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Equivalence Principle of Gravity THREE

woogunner — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:00:40 +0000

Terrestrial and Spaceborne Tests of the Equivalence Principle of Gravity Dr James D Phillips, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Since before Galileo Galilei, experimenters have used free fall to investigate gravity. The motivation has varied. In 2006, we test general relativity. GR is founded upon the Einstein equivalence principle, which states that all sufficiently small test objects, subject only to gravity, fall the same, independent of their size, composition, location and the …

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The Anxiety of a Paralyzed Perfectionist

socratesoul — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:48:51 +0000

How do you tell
a heart to stop racing,
a mind to stop pacing
a girl to start facing
her greatest fears?

Hopeless ruminations.
Pathological expectations.
Deep and dangerous downward spirals.

I let gravity drag me.
I let inertia keep me.
I let the whole world think that I don’t care.

When I’m numb,
it’s like I’m not even there.

And who am I?
And who was I?
And who will I be
if I let this
illness
get the best of me?

John Mayer Live in Brooklyn plays "Gravity" with fan Camera

Lance Drummonds — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:13:08 +0000

MY GOODNESS. I have always been a fan of John Mayer. His voice is as smooth as silk, his lyrics are equally as relaxing, and his guitar skills are incredible. But with this video, my respect for him as quadrupled. It is not so much that he played the guitar with the camera, it is that he adapted to the situation. A great performer does not allow anything to take them out of the moment. Someone comes on stage, you dance with them. Someone screams out “no” you scream out “yes.” Someone is illegally taping you, YOU TAKE THEIR CAMERA AND MAKE THAT SHIT WORTH IT! I strive to become a performer like this.
- The Action stars ts around minute 7.

LD
Kozza

GLOBAL WARMING IS A MYTH (Cntd.)

waterfriend — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:56:44 +0000

ROLE OF HYDROLOGY AND GRAVITY

Pure water doesn’t conduct electricity. Normal water too is a poor conductor of heat. Exchange of heat takes place almost entirely by convection. Molecules carrying heat travel within the system and spread heat uniformly.

Ice and snow being solid, molecules have no freedom of movement. Unlike a rod of iron, heat is not passed on from one end to the other if the rod is made of ice. This is the reason why the igloo (hutment made of ice blocks) retains warmth inside it, even when the temperature outside falls much below the freezing point. A human being may remain alive for some days, if he sleeps in the arctic region. The snow deposited on his body forms a blanket which will not allow the heat of the body to escape outside and also protects from the cold wind blowing from the Poles. Such cases have been reported. At the same time beggars sleeping outside in the cold season in north India die as reported in newspapers, as they lose their body heat easily in the absence of warm cloths.

This unique quality of frozen water plays a very important role in preventing heat of the earth from escaping into outer space by radiation. The Polar regions, and a considerable part of temperate regions in winter, remain covered with ice and snow. This is true of the mountainous regions and the plateaus of higher altitude also. In the seas the thermal insulation provided by the snow cover allows life to flourish throughout the year but prevents escape of heat and makes considerable contribution to global warming.

There is continuous evaporation of water from the seas (not covered by ice) and land. Each molecule of vapor carries considerable quantity of latent heat as additional calorie. When they rise in altitude, the molecules form clouds and then descend towards the earth as rain, snow, dew and mist. This circulation of water results in cyclic movement of heat. Only the latent heat released at the time of formation of clouds results in escape of heat by radiation. In areas where humidity is minimum the heat lost by radiation will be considerable. Ironically deserts help to ‘fight Global Warming’ and greenery works in the reverse direction!

If the earth were devoid of water, transfer of heat from the earth by radiation to outer space would have been easy and enormous in quantity as in the case of the Moon.

GRAVITY

What is the source of geo-thermal energy?

A stack of lignite will catch fire if left in the open. Obviously this is because of the pressure developed inside, raising the temperature to ignition point of lignite which is comparatively low. Such rise in temperature takes place inside a stack of coal, iron ore, sand etc also. The pressure is caused by gravity of the earth which continuously pulls the stack down and the surface of the earth opposing this force, causing pressure. Therefore we may say that gravity generates heat. A hill is also a stack of great dimension. As the crust of the earth is not falling down due to gravity; it is obviously subjected to pressure caused by opposing forces of gravity and forces supporting the crust to remain in position. When the pressure at a point, say 10km inside the earth, is multiplied by the area of the globe at this point, we will get a mind boggling figure of the thrust, capable of generating heat, comparable to that produced by thousands of hydrogen bombs.

