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Meriden, CT has some fascinating history. (Shout out to @melindacapecod
for sharing her hometown with us!) 🏰
By the late 19th century, Meriden produced roughly 70% of the silverware in the US. But its biggest mystery sits high on the cliffs of East Peak: Castle Craig.
Built in 1900 by kerosene tycoon Walter Hubbard, this 32-foot stone tower completely baffles historians. No one knows what inspired it.
Is it a clone of a Norman watchtower on the Rhine? A 12th-century Turkish tower on the Danube? Or a replica of a medieval ruin in Craigellachie, Scotland?
Hubbard took the secret to his grave. Which theory do you believe?

Dog wants to be involved in his owner's pregnancy.

Rescuing a sweet boy used for dog-fighting.

Guys on an oil rig find a dog trying to stay alive in the ocean 135 miles from shore.

Rescuing a husky neglected by his owner and left outside in the yard without attention or even food. (Helpful neighbors fed him through the fence.)

Raising an orphaned polar bear cub until she's the size of a monster.

Parrot flies in the draft of a ship.

Turning nothing into something.

Hand-raising a little baby bear.

Running Galileo's experiment to prove that a ball of feathers falls just as quickly as a bowling ball -- in a vacuum, that is. Et voila, it's true.

Rescuers found a dog named Giselle in the rubble..🐕🐾🥺❤️

You can tell how grateful she is to the workers...🙏 pic.twitter.com/PwPiQoLNUN
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 30, 2026

Some drone footage of touristy spots:

100,000+ Followers. Absolutely unreal. 🤯

When I launched Fascinating History, I wondered if a professional historian could compete with the daily scroll. Turns out, there's a massive hunger for the real, unvarnished truth of the past. Thank you for being here; I'm glad to meet… pic.twitter.com/M4eMoE5fYW
— Fascinating History (@Fascinate_Hist) June 30, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:46 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)

2 warmth of collectivism

@NYCMayor
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New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool.

Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 07:47 PM (/+uur)

3 Well he was right about the warm!

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 07:49 PM (OoFl2)

4 That's so beautiful.
It should be a Presidential Center.

Happy Dominion Day to AOP and any one else that may care.
Stay cool.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 07:51 PM (Sco7b)

5 Thank you, Ace.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2026 07:52 PM (NnhvP)

6 I was watching a vid about how cats act in movies.
If "the cat" is doing many different stunts, it's probably several stunt cats. This is one reason movie cats tend to be one color, or something simply-patterned like a tabby.
Also interesting is the way they get cats to react, like to hiss on cue. The secret: bring in another unfamiliar cat.
youtu.be/AycqebrmBkM
Oh and Captain Marvel is noted as a showcase for how cats can be CGI'ed into the shot. Maybe it shouldn't be because that movie was bad.

Posted by: Qapla'! at July 01, 2026 07:52 PM (gKWVE)

7 /soq

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 07:52 PM (gKWVE)

8 Castle Craig looks like a rook and Hubbard probably intended this architectural masterpiece as an homage to Bobby Fischer and his unforgettable rook sacrifice in his victory over Robert Byrne.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 07:53 PM (2ap+5)

9 "Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can.
Posted by: r hennigantx"

78 degrees here would start a riot. Sure, there would only one person rioting, but she would be enough.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:53 PM (MWfyi)

10 Stateless, happy Dominion Day to you!

Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2026 07:55 PM (lP31d)

11 Now at my MIL's house, 84 is about right.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:55 PM (MWfyi)

12 Wish I had a stone tower just like that

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)

13 >>>Which theory do you believe?

