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Post by the light works on Jan 5, 2020 2:22:56 GMT
Another one: Not sure what she's trying to make, but when it doesn't rise up enough she tries to use a bicycle pump to boost it... with predictable results. Now, IRL I've seen chefs use small compressors and other devices to help them quickly loosen or even remove the skin from poultry; the compressors force air in between the skin and muscle, allowing the chefs to either stuff the skin with various flavoring ingredients or remove it entirely depending upon the recipe. I've never seen one try to inflate what appears to be some sort of pastry or other such item. I'm going with pancake - and with absurd enough to not even consider. |
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Post by rmc on Jan 5, 2020 11:34:28 GMT
Or she's saddled atop the bindings that are typically meant for holding feet to skis, such that her back side and feet end up holding the skis together for a time... one or two bumps later, and the whole thing goes this way and that! (after all, there's nothing showing the end of her run down the hill) summer ski exhibitions usually occur on wet astroturf, so there's some plausibility to sliding down a wet grassy hill on skis. That's understood. Or, at least I already understood that when I commented. Since you are quoting me too for your comment, I take it to mean you don't see that I was merely giving an alternative method for staying on the skis from the one mentioned where a belt was suggested? |
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Post by the light works on Jan 5, 2020 14:34:21 GMT
summer ski exhibitions usually occur on wet astroturf, so there's some plausibility to sliding down a wet grassy hill on skis. That's understood. Or, at least I already understood that when I commented. Since you are quoting me too for your comment, I take it to mean you don't see that I was merely giving an alternative method for staying on the skis from the one mentioned where a belt was suggested? it was more that you were the most recent person to comment on the idea, and I wanted to maintain the continuity of the thread. however, to add to your point, the mechanical clamp style of ski binding is newer than the comic strip is; and bindings of the time had straps and loops to secure the boots to the skis - which means the bindings, themselves, have the potential for helping secure the skis together. and finally, though I didn't see the need to make firm memories of it at the time, I think I recall seeing children on ski slopes take their skis off and use them for a toboggan. |
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Post by rmc on Jan 5, 2020 16:30:28 GMT
That's understood. Or, at least I already understood that when I commented. Since you are quoting me too for your comment, I take it to mean you don't see that I was merely giving an alternative method for staying on the skis from the one mentioned where a belt was suggested? it was more that you were the most recent person to comment on the idea, and I wanted to maintain the continuity of the thread. however, to add to your point, the mechanical clamp style of ski binding is newer than the comic strip is; and bindings of the time had straps and loops to secure the boots to the skis - which means the bindings, themselves, have the potential for helping secure the skis together. and finally, though I didn't see the need to make firm memories of it at the time, I think I recall seeing children on ski slopes take their skis off and use them for a toboggan. Actually, if I remember correctly, I was merely offering an alternative means to requiring any bindings at all, whether apparel belt or otherwise. So I don't think my failing to see that kind of old fashioned binding was as bad as I just recently thought it was... (I thought that I had failed because of your pointing out the old fashioned bindings) Your comment helps clarify the "or some other piece to bind" well though. |
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Post by mrfatso on Jan 5, 2020 22:23:53 GMT
Another one: Not sure what she's trying to make, but when it doesn't rise up enough she tries to use a bicycle pump to boost it... with predictable results. Now, IRL I've seen chefs use small compressors and other devices to help them quickly loosen or even remove the skin from poultry; the compressors force air in between the skin and muscle, allowing the chefs to either stuff the skin with various flavoring ingredients or remove it entirely depending upon the recipe. I've never seen one try to inflate what appears to be some sort of pastry or other such item. I'm going with pancake - and with absurd enough to not even consider. I am going to go with Lángos a kind of Hungarian fried bread that puffs up when cooked. |
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Post by the light works on Jan 5, 2020 22:26:03 GMT