Well, this may be the source of geo thermal energy and not radiation as maintained by geologists. The above theory is borne out by the fact that as we go deeper into the earth the temperature rises. In depressions like the Grand Canyon in America and the Dead Sea it is very hot.

“Hence, omitting all reference to the active volcanoes, and to thermal springs at all temperatures below that of boiling water, found in all parts of the world, it is well-known fact, that in descending into deep mines the temperature is greatly above that of the mean of the exterior air, and increases progressively with the depth. This was first remarked by Gensanne, about the year 1740, in the lead mines of Giromagny, near Beport. Saussure afterwards observed the same fact in the salt mines at Bex, in Switzerland; but the attention of naturalists was not generally directed to the temperature of the lower strata, till Humboldt has executed an extensive and interesting series of experiments in the mines of Freyburg, in 1791. The best set of observations we possess on the temperature of deep places, is that which has been uninterruptedly continued for more than half a century in the caves under the observatory of Paris. In 1783 the Count de Cassini, in concert with Lavoisier, placed a very delicate thermometer in one of these excavations for the purpose of observing the curious phenomenon of an invariable temperature, which had been noticed to exist in the same place, by the first Cassini, in 1671, and by La Hire, in 1730. The thermometer is placed at the depth of rather more than thirty yards under the surface, in a bed of fine sand, and has indicated no change of temperature, or at least its oscillations have not exceeded the 1/33 of centesimal degree. The constant temperature exceeds at that depth, by 2.16 degree Fahrenheit’s scale, the mean tempreture at the surface: and supposing a uniform increase at the same rate, we would arrive at the temperature of boiling water at the depth of 2542 yards under the city of Paris. We may quote a few other results of observation. In the coal mines of the north of England the temperature is 70° at the depth of 800 or 900 feet, when the air at the surface is only 48° or 49°; and in the mines of Valenciana in Mexico, it is 92° when the surface-air is at 60°. The following are additional examples:-. In a copper mine at Dolcoath, in Cornwall, a thermometer was kept eighteen months buried in the rock to the depth of a yard. The depth of the mine was 1377 feet. The temperature indicated was 75.5°, while that of the country is 50°; and consequently the increase of heat there is at the rate of 1° for every 54 feet.

At Giromagny, in the Vosges, the annual temperature at the surface is 49°; at 330 feet depth it is 53.6°; at 1008 feet, 65.8°; at 1416 feet 74.6°. in four of the deepest mines of Saxony the annual tempreture at the surface is 46.4degree at from 510 to 600 feet depth it is 54.5 degree; at 840 feet, 58 degree; at 1080 feet, 62.6°.

In the deepest British coal mine, that of Killingworth, the annual temperature at the surface is 48°; at 900 feet depth it is 70°; at 1200 feet, 77°. A similar gradation is found in many of the deeper mines at home and abroad.

There is thus in the Vosges an increase of temperature in descent below the surface amounting to about 1° in every 60 feet; in Saxony 1° in every 66 feet; and in Britain 1 degreein every 45 feet. After the ratio observed in the Vosges, the tempreture of the hot springs at Bath, 113°, will be found at three-quarters of a mile in the interior of the earth, and that of boiling water at a depth of nearly two miles. “The facts strongly support three conclusions:- First, that the heat of an interior shell of the earth is greater than the superficial shell. Second, that this heat augments progressively as we descend towards this region, in a ratio bearing some relations to the depth. Third, that, even at moderate depth, this heat is greater than the mean heat of the globe ought to be, if entirely derived from the sun. The heat of such an interior mass must be constantly diffusing itself towards the surface; and at the surface it may be kept down, so as to affect the temperature derived from the solar action very feebly, by the greater or less rapidity of its dissipation. But as it is very improbable that it should be diffused with perfect equality round the whole exterior shell of the globe, it may be the true source of some of those anomalies of climate, such as the discrepancy in the annual heat under the same parallel, which cannot be easily referred to other known causes”. If the heat of the globe were entirely derived from the sun, Pekin, at an inconsiderable elevation above the sea, ought to have the same mean annual temperature as Naples, being under the same parallel of latitude; but instead of that being the case, the temperature falls short of that at Naples by nearly 9°. Other causes may contribute to produce this discrepancy; yet it is not unreasonable to suppose that the mean heat at Naples is raised by its proximity to a focus of internal heat which smokes and flashes through the chimney of Vesuvius”.