That a guy with lots of money said to himself, "you know, what that crag over there needs is a watchtower"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 07:57 PM (rbvCR)

14 It doesn't have to be a great story, sometimes it just turns out that way.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 07:57 PM (rbvCR)

15 Pic calls to mind the Gastonbury Tor. Made an interesting visit there one blustery winter night.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 07:58 PM (XeU6L)

16 there's a partly-completed castle like that on the Fox river in Elgin, IL; I know nothing more

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2026 07:58 PM (VyBeY)

17
Ask not for whom the watchtower watches.
It watches for thee.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

18 Bam the bait dog - someone is dicing onions in here

Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 08:00 PM (2ap+5)

19 I and I wouldn't want a Polar Bear as a pet

Been up since 0230hrs
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 08:01 PM (Ia/+0)

20 Per the bearded Jordanian sandmaggot who got a year in county for murdering an American in LA - if you're from Denver, this is par for the course.

Antifa gunman Matthew Dolloff's charges were dropped by Denver's DA after a year in county. Not enough evidence. Even though he was being employed as an "Antifa sherpa" by Denver 7 News when he murdered a Trump supporter, and their own cameras were live and captured the murder, along with dozens of bystanders' cameras.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:02 PM (BI5O2)

21 every life pulled out the rubble is a victory, and so many people are dead and dying. It breaks my heart.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:02 PM (rbvCR)

22 @NYCMayor
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New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool.

Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 07:47 PM (/+uur)
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Dear peona;

Do less with less. Enjoy the gruel!

Love, Your Comrades

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:07 PM (RIvkX)

23 Needs a Hendrix solo.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

24 The video of Mont St. Michel is breathtaking, but of course, the real thing is that much better. It was built between the 11th and 16th centuries with medieval technology. Now compare it to the Obamination built with 21st century methods.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:09 PM (Riz8t)

25 Never eat polar bear liver.

You'll get Vitamin-A poisoning.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1)

26 Their algorithm must be off because today I’ve gotten no less than 100 requests for GOP money.

Normal is about 29 per day.

Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at July 01, 2026 08:09 PM (l26NL)

27 There are near riots in Venezuela now. Bolivarian army groups are looting and the locals are seriously pissed about it.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR)

28 and the power grid is working overtime"

Bullshiite.

All along the watchtower

Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 08:10 PM (XuXeR)

29 Yeah I bet Mamdani's A/C is set to 82, in solidarity with the masses.

Maybe he can do a presser from Gracie Mansion, dripping sweat in a wife beater and lamenting our national malaise.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (BI5O2)

30 We are on the pitch, in case you weren’t watching. Go Outlaws!

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (Wmg4n)

31 Kindltot, I imagine the locals might also have a case against Chavez building all those free apartments for them. On the cheap.
Like we build traps for mice.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (gKWVE)

32 Maybe he can do a presser from Gracie Mansion, dripping sweat in a wife beater and lamenting our national malaise"

Unleash the killer rabbit!

Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (XuXeR)

33 Needs a Hendrix solo

No reason to get excited.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at July 01, 2026 08:12 PM (JH34D)

34 Twelve minutes of Silvestrov. Bonus photo of VDH firing a tripod-mounted smoke cannon:
youtube.com/watch?v=Oy4sMKako1o

Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

35 A bullet fired horizontally will hit the ground at the same time as an object dropped from the same height. I had to google that to make sure it hadn't been proved wrong.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 08:13 PM (2ap+5)

36 That polar bear will eat his head some day.

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:14 PM (8qVJT)

37
Re: The Jordanian who walked over to an old Jewish guy and clubbed him to death with a megaphone -- something stinks. The judge who bypassed the DAs office to arrange it, and who held an unannounced court session to evade scrutiny -- seriously appears to have been up to something.

A number of stories have a picture of the Jordanian that appears to be his mug shot. He looks immensely pleased with himself.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 01, 2026 08:15 PM (VWtfl)

38 Maybe he can do a presser from Gracie Mansion, dripping sweat in a wife beater and lamenting our national malaise.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (BI5O2)
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Worked great for me, except maybe a nice Baptist cardigan instead.

