[asshat]

Originally posted by TomFoolery@Sep 19 2004, 05:18 AM
OK. 

When I asked about the wind resistance I was referring to the pitcher's ability to stand on the flatbed car while throwing a pitch without having any resistance to wind.  I only have a theory on what the gun would read if you take into account the wind resistance after he releases the ball. 

I say a gun on the ground clocking the pitch at the exact moment the ball is released will read 200mph.  Anything after immediate will have wind resistance affecting the speed, which will drop the reading dramatically. 

I think that if you gunned the pitch from standing on the flatbed it would read 100 mph.
Disclaimer: The theories discussed above should not be considered correct.  I have no fucking clue if I sound like a total idiot right now, and I reserve the right to change my idea upon further reading and consideration.

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I ran that response through the Coors Light filter and it came out fine.

It is hard to imagine how a radar gun on the ground would read 200 mph, while a radar gun on the train car would read 100 mph. But since I don't know this level of physics, I am going to have to default to somebody else.

But, in my feeble mind, it is the same circumstance as the lights on the spaceship.

If the TomFoolery theory holds, then the headlights would emit an inch or two of light and then go dark. A person outside of that spaceship watching it go by might see a trail of light behind the spaceship. I think I am getting an epipharection thinking about this.

[TomFoolery]

Originally posted by army1+Sep 19 2004, 05:27 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(army1 @ Sep 19 2004, 05:27 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I ran that response through the Coors Light filter and it came out fine.

It is hard to imagine how a radar gun on the ground would read 200 mph, while a radar gun on the train car would read 100 mph.&nbsp; But since I don't know this level of physics, I am going to have to default to somebody else.[/b]

I'm with you on that.


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If the TomFoolery theory holds, then the headlights would emit an inch or two of light and then go dark.&nbsp; A person outside of that spaceship watching it go by might see a trail of light behind the spaceship.&nbsp; I think I am getting an epipharection thinking about this.

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Assuming that the person outside the ship watching it go by is traveling at the same rate of speed as the spaceship and also that his brain has infinite processing speed.

[asshat]

So how is it that the earth revolves around the sun, and the sun floats through space and the stars are all floating through space outside of our galaxy, and yet the big dipper is always in the same place it is supposed to be and the stars that make it up stay relative to one another?

[TomFoolery]

Originally posted by army1@Sep 19 2004, 05:45 AM
So how is it that the earth revolves around the sun, and the sun floats through space and the stars are all floating through space outside of our galaxy, and yet the big dipper is always in the same place it is supposed to be and the stars that make it up stay relative to one another?

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Fuck if I know. You're gonna have to Google that one man.

[asshat]

Originally posted by TomFoolery@Sep 19 2004, 05:50 AM
Fuck if I know.&nbsp; You're gonna have to Google that one man.

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Thanks. I probably won't be posting for a while. This was a lot easier when you guys were just giving me the answers.

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I'm on number 1,431 with only about 31,200 to go. Some of them don't even pertain, so I don't have to read the whole things.

[asshat]

Well, I still haven't figured out how all of the constellations stay perfectly aligned over the years, but I did stumble upon something that was interesting.

Do you know what they call and why they invented the current layout of the letters on a keyboard? Well, it all dates back to something called a "typewriter". These were little boxes and did not run off of electricity. Each "key" on the "keyboard" was mechanically attached to a little arm that had a letter carved in one end. When you pressed down on the key, the arm would swing upward and the letter would imprint an ink ladden tape and that letter would be inked onto the paper. Now, obviously these letters had to swing into and out of place at the same speed that your fingers would hit the letters. No two letters could be hitting the paper at the same time, or even within a short period of time. If two keys were hit at the same time, the arms would hit together and lock up.

So, to make sure that these arms swung into and out of place at the most efficient speed, they scattered the most popular letters around the keyboard and filled in the gaps with the least popular letters. They called this keyboard design the "QWERTY" which is named by the upper left row on the keyboard. Now here is a little of the history.

Appearing shortly before 1900, the Underwood established the stereotype of a typewriter that lasted until the introduction of the hugely popular IBM Selectric typewriter in 1961. (IBM introduced the electric typewriter in 1933).

Pay particular attention to both the keyboard and spacebar size and positioning used on these machines. Both were considered exceptionally fast and user-friendly machines for typists.

When the Underwood was first introduced, it was only one of hundreds of competing and extremely varied typewriter designs. But by 1920, almost every typewriter imitated the Underwood. It used the practical (mechanically speaking, that is) QWERTY keyboard. This seemingly awkward arrangement of letters was formally introduced on the "Sholes & Glidden Type Writer," (produced by the gunmakers E. Remington & Sons in Ilion, NY from 1874-1878) . The keyboard layout was a carefully thought-through rework of the original design, for the purpose of preventing typewriter keys jamming, and thus, to facilitate faster typing speeds.