It is amazing that pioneers like Humboldt, Lavoisier etc had done path breaking observations regarding geo thermal energy and deserve all praise. Had this line of research continued, the conclusions now reached by me would have automatically been revealed much earlier. That the scientists, especially geologists, have not cared to study physical geography is a big loss. I have only filled up the spaces left void by the pioneers.

To conclude: global warming is caused by the earth itself and cooling is retarded by water – our father and mother. Shall we blame our parents or thank them for giving precious life enabling us a few year’s visit to this wonderful earth to enjoy it’s beauty and sublimity?

NEW: Nikki Flores - Gravity

loopgum — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:49:32 +0000

She’s got the looks and the voice. I don’t understand why it’s taking so long to make an album.

Here is her new single .. Enjoy!!

Nikki Flores – Gravity

Time-states

greengoddesslove — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:15:17 +0000

Now there’s an interesting take on the whole time-space conundrum. If you attach different states to the concept of time (think of the varying states of water depending on energy input: solid/ liquid/vapor) Petr Hořava, a physicist at the University of California, Berkeley figures you can clean up some of the messy, intractable problems physics has been having since Einstein decided to marry space and time together.

This article from Scientific American discusses the implications

We got stuck.

Rolynda — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:16:35 +0000

So, in all today was a good(ish) day. I woke up semi-early, as James decided to call. I couldn’t go back to sleep because my brother was playing his shitty music intensely loud throughout the house, and at 3pm I met up with Josh and Manny and Colleen and we hung out at Peter Pipers Pizza. good stuff.

Of course, in between the shitty music and my brother dropping me off at PPP, he and his friend Carlos decided it might be fun to go mudding in the lot next to ours. mudding. yes, they did it. I was held as the cameraman and they got some good video. I have shitty cell phone video, but alas, if i need to implicate them in something, I’ve got it.

So after PPP’s, Josh and Colleen had to take off to his uncle’s in Monte Alto to go to a fish fry. So, it being about 5p, we decided we’d hang out a little longer and went to the skating rink. I suck at roller blading. Of course, we stayed there for a long ass time and Manny and Noe still wanted to hang out. I didn’t so much anymore, but they made me. Which later developed into my parents being utterly angry with me. Not fun. But skating was fun. I fell a total of 4 times. Which is decidedly less than when I went ice skating, but then again, when I went ice skating I was holding on to the wall and I still sucked.

I’m just not good with finding my center of gravity.

Either way, after that, we headed to Manny’s house. Still didn’t get dropped off, and headed towards the outlets. Got some Whataburger, because, c’mon, that is GOOD. and eventually, after about 2 more calls from my mom, Noe and I headed back to drop me off. He decided to ignore his GPS’s directions the first time, and that’s where everything pretty much went south.

We got stuck about a mile from my house. 2 miles. whatever, it was pretty close. But fuck, that road has potholes like you would NOT believe. My mom kept texting me angrily, and when I called to see if they could come in the truck to pull us (finally, as we tried to get out by ourselves for a while) she yelled at me, threw the phone at my dad, he didn’t say anything… but he did hang up. SO, we were fucked. So, I called Abraham and he was at BK, but he said he’d come when he was done. Which was more than I could hope for anything, so yeah. We scraped around, sunk our feet into mud and Noe got really down and dirty. It was pretty bad. Finally, my mom called me that she was on her way and that there were at least 3 more pot holes from the one we got stuck in. Either way, we were going to be fucked. She was yelling at me, told me to walk to the Jimmy and I did. But Noe didn’t want to leave, so I told him to call his dad. I called him after I reached the Jimmy, but he still insisted on staying and for me to leave (as the ‘rents were being atrocious) So I’m home.

Abraham just text me saying that he did go to our stuck site. Then kept texting me that he was helping Noe and that it was really stuck in there. Then he said that as he was leaving Noe’s sister was showing up. So as of 12:10a (we got stuck at 10p) Noe is still stuck over there on mile 1 1/2. FUCK THAT ROAD.

But, because I basically abandoned Noe there, in the mud… I gave him an avocado tree on FarmVille. It doesn’t help, but at least it adds to his tree collection. =]

and P.S. FUCK THAT ROAD.

and also P.P.S. I pretty much really really want to move out right now. I mean, wtf, my dad hung up on me when I actually needed his help with something. What the fuck!

