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[Grits]

I noticed one of them put this as their sig:

"31.4 Billion, Britain's share of Lend-Lease in WWII"

Quite true, but you forgot to mention that we were the only country that actually paid our war debts in full - nobody else did.

It's funny that you think this is somehow a cheap dig

I put it in my sig when we were talking about how the US did nothing in WWII and you guys won it all by yourself by the time we got in. It was not meant as a cheap dig, only a reminder of the things we did to contribute beyond just combat forces. As shitty as the Lee and Sherman tanks were, they were better than what you were using in North Africa and I dare say helped determine the outcome.

But, we've already been over the WWII thing.

 

[Debaser]

Airplane on a treadmill?

 

[Krazeh]

Airplane on a treadmill?

Airplane takes off. Next question?

 

[Lethul]

I agree with Scouse on fatties.

 

[Scouse]

You do come across as a bit of anti-fattie zealot Scouse, and I'd have had you down as a lot of things (communist, politically naive, thieving scally, you know, the usual ) but not intolerant.

NB.There was one telling line in your self-description; 6 foot summat and 13 stone (and still thinking you're at the high end of acceptable). You've fallen for the whole BMI bullshit mate. Weight to Height ratios, are, to coin a phrase I heard recently, bollocks.

I've accepted how it's been taken. I just didn't want to mince words.

Do you still think I'm intolerant given my posting about my g/f?

If you do, to draw an analogy, it'd be like continuing to say that I'm racist after discovering I was married to a black woman.

As for the BMI thing, yes. It's definately inexact and certainly doesn't fit all people (as is the case with almost all one-size-fits-all approaches). However, I can't think of many internationally accepted measures and was trying to give an impression of what I was, and what I am now.

 

[Scouse]

I agree with Scouse on fatties.

Bah. I must be intolerant

 

[Son of Sluggish]

Airplane takes off. Next question?

Are you aware of a little phenomenon called rotational inertia?

If the treadmill is traveling in the opposite direction of the airplane, matching it's wheel speed, will the plane fly?

 

[DaGaffer]

I've accepted how it's been taken. I just didn't want to mince words.

Do you still think I'm intolerant given my posting about my g/f?

If you do, to draw an analogy, it'd be like continuing to say that I'm racist after discovering I was married to a black woman.

As for the BMI thing, yes. It's definately inexact and certainly doesn't fit all people (as is the case with almost all one-size-fits-all approaches). However, I can't think of many internationally accepted measures and was trying to give an impression of what I was, and what I am now.

It just caught me by surprise that's all. You may also want to think twice about referencing your other half in threads. They know everything.

 

[Scouse]

Are you aware of a little phenomenon called rotational inertia?

If the treadmill is traveling in the opposite direction of the airplane, matching it's wheel speed, will the plane fly?

Yes. Retard. Next question.

 

[nath]

If you do, to draw an analogy, it'd be like continuing to say that I'm racist after discovering I was married to a black woman

Or liking saying some guy is sexist after discovering he's married to a woman. Oh wait...

 

[Scouse]

It just caught me by surprise that's all. You may also want to think twice about referencing your other half in threads. They know everything.

She's definately no interest in reading up on me. For some reason she trusts me.

Yep! Phreaky I know


But as for catching you by surprise. I'm kinda wishing I'd worded it differently now, but, like I said, if I didn't think that way I'd end up looking like a yank again

 

[Krazeh]

Are you aware of a little phenomenon called rotational inertia?

If the treadmill is traveling in the opposite direction of the airplane, matching it's wheel speed, will the plane fly?

As Scouse has already stated, yes it will.

 

[nath]

Lets skip ahead to the conclusion - the plane is propelled by the propellers, the wheels are not linked to this in any way. Unless the conveyor belt can go backwards *SO* fast that the minor friction on the wheels translate to enough to prevent the plane from moving forward, it would not take off. In reality no, that wouldn't happen and as such the plane moves forward (though with the wheels rolling much faster than they normally would) air passes over the wings, lift is generated, plane takes off.

 

[Scouse]

Lets skip ahead to the conclusion - the plane is propelled by the propellers, the wheels are not linked to this in any way. Unless the conveyor belt can go backwards *SO* fast that the minor friction on the wheels translate to enough to prevent the plane from moving forward, it would not take off. In reality no, that wouldn't happen and as such the plane moves forward (though with the wheels rolling much faster than they normally would) air passes over the wings, lift is generated, plane takes off.

Man. Was I being harsh again?

 

[Grits]

Have you guys ever had a thread over 100 pages before? I'd do a search, but being a fat and lazy Yank its too much work.

