do you know science?

[Tim Wescott]

|>
|> |>
|> |>
|> |>> You throw a blanket over an empty bed.
|> |>> Does it warm up?
|> |>>
|> |>> Drop a marble from the top of the mast of a fast
|> |>> i) behind the mast
|> |>> ii) in front of the mast
|> |>> iii) at the foot of the mast
|> |>>
|> |>> Anybody have any other suchlike examples?
|> |>>
|> |>> --
|> |>> Rich
|> |>
|> |> In the water.
|> |>
|> |> ==================================
|> |> Since this is a physics newsgroup and the correct answer is iii),
you
|> |> must be one of the many clowns that should be thrown from the yard
arm.
|> |
|> | Since it's cross-posted to an _engineering_ group, the answers to both
|> | questions are "it depends".
|> |
|> | If the bed is in the sun and it is white, and the blanket is dark,
then
|> | it will warm up with the blanket on it. If it is in the sun and has
|> | dark sheets, and the blanket is white, then it will cool down. If
it's
|> | not in the sun then it'll probably stay at the same temperature,
unless
|> | there's a cat involved somehow.
|> |
|> | If the fast boat is in a vacuum, and it isn't rocking, and the mast is
|> | straight up and down, and the marble is given no horizontal velocity,
|> | and the marble does not strike anything on the way down, and either
the
|> | marble isn't a magnet or the mast is not steel, then yes, it'll land
at
|> | the foot of the mast, unless there's some other confounding factor
that
|> | you forgot to mention because you were so busy being clever that you
|> | forgot to be smart.
|> |
|>
|> Adding caveats to the original question doesn't make you clever either.
|> Marbles are glass and not attached to bungee cords, by default.
|> Foot of the mast can still be in front or behind, or port or starboard,
|> unless the mast is hollow - but that would give away the point of the
|> question.
|> And a blanket in the sun is not going to cool because of its colour,
|> and the moggie will choose the pillow unless there is a cardboard box.
|> You were so busy being smart that you forgot to be clever.
|
| I see that you're not an engineer, or at least not one who's actually
| done anything.
|
I see that you are a miserable arrogant cunt with no sense of humour.
Fuck off.
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[John Fields]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:52:21 -0000, "Androcles"

| >
| > |>
| > |>
| > |>> You throw a blanket over an empty bed.
| > |>> Does it warm up?
| > |>>
| > |>> Drop a marble from the top of the mast of a fast
| > |>> i) behind the mast
| > |>> ii) in front of the mast
| > |>> iii) at the foot of the mast
| > |>>
| > |>> Anybody have any other suchlike examples?
| > |>>
| > |>> --
| > |>> Rich
| > |>
| > |> In the water.
| > |>
| > |> ==================================
| > |> Since this is a physics newsgroup and the correct answer is iii),
you
| > |> must be one of the many clowns that should be thrown from the yard
arm.
| > |
| > | Since it's cross-posted to an _engineering_ group, the answers to both
| > | questions are "it depends".
| > |
| > | If the bed is in the sun and it is white, and the blanket is dark,
then
| > | it will warm up with the blanket on it. If it is in the sun and has
| > | dark sheets, and the blanket is white, then it will cool down. If
it's
| > | not in the sun then it'll probably stay at the same temperature,
unless
| > | there's a cat involved somehow.
| > |
| > | If the fast boat is in a vacuum, and it isn't rocking, and the mast is
| > | straight up and down, and the marble is given no horizontal velocity,
| > | and the marble does not strike anything on the way down, and either
the
| > | marble isn't a magnet or the mast is not steel, then yes, it'll land
at
| > | the foot of the mast, unless there's some other confounding factor
that
| > | you forgot to mention because you were so busy being clever that you
| > | forgot to be smart.
| > |
| >
| > Adding caveats to the original question doesn't make you clever either.
| > Marbles are glass and not attached to bungee cords, by default.
| > Foot of the mast can still be in front or behind, or port or starboard,
| > unless the mast is hollow - but that would give away the point of the
| > question.
| > And a blanket in the sun is not going to cool because of its colour,
| > and the moggie will choose the pillow unless there is a cardboard box.
| > You were so busy being smart that you forgot to be clever.
|
| I see that you're not an engineer, or at least not one who's actually
| done anything.
|
I see that you are a miserable arrogant cunt with no sense of humour.
Fuck off.
*plonk*
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