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Onlyme- Posts : 357
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Orcworm- Owner
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I found the kids attempting to analyse the video in the comments more interesting 
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JuncoPartner- In-Game Staff
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Join date : 2010-11-13
Age : 33
Location : England
Could anyone fall for this?
I'm pretty certain that perpetual motion is impossible. So don't let anyone convince you otherwise
I'm pretty certain that perpetual motion is impossible. So don't let anyone convince you otherwise
Pete- Posts : 3194
Join date : 2010-12-22
Age : 30
Location : Santiago, Chile
Well... Why not? It does use a force, namely, gravity... And the friction is probably minor, it must be a very smooth thing... So why not?
Number255- Posts : 90
Join date : 2011-01-12
Age : 40
Location : United States
Somebody divided by zero.
Rulyon- Donator
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Yeah, that didn't happen. Pay attention to the supports, the construction is impossible, and water doesn't flow AGAINST gravity. Somebody is just very clever with editing software.
GaMerG77- Donator
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Number255 wrote:Somebody divided by zero.
Chuck Norris?
FillerB- So long and thanks for all the fish!
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It's a trick of perspective, kinda like that other Escher statue (moebius square-thingy, don't know what to call it). Perpetual motion is impossible since you will always lose more energy (due to friction and heat) than you could regenerate. If it was possible to create such an infinite energy device from a box of scraps in your mother's garage, don't you think governments would stop wasting money on terrible inefficient solar/wind/nuclear power plants?
Rulyon- Donator
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Precisely. By theory, only in absolute vacuum is there a lack of friction, and absolute vacuum doesn't exist. Never even in outter space there are minute particles, various types of electromagnetic radiation, and deviation due to gravimetric exertions. It may take a really long flippin' time, but eventually it'd be slowed to a stop or pulled into something by gravity.
Last edited by Rulyon on 2011-02-18, 19:47; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Stupid iPhone auto-correct.)