it was more that you were the most recent person to comment on the idea, and I wanted to maintain the continuity of the thread. however, to add to your point, the mechanical clamp style of ski binding is newer than the comic strip is; and bindings of the time had straps and loops to secure the boots to the skis - which means the bindings, themselves, have the potential for helping secure the skis together. and finally, though I didn't see the need to make firm memories of it at the time, I think I recall seeing children on ski slopes take their skis off and use them for a toboggan. Actually, if I remember correctly, I was merely offering an alternative means to requiring any bindings at all, whether apparel belt or otherwise. So I don't think my failing to see that kind of old fashioned binding was as bad as I just recently thought it was... (I thought that I had failed because of your pointing out the old fashioned bindings) Your comment helps clarify the "or some other piece to bind" well though. yes, in round 1, you were talking about keeping the skis from going their own directions, and I was talking about whether they would slide on wet grass. my memory on older bindings is just adding to the idea that there are ways to keep the skis together. all in all, I'd say we're plausible on this. |
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Post by ironhold on Aug 28, 2021 19:56:46 GMT
 "On The Fast Track", 28 August 2021 When Covid forced the world to shut down, Fasttrack Inc, like so many real-life companies, went largely virtual. The only staff members at the main headquarters building were the IT people responsible for maintaining the servers and the security staff responsible for monitoring the building. The fact that many employees were actually more effective working from home led the CEO to decide that she no longer needed to have most employees come into the main headquarters building, which became permanently archives / physical storage / IT & servers while a series of small branch offices were set up for when people did need to operate out of a dedicated work environment. In the strip, the head of security for the headquarters is explaining to his wife that it's pretty dull at the main headquarters now, and that the only false alarm he generally has to deal with is from a specific vibration sensor... that is sometimes activated by a particular IT worker's flatulence. Yeah... could the force of flatulence be enough to trigger a vibration sensor? |
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Post by the light works on Aug 29, 2021 1:56:23 GMT
View Attachment"On The Fast Track", 28 August 2021 When Covid forced the world to shut down, Fasttrack Inc, like so many real-life companies, went largely virtual. The only staff members at the main headquarters building were the IT people responsible for maintaining the servers and the security staff responsible for monitoring the building. The fact that many employees were actually more effective working from home led the CEO to decide that she no longer needed to have most employees come into the main headquarters building, which became permanently archives / physical storage / IT & servers while a series of small branch offices were set up for when people did need to operate out of a dedicated work environment. In the strip, the head of security for the headquarters is explaining to his wife that it's pretty dull at the main headquarters now, and that the only false alarm he generally has to deal with is from a specific vibration sensor... that is sometimes activated by a particular IT worker's flatulence. Yeah... could the force of flatulence be enough to trigger a vibration sensor? I guess it really depends on what threshold the vibration sensor is calibrated to. back before the turn of the century, I did work on a phone relay station, and part of our orientation was the instruction that the modems were running so close to the current maximum performace that physically bumping the racks had the potential to induce data errors from the vibration. so if there is a sensor set to put the servers into safe mode in the event of seismic activity, there is a possibility of a person being able to cause a nuisance alarm by farting in a certain place and way. after all, I once had a gas guy tell me his kids could entertain themselves by farting into his gas detector. addendum: if it is a security system, then the point must be made that walking will cause more vibration than farting. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Aug 29, 2021 2:20:58 GMT
So my question is, if underwear can't stop a fart, how is a face mask supposed to stop a virus?
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Post by the light works on Aug 29, 2021 2:58:56 GMT
So my question is, if underwear can't stop a fart, how is a face mask supposed to stop a virus? the underwear may not stop the fart, but it does contain the juices. |
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Post by ironhold on Sept 23, 2021 18:42:47 GMT
www.gocomics.com/big-nate-first-class/2021/09/22"Big Nate", 21 September 1990; link from 22 September 2021 In the strip, Nate, who is 11, is playing goalie for his soccer (re: futbol) team. He catches a quick squarely in his chest, but the impact of the kick is enough to throw him - and by extension, the ball - into the goal. 1. What sort of kick would be required to where the impact throws him back like that? 2. Is the kick something an average 11-year-old boy could do? 3. What would the impact be on someone who caught the ball in that fashion?
