madjockmcferson Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Fuck, small things amaze me every day. I'm back at uni, doing a Bachelor of Science degree and though I'm having a hard time at the moment (the brain sometimes freezes once you start ticking the 35-45 box) there are enough moments that make me just sit back and you wow, WTF. Take for instance the fact that if I fired a bullet horizontally, it would more or less hit the ground at the same time as if I had dropped it. Small facts like this (well important ones really as our world would be very different if this weren't true) blow my mind on an almost daily basis. Gotta love science....but its a mind fuck..... and this is just scraping the surface. Link to comment
Redstar Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 You should watch "Mythbusters" chief...it'll blow your mind Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 You should watch "Mythbusters" chief...it'll blow your mindExactly. Why go back to being a fkn scumbag student (unless to take advantage of the other younger scumbag students) when you can learn as much from mythbusters? Link to comment
CtS Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Whilst testing this theory I suggest you point the gun towards Ibrox. Link to comment
madjockmcferson Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Mythbusters is ok. My wife is a Uni professor here in the US and I get free tuition...and I hated my previous job, so here I am. Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Mythbusters is ok. My wife is a Uni professor here in the US and I get free tuition...and I hated my previous job, so here I am. Students always have a ready made excuse. Link to comment
tup Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Are they Mormons or something on Mythbusters? Pair of weirdos. Link to comment
dervish Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Aye that's because the horizontal component of the travel is the same as if you dropped it. One that fucks my head is that by the time the light from your monitor hits your eye. Your comp will have worked out easily 10 more things prob more. Link to comment
dave_min Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Take for instance the fact that if I fired a bullet horizontally, it would more or less hit the ground at the same time as if I had dropped it. You've over-simplified this scenario to an unrealistic level. This would only be true if you were to drop/fire this bullet in a vacumn. Link to comment
daytripping Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 You've over-simplified this scenario to an unrealistic level. This would only be true if you were to drop/fire this bullet in a vacumn. Yep precisely my thoughts, also depends on what type of gun you fire, a sniper rifle for example is capable of a kill from more than a mile away, it will take about 3 seconds for the bullet to hit the target. Link to comment
dave_min Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Yep precisely my thoughts, also depends on what type of gun you fire, a sniper rifle for example is capable of a kill from more than a mile away, it will take about 3 seconds for the bullet to hit the target. Why would the type of gun effect it? Link to comment
daytripping Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Why would the type of gun effect it? Ballistic range v gravity. Link to comment
dave_min Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Ballistic range v gravity. Gravity is a constant. I'm no crazed murderer, but don't Snipers have a longer range as they fire the bullet at a much higher speed? Link to comment
daytripping Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Gravity is a constant. I'm no crazed murderer, but don't Snipers have a longer range as they fire the bullet at a much higher speed? To be perfectly honest I'm just making it up as I go along, I have no idea about guns. Link to comment
dave_min Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 To be perfectly honest I'm just making it up as I go along, I have no idea about guns. Link to comment
terenceandphilip Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I remember my physics teacher at school telling me if you shot a monkey in a tree, and the monkey let go of the branch of the tree the same time you fired, it would still get shot (owing to what you just pointed out) How did you end up in the states in the first place? Quite like your story about quitting work and your wife is a uni prof. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I remember my physics teacher at school telling me if you shot a monkey in a tree, and the monkey let go of the branch of the tree the same time you fired, it would still get shot (owing to what you just pointed out) How did you end up in the states in the first place? Quite like your story about quitting work and your wife is a uni prof. my physiocs lecturer told me 4 years worth of stuff. just a shame i was too busy to attend 90% of the time. Link to comment
The Hulk Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 You've over-simplified this scenario to an unrealistic level. This would only be true if you were to drop/fire this bullet in a vacumn.Surely in a vacuum the bullet would never drop to the floor. Zero friction, zero gravity, perpetual motion. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Surely in a vacuum the bullet would never drop to the floor. Zero friction, zero gravity, perpetual motion. youre wasting your time hulk min.daytrippings a knowledgable well read man but david_min is thick as pigshit Link to comment
dave_min Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Surely in a vacuum the bullet would never drop to the floor. Zero friction, zero gravity, perpetual motion. You'd still have gravity in a vacumn. Link to comment
buchanskii Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 If it was perfectly horizontal then it would be the same as dropping it, due to acceleration of gravity ~9.81 m/s being constant. (If you neglect loads of variables, wind speed etc..) I read a book a week, so ... Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I read a book a week, so ... Link to comment
dave_min Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 If it was perfectly horizontal then it would be the same as dropping it, due to acceleration of gravity ~9.81 m/s being constant. (If you neglect loads of variables, wind speed etc..) I read a book a week, so ... This is not true. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 This is not true.As good as on planet Earth but yes completely variable throughout the Solar System and beyond. For the experiment planet Earth would logistically be the best place to conduct the experiment. Above water not in it. Link to comment
dave_min Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 As good as on planet Earth but yes completely variable throughout the Solar System and beyond. For the experiment planet Earth would logistically be the best place to conduct the experiment. Above water not in it. True. I just wanted to throw out that Acceleration due to Gravity isn't a constant. If we are to try the experiment though, can 'bluto' be shot? Link to comment
The Boofon Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I'd like to see that experiment take place Dave min min. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I'd like to see that experiment take place Dave min min. ill take it. as long as you do too.the world would be a sadder place without me but i doubt anyone would give a fuck about you.ill take one for the team cause thats just the kinda guy i am Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 If we are to try the experiment though, can 'bluto' be shot? get out of this topic you thick piece of shit. youve nae clue what your on about. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 ill take it. as long as you do too.the world would be a sadder place without me but i doubt anyone would give a fuck about you.ill take one for the team cause thats just the kinda guy i amNae bother. You go first you fat lonely sad waste of space. Link to comment
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