 

[Krazeh]

Unless the conveyor belt can go backwards *SO* fast that the minor friction on the wheels translate to enough to prevent the plane from moving forward, it would not take off.

The only way that would realistically happen would be if the heat generated in the bearings got so high that they siezed and the wheels locked up, even tho as long as the engines could produce enough power to overcome the greater friction created by non-rolling wheels the plane would still move forward. In short as long as the plane has enough power to overcome the friction between itself and the ground, which is essentially the same whether the ground is at rest or travelling backwards, then it will move forward.

Edit: This is not meant to imply that you do not understand these principles nath, just thought i'd try and preempt any responses from people who still can't grasp it.

 

[Sparx]

Have you guys ever had a thread over 100 pages before? I'd do a search, but being a fat and lazy Yank its too much work.

yes, for example

https://forums.freddyshouse.com/off-topic-21/238135-2009-2010-season-thread-508.html

https://forums.freddyshouse.com/off-topic-21/237169-thread-random-spam-114.html

 

[Scouse]

Have you guys ever had a thread over 100 pages before? I'd do a search, but being a fat and lazy Yank its too much work.

You don't need to search. There's one 2.5x that on the first page...

 

[Krazeh]

You don't need to search. There's one 2.5x that on the first page...

Or you could just click the "Replies" link at the top of the replies column to arrange all threads in order of the number of replies they've got. Admittedly you'd have to do that for each forum to get a complete picture but seeing how there's several in the general forum as it is then I don't think that'd be necessary.

 

[nath]

It's only 36 pages long if you're using the proper settings .

 

[Lazarus]

It's only 36 pages long if you're using the proper settings .

whats "proper" settings nath?

whats proper to you (like cock in fanny) might be different to others (like cock in dog)

 

[Scouse]

whats proper to you (like cock in fanny) might be different to others (like cock in dog)

Is cock in dog proper to you then Laz?

 

[Lazarus]

not yet

 

[Scouse]

Ah. Been a while eh? How long until Fido's starfish looks like Sheryl Cole's face?

Oh. Hang on a minute

 

[Talyn]

Are you aware of a little phenomenon called rotational inertia?

If the treadmill is traveling in the opposite direction of the airplane, matching it's wheel speed, will the plane fly?

Yes.

Proof

 

[Son of Sluggish]

The only way that would realistically happen would be if the heat generated in the bearings got so high that they siezed and the wheels locked up, even tho as long as the engines could produce enough power to overcome the greater friction created by non-rolling wheels the plane would still move forward. In short as long as the plane has enough power to overcome the friction between itself and the ground, which is essentially the same whether the ground is at rest or travelling backwards, then it will move forward.

Edit: This is not meant to imply that you do not understand these principles nath, just thought i'd try and preempt any responses from people who still can't grasp it.

Accelerating mass absorbs energy. Did you know you can measure exactly how much energy an accelerating wheel absorbs by how long it spins after the airplane leaves the ground?

The terms of the experiment require the conveyor belt to match the plane's wheel speed in the opposite direction.

 

[Son of Sluggish]

Yes.

Proof

Oh there you are! I thought you were still hiding.

It has been well documented that that myth busters episode did not conduct the experiment properly. It is, in fact, impossible to replicate the experiment in the real world. It is merely a mental exercise.

 

[Krazeh]

Accelerating mass absorbs energy. Did you know you can measure exactly how much energy an accelerating wheel absorbs by how long it spins after the airplane leaves the ground?

The terms of the experiment require the conveyor belt to match the plane's wheel speed in the opposite direction.

It makes no difference how much energy the wheels absorb, the plane will still move forward and take off. There is no way that a treadmill/conveyor belt could ever stop a powered plane moving forward.

It has been well documented that that myth busters episode did not conduct the experiment properly. It is, in fact, impossible to replicate the experiment in the real world. It is merely a mental exercise.

It's only been well documented by people who are too retarded to realise why they're wrong.

 

[Talyn]

Oh there you are! I thought you were still hiding.

It has been well documented that that myth busters episode did not conduct the experiment properly. It is, in fact, impossible to replicate the experiment in the real world. It is merely a mental exercise.

And I believe you because?

Where's your proof of this? Give links. You can't contradict VIDEO evidence, if you also cannot supply proof.

Shut up, or put up.

 

[Krazeh]

And I believe you because?

Where's your proof of this? Give links. You can't contradict VIDEO evidence, if you also cannot supply proof.

Shut up, or put up.

He won't supply any proof because:

a) he doesn't understand the thought experiment properly in the first place, and
b) there's no realistic way a treadmill/conveyor belt could ever stop a powered plane moving forward.