bluehash 1,581 Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 Thanks guys.. the only thing I can add now is a Q/A challenge without adding any mods. I also added a plugin to contact StopForumSpam during registration, to detect spammers. Since then it has reduced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
igor 163 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Since computers have beat even expert human players at Jeopardy, try questions based not just on knowledge. Wolfram alpha doesn't seem to do so well if you throw even simple story problems at it. e.g. If the United States military budget is 41 percent of the world military expenditure, and the next largest spender (China) spends 8 percent of world military budget, how many times greater is the US military spending. Even if the bots get better at answering questions like this, at least it is contributing to the advancement of AI. http://xkcd.com/810/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hova 7 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 " what size wrench do i use on a 15mm bolt" -stumped it... "how many volts does a pnp trasistor drop" -rope-a-dope'd it. i always hate the captcha's . I can never make out what they say. I would just go with a simple "place ball in box below" -hov Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abecedarian 330 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Since a "standard" 14mm bolt uses a 21mm wrench... ... and a "standard" 16mm bolt needs a 24mm wrench... (I say standard because manufacturers can specify a wrench / versus bolt size for custom things....) And they don't make 15mm bolts.... ... a 15mm bolt would need a 22.5 mm wrench, which they don't make. ;-) igor 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hova 7 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Are you serious or just being a wiseass? I do indeed have several 15mm wrenches that are actually 15mm openings.... I also have 22.5mm wrenches. . . you could call that a 15/16 , or even a 1/2 WW bolt if thats what you canuckifornians use...way over there... lol... i has a wrench for everything... -hov GeekDoc 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hova 7 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I just remembered that you are probably referring to shank size , which no one uses... I was pondering this , and remembered that a 12mmx 1.25 shank usually has a 13m or 14mm hex head , and even less so on a deci head... youre going to get me kicked off the electronics board for spouting mechanics... well played sir... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abecedarian 330 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I just remembered that you are probably referring to shank size , which no one uses... I was pondering this , and remembered that a 12mmx 1.25 shank usually has a 13m or 14mm hex head , and even less so on a deci head... youre going to get me kicked off the electronics board for spouting mechanics... well played sir... umm... a 3/8 diameter bolt (shank or otherwise the metal stock used to roll or cut the threads) has "typically" a 1/2" wrench head. but may be 7/16, 9/16 or even 3/4.... So, let's both get kicked off? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hova 7 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 dont make me get out the whitworth chart...lol.. and tbh , from what I see working on cars day in day out , is a 3/8's bolt would have a 9/16 head (14mil if ford) , but have seen them with 12mm 12points on jeeps , and 22mm on an aviator just last week... then again there are also ball joint bolts on silverado's that come close to this , and run 18mm... i guess you have a point...my original point was that you would use a 15mm wrench on a 15mm bolt(head)... I think we're the only ones reading this thread anymore...not even the bots care... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeekDoc 226 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I think we're the only ones reading this thread anymore...not even the bots care... Nope, I read almost every post. Perhaps this discussion is best continued in the "Off-Topic" forum? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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