Embrace - Gravity..

shamo23 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:37:46 +0000

Honey, It’s been a long time coming
And I can’t stop now
Such a long time running
And I can’t stop now
Do you hear my heart beating
Can you hear that sound
Cause I can’t help thinking
And I don’t look down

And then I looked up at the sun and I could see
Oh the way that gravity turns for you and me
And then I looked up at the sky and saw the sun
And the way that gravity pulls on everyone, on everyone

Baby, It’s been a long time waiting
Such a long, long time
And I can’t stop smiling
No I can’t stop now
And do you hear my heart beating
And can you hear that sound
Cause I can’t help crying
And I won’t look down

And then I looked up at the sun and I could see
Oh the way that gravity turns on you and me
And then I looked up at the sun and saw the sky
And the way that gravity pulls on you and I, on you and I

Can you hear my heart beating
Can you hear that sound
Cause I can’t help crying
And I wont look down

And then I looked up at the sun and I could see
Oh the way that gravity turns for you and me
And then I looked up at the sky and saw the sun
And the way that gravity pulls on everyone, on everyone

And then I looked up at the sun and I could see
Oh the way that gravity turns on you and me
And then I looked up at the sun and saw the sky
And the way that gravity pulls on you and I, on you and I

Can you hear my heart beating
Can you hear that sound
Cause I can’t help crying
And I wont look down

the truth is down there

carladelvex — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:32:23 +0000

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you’ll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. –Mary Schmich

You probably all think the only truth that can be counted on is death. Right?

Bollocks!

We know very little about death.

All that shite about walking into white lights, heaven and hell, being reincarnated as the gnat on a donkeys ass and ghostys woooooo!

Wooo indeed.

Really who the fek knows?

So death, sure we can count on it… but if we barely know anything about it- can it truly be considered a truth?

There is one truth we can definitely count on.

It’s something which surrounds you right now.

It grips you and you are totally compliant under its power…and you never, ever, ever, even think about it.

It’s like the hypnotist who can make you cluck-like-a-chook at the click of his fingers…

Yes, ladies and gentlemen…

Introducing…

Gravity.

Gravity the single most compelling force of our universe and it is there for every stage of our living existence…

When we are young… and we jumped up consumed by a childish tanty-rage it was gravity that pulled us back to earth just in time for a swat to the tushy by our frazzled mothers.

And gravity is there again for us as teenagers, planting our feet firmly to the ground when our heads fill like expandable helium balloons swelling with our own self importance (cast your mind back…remember how clever you thought you were at fifteen?? Effen idiots weren’t we?)

And for sure- if gravity is quite simply the effect that pulls two particles together, the explanation for the force of attraction between all masses of this wondrous universe, then it stands to reason that gravity is the catalyst for the romance in our lives…

What do you mean you don’t believe me?

Well… what if I told you gravity is horny.

Need further convincing?

Okay follow me…

In space when enough matter collects- the force of gravity is strong enough to propel the teeny tiny hydrogen atoms into the teeny tiny helium atoms and this fusion releases enough energy to turn on a star.

Only gravity is sexy enough to actually turn on a star…

And let’s face it…what’s more romantic than a stroll together under a starry night? All those stars baby and all thanks to gravity!

So far, so good? Okay.

Well, this my friends, is where my love affair with gravity takes a steep and nasty turn down Fugly Street.

Let’s face it gravity is not so much of a friend as you get older.

It’s the reason for that little sag you spy. The little part of you that used to be perky and is now…well, perhaps best described as creeping a little closer to the use-by date.

Not expired as such, just a little wilted, like a lettuce leaf left in the sun perhaps a half-hour too long.

It’s okay at first, barely noticeable even… but as the years progress gravity will become the most bitter lolly you suck on.

Laugh all you want at the thought of men’s balls sagging down into their white sports socks… it’s the image of my hubby reaching down under the table for a boob-grope that terrifies me…

Gravity. Ugh.

By that stage in our lives it will be no freakin’ bloody wonder the other meaning for gravity is “a manner that is most serious and solemn.”

604 Foodtography, Googleplex, Workload... you know.

thelamblog — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:20:14 +0000

I had submitted my blogpost a while ago for the Grouse Park blogospot competition, and interestingly

gravity in my backbone...

reluctantlaundress — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:25:28 +0000

gravity in my backbone....

gravitatea gravitatiei

windwhisperer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:33:47 +0000

Am decis sa-mi intru in forma , caci se apropie sezonul de ski . Doar privind la Lindsey Vonn nu a

Defiying Gravity

Adolfo Lara Ramos — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:41:34 +0000

Una de mis series favoritas, Glee. Y esta canción que me encantó, simplemente es perfecta.