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Post by GTCGreg on Sept 24, 2021 0:46:53 GMT
www.gocomics.com/big-nate-first-class/2021/09/22"Big Nate", 21 September 1990; link from 22 September 2021 In the strip, Nate, who is 11, is playing goalie for his soccer (re: futbol) team. He catches a quick squarely in his chest, but the impact of the kick is enough to throw him - and by extension, the ball - into the goal. 1. What sort of kick would be required to where the impact throws him back like that? 2. Is the kick something an average 11-year-old boy could do? 3. What would the impact be on someone who caught the ball in that fashion? He may have been off balance to begin with and the force of the ball just sent him over the edge. But then, it is a comic strip and we all know the laws of physics are different in comic strips. Just ask Wile E. Coyote |
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Post by the light works on Sept 24, 2021 1:52:05 GMT
www.gocomics.com/big-nate-first-class/2021/09/22"Big Nate", 21 September 1990; link from 22 September 2021 In the strip, Nate, who is 11, is playing goalie for his soccer (re: futbol) team. He catches a quick squarely in his chest, but the impact of the kick is enough to throw him - and by extension, the ball - into the goal. 1. What sort of kick would be required to where the impact throws him back like that? 2. Is the kick something an average 11-year-old boy could do? 3. What would the impact be on someone who caught the ball in that fashion? He may have been off balance to begin with and the force of the ball just sent him over the edge. But then, it is a comic strip and we all know the laws of physics are different in comic strips. Just ask Wile E. Coyote short answer would be that the kicker would have to impart enough energy to the ball to stop the kicker from whatever speed you wanted to knock the goalie back. think of newton's cradle. |
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Post by ironhold on Nov 7, 2021 16:07:07 GMT
www.gocomics.com/nancy/2021/11/07"Nancy", 7 November 2021 Nancy uses caramel-covered apples as climbing aids to get to the top of a refrigerator so that she can steal cookies. There's no plausible way that caramel as we know it could hold a child's weight, but what could?
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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 7, 2021 16:22:19 GMT
www.gocomics.com/nancy/2021/11/07"Nancy", 7 November 2021 Nancy uses caramel-covered apples as climbing aids to get to the top of a refrigerator so that she can steal cookies. There's no plausible way that caramel as we know it could hold a child's weight, but what could? But Nancy is made out of paper. I bet if she even folded herself properly, she could fly. |
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Post by wvengineer on Nov 10, 2021 13:48:09 GMT
Caramel can be a moderately effective glue if you put it on warm and liquid and allow it to harden. I've had to clean it up on a couple of occasions. If done right, you could get the apples to stick. They would have to be held in place as they cool which would take a while. However, even if you get the apples to stick, I would expect the apple to fail if any weight were put on the stick. Apples are not that strong structurally, and a shearing force like weight on a stick would cause the stick to twist and tear up the apple.
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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 10, 2021 14:27:44 GMT
So is that REALLY possible to throw a coyote tied to a 200 pound Acme anvil off a cliff, and he survive?
Never mind, I don’t really want to know. I think I would just rather enjoy the comic strips for what they are. Comic strips.
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Post by rmc on Nov 10, 2021 14:46:22 GMT
So is that REALLY possible to throw a coyote tied to a 200 pound Acme anvil off a cliff, and he survive? Never mind, I don’t really want to know. I think I would just rather enjoy the comic strips for what they are. Comic strips. Would bird see covering iron pellets... |
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Post by the light works on Nov 10, 2021 15:09:24 GMT
So is that REALLY possible to throw a coyote tied to a 200 pound Acme anvil off a cliff, and he survive? Never mind, I don’t really want to know. I think I would just rather enjoy the comic strips for what they are. Comic strips. Would bird see covering iron pellets... well researchers have found that wild waterfowl do ingest birdshot; which is why lead birdshot has been prohibited for hunting. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 10, 2021 22:04:30 GMT
Would bird see covering iron pellets... well researchers have found that wild waterfowl do ingest birdshot; which is why lead birdshot has been prohibited for hunting. An interesting story about the birds eating lead buckshot. In the late 1800s, a farmer decided to donate his entire farm to the local village. It was very large plot of land covering hundreds of acres. there were only two speculations. First, the land had to be used for public good. It could not be sold off or used for housing or business. The second speculation was that there was a skeet shoot gun club that had a range on the land and that they would continue to be able to use the land indefinitely. So we fast forward many years. The village, now a city, built a hospital, a high school, a recreation center, tennis courts, baseball fields, public gardens, and a band shell on the property. And the skeet gun club remained. While the city didn’t like the idea of the gun club being on the land, there wasn’t too much they could do about it. So we enter the 80s and the EPA comes along with a new environmental standard limiting the amount of lead that can be contained in the soil. So the city sees this as their chance. They claim birds are going to eat the lead buckshot scattered around the skeet range and then poop it spreading lead contamination throughout the city. They demand that the gun club either clean up the lead from around the skeet shoot or the city will condemn the land and the gun club will be evicted. The city knew that the gun club could not afford to clean up the land. So off to court they go. After many years of legal battle, the courts sided with to gun club. The court told the city, that per the original agreement, if the city evicted the gun club for any reason, all the land would go back to the family heirs of the farmer. Including the hospital, high school, recreation Center, and various parks. The city had a change of heart and decided to pay for the cleanup and let the gun club stay. To this day, you can still hear the boom boom boom of the skeet shooters every Wednesday and Sunday evening. |
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