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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th August 2020, 01:50 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,538
Posted By phunk
The pushing force that makes the bottle move down...

The pushing force that makes the bottle move down (if we ignore gravity for a moment) is not inside the bottle, it's the air pressure on top of the bottle, that is momentarily not balanced by...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th August 2020, 11:10 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,538
Posted By phunk
No one pushes the bottle down, air pressure does....

No one pushes the bottle down, air pressure does. When the bottle is sealed, the vertical component of the air pressure is equal on the top and bottom surfaces of the bottle. When the seal breaks,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th August 2020, 07:30 AM
Replies: 1,294
Views: 50,764
Posted By phunk
Frame dragging is predicted by GR not SR and...

Frame dragging is predicted by GR not SR and isn't what you just described.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd August 2020, 01:50 PM
Replies: 121
Views: 10,352
Posted By phunk
And attached buoys to the parachutes.

And attached buoys to the parachutes.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th July 2020, 09:51 AM
Replies: 299
Views: 10,615
Posted By phunk
That sounds like nonsense, I'd be more worried...

That sounds like nonsense, I'd be more worried about it losing effectiveness due to the alcohol evaporating.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th July 2020, 08:22 AM
Replies: 299
Views: 10,615
Posted By phunk
Seen a few comments about it being silly to wear...

Seen a few comments about it being silly to wear a mask alone in a car. I personally think it's sillier to take the mask off for the ride from one location where you need a mask to another location...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th July 2020, 06:54 AM
Replies: 146
Views: 6,048
Posted By phunk
I don't think the point is "aerodynamic lift...

I don't think the point is "aerodynamic lift contributes nothing", I think the point is "aerodynamic lift increases the downward flow of air."
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th July 2020, 10:55 AM
Replies: 146
Views: 6,048
Posted By phunk
I suspect what's needed to blow dust off a solar...

I suspect what's needed to blow dust off a solar panel is less than what's needed to lift it a significant distance into the air.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th July 2020, 09:23 AM
Replies: 146
Views: 6,048
Posted By phunk
How do you figure? It has a 1.2m rotor, which...

How do you figure? It has a 1.2m rotor, which means an area just about 1.13m2
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th July 2020, 02:54 PM
Replies: 146
Views: 6,048
Posted By phunk
Yes, it's mass is somewhere around that, but it...

Yes, it's mass is somewhere around that, but it weighs about 1.5 lbs in Mars gravity.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th July 2020, 01:57 PM
Replies: 146
Views: 6,048
Posted By phunk
Well, it's making at least 1.5 lbs of thrust to...

Well, it's making at least 1.5 lbs of thrust to fly, so I bet it could move at least a little dust around.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd June 2020, 08:44 PM
Replies: 112
Views: 6,473
Posted By phunk
The police shouldn't be allowed to confiscate any...

The police shouldn't be allowed to confiscate any video in cases involving themselves. The FBI should come in to investigate officer involved shootings.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd June 2020, 08:37 PM
Replies: 112
Views: 6,473
Posted By phunk
3) The broke the cameras so when they destroyed...

3) The broke the cameras so when they destroyed the footage they could say the cameras were broken before they got there, so of course there was no footage.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th June 2020, 09:17 AM
Replies: 1,780
Views: 100,483
Posted By phunk
I've nearly passed out driving while completely...

I've nearly passed out driving while completely sober. You don't have to be drunk to be tired.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th June 2020, 08:06 AM
Replies: 487
Views: 27,090
Posted By phunk
It's easy not to die from ebola. Look at all of...

It's easy not to die from ebola. Look at all of us not dying from it right now! It must not be a deadly disease.

It's a silly argument you make, that it's easy not to be killed by a cop, because...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th June 2020, 08:24 AM
Replies: 408
Views: 23,482
Posted By phunk
And they'll claim success when antifa doesn't...

And they'll claim success when antifa doesn't show up.

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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th February 2020, 08:00 AM
Replies: 894
Views: 65,188
Posted By phunk
That's a gamma ray selfie

That's a gamma ray selfie
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th January 2020, 07:37 AM
Replies: 894
Views: 65,188
Posted By phunk
Solon, do you believe Planck's law is wrong?

Solon, do you believe Planck's law is wrong?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th January 2020, 02:10 PM
Replies: 104
Views: 9,127
Posted By phunk
Sure, they're related to temperature as well. ...

Sure, they're related to temperature as well. You can increase pressure by increasing temperature without increasing density.
Forum: USA Politics 24th January 2020, 01:51 PM
Replies: 85
Views: 4,742
Posted By phunk
If he gets away with what he's done already, AND...

If he gets away with what he's done already, AND gets reelected? He'll be emboldened. Who knows what insanity may follow.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th January 2020, 12:45 PM
Replies: 894
Views: 65,188
Posted By phunk
How about just a plain old glass vacuum jar? You...

How about just a plain old glass vacuum jar? You can see through it to what's behind it. Does he propose that the visible light gets converted to something else as it passes the glass on one side...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd January 2020, 12:39 PM
Replies: 244
Views: 12,392
Posted By phunk
The problem won't be lack of sunlight, it will be...

The problem won't be lack of sunlight, it will be an excess. In about a billion years the oceans will boil off (assuming we don't make that happen sooner).
Forum: USA Politics 22nd January 2020, 12:02 PM
Replies: 320
Views: 7,757
Posted By phunk
Kinda like the meaning of "arms", eh? *eta:...

Kinda like the meaning of "arms", eh?

*eta: should have kept reading, of course it's been said already.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th January 2020, 02:31 PM
Replies: 894
Views: 65,188
Posted By phunk
This should be useful: ...