… dame un beso de despedida, estoy desafiando la gravedad…

international pony - gravity

marc — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:00:38 +0000

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I Want It! The Berkey Water Filtration System

veganmegan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:31:54 +0000

While searching for something completely different, I came across this great website called More Tha

What Makes The Prank Video Good Fun?

jedivid — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:42:25 +0000

We are all unique!!!!

One of the most obvious answers to the title is this: the video makes you laugh and makes you think at the same time. You need to realize that a really good Prank video is something that can be a funny video as well as something that is not designed to simply scare the living daylights out of the person that the prank is being pulled on. Those that like making prank videos need to realize that you have to stick to a certain level of sensibility in order to make the video that you want to make, to scare your “victim” some and to make them as well as everyone else laugh.

who used all the milk?

If you are determined that you are going to make any prank videos available on websites like vidbang and frickenfunny you need to remember that you will have to deal with what the other people that watch that video happen to think about it as well as what the website creator thinks of it. This holds true for all the videos that are posted to video sharing websites such as Vidbang or fricken. They all are trying the best they can to make sure that you are not going to be offended by any of the videos that are posted on their website. You can be sure that this mission is not the easiest in the world because there is no way to tell what will offend someone and what will just roll off of them like water off a duck’s back.

Let’s say that you are trying to make a video that is a combination of a sexy video and a prank at the same time. The question here is where do you draw the line and how do you know what is actually going too far over the line of common sense and common decency. If you are trying to videotape a fashion show that is going pretty good and then has something (or many things) start going wrong, you might not realize that what you think is just good fun might be something that others really cannot make sense of. The other reaction that you might get is that the person watching the video is disgusted by what they are seeing because it makes no sense to them.

This is where you really need to be able to know what people will accept and what they simply will not accept because it goes against their own personal Code of Conduct, or morals, as it were. You might think that what is offensive can easily be spelled out in black and white or in terms that are easy to define to a good degree of certainty, but this simply is not the case any which way you look at it. Thinking like that is what tends to cause a bit of trouble because those that think like this really are not seeing the forest for the trees. Choosing not to see the truth that is right in front of you is something that is not that smart.

Proxy Is Hot For a Sexy Video

jedivid — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:25:38 +0000

Needless to ask what brought you to this website! When the reference is that of a sexy video, the explanations just limit themselves to the pornographic presentation of a video. Whereas, you would be amazed to know that sexy has no definition of its own, it is just based out of inferences drawn by people.

You may find a man or woman looking their best, sexier, than the ones not wearing anything at all. That is difference of perception that we have in this context as the logical reasoning on what is and what is not sexy will go on. The videos that we are talking about are the ones with sexy fun that you would love to watch to rejuvenate your senses. Visit vidbang for the endless videos filled with fun and experimentation. It offers you good laugh to chalk out the glumness of your life but in a funny way. Thus, it is not just sexy but funny video as well. Maybe you find the clumsiness of someone’s love life, funny. Well there you are calling a sexy video funny whereas someone else is hooked on to that prank part of it. Only one video can have so many facets depending on the audience watching it.

Though there are many platforms to gratify your quest of watching such videos, but vidbang is offering you all this in one click. Visit it for checking out the different categories chalked out especially for you. It is not wrong to draw inferences but it is premature to draw them before watching the actual content. Browse through the rare mix of those amusing videos which are sieved through just to make you feel better. Or, better still, if you are into creating any kind of fun videos yourself, nothing like it! Insert that euphoria you have for seeking the enchantment and then make your own sexy video with your own definition of things. Now you have a platform to showcase your make and put it up for your friends and family and outside world to see.

Not all and sundry, but quite a large chunk of people like to shoot themselves for showing off their chemistry with their partner. This is how they can best portray their efficiencies; someone else may shoot the same video in a different manner. You have many tasteful ways of predicting fun, but it is about your way of doing it. Hence, it is open to perceptions as to who thinks what about sexy video. It is a very subjective matter to discuss the sex quotient of a video or one’s life.

Hot Lady

Compiling the good videos on a single platform sure takes some efforts, but the gist is to make it serve entertainment to people. You may find the celebrities sexy; just looking at them and their dresses may give you the vicarious fun of being sexy yourself. But someone else may find seeing their image on net as the sexiest thing on earth.

