Riddle me this batman

[kevo_55]

Oops!

Still, I thought that EB was better than that other board. :"the other board": This sort of topic belongs there along with all of the cracked software topics.

 

[Guest]

Oops!
Still, I thought that EB was better than that other board. :"the other board": This sort of topic belongs there along with all of the cracked software topics.

I was under the impression that the software topics weren't the only things that were cracked at :"the other board":

:reading:

JR

 

[Guest]

I was watching the movie Independence Day last night on AMC. I noticed that as the alien ships were hovering above the cities, that the underlying landscape, structures, people, etc. were not being crushed underneath the force that was supporting the ships.

Perhaps there were alien conveyor belts that I somehow missed ?? :reading:

JR

 

[DVINNY]

They use different alien technology for their hovering abilities, they don't use a resistive force pushing against the earth.

It's like beaming up to the starship. It just happens.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Well my friends, it looks like Mythbusters is actually going to take this one on...

Airplane Hour(Weds., December 12 at 9 PM ET/PT)

Adam and Jamie find out if either of them can safely land a Boeing 747-400 on a runway in varying weather conditions. Meanwhile, Kari, Tory and Grant risk life and limb to investigate skydiving myths regularly featured in Hollywood action films. Is it possible to catch up with someone in freefall if that person jumps out a plane before you do? Can you really hold a conversation during freefall? And would you survive if you opened your parachute only a few feet off the ground? Finally, Adam and Jamie carefully navigate their way through a myth that has baffled everyone from web bloggers to pilots. If a plane is traveling at takeoff speed on a conveyor belt, and the belt is matching that speed in the opposite direction, can the plane take off? Extensive small-scale testing with a super treadmill and a nearly uncontrollable model airplane don't completely resolve the myth, so our flight cadets supersize the myth with help from a willing pilot and his Ultralight flying machine.

 

[benbo]

I wish they'd do it for the Monty Hall problem. Although I suspect these things are sort of like the OJ trial. People have their opinion, and it doesn't matter what they are shown.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Isn't that why it's in the Hall of Fame?

 

[frazil]

wow...I just wasted a LOT of time reading all this. Great thread! Why didn't I see this before??

FWIW: The plane won't fly.

:lmao:

 

[frazil]

Can you watch Mythbusters episodes online?

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

^ hasn't aired yet.

 

[MA_PE]

wow...I just wasted a LOT of time reading all this. Great thread! Why didn't I see this before??
FWIW: The plane won't fly.

:lmao:

I'm with Fraz, the plane will never get enough lift to fly. :dunno:

Welcome to ....The Twilight Zone.

 

[DVINNY]

Please not again, I think you guys (gal) are just trying to bait me again.

Of course the thing will fly. With no issues either.

I'm gonna have to watch that episode. Let's remind everyone on here the day before and day of.

 

[Guest]

^^^ Would that make MA_PE the master baiter then ?? :Locolaugh: :Locolaugh:

JR

 

[frazil]

^ hasn't aired yet.

I know, but I don't get the channel anyway. Some of the networks post their episodes online - so I was wondering if this show was on there too. If not I'm sure it'll be on youtube soon after.

 

[frazil]

I still stand by my statement, ice is the same as a conveyor.
Fact is, an airplane moves because the jet engine thrusts it. Not because the wheels on the ground are moving it.

well if that's true it should have no problem...but it might need studded tires

 

[MA_PE]

^^^ Would that make MA_PE the master baiter then ?? :Locolaugh: :Locolaugh:
JR

I guess I must be then :dunno:

 

[civengPE]

wow...I just wasted a LOT of time reading all this. Great thread! Why didn't I see this before??
FWIW: The plane won't fly.

:lmao:

Oh Lord here we go again!

 

[Road Guy]

THE plane does fly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[frazil]

Frazil.... You really must be kidding me, you haven't seen this thread before? Holy cow, how did you understand all of the airplane / conveyor jokes then?

There are a lot of Fudgey lunch jokes that I don't get either (before my time), but I just smile and laugh so I look cool.

 

[Dleg]

This thread was on its dying breaths when I joined, so I never participated.

Until now. THE PLANE WILL FLY!!!!! It's all about thrust, people! There's no power to the wheels, so they don't matter!