Comments on: anti-gravity http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/ nonbreakingspace.com Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:47:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Eric W http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-195 Eric W Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:24:58 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-195 Actually, the Rotor is a fantastic example of centripetal force. If not for the walls holding riders in, they'd all fly out, with initially tangential vectors. Gravity would be a factor as well, though, so everybody's trajectory would be parabolic. Actually, the Rotor is a fantastic example of centripetal force. If not for the walls holding riders in, they’d all fly out, with initially tangential vectors. Gravity would be a factor as well, though, so everybody’s trajectory would be parabolic.

]]> By: howard http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-193 howard Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:49:40 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-193 Good to hear from you, Eric. And for the record, nerds are welcome around here ;) I will bow to what I know is a superior scientific mind on this one. Perhaps to explain where I was coming from, I should point to the example of the amusement ride they used to call the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_%28ride%29" rel="nofollow">Rotor</a>", which a teacher of mine once referred to as an example of centrifugal force. It's still one of my all-time favorite rides, btw. Good to hear from you, Eric. And for the record, nerds are welcome around here ;)

I will bow to what I know is a superior scientific mind on this one.

Perhaps to explain where I was coming from, I should point to the example of the amusement ride they used to call the “Rotor“, which a teacher of mine once referred to as an example of centrifugal force.

It’s still one of my all-time favorite rides, btw.

]]> By: Eric W http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-190 Eric W Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:35:08 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-190 There's no such thing as centrifugal force. Inertia would send spinning objects off on tangential vectors, but centripetal force, exerted via your hand, a handle, string, etc., holds them in orbit. So, to be physically accurate, it's inertia pulling their lives apart. Sorry to be the nerd that breaks your haiku. ;) There’s no such thing as centrifugal force. Inertia would send spinning objects off on tangential vectors, but centripetal force, exerted via your hand, a handle, string, etc., holds them in orbit.

So, to be physically accurate, it’s inertia pulling their lives apart. Sorry to be the nerd that breaks your haiku. ;)

]]> By: howard http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-163 howard Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:49:41 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-163 It was definitely my life over the past week It was definitely my life over the past week

]]> By: Heather http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-162 Heather Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:50:20 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-162 Mine too. Eerie!! Mine too. Eerie!!

]]> By: PJ http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-161 PJ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:55:27 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/anti-gravity/#comment-161 Way to blend physics into your work. Btw, sounds like my life lately. Way to blend physics into your work. Btw, sounds like my life lately.

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