fruitbat Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 no chance at all cos its 5 sided, it would have to be 6 sided (or any even number) for the logo to face upwardsplease say im right! Frooty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011001000110010101110010 Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I asked my dad, he is a pilot. It would take off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunkey_monkey_boy Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 hahaharead the first post then saw 8 pages of replies - you lot really should find something better to do...pete - stop causing trouble you... (unless this is some crazy disertation project and we're all being used as guinee pigs which i really hope is true because if it is i'm sure i just f**ked up your results and made the disertation harder!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 LMAO, that's the whole argument. The plane is still able to move forwards.jokes dont work well on the internet , sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 no chance at all cos its 5 sided, it would have to be 6 sided (or any even number) for the logo to face upwardsplease say im right! FrootyYeah, that's right Or I guess you could say that it's a 2 in 5 chance, because two sides face up. It's just one of those things that goes against your instinct - which is to say 1 in 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Before I properly thought about the question, my first thought was that it was a trick question 'cos the logo was on the flat-side at the 'back' end of the pencil. Then I thought more. Then I realised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 My golly gosh, when have you ever seen a plane TAKE OFF without using wheels?? (dont say harrier jump jet, because it still takes off from on its wheels) You are incorrect, deal with it.IanI may be incorrect but i don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Just translated this into english, sorry if something is difficult to understand, ive done my best 3 guys went to a restaurant and ordered a pizza for 30 pounds. They payed 10 pounds each. The waiter took the money and went to his boss. The boss said that the waiter had charged the customers too much and asked him to return them a total of 5 pounds. So the waiter thought he will devide the 5 pounds between the clients. He took 2 pounds for himself and gave the remaining 3 pounds back, each of the customers recieving 1 pound.This means that each of the clients payed 9 pounds for the pizza (spent 10 pounds and got 1 back) + 2 pounds which the waiter took for himself. This adds up to 29 pounds. Where is the remaining 1 pound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 (edited) Just translated this into english, sorry if something is difficult to understand, ive done my best 3 guys went to a restaurant and ordered a pizza for 30 pounds. They payed 10 pounds each. The waiter took the money and went to his boss. The boss said that the waiter had charged the customers too much and asked him to return them a total of 5 pounds. So the waiter thought he will devide the 5 pounds between the clients. He took 2 pounds for himself and gave the remaining 3 pounds back, each of the customers recieving 1 pound.This means that each of the clients payed 9 pounds for the pizza (spent 10 pounds and got 1 back) + 2 pounds which the waiter took for himself. This adds up to 29 pounds. Where is the remaining 1 pound?£9 each cost them £27, then you take away the £2. Which gives you £25, which is what they spent. Edited February 24, 2006 by JT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 heres another one:If you tied two cats too each other (back to back) and then dropped them off a 6ft drop, how would they land. Presume that both cats are the same age and dont have athritis or any other illness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyroo Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 heres another one:If you tied two cats too each other (back to back) and then dropped them off a 6ft drop, how would they land. Presume that both cats are the same age and dont have athritis or any other illnessThey would land with a thud I would imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 i dunno if this has been posted, cant be bothered reading a zillion replies.imagine running on a running machine, with the machine matching your speed, so the faster you run, the faster the belt moves, and you're not going anywhere.now imagine someone standing in front of the running machine, with a piece of rope in his/her hand. the person proceeds to give you one end of the rope, while tying the other to a safe or anything heavy. now imagine you pulling the rope as hard as you can. what happens? you will fall forwards, probably. why? because the force you apply to the rope has nothing to do with what your legs are doing. or in the airplanes situation, the legs = wheels and arms = engines.this post will either make me look retarded or help those of you who can't get it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 theoretically the cat always lands on it's legs, so this unit would hover above the ground rotating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 i dunno if this has been posted, cant be bothered reading a zillion replies.imagine running on a running machine, with the machine matching your speed, so the faster you run, the faster the belt moves, and you're not going anywhere.now imagine someone standing in front of the running machine, with a piece of rope in his/her hand. the person proceeds to give you one end of the rope, while tying the other to a safe or anything heavy. now imagine you pulling the rope as hard as you can. what happens? you will fall forwards, probably. why? because the force you apply to the rope has nothing to do with what your legs are doing. or in the airplanes situation, the legs = wheels and arms = engines.this post will either make me look retarded or help those of you who can't get it...That's true yeah but.....An aircraft is standing on a runway that can move (a conveyor belt). The aircraft moves in one direction, while the conveyor moves in the opposite direction. This conveyor has a control system that tracks the aircraft's speed and tunes the speed of the conveyor to be exactly the same, but in the opposite direction. There is no wind. The pilot begins to add thrust to the engines...The question is:Will the plane take off or not?The question says whatever the planes speed is, it'll be matched.So if you put the runner in the same situation, the belt would speed up when he was pulled on my the rope. But you can't really use the rope pulling comparason as the forse created buy the pull of the rope isn't the same as the power created by the engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipkickbs Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 heres another one: If you tied two cats too each other (back to back) and then dropped them off a 6ft drop, how would they land. Presume that both cats are the same age and dont have athritis or any other illness The two cats would confer with each other just before the drop, they would determine which of them has the strongest legs, and the least back problems, the stronger cat would then be nominated to take the fall onto its feet. They would get away with it fine, and laugh into the sunset looking like spastics. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 You cant use the running machine comparison, because your legs are controlling your speed, youd have to be on rollerblades with the rope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 *ahem BUMP Seriously who thinks the plane takes off? Its annoying me that people think it does.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 *ahem BUMP Seriously who thinks the plane takes off? Its annoying me that people think it does.... You have got to be kidding me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Trott Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 *ahem BUMP Seriously who thinks the plane takes off? Its annoying me that people think it does.... Likewise for someone that can't see how it doesn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Anyone with half a braincell will be able to figure out the real answer. The plane thinks you're a dickhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Download the relevant episode of MythBusters and/or get a working knowledge of the real world. The end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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