Interestingly enough, the keyboard design and physical spacing of the keys turned out to work very well indeed, and not just mechanically . Many early typewriter manufacturers introduced competing keyboard arrangements, but the QWERTY layout won out, because the public, although originally bewailing the layout, found it to be remarkably user-friendly. They promptly accepted and embraced it. Subsequent typewriter manufacturers did not to attempt to introduce a different arrangement, wisely following the common sense adage "If it ain't broke....."

Millions of these typewriters were used by secretaries, journalists, government officials, and writers throughout the first three quarters of the twentieth century.

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If you had ever wondered why the letters were layed out like they are, reading this could have caused you to have a sudden realization of why it is done. Some might argue that could have been called an epiphany for you.

[asshat]

I guess I will just keep working on my post count and hope to offer something of interest to someone along the way:

Did you ever wonder if there was an Ass Kicking Machine in the world, and if there was how many might exist? Well, I have wondered that many times and finally decided to set out on a quest to determine the answers.

It turns out that there is a man:



Inventor of the World's Only Ass Kicking Machine - Mr. Robert P. Booth

Robert P. Booth, of Wirtz, Virginia, designed and built the ass-kicker sometime around 1988. He has added several improvements to it over time and continues to maintain it, though apparently some other party lettered the now-weathered sign that faces the road. Bob Booth is a retired building contractor who among other things designed his own house and has restored several antique cars. He does not appear to have any particular attachment to asses, and in every other way appears to be what he is: a friendly, quite ingenious country inventor.



If you catch Bob Booth when he's home, he's always happy to demonstrate how the ass-kicker works. If he's not home, you're welcome to take a look at it, photograph yourself with it, etc. Please don't attempt to operate the ass-kicker without Bob present, as it has been shown to be somewhat dangerous. Bob reported that at least once, the thing "started up by itself," and, well, kicked his ass.



The design is simple and rugged. A six-foot waterwheel is cut from thick plywood and equipped with vanes that are driven by a stream of water falling from above. The water is contained in an underground tank and driven by a 110v submersible electric pump up to a water valve and sluice, thus, this is an "overshot wheel" type ass-kicker. The valve controls the water flow, and after driving the wheel, the water drains back into the underground tank. Water level is maintained by rainwater collected from an adjoining gazebo roof.

The actual ass-kicking is done by a seven-foot length of 2"x4" lumber with a hub at the center, driven by a 1" steel driveshaft that is concentric with the drive wheel. At each end of the 2x4, there's a used green suede tennis shoe tacked to a piece of lumber.

Bob speculated that if the machine had not been replenished by rain in a while, the water could conceivably evaporate away and the ass-kicker be rendered immobile and incapable of kicking ass, but he felt that a quick top-up with a garden hose would probably correct any problems.


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If anybody needs directions just send me a message.

[snarg]

Originally posted by army1@Sep 18 2004, 09:11 PM
Whoa!&nbsp; Now that is interesting.&nbsp; Never thought about that.&nbsp; The needle is actually hitting the record at a decreasing speed all of the time.&nbsp; I think that would be a linearly decreasing speed, even though the grooves are traveling in almost perfect circles.

So, when they "pressed" a record, the grooves had to be such that the needle would pick up the song slower on the outer rings than it would on the inner rings.&nbsp; You would think that if those guys were that smart, they could have just gone ahead and invented a CD.

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the radial velocity is constant
the further out you go the faster the linear speed
just sayin'

this could be another epiphanistic opportunity for ya


narg:

[asshat]

Originally posted by snarg@Sep 20 2004, 12:47 AM
the radial velocity is constant
the further out you go the faster the linear speed
just sayin'

this could be another epiphanistic opportunity for ya


narg:

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Read my answer again and make sure it is wrong. What I said was that the needle is hitting the record at a decreasing speed as it approaches the center. Which would mean that it was hitting the record faster the farther you are from the center.

Did I say it wrong?

If I missed this, it could be a double-epiphany for me.

[snarg]

Originally posted by army1@Sep 18 2004, 10:31 PM
If you could build a hypothetical spaceship that could travel at a speed that approached the speed of light, and you got that sucker up to maximum velocity and then punched it a little harder and then turned on the headlights, would they shine out in front of you?

Would the speed of the light coming from the headlights be relative to the spaceship or relative to space?

I almost had an epiphagasm thinking about that one.