Posted by: Nuclear Expert Jimmy Carter at July 01, 2026 08:16 PM (RIvkX)

39 Oglebay, it's high school (or even junior HS) physics... but there are other factors, such as air resistance and drag. This is what a "rifle" is, the barrel is rifled so the bullet spins to minimize drag.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 08:16 PM (gKWVE)

40 Per the PanAm Post;

So far, 6,461 people have been rescued. There are 3,660 foreign rescue workers, 148 dogs, and 49 support vehicles in the disaster area. According to the latest official report, 855 buildings were damaged, 189 of which collapsed completely.

at least 2,000 are reported dead and 10,571 injured, according to the most recent official tally, which has not been updated with the number of missing persons.

Thousands of civilians have formed aid networks, which include creating websites listing the names of survivors and the deceased, and have set up collection centers to receive donations and transport them to those in need, especially in La Guaira state

A total of 80,870 families have received assistance. In addition, 15,467 people have registered as volunteers for rescue efforts.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:17 PM (rbvCR)

41 Hubbard took the secret to his grave. Which

It’s a hand, reaching from the grave. It was supposed to have one finger longer than the others, facing the town, but the builders refused.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:17 PM (4JQ5U)

42 A number of stories have a picture of the Jordanian that appears to be his mug shot. He looks immensely pleased with himself.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 01, 2026 08:15 PM (VWtfl)
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He's a local hero.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:18 PM (RIvkX)

43 A bullet fired horizontally will hit the ground at the same time as an object dropped from the same height. I had to google that to make sure it hadn't been proved wrong.

That's classical physics. Now - anyone that's ever done the first thing in ballistics will call bullshit ... because that's Applied Physics.

But in the classical sense. Yes. You are right. Because a bullet would have 100% of its force applied on the pure horizontal plane. With no vertical force.

Here's a good one. For the maximum distance WITH gravity ... that optimal angle in 45 degrees. And every artillery-man will tell you that's bullshit. But in the theoretical world ? 45 degrees.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:18 PM (7jBgj)

44 He probably just wanted to have the entire valley spread before him from a high point.

Because he could.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

45 gKWVE, the bullet is spun by the riflings so that it will be stable in flight

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:20 PM (rbvCR)

46
*sits at Café table*
*waits for service*
*sets fire to napkin*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:21 PM (O0L8i)

47 *breaks out fire extinguisher*

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:22 PM (MWfyi)

48
David Scott famously did the feather drop vs a hammer on the Moon during Apollo 15:

https://t.ly/MJ8R4

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 08:22 PM (w6EFb)

49 gKWVE, the bullet is spun by the riflings so that it will be stable in flight

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:20 PM (rbvCR)

I think the idea is that it is impossible to fire completely horizontal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:23 PM (zZu0s)

50 And here we go ... I guess we can't grok the difference between Perfect Physical Models and Real Applied Models.

Or we just can't miss a chance to scold. One or the other.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:24 PM (7jBgj)

51 David Scott famously did the feather drop vs a hammer on the Moon during Apollo 15:

It’s an event that belongs on a postage stamp.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (4JQ5U)

52 I'm watching metric football.

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (8qVJT)

53 Or we just can't miss a chance to scold. One or the other.
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:24 PM (7jBgj)
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Physics is math.

No math on the blog.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (RIvkX)

54 *sits at Café table*
*waits for service*
*sets fire to napkin*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Sir, this is a non-smoking establishment!
*throws Hadrian out*

Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (rdVOm)

55
Or we just can't miss a chance to scold. One or the other.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:24 PM (7jBgj)

_________

This should be tested, extensively, at the TXMoMe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)

56 If you fire the bullet over a significant updraft, there will be a lift component to the forces on it. Minor of course.

Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

57 Or we just can't miss a chance to scold. One or the other.
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:24 PM (7jBgj)

Maybe we just like to argue.

