[Aatish]

I concur. Toasted Poptarts go better with ones favorite morning beverage than raw.

[silvergray545]

Pop tarts used to be my shit. Chocolate fudge. Haven't had one in a few years though.

[1MOREMOD]

I eat em cold. I don't heat up cans of soup even.

[silvergray545]

Me too. I ain't got time to cook shit that's already been cooked.

[Verbiage]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

I eat em cold. I don't heat up cans of soup even.

Aliens have no sense of hot and cold, so this makes sense.

[1MOREMOD]

Is that why some think you're hot?

[RJ_]

Originally Posted by Verbiage

Aliens have no sense of hot and cold, so this makes sense.

He must be a cold-blooded creature.

On that note, in Jurassic World, why did they try to find their cold-blooded super dino with IR cameras? That doesn't make sense.

[Verbiage]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Is that why some think you're hot?

Yes.

Originally Posted by RJ_

He must be a cold-blooded creature.

On that note, in Jurassic World, why did they try to find their cold-blooded super dino with IR cameras? That doesn't make sense.

Dammit I never saw it, #spoiler.

[Mr Tonka]

Originally Posted by RJ_

He must be a cold-blooded creature.

On that note, in Jurassic World, why did they try to find their cold-blooded super dino with IR cameras? That doesn't make sense.

IR doesn't just show heat, it shows the difference between temperatures.

[RJ_]

Originally Posted by Mr Tonka

IR doesn't just show heat, it shows the difference between temperatures.

Look at the gator compared to the background in the second picture, that's what I'm talking about!

[Mr Tonka]

Originally Posted by RJ_

Look at the gator compared to the background in the second picture, that's what I'm talking about!

Yes, but the top pictures shows the gator in it's natural environment. The 98.6 degree human skews the more slight contrast between the gator and the back ground. Take the large human anomaly out of the image and the contrast between the gator and background becomes more evident.

[jtodd_fl]

Originally Posted by Mr Tonka

Yes, but the top pictures shows the gator in it's natural environment. The 98.6 degree human skews the more slight contrast between the gator and the back ground. Take the large human anomaly out of the image and the contest between the gator and background becomes more evident.

Entire scale is 72F to 82F in the top photo. Much better fine-grained contrast. I thought these may have been you on a glades trip, then when I went to reply, I saw the links... we need to go gator tipping!

[RJ_]

Originally Posted by Mr Tonka

Yes, but the top pictures shows the gator in it's natural environment. The 98.6 degree human skews the more slight contrast between the gator and the back ground. Take the large human anomaly out of the image and the contest between the gator and background becomes more evident.

Sure scaling is a factor in the image. Alligators sun themselves to get warm too, and we don't have the context of that image.

I'm saying a cold blooded animal under the canopy of trees and brush with no sun is basically in an isothermal enclosure. So if there's low heat generation from the animal's metabolism, it should very nearly reach equilibrium with its surroundings, which would not show up well in infrared.

Not a dinosaur expert.

[jtodd_fl]

Originally Posted by RJ_

Sure scaling is a factor in the image. Alligators sun themselves to get warm too, and we don't have the context of that image.

I'm saying a cold blooded animal under the canopy of trees and brush with no sun is basically in an isothermal enclosure. So if there's low heat generation from the animal's metabolism, it should very nearly reach equilibrium with its surroundings, which would not show up well in infrared.

Not a dinosaur expert.

Wrong thread. Take this to "Ask a Scientist Anything"!

[V2.0]

Black chick with an English accent, so sexy.

[Mr Tonka]

Originally Posted by RJ_

Sure scaling is a factor in the image. Alligators sun themselves to get warm too, and we don't have the context of that image.

I'm saying a cold blooded animal under the canopy of trees and brush with no sun is basically in an isothermal enclosure. So if there's low heat generation from the animal's metabolism, it should very nearly reach equilibrium with its surroundings, which would not show up well in infrared.

Not a dinosaur expert.

The context of that image is two juvy gators sitting in shallow water.

You are correct in that they will very nearly reach equilibrium with it's surroundings. Though the canopy of trees will be absorbing the sun and therefore be of a different temperature.

My esteemed Floridian brother from another mother pointed out that from the darkest point in that top image to the brightest point in that image is only a 10 degree F difference. Yet the image shows a HUGE contrast. A far greater contrast than when much warmer human is in the second image, thus expanding the scale.

The capability of the IR is very sensitive and will easily show the slight difference between a very large dino and it's surroundings. But clearly not that uber smart GMD.

Genetically Modified Dino

[PoorLurker]

Originally Posted by Mr Tonka

I started riding in the hills (yes, there are hills in FL) a few weeks ago and plan on continuing when ever possible. Those climbs at lower cadence really tax the legs. After a few weekends of it i can already feel and see a difference on my normal flat trails.

Rode 40 miles and climbed 1700 feet on Saturday. Then on Sunday did 20 miles on the same trail i'd been on many times before. Ended up averaging 1.5mph faster than ever before on that section of trail. I feel like they're getting stronger, but i'm not seeing much of an aesthetic difference, other than a touch more definition.

Cardio is a whole other story. I'm probably in the best cardio shape of my life and only after 4 months of steady riding. Funny though, i was riding with the wife the other day and she wore her HR monitor. I AVERAGED 158bpm and her MAX on that ride was 143bpm. lol I guess after 9 years of competitive riding you tend to have a solid cardio fitness base.

[Mr Tonka]

Originally Posted by PoorLurker

lol

What doesn't compute?

That FL has hills or 40 miles with only 1700ft of elevation gain? Or that i'm able to do that, or all of the above. haha

[PoorLurker]

Originally Posted by Mr Tonka

lol

What doesn't compute?

That FL has hills or 40 miles with only 1700ft of elevation gain? Or that i'm able to do that, or all of the above. haha

40 miles and 1700 feet of elevation being called hills.

But I am just messing with you.

[Mr Tonka]

Originally Posted by PoorLurker

40 miles and 1700 feet of elevation being called hills.

But I am just messing with you.

I hear ya. Yeah, my legs say they're hills. lol

In July during my Montana ride there is one 78 mile day with a 32 mile sustained climb up a 6% grade. That's sandwiched in-between 5 more 50 to 70 mile days with an average of 2000 - 6000ft of climbing a day.

So i figured if i'm going to get 3 or 4 days with 2000ft of elevation over 50 to 70 miles in the mountains of Montana, 1700ft over 40 miles in FL qualifies as hills.

[UncleWede]

.008% slope ASSuming uniform change

[jtodd_fl]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

.008% slope ASSuming uniform change

Thats about right... but did you assume he was going up hill both ways? Or did you divide by two?