Relate logo to some symbol, archetype or mythology that shares a similarity

nexus126 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:01:53 +0000

My logo deals with my image of wide scope (flight).

Flight, in all sense of symbolism, stands for escape and freedom.

Not the kind of freed om one can have for a country, but the kind one can have for oneself. A freedom from earthly forces. A freedom from being bound to gravity.

So in a sense, when people see planes or space shuttles lifting off, and that count down ticks closer to the take-off…tension builds…excitement builds. People want to see something fly. And then they wish to be on that flight.

So they too can feel that experience of getting off the ground.

The Material (Vehicle): Atmosphere

nexus126 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:04:52 +0000

Flight creates the atmosphere of freedom. Humans have longed to be free to travel anywhere. To be free of gravity is the ultimate form of escape.

People long to be able to fly on their own, but the closest we can get to is flying in a plane. Some people like to skydive because of the rush it gives them to feel like flying.

Flight is escaping not just from gravity, but whatever else is left on the ground you wish to leave behind.

Can man fly? No. But if he frees his mind and opens his imagination, he can do anything. Flight can take place both inside and outside the body.

Freedom from reality - escaping within the mind

I Cried...

bahava — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:38:00 +0000

“So You Think You Can Dance” gripped my heart tonight. My eyes fixated on the screen. I crumpled inside. I ached with each debilitating, overwhelming act that pushed her to the ground. I re-lived the echo: you’re everything I think I need, you touched me for a little while and all my fragile strength is gone. The chains came crushing down. Biting into my skin. Reverberating lies instead of truth. Yet, here I stand. On the other side. Set free. Not going back. I won’t back down. Throwing myself on my beloved. Wrapping myself in Him. Living here on my knees for Him. He touches me for a little while, then I am strong. He frees me from my chains. And here I am, and I stand, so tall, just the way I’m supposed to be. Standing with Him, falling into His gravity.

ht: watch this: Addicted

Shadow Chair, uma cadeira que desafia a gravidade..

dfross — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36:25 +0000

A Shadow Chair, do Chris Duffy realmente parece desafiar a gravidade até percebermos que a sombra na

Punkin Chunkin? What the Blarg?!?!

Charles W. Bryant — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:14:46 +0000

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Hello, folks – if you listen to the podcast then you’ve heard Dr. Clark and I mention this Science Channel show lately, something about pumpkins being flung through the air. The whole thing got me thinking about why humans like to fling things, or this case, chunk things. What is it about us that we’ll put time and money into such a seemingly frivolous undertaking?

On a recent podcast I was reminded of the episode of “Northern Exposure” where Chris and the gang fling a piano, only after his desire to fling a cow was quashed by the realization that Monty Python had done so in Holy Grail. Great episode, and it again highlights the weird desire people have to build massive machines so they can send something that should remain firmly planted on the earth flying through the air.

After getting an insider’s peek at this whole punkin chunkin thing, it became clear that there’s a simple answer. Fun. People do this because it’s a lot of fun to hurl a pumpkin CLOSE TO A MILE through the air. And this applies to any kind of flinging. It’s about teamwork, and a community getting together to celebrate the autumn in a truly unique way. Hard work and effort goes into these amazing machines and after weeks and months of research, design and construction, the sweet reward of coming together with other people for a common goal is realized when that big orange land mine sails across a blue Delaware sky. Pretty cool.

Here’s the thing though — what I really want to know is where this whole flinging thing all started, and disappointingly I wasn’t able to find anything. So I’m hoping someone out there knows something about this. Who started flinging things and why?

Watch The “Road to Punkin Chunkin” and “Punkin Chunkin” on the Science Channel on Thanksgiving night if you want to see some good old fashioned American hijinks. It’s fun for the whole family!

Read this:
What is a punkin chunkin?
What if there were no gravity on Earth?
How does a catapult work?

The Universe - Extreme Energy

doctore0 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:13:58 +0000

Busy day at work… here is some science stuff for the “average” Joe

Ours is a universe of energy, from powerful jets ejected from black holes to the raw nuclear fury of our Sun. But, the total amount of energy in the universe maintains perfect equilibrium–no more can be added or taken away.
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160 Aplicativos para o Nokia S60 3rd & 5th

hankypants — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:02:10 +0000

O Fórum Mobile Castle publicou sua nova lista de aplicativos para os celulares Nokia.

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