Saturday, July 4, 2015

As a Liberal Arts graduate, I concur


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  1. WraithJuly 4, 2015 at 5:49 PM

    Does anyone know how the hell they did that first one?

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  2. hiswiserangelJuly 4, 2015 at 5:52 PM

    I'm still waiting for Volfram to chime in.

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  3. drjimJuly 4, 2015 at 6:15 PM

    Super glue.....

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  4. AnonymousJuly 4, 2015 at 6:29 PM

    @Wraith

    The forks and penny balance on the rim of the glass because

    (1) the mass distribution of the fork-coin-fork is symmetric about a line extending from a radius of the glass through the point of contact of the coin

    and

    (2) the center of mass for the fork-coin-fork is slightly "inside" the glass (notice that the forks are angled towards the glass and the arms of the forks are on the glass side of a tangent line drawn at the point of contact)

    ... the downward force of the "system" is equal on either side of the tangent line to the contact point ... and the system is in static balance

    See ... simple !

    Cheers, Hans
    ... ex-physicist living in the NC woods

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  5. Angel eyesJuly 4, 2015 at 6:36 PM

    Most engineers I know could be outsmarted by a roll of duct tape. They always come to this old tool and die maker for their reality check.

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  6. Angel eyesJuly 4, 2015 at 6:42 PM

    Oh, and regarding a lib arts degree. Satan's workshop 01, i.e. my oldest has a liberal arts degree. He works in a dog boarding hotel.

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  7. SarthurkJuly 4, 2015 at 6:49 PM

    WTF?

    Imagination trumps all this BS.

    Unless you try it, it's worthless.....

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  8. AnonymousJuly 4, 2015 at 8:16 PM

    Har!


    To use a cliche'
    Been there done that.

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  9. AnonymousJuly 4, 2015 at 9:30 PM

    my parents did not have the financial statement required for me to get a liberal arts degree......

    vaquero viejo

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  10. VolframJuly 5, 2015 at 5:10 PM

    "I'm still waiting for Volfram to chime in."

    Hans got it. I was in my ancestral home deep in the Rocky Mountains for the holiday.

    I should upload some shooting range videos.

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Play nice. None of you are too old for a spanking.