Nah, im sure that's it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (zZu0s)

58 "Furry Jesus And His Lover, Judas Iscariot" is being touted on Kickstarter.
so when are we getting an animated feature about the zutts.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)

59
Re the 45 degree angle. With the variation of air resistance with height, you get more range with a higher angle because you get it up out of the thicker air. It travels farther horizontally even with lower initial horizontal velocity because the extra height greatly reduces drag.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 08:26 PM (w6EFb)

60 For those feeling sorry for Scott Wiener because DSA were mean to him.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
CA Sen. Scott Weiner just voted down a bill to ban registered sx offenders from office
He calls them "minor crimes"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 08:27 PM (ndZc7)

61 "Furry Jesus And His Lover, Judas Iscariot" is being touted on Kickstarter.
so when are we getting an animated feature about the zutts.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)

Yeah, now do Mohammed, you brave souls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)

62 so when are we getting an animated feature about the zutts.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)

Sounds like a good task for AI.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:27 PM (BI5O2)

63 59 We'll need a Vannevar Differential Analyzer to settle the debate.

Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

64 Built in 1900 by kerosene tycoon Walter Hubbard, this 32-foot stone tower completely baffles historians. No one knows what inspired it.

I love that historians are baffled by the idea that maybe this dude with money to burn just wanted a stone watchtower and therefore built himself a stone watchtower.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (C0Nlv)

65 A bullet fired horizontally will hit the ground at the same time as an object dropped from the same height. I had to google that to make sure it hadn't been proved wrong.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 08:13 PM

You could have just asked me.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (0sNs1)

66 >>He probably just wanted to have the entire valley spread before him from a high point.

>>Because he could.

I don't think it's much more complicated than that only he didn't build it for himself, he donated it to the town of Meriden. I visited the place when I was in college who was from the area. Beautiful views from the hill the castle is built on.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (viF8m)

67 52 I'm watching metric football.
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM

0-0

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (OoFl2)

68 Very surprised that Scott Weiner did not have at least one flak-catcher with him, especially since he had already been ambushed the night before.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:29 PM (RIvkX)

69 Re the 45 degree angle. With the variation of air resistance with height, you get more range with a higher angle because you get it up out of the thicker air.

Of fucking course. Again ... do you get it ? Theory vs. Reality ?

In Theory ? 45 degrees is optimal. Because you split the difference between fighting gravity ... and horizontal projection. So you pay half the tax on the way up. Then get it all back on the way down.

My God. Really. Did I not say Theory vs. Reality in earlier posts ? Theory vs. Applied ?

I swear. Some of you would argue against the idea of a planet revolving around the big orange ball in the sky.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:29 PM (7jBgj)

70 I love that historians are baffled by the idea that maybe this dude with money to burn just wanted a stone watchtower and therefore built himself a stone watchtower.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (C0Nlv)

Another thing: they cannot conceive of wanting to build something enduring. It is like they just cannot get it into their pea brains even with Obamas brutality monument to himself cluttering up the Chicago skyline.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)

71 64 Built in 1900 by kerosene tycoon Walter Hubbard, this 32-foot stone tower completely baffles historians. No one knows what inspired it.

I love that historians are baffled by the idea that maybe this dude with money to burn just wanted a stone watchtower and therefore built himself a stone watchtower.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (C0Nlv)

My grandfather built the Gopher House in Laramie. Shaped like a ship, made of stone and concrete, never got to finish the roof, although my dad said maybe he did but it might have been burnt down. So, nobody ever lived there except the gophers, hence the name.

That part of the old farm belongs to a horse stable now, and they call it Stone Church horse stables or something like that. It was never a church.

I suspect when my generation dies out, nobody will have any idea why he built it, either. Not that we were all that sure while he was alive.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:30 PM (bl07w)

72 >>>>A bullet fired horizontally will hit the ground at the same time as an object dropped from the same height. I had to google that to make sure it hadn't been proved wrong.

>>That's classical physics. Now - anyone that's ever done the first thing in ballistics will call bullshit ... because that's Applied Physics.

When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem. A hunter with rifle is same height on a cliff as a monkey hanging from a tree limb. If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?

I have no idea what woke physics textbook authors call this problem nowadays.

Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2026 08:31 PM (5rh/l)

73 *sits at Café table*
*waits for service*
*sets fire to napkin*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:21 PM

Napkin flambé? Next week's Food Thread writes itself!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 08:31 PM (0sNs1)

74 I swear. Some of you would argue against the idea of a planet revolving around the big orange ball in the sky.

You sound irate. Perhaps you should just use that wheel in the middle of your mouse and scroll on by. Or jump in front of a bus. Either/or.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:31 PM (Riz8t)

75 visited it with a frend

Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2026 08:31 PM (viF8m)

76 I swear. Some of you would argue against the idea of a planet revolving around the big orange ball in the sky.
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:29 PM (7jBgj)

"I came for an argument!"

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:32 PM (bl07w)

77 "I came for an argument!"
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:32 PM (bl07w)

No you didnt.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:32 PM (zZu0s)

78 Huh?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 08:32 PM (yEz+x)

79 When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem. A hunter with rifle is same height on a cliff as a monkey hanging from a tree limb. If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?

I have no idea what woke physics textbook authors call this problem nowadays.

Depends. Is it a spherical monkey in a vacuum?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (Riz8t)

80
"In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (O0L8i)

81 When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem. A hunter with rifle is same height on a cliff as a monkey hanging from a tree limb. If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?

I have no idea what woke physics textbook authors call this problem nowadays.
Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2026 08:31 PM

I saw this. Sometimes the old ways are the best ways.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (0sNs1)

82 If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?

Does the question assume a spherical monkey?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (4JQ5U)

83 *sits at Café table*
*waits for service*
*sets fire to napkin*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Sir, this is a non-smoking establishment!
*throws Hadrian out*
Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (rdVOm)

hahah!

Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (frGWQ)

84 >> Again ... do you get it ? Theory vs. Reality ?

My strong advice: take a chill pill dude. I understand things quite well, than you. I'm not trying to argue with you at all, just pointing out the physics. Wasn't even responding to you, just posting about the general physics.

Oh, reality follows physics perfectly, everywhere and always. The difference between what you call "reality" and theory is sometimes in the latter we assume cows are spherical so as to make the problem tractable and simpler to see the basic picture. All the actual factors involved would make things intractable at first blush.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (w6EFb)

85 It's more of a yellow ball.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

86 What part of the monkey is he aiming at?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:34 PM (zZu0s)

87 https://maps.app.goo.gl/HwU4CJ2jaCB3mrBz9

The Gopher House.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:34 PM (bl07w)

88 >"I came for an argument!"

Posted by: tcn in AK
----

No you didn't- you came for an argument.

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:34 PM (8qVJT)

89 Huh?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 08:32 PM

Noone have insulted sea otters or 9mm.

Please to return your calmness to its upright and locked position.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM (0sNs1)

90 Oh, and the monkey problem compels me to say for Weasel: 'Focus on the Fundamentals.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM (zZu0s)

91
When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem.

__________

Dats raciss

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM (O0L8i)

92 86 What part of the monkey is he aiming at?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:34 PM (zZu0s)

Probably his brass balls, if I know this crowd.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM (bl07w)

93 When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem. A hunter with rifle is same height on a cliff as a monkey hanging from a tree limb. If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?

That is a GREAT way to show the difference between the theoretical model and the real world. Simply first rate. Never seen that one until now. Really, really good. A very easy way to explain - to boys and girls that know a thing or two - the difference between the simplified models and the real world.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM (7jBgj)

94 This clown was free basing too much kerosene

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 01, 2026 08:36 PM (VvdWF)

95 How big is the monkey? King Kong sized?

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi)

96 This should be tested, extensively, at the TXMoMe.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I'll watch you do the test!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (NnhvP)

97 "Running Galileo's experiment to prove that a ball of feathers falls just as quickly as a bowling ball -- in a vacuum, that is. Et voila, it's true."

NO IT IS NOT TRUE! That video is faked!

Everyone knows there is no gravity in a vacuum! Satellites are weightless in orbit! Because they are in the vacuum of outer space!

Posted by: AOC at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (5rh/l)

98 I know of at least 5 eccentrics with money and some with just time built castles. If you watch any HG TV type programs they are featured ever once in awhile.

