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Old 10-05-2002, 10:03 AM   #9
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Donkey- pl. donkeys n. the ass, Equas asinus// (pop.) a stupid person [perh. rel. to DUN brownish]

Kong- ???


Putting these two words together, it would seem as though Donkey Kong is supposed to be a mysterious dumb ass...or something like that.

Oh and, Crono_Link, there is a reason as to why the sky is blue.

The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air.

However, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue.

As you look closer to the horizon, the sky appears much paler in color. To reach you, the scattered blue light must pass through more air. Some of it gets scattered away again in other directions. Less blue light reaches your eyes. The color of the sky near the horizon appears paler or white. I hope you feel stupid now

Oh my friggin Christ, why did I waste so much time typing this!?
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