And the investigators ate the evidence. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by SirGraystone
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And the investigators ate the evidence. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by SirGraystone
Very cool. :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
*pun absolutely intended*
Thanks :) is the 51 points shown on the first page for me, before or after my answer?
Well, if you look at the bottom of the frist post:Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
According to that, he last edited after your answer, so I would guess that is your score after the answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adept
heheh good observation there 3FS - it's only the 2nd time I have looked at the scores.
Well, you could *edit* your score up to whatever you want Noo!Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
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Originally Posted by Adept
Cheeky!
There goes my lead... :sad:
fortunately the board tracks my edits.... sooooo you are safe.
I'm going for another nap now.
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
ENJOY !!
Riddle suggested by Jonesy>|X|<
After the final fire,
the winds will blow.
And these, which are already dead,
will cover the ones who have
yet to die.
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Ashes.
AshesQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
this is open to interpretation. If could be a reference to the apocalypse:Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
final fires - armageddon
those who are already died covering those who have yet to die - angels decending from heaven to cleanse the earth.
or it could be a more literal translation of ashes from a fire (forest fire perhaps) covering fallen leaves or grass which has yet to die
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Originally Posted by Diver01
Good try Khazad - I hadn't even seen that possibility, but Diver01 got it.
Submitted by 3fingersalute:
In the mountains, inside a cabin, 3 people lie dead.
The cabin is locked from the inside and all 3 died at the same time. Although there is no sign of struggle or weapons, their deaths were violent but also accidental. They knew that they were going to die immediately before they died.
They died because they were in the cabin. If they had got out of the cabin 3 hours earlier they would have lived.
What happened?
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It is a plane cabin.
The plane crashed, killing both pilots and the passenger.
Could it be an aircraft cabin perhaps? An aircraft that crashed after a 3 hour flight, into a mountain!Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
He beat me to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by gazzak
[Mr. Burns Mode]Quote:
Originally Posted by gazzak
Excellent.
[/Mr. Burns Mode]
3 points.
I forgot to mention that 3fingersalute was the one who suggested this question.
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Originally Posted by Deity
That's how it works. ;)
Gazzak submitted this, saying "Make them explain it too :devil: " :D
A helium-filled balloon is tied to the floor of a car that makes a sharp right turn. The windows are closed so there is no connection with the outside air.
Does the balloon tilt while the turn is made?
If so, which way?
Explain the reason behind your answer.
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Because of buoyancy, the helium balloon on the string will want to move in the direction opposite the effective gravitational field existing in the car. Thus, when the car turns the corner, the balloon will deflect towards the inside of the turn.
You mean that's what I've been doing wrong?!?! :butt:Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Don't think so, the cabin would have been smashed so badly it would be unlikely that the door could have been seen to be locked from the inside. Also, 3 hours is a long time before walking blythly out of the cabin away from the proposed crash site. No this is something much more sneaky...Quote:
Originally Posted by gazzak
GRRRR would you mind not posting at the same time I get inspired? :devil:
The balloon appears to tilt left in relation to the car, but infact it is not tilting in relation to gravity. It is the car tilting to the right that makes it look like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
Good enough for me.
3 points.
Nice one.
:)
bah, got greedy trying to go for double points. i still think my apocalypse version applies.
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
Objection. I think Noonoo is wrong. The balloon will tilt towards the INSIDE of the turn, and opposite the gravitational force. The balloon will tilt to the RIGHT.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adept
I think noo's wrong anyway as after 4 re-reads I'm still unsure of her exact answer ;)
There goes my attempt to ingratiate me further into Noonoo's good graces. :p
We need someone to test this.
15 points to whoever posts conclusive proof one way or another. Pictures are even better. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
This should provide the information you are looking for.
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Originally Posted by Deity
OK, so basically both the "official" answer and NooNoo's would be describing the same effect: the pull on the ballon's string and the reactions which follow.
Or is my cold medecine still clouding my judgement?
Oh yeah, 15 points to Deity. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif
Noo's explanation was correct, but the tilt would have been to the right, not the left. If the car was turning to the right, it would have tilted towards center of the turn, so to the right.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Nil points to the Noo then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
I'll have to wait until I'm clear headed again to make a proper evaluation... even velcro is confusing me today.
Just be happy y'all aren't driving on the same highway I am tonight. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
Now if that isn't encouraging Googling for an answer, I don't know what is!
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
I beg to differ.. The car has momentum.. it's going forward... the car turns right.
The Ballon will want to continue to go straight as it's technicaly floating in the car.
Now, according to Newton's law of inertia..
The car is exerting a force to the right, the ballon is trying to go straight. The ballon, since it's not held in place (sideways), will begin to move to the left in relation to the car(trying to go straight). The string is tied to the moving car (going right). so in relation to gravity AND the car, it would tilt to the left.Quote:
"Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right [straight] line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it."
Edit: i was a little off in my physic's.. a little rusty.
Edit: Think more on it, since the car is also rotating to the right, the ballon would also tilt backwards ever so slightly. I will try to post some crude pics a little later
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Although I agree with Matridom on the science and the math, I am still trying to figure out what a Ballon is. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
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Originally Posted by TripleRLtd
French.
Ah, si' senor.
I get it now. I wish I knew how to speak French. I don't really know why, but...
That was my thoughts at first until I read Deity's link http://www.df.uba.ar/users/sgil/phys...an/centri2.pdf (its a .pdf file) and it says different .Quote:
Originally Posted by Matridom
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Originally Posted by GrandDad
I see. In that paper, it has to do with air pressure, in the rotation, the pressure increases on the left of the vehical.. so the balloon travels to the less dense air, in the interior side of the cirlce.
That was my mistake, i took my theory into account in the absence of air pressure.
Deity.. kudos on that one.