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Started by Monsterlover, March 08, 2015, 06:10:19 PM

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Monsterlover

I can't stop reading these.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

This one is about what happens if a baseball gets thrown at 90% the speed of light.

There's an archive link at the bottom.

Nothing about a treadmill that I've seen so far ;D
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MendoDave

What about Machines that Bend bananas?

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I've been following that pretty much since the start, cool stuff.  [thumbsup]
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Quote from: Monsterlover on March 08, 2015, 06:10:19 PM
I can't stop reading these.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

This one is about what happens if a baseball gets thrown at 90% the speed of light.

There's an archive link at the bottom.

Nothing about a treadmill that I've seen so far ;D

Love this part:

"A careful reading of official Major League Baseball Rule 6.08(b) suggests that in this situation, the batter would be considered "hit by pitch", and would be eligible to advance to first base."
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There are a lot of them. I've been reading them for several days now.

ungeheuer

Quote from: Dr. Mendo Dave on March 08, 2015, 08:12:43 PM
What about Machines that Bend bananas?
Machines??  :o

Our nation would be awash with disorientated, depressed, purposeless, unemployed Queenslanders.

Not a good outcome.

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Monsterlover

"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

MendoDave

Quote from: ungeheuer on March 13, 2015, 02:32:01 AM
Machines??  :o

Our nation would be awash with disorientated, depressed, purposeless, unemployed Queenslanders.

Not a good outcome.



You know ML manufactures those right?