It's Friday..

[big_si]

Originally Posted by Helen F H

See my question is almost diving related. If you could breed glassfish really big, could you make transparent fish fingers?

Course not you idiot! They're covered in breadcrumbs or batter... That bit wouldn't be transparent!

[Helen F H]

Originally Posted by big_si

Course not you idiot! They're covered in breadcrumbs or batter... That bit wouldn't be transparent!

Ok ok, so what if we used jelly to coat them in before we fry them?

[big_si]

Originally Posted by Helen F H

Ok ok, so what if we used jelly to coat them in before we fry them?

Wouldn't it just melt? You'd have to varnish them, I think... although that may not be too tasty!

[dave archer]

Originally Posted by David G

The critical issue with the aeroplane puzzle is that the engines do not drive the wheels, they free-wheel; the engines drive through the air.

In this film even the pilot thought he would stay on the ground.

perhaps this wraps this Firday debate up now ?

Not buying that, they didn't match the conveyor and plane speeds, as the plane clearly moves forward relative to the tarmac, and so of course takes off.

[David G]

Originally Posted by dave archer

Not buying that, they didn't match the conveyor and plane speeds, as the plane clearly moves forward relative to the tarmac, and so of course takes off.

and so the debate continues

[Tunicates]

Originally Posted by pwood2457

What about this one – If an object that’s moving forward hits something larger travelling towards it causing the first object to stop surly the second object must also stop i.e. a fly travelling forward at say 12mph and hits a solid larger object travelling towards the said fly must cause the fly to stop travelling forward and start travelling backwards. If this is so the fly at some point must have stopped - not going forward and not going backwards. During this speed reduction, stopping and then reversal it would be in contact with the forward moving object. So if we were to give the large object a name, say for argument sake call it a train that would give us the answer that a fly colliding with a train would stop it.

You raised an interesting piece of physiks, that physisisists are unable to produce sensible formulea for.

When a car accellerates from 5 to 10 mph in a given length of time it is quite easy to say what the rate of accelleration is. From 1 to 2mph ....easy.
From 0 to 0.000001mph the rate of accelleration is infinite!

Your fly does a rapid deccelleration followed by an infinately fast acceleration up to train speed. I dont care what the train does.
It probably sits out during the infinite part to write a novel.

[Lazlo]

Originally Posted by dave archer

Not buying that, they didn't match the conveyor and plane speeds, as the plane clearly moves forward relative to the tarmac, and so of course takes off.

The part that convinced me was the pilot saying that he didn't notice any difference at all.

[The Duck]

Originally Posted by Tunicates are Mad

You raised an interesting piece of physiks, that physisisists are unable to produce sensible formulea for.

When a car accellerates from 5 to 10 mph in a given length of time it is quite easy to say what the rate of accelleration is. From 1 to 2mph ....easy.
From 0 to 0.000001mph the rate of accelleration is infinite!

Your fly does a rapid deccelleration followed by an infinately fast acceleration up to train speed. I dont care what the train does.
It probably sits out during the infinite part to write a novel.

And what's the last thing to go thourgh the flys' brain?
















It's arse!

[Alun]

Originally Posted by Helen F H

See my question is almost diving related. If you could breed glassfish really big, could you make transparent fish fingers?

That would depend on what colour the fish flesh turned when you cooked it.
Take chicken for example, pink when raw, white when cooked.

[dave archer]

Originally Posted by Lazlo

Quote:
Originally Posted by dave archer
Not buying that, they didn't match the conveyor and plane speeds, as the plane clearly moves forward relative to the tarmac, and so of course takes off.


The part that convinced me was the pilot saying that he didn't notice any difference at all.

More evidence the plane moved forward, similar to a normal takeoff. If the pilot had said "Wow, I wasn't moving, and then just rose straight up!" then I'd have been impressed. And puzzelled as to how, and doubly puzzled as to how it din't crash straight back down again, Wily Coyote style, when the plan realised it had no airflow over it's wings, hence no lift