-handers, cutting straight down and letting the slices fall away from the blade. For left-handers, such knives tend to cut away from the piece, the slice of tomato/sausage thinner at the end of the cut, or worse, half-moon shaped slices. “A little asymmetry of the blade’s cross-section is not normally a problem …”

Except for left-handers. Most asymmetrical knife blades will have serrations to the left, or the edge will be beveled to the left, fine for right-handers, cutting straight down and letting the slices fall away from the blade. For left-handers, such knives tend to cut away from the piece, the slice of tomato/sausage thinner at the end of the cut, or worse, half-moon shaped slices.

]]> Comment on What is a meander? by eiffel http://quezi.com/11889#comment-3432 eiffel Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:54:04 +0000 http://quezi.com/?p=11889#comment-3432 An "oxbow lake" is known as a billabong in Australia, because Australians wouldn't know what an ox bow would look like (it's a <a href="http://johnmanders.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/single-ox-yoke-392x294.jpg" rel="nofollow">curved wooden collar</a> that holds the yoke in place around the ox's neck). An “oxbow lake” is known as a billabong in Australia, because Australians wouldn’t know what an ox bow would look like (it’s a curved wooden collar that holds the yoke in place around the ox’s neck).

]]> Comment on What is Hartford city profile? by Freddie Smith http://quezi.com/10650#comment-3424 Freddie Smith Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:57:09 +0000 http://quezi.com/?p=10650#comment-3424 Hertford in England was originally spelt as Hartford but in the late 17th Century / Early 18th Century the alternative spelling became popular and eventually took over. Hertford in England was originally spelt as Hartford but in the late 17th Century / Early 18th Century the alternative spelling became popular and eventually took over.

]]> Comment on Is the green flash of the setting sun a myth? by eiffel http://quezi.com/11865#comment-3414 eiffel Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:03:06 +0000 http://quezi.com/?p=11865#comment-3414 I don't doubt this phenomenon, but it's a bit puzzling. If the effect is simply due to differing refraction of different colors, I would expect to see a rainbow-like fringe at the edge of the glowing part, rather than a greenish blob. Incidentally, bright stars close to the horizon sometimes seem to <a href="http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=3638932&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=all&vc=1" rel="nofollow">alternate between red and green</a> due to refraction. Capella and Arcturus are frequently named as stars that exhibit this effect. I don’t doubt this phenomenon, but it’s a bit puzzling. If the effect is simply due to differing refraction of different colors, I would expect to see a rainbow-like fringe at the edge of the glowing part, rather than a greenish blob.

Incidentally, bright stars close to the horizon sometimes seem to alternate between red and green due to refraction. Capella and Arcturus are frequently named as stars that exhibit this effect.

]]> Comment on Who sculptured the lions in Trafalgar Square? by answerfinder http://quezi.com/11864#comment-3413 answerfinder Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:01:06 +0000 http://quezi.com/?p=11864#comment-3413 There's no evidence to suggest that. He did not have his own foundry and therefore needed Morochetti who did have his own foundry. There’s no evidence to suggest that. He did not have his own foundry and therefore needed Morochetti who did have his own foundry.

]]> Comment on Who sculptured the lions in Trafalgar Square? by eiffel http://quezi.com/11864#comment-3412 eiffel Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:35:11 +0000 http://quezi.com/?p=11864#comment-3412 So do you think it was really Marochetti who sculpted these? Getting Marochetti to "do the casting" may have been Landseer's way of saving face when he realised he was in beyond his depth. So do you think it was really Marochetti who sculpted these? Getting Marochetti to “do the casting” may have been Landseer’s way of saving face when he realised he was in beyond his depth.

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