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yeah, this is an old problem
it is impossible to think about in linear terms and make sense of it
that is where relativity comes in

relativity is not necessary to understand the train problem, that is simple
to the man on the train, the velocity of the ball is 100 mph
to the man on the ground the velocity is 200
the differences at these mundane speeds are negligible

but at speeds approaching that of light ( c) it does not work the same way
iin fact, army, i think you might find this interesting:

the equations to work out relativistic problems existed before anyone knew what to use them for

with these equations you will find that from the ship moving at a speed approaching the speed of light, the light emanates at the speed of light

and to the observer outside the ship, the light still emanates at the speed of light

now you may be thinking that this is impossible

but when you "grok" this, you may have an epiphany

bless you, little grasshopper

narg:

[asshat]

Originally posted by snarg@Sep 20 2004, 12:58 AM
yeah, this is an old problem
it is impossible to think about in linear terms and make sense of it
that is where relativity comes in

relativity is not necessary to understand the train problem, that is simple
to the man on the train, the velocity of the ball is 100 mph
to the man on the ground the velocity is 200
the differences at these mundane speeds are negligible

but at speeds approaching that of&nbsp; light&nbsp; ( c)&nbsp; it&nbsp; does not work the same way
iin fact, army, i think you might find this interesting:

the equations to work out relativistic problems existed before anyone knew what to use them for

with these equations you will find that from the ship moving at a speed approaching the speed of light, the light emanates at the speed of light

and to the observer outside the ship, the light still emanates at the speed of light

now you may be thinking that this is impossible

but when you "grok" this, you may have an epiphany

bless you, little grasshopper

narg:

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I sort of had a little epiphany thinking about what grok might mean.

Interesting though, if you indeed know what you are talking about. So, that would mean, that most all forms of light are really traveling at different speeds. The speed of each being a function of the speed and direction of the object that the light was emitted from (at least realative to someone standing still in space).

For example, the speed of the light from a car's headlights is faster than the speed of the light from a car's taillight, relative to someone not in the car. Unless that someone was in a car traveling in the same direction, but faster. Then they might measure the headlight speed slower than the taillight speed.

[snarg]

dear army

i want to apologize for my previous boorish behaviour

please go to your messages

narg:

[asshat]

Originally posted by snarg@Sep 20 2004, 01:16 AM
dear army

i want to apologize for my previous boorish behaviour

please go to your messages

narg:

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Don't apologize, just participate.

[snarg]

Originally posted by army1@Sep 19 2004, 08:09 PM
I sort of had a little epiphany thinking about what grok might mean.

Interesting though, if you indeed know what you are talking about.&nbsp; So, that would mean, that most all forms of light are really traveling at different speeds.

no, the speed of light is constant, though it can be affected when travelling through a medium other than a perfect vacuum, thus the diffraction of light through a prism, or a rainbow

For example, the speed of the light from a car's headlights is faster than the speed of the light from a car's taillight, relative to someone not in the car.&nbsp; Unless that someone was in a car traveling in the same direction, but faster.&nbsp; Then they might measure the headlight speed slower than the taillight speed.

see above

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[asshat]

Originally posted by snarg@Sep 20 2004, 01:51 AM

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You lost me.

Let's think about it relative to a person sitting still in space. If a spaceship approaching the speed of light passes him and turns on his headlights, he will see the light from those headlights traveling at nearly 2 times the speed of light right?

I am going back to the baseball analogy. 200 mph relative to the person on the ground and 100 mph to the person on the train car.

I thought you said while ago, that the speed of the light would be relative to the spaceship that it came from?

[Velvet]

im a dumb arse . I have no clue what your all talking about . But back at the freezing at the centre of the earth thing I was brought up to believe that it was molten lava and you would be burnt to death not frozen :S

[asshat]

Originally posted by Velvet@Sep 20 2004, 01:57 AM
im a dumb arse . I have no clue what your all talking about . But back at the freezing at the centre of the earth thing I was brought up to believe that it was molten lava and you would be burnt to death not frozen :S

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Yeah, but how about the World's Only Ass Kicking Machine?

[asshat]

Have you ever wondered if society has an effect on people in the same way that a septic tank has on raw sewage? Consider how a septic tank works:

The septic tank separates the wastewater into three general components -- solids or "sludge", floatables or the "scum layer", and a zone of relatively clear water. Anaerobic bacteria perform the first treatment of the wastewater, generating gas that is vented through the vent stack, and breaking the solids into a liquid form. The oxygen-free conditions inside the septic tank also deactivate some of the disease germs that are found in sewage.

From the septic tank, the liquid portion of the wastewater flows into the drainfield, a series of perforated pipes surrounded by a layer of gravel. The drainfield provides secondary treatment of the sewage by allowing aerobic (oxygen-using) bacteria to continue deactivating the disease germs that remain in the wastewater. The drainfield also provides filtration of the wastewater as gravity draws the water downwards through the soil layers. In addition, evaporation of water occurs through the layer of soil covering the drainfield.

[PurpleHaze]

This whole thread makes my head hurt. :S I hope I'm not the only one.

[asshat]

Originally posted by purple_haze@Sep 20 2004, 03:37 AM
This whole thread makes my head hurt.&nbsp; &nbsp; :S&nbsp; I hope I'm not the only one.

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Sorry about that. How about we keep 'em simple for a while. Did you know that Crab lice are hermaphroditic, meaning they reproduce asexually?