Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 2]
Discussion
Papa Hotel said:
I'd suggest the media tends to report what's in the sphere of public interest.
It's worth bearing in mind that "the public being interested" is not the same thing as "the public interest". The news story, like pretty much most others in some media channels, is simple voyeurism.Einion Yrth said:
You might not like it,but that doesn't stop it being true. What you are ignoring is that the big heavy stuff has greater inertia - little thing less attracted but happier to accelerate, big thing more attracted but less inclined to move or stop moving; effects precisely cancel.
Ok, changing the objects (but keeping the actual variables exactly the same...I take the Earth and move it to a stationary position in empty space, I place the moon in a stationary position 100 miles above to the left, and then place a copy of the moon (which is a large helium filled hollow balloon version), in a stationary position 100 miles above to the right.
So the two 'moons' under the attraction of gravity will hit the Earth at exactly the same time?
My logic - and you may call me crazy - would have the gravity of the denser moon pulling the Earth towards it, which would reduce the gravity on the hollow one as well as shorten the distance. Is there some force I'm missing that makes the lighter moon go faster?
CRA2Y said:
Einion Yrth said:
You might not like it,but that doesn't stop it being true. What you are ignoring is that the big heavy stuff has greater inertia - little thing less attracted but happier to accelerate, big thing more attracted but less inclined to move or stop moving; effects precisely cancel.
Ok, changing the objects (but keeping the actual variables exactly the same...I take the Earth and move it to a stationary position in empty space, I place the moon in a stationary position 100 miles above to the left, and then place a copy of the moon (which is a large helium filled hollow balloon version), in a stationary position 100 miles above to the right.
So the two 'moons' under the attraction of gravity will hit the Earth at exactly the same time?
My logic - and you may call me crazy - would have the gravity of the denser moon pulling the Earth towards it, which would reduce the gravity on the hollow one as well as shorten the distance. Is there some force I'm missing that makes the lighter moon go faster?
F=ma so a larger mass needs a larger force than a lower mass to accelerate them both at the same rate. However, as force due to gravity is proportional to mass, a is the same for each pair of objects.
xRIEx said:
Yes (well, it's not a force), Einion Yrth said it in his post: interia.
F=ma so a larger mass needs a larger force than a lower mass to accelerate them both at the same rate. However, as force due to gravity is proportional to mass, a is the same for each pair of objects.
Damn Pistonheads, too many smart people - F=ma so a larger mass needs a larger force than a lower mass to accelerate them both at the same rate. However, as force due to gravity is proportional to mass, a is the same for each pair of objects.
- I'll go try it and get back to you... I may be some time.Going into the supermarket for lunch, decide to grab a piece of fruit or two to go with it - everything is rock bloody hard and totally unripe.
But wait, they are also offering "ready to eat" fruit in packs of 6 items at 2-3x the cost per unit of the unripe stuff.
I know that they have to maximise shelf-life but FFS, I don't want to have to decide today that I might want a nectarine a week on Friday.
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tsPeople always complaining about stuff, like what they've seen in the Daily Mail.
This is a democracy people, and we live in a country expertly run by the most competent and qualified people that have ever lived (silent v). We don't have a country that's run slightly like what most people want, or even mostly like most people want - we have the honour of living in a country that is run EXACTLY the way the vast majority of the voting population want it to be!
Fan-bloody-tastic - and all of us who don't like it are free to ps off elsewhere.
This is a democracy people, and we live in a country expertly run by the most competent and qualified people that have ever lived (silent v). We don't have a country that's run slightly like what most people want, or even mostly like most people want - we have the honour of living in a country that is run EXACTLY the way the vast majority of the voting population want it to be!
Fan-bloody-tastic - and all of us who don't like it are free to p
s off elsewhere.CRA2Y said:
People always complaining about stuff, like what they've seen in the Daily Mail.
This is a democracy people, and we live in a country expertly run by the most competent and qualified people that have ever lived (silent v). We don't have a country that's run slightly like what most people want, or even mostly like most people want - we have the honour of living in a country that is run EXACTLY the way the vast majority of the voting population want it to be!
Fan-bloody-tastic - and all of us who don't like it are free to ps off elsewhere.
Why did you post this? It's not unamusing but I wonder if this is the right thread.This is a democracy people, and we live in a country expertly run by the most competent and qualified people that have ever lived (silent v). We don't have a country that's run slightly like what most people want, or even mostly like most people want - we have the honour of living in a country that is run EXACTLY the way the vast majority of the voting population want it to be!
Fan-bloody-tastic - and all of us who don't like it are free to p
s off elsewhere.Einion Yrth said:
Why did you post this?
I imagine the subject matter annoys him.Einion Yrth said:
It's not unamusing but I wonder if this is the right thread.
So his comments have passed stage one of your personal test, i.e. they're amusing. Thank God. But wait, what's this?.. you go on to wonder whether this it the right thread. Hmm. a dilemma for you certainly.People who claim that their drinks have been spiked with drugs.
Who in their right mind goes out with a pocket full of drugs, and then gives them away for free?
The stories usually go 'Well, yeah I'd had a few drinks, but then can't remember anything after that.......somebody must have spiked my drink'
Really?
Who in their right mind goes out with a pocket full of drugs, and then gives them away for free?
The stories usually go 'Well, yeah I'd had a few drinks, but then can't remember anything after that.......somebody must have spiked my drink'
Really?
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