Funny and educational too
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Wrong link? :confused:
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Wrong link? :confused:
Half of the joke with xkcd is the image alternate text. (hover or view properties) IMHO, if you put a plane on a sheet of ice it will still take of an fly. A real simple test would be to build a model plane and actually test the entire theory which I think would be easy. And if we wanted to know the answer as quickly and cheaply as possible, I bet Austin Meyer could tell us in less than an hour.
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MythBusters tested the airplane-on-treadmill theory actually. The plane did take off but I'm still skeptical.
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Half of the joke with xkcd is the image alternate text. (hover or view properties) IMHO, if you put a plane on a sheet of ice it will still take of an fly. A real simple test would be to build a model plane and actually test the entire theory which I think would be easy. And if we wanted to know the answer as quickly and cheaply as possible, I bet Austin Meyer could tell us in less than an hour.
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
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MythBusters tested the airplane-on-treadmill theory actually. The plane did take off but I'm still skeptical.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ "That's what's great about doing user interface work. No matter what you do, people will say that what you did was idiotic." -- Raymond Chen
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Mythbusters did it already. The plane took off with ease every time.
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Yes, I saw in my Google search, however, it seemed slightly off-topic since they are pseudo science. There would just be something awesomely wicked about seeing a 10 mile treadmill in a flight-sim with a 747 rolling on it ... you know after reevaluation, I plane might not be able to take off because it would hit the handle bars ...
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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego. -
Half of the joke with xkcd is the image alternate text. (hover or view properties) IMHO, if you put a plane on a sheet of ice it will still take of an fly. A real simple test would be to build a model plane and actually test the entire theory which I think would be easy. And if we wanted to know the answer as quickly and cheaply as possible, I bet Austin Meyer could tell us in less than an hour.
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
plane on a sheet of ice
Or treadmill. That's not even very thought-provoking; of course it can take off. Only airspeed matters.