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Why Jennifer Beegle Didn't Vote For Obama
Lady, with you around the world is revolting enough.
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The Best Way To Hide a Fart!
Can you sail downwind faster than the wind?
Are you saying that wind is like a giant ruler? Man go learn some physics, come back when you have a basic understanding of the principles involved...
Can you sail downwind faster than the wind?
Can you sail downwind faster than the wind?
Inert for these purposes. ie "does not provide energy in this scenario."
"If you ride your bike as fast as you can, and then you fall, I'm sure you will personally feel the energy of the earth!"
No, you will feel the energy of your body's momentum relative to the earth. If you lie down on the ground it doesn't hurt, if the earth were what you were feeling in your example it would hurt the same to just lie down as it would to skid across the ground.
"I'm drifting in a balloon on the wind, and I drag a little trolley on a long electric rope behind me over the ground. The trolley is having a little generator, and will supply some power to the balloon. So the ground is providing energy!"
No, the wind is providing the energy. The ground is helping you to harness that energy. Big difference. If the earth were providing the energy you wouldn't need wind in this scenario.
Honestly guys, you're wrong. How you can think you're right is beyond me, it's obvious you know nothing about physics yet you insist on arguing with people who do know what they're talking about. It's bizarre, like that clip where Joe Scarbourough argues with the Israeli expert on Palestine/Israeli relations. Sure the guy has made it his life's work to study the subject but you've read a couple of newspaper articles that disagree with him, therefore you are the more informed party.
Only you guys don't even have a couple of newspaper articles, just your own misguided intuitions. If you really believe this works build it. If you put a patent on it you've solved the world's energy problems and you will quickly become the richest person on earth! Seems like a worthwhile prize for success to me.
The Insane Sport of Shopping Cart Racing
Fastest gunman ever. Unbelievable Bob Munden
1) He shoots before his hand moves down to cock the pistol.
2) The smoke is not the same for each shot.
3) He doesn't appear to turn the pistol from the first shot at all.
4) In competition quick draw shooting ALL of the top world competitors are teenage girls. They are just physiologically the fastest.
My speculation is that he's using shotshells not bullets (small shotgun rounds that fit in a pistol) and he has the pistol rigged with two firing mechanisms, one fires the main barrel, the second fires one of the chambers to the side (when his hand comes down to supposedly cock the pistol).
Can you sail downwind faster than the wind?
Hugh Laurie: British Slang vs American Slang
Me and me chinas are going out for a beer!
Can you sail downwind faster than the wind?
In order for an object to accelerate you must apply energy to it. You've conceded the wind is not providing energy any longer once the cart reaches wind speed, the ground can't just give energy, it doesn't work that way. If the ground provided energy like that we'd just plug all our appliances into the nearest hillside.
Better Than Regular Fusion; the Polywell Fusor!
Of course Bussard was of a different opinion but it's worth noting that his is a minority opinion among physicists and it's likely that he was simply wrong.
SUV driver's revenge on a tow truck
Abducted: It's called a slim-jim, anyone with a bit of knowledge can open a car door in about 15-30 seconds (less if you know the make/model well) they just pop it out of gear or take the break off to tow. I used to own a Honda Civic when I was a student and left my keys in there all the time by accident, you can open it with a three ring binder if you know how.
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The Nazi Time Traveler
What's the point of having a conversation in German instead of English if the guy can't speak German?