This should be useful:

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/about/about.html
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th January 2020, 11:45 AM
Replies: 93
Views: 4,929
Posted By phunk
Forget the rotation rate, rotation isn't what...

Forget the rotation rate, rotation isn't what tears it apart, the "artificial gravity" being in the opposite direction is. Whatever you rotate has to be a single solid chunk of metal strong enough...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th January 2020, 12:58 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,315
Posted By phunk
Where, what time of day, and how fast was it? I...

Where, what time of day, and how fast was it? I suspect it was just an airplane with a contrail illuminated by the sun that had set at ground level but not yet at high altitude.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th January 2020, 09:37 AM
Replies: 244
Views: 12,392
Posted By phunk
In the long term, continued existence depends on...

In the long term, continued existence depends on leaving your star system.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 9th January 2020, 03:42 PM
Replies: 2,548
Views: 366,068
Posted By phunk
Ditto, on this and on several other forums I've...

Ditto, on this and on several other forums I've seen him on for more than a decade.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd January 2020, 08:21 AM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
The whole northern hemisphere? Or just in the...

The whole northern hemisphere? Or just in the shadow? Does the amount of acceleration correlate with the umbra/penumbra?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd January 2020, 08:19 AM
Replies: 183
Views: 11,124
Posted By phunk
Seems to me that if they're flying the same area...

Seems to me that if they're flying the same area every night, and the government wants to get to the bottom of it, well, send a helicopter out and follow them home. Not that complicated.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 31st December 2019, 09:28 AM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
If a solar eclipse moves the planet, it should be...

If a solar eclipse moves the planet, it should be causing earthquakes, shouldn't it? After all, the sun's only eclipsed for a small portion of the earth, so whatever force is being applied to move...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 31st December 2019, 08:52 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,314
Posted By phunk
I guess the monks finally finished their list.

I guess the monks finally finished their list.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th December 2019, 09:29 AM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
I know, just pointing out one particular oddity...

I know, just pointing out one particular oddity that has been pointed out before, the specific units (meters) in the equations.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th December 2019, 07:16 AM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
Do these equations only work in the metric system?

Do these equations only work in the metric system?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th December 2019, 01:11 PM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 74,483
Posted By phunk
Explain how spinning planets and stars are oblate...

Explain how spinning planets and stars are oblate spheroids rather than spheres, if their reference frame is spinning with them so there is nothing like centrifugal force.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th December 2019, 08:48 AM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 74,483
Posted By phunk
Did you really just compare a temperature to a...

Did you really just compare a temperature to a length and say it wasn't precise enough?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th December 2019, 08:08 AM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 74,483
Posted By phunk
There are already experiments on the ISS that...

There are already experiments on the ISS that wouldn't work if the speed of light changed. For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGKNWTOPsr4

If you want a wavelength meter on the ISS,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th December 2019, 08:34 AM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 74,483
Posted By phunk
So gravitons don't travel in straight lines?

So gravitons don't travel in straight lines?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th December 2019, 08:28 AM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
If it was there, everything in the sky would have...

If it was there, everything in the sky would have shifted every time there was an eclipse. This would be noticed. It hasn't happened.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th December 2019, 11:57 AM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
Why do you keep calling gravity "centripetal...

Why do you keep calling gravity "centripetal force"?

Exactly what is canceled out during an eclipse? The gravity between the earth and moon? Or the earth and sun? Or one component of either of...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th December 2019, 11:48 AM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
Alll of this none-force non-sense is irrelevant. ...

Alll of this none-force non-sense is irrelevant. It matters not whether it's a force or whatever a none-force is. If it causes motion / acceleration (your words) then it has altered Earth's orbit.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th December 2019, 08:33 PM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 74,483
Posted By phunk
That's gravity when you're talking about an...

That's gravity when you're talking about an orbit. You disregard gravity when calculating gravity?



What's the coriolis acceleration of an orbit?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th December 2019, 05:20 PM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 74,483
Posted By phunk
You know how I know you're wrong? The point...

You know how I know you're wrong? The point you're talking about, where the earth and sun's gravity is equal, is called the L1 lagrange point. It's not 7x the geostationary distance, it's about 1.5...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th December 2019, 01:56 PM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
An "upwards" acceleration of the Earth, even for...

An "upwards" acceleration of the Earth, even for a brief period, would not need to be observed during the eclipse. After it was over, the entire sky would be permanently altered from what it was...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th December 2019, 01:41 PM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 74,483
Posted By phunk
The place where they gravitational acceleration...

The place where they gravitational acceleration of the earth and sun are equal is not geostationary, it's about 45x farther away and orbits the sun not the earth. How can you expect to overturn any...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th December 2019, 11:18 AM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
Exactly. Impossible to predict, because they...

Exactly. Impossible to predict, because they vary and they don't happen at the same point in every orbit every time.

But what you are talking about is not impossible to predict. Your predicted...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th December 2019, 11:11 AM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
The purpose does not matter. What they measured...

The purpose does not matter. What they measured and how is what matters, because your effect would have been amazingly obvious. It would have painted a literal bullseye in the gravitational maps...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th December 2019, 03:17 PM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 74,483
Posted By phunk
I didn't say anything about spacetime curvature. ...

I didn't say anything about spacetime curvature.

You don't need anything other than the star itself to have rotation. For one, a star is not a solid body, and it's parts rotate at different...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th December 2019, 01:35 PM
Replies: 3,525
Views: 288,109
Posted By phunk
This pair of satellites was designed to measure...

This pair of satellites was designed to measure precisely what you are saying you need measured, changes in the speed of satellites in a polar orbit, to a precision orders of magnitude smaller than...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th December 2019, 01:21 PM
Replies: 1,418
Views: 74,483
Posted By phunk
Why?

Why?
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