AndrewTn wrote:
Well when the plan is on the ground, or in this case a treadmill...then I'd measure it's speed by the wheels...but when it's in the air I'd measure it by airspeed.
How does the speedometer on the plane measure speed? Does it switch back and forth between measuring by the wheels back to the air?
Neb, this is sad you are an addict and need to get clean. i mean seriously two more posts where you say the same stupid argument that helps nothing.
Now heres a point i think has not been said very clearly so ill throw it out there.
To the guy who said his thoughts were that the treadmill matches the speed of the planes wheels, well how is that possible? lets think about it, the treadmill can only ever come extremely close to that of the planes wheels because the wheels will always be spinning with the force of the treadmill, and the force of the plane. so as one professor said that if you have an infinately accelerating treadmill you can come very close to matching the speed of the planes wheels. But some nerd re did the riddle and probally creamed himself at the same time on that nerdy website, and thats why this professor was confused. now the only way that the speed of the treadmill can ever match the speed of the planes wheels is if the planes engines are off. and its clear that if the planes engines are off it wont fly :-P thats silly.
its also not what the riddle states, it states that the plane turns its engines on. so in real life is it possible to make a giant treadmill the size of a runway and have that treadmill match the speed of the planes body and see what happens. well it actually is, it will never happen but at least its possible and in that case the plane will fly. in real life is it possible to build an infinately accelorating treadmill that has speeds up to .... err infinitey. the answer is no, its a stupid interpretation of the riddle and breaks laws of physics, where as the latter is a viable riddle and the answer is the plane takes off.
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Neb wrote:
How does the speedometer on the plane measure speed? Does it switch back and forth between measuring by the wheels back to the air?
LOL! I laughed off your first post and decided not to respond - but this is too funny.
this thread was off the front page this morning and might have been buried except for your response. I thought that everythings was clear by page 2???
Look - when I'm asking the same question I've asked 30 times before I assume that the person hasn't read all the other posts.
I haven't once said that people were stupid for not understanding this - you said you didn't get it at first and to be honest I didn't understand it at first either. I do think I've come up with a few original ways of explaining the problem (experiment at the airport, rolling the wheels while in midflight, pointing out that the speedometer on a plane is measured by airflow etc). Obviously I like talking through problems. Maybe I am addicted - but at least I'm not as miserable of a person as you seem to be.
how can i be miserable i <3 everything and everyone thats why i put a <3 every where. plus i was mainly joking with the dumb coments and the whole bush thing. im a republican and voted for bush if you must know. not that that matters at all, i was just stating that all the trolls love getting a rise out of you. quite like i suppose i did with your respone :-P.
anyway
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OMGZORZZZ wrote:
im a republican and voted for bush if you must know.
Oh - I understand now.
Only 12 more days! The anticipation is killing me!
This Thread should be Renamed:
HOW TO START A FIGHT IN A PUB AND NOT GET HURT.
I brought the topic up on a 6 mile run a couple weeks ago with 5 other runners, and we argued like crazy. And when we argue we unconsiously picked up our pace. Three said it would take off -three said it wouldn't. Going to be an interesting show.
What's the story? Did the show air? I'm out of the country..
It aired, and it flew.
For those who may have missed it before...
according to the TV schedule, this MythBusters episode will be aired this coming Sunday, 6/22 at 3:00 pm Eastern time.
Unimpressed with how the experiment was pulled off.
I wouldn't exactly call that a conveyor belt.
Alan
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont want to read the whole thing. What happened?