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (KC5Lt)

99 95 How big is the monkey? King Kong sized?

Is he a feces-throwing sort of monkey? If so, how far can he throw it?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (Riz8t)

100 And how far away is it? 5 feet?

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi)

101 All the actual factors involved would make things intractable at first blush.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM

The osculating desire-inducing of the oscillatory motions of a young lady's mammiform protuberances can be described quite well by a third-order partial differential equation, you know.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (0sNs1)

102 Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?

Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (frGWQ)

103 If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?

I have no idea what woke physics textbook authors call this problem nowadays.

-
Atrocity! They'd call it an atrocity!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (ndZc7)

104 80
"In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (O0L8i)

Decorated box vs. a duck. Classic delineation in architectural theory. Iconography matters.

Tell a class to draw a picture of a house in 10 seconds. Most will draw a box with a triangle on top, maybe a chimney, always a front door, maybe some windows. 1 in 100 will draw an apartment building facade. But they will all draw something we recognize as "house."

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (bl07w)

105 Shot the monkey

Posted by: Gabriel Peters at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM (Cqx++)

106 Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?

Easier than choking it?

(Hoping I’m not beaten to this monkey joke, too.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM (4JQ5U)

107 Why is someone hunting a monkey? Are they good vittles?

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM (KC5Lt)

108 "Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?
Posted by: runner"

Dinner. Seems kinda cannibalistic don't it? Maybe not if you're hungry enough.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi)

109 No one has scored yet!

*pretending she can’t here all the bickering while trying not to laugh at the snickering*

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM (Wmg4n)

110 Probably his brass balls, if I know this crowd.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM

Of course. The auditory 'clang' lets everyone know it connected.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:40 PM (0sNs1)

111 you know.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (0sNs1)

Shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:40 PM (bl07w)

112 Monkey. Its whats for dinner.

Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:40 PM (7jBgj)

113 "Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?
Posted by: runner"

Dinner. Seems kinda cannibalistic don't it? Maybe not if you're hungry enough.

Also a good way to get AIDS.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:40 PM (Riz8t)

114 102 Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?
Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (frGWQ)

Probably because we prefer our footballs unfucked.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:40 PM (bl07w)

115 >>I know of at least 5 eccentrics with money and some with just time built castles. If you watch any HG TV type programs they are featured ever once in awhile.

Hudson River Valley has a bunch of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2026 08:41 PM (viF8m)

116 I would say if the monkey was King Kong only five feet away he would probably hit it and that would be the last thing that hunter ever did.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

117 >Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?
----

The question is: why not shoot a monkey

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:41 PM (8qVJT)

118 I'm watching metric football.
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (8qVJT)

I think I prefer that term!

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:42 PM (rbvCR)

119 Monkeys are assholes. If one shows up here, I'll ventilate him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:42 PM (BI5O2)

120 The field looks beautiful. The NFL is jealous.

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (8qVJT)

121 "Also a good way to get AIDS.
Posted by: Archimedes"

You are not supposed to have your way with it first.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (MWfyi)

122
know of at least 5 eccentrics

Egg shaped guys?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (Cqx++)

123 I'm thinking it was that smart ass orangutan that gave the hunter the finger .

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (KC5Lt)

124 Re the 45 degree angle. With the variation of air resistance with height, you get more range with a higher angle because you get it up out of the thicker air. It travels farther horizontally even with lower initial horizontal velocity because the extra height greatly reduces drag.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 08:26 PM (w6EFb)

There is also the rotation of the Earth, though that does not cause a large problem until you get into really big distances. The German "Paris Gun" had different firing tables for firing East versus West, for example.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (rbvCR)

125 Well hockey is gone and football is 2 months away
and I won't watch tennis

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:44 PM (8qVJT)

126 That's classical physics. Now - anyone that's ever done the first thing in ballistics will call bullshit ... because that's Applied Physics.

But in the classical sense. Yes. You are right. Because a bullet would have 100% of its force applied on the pure horizontal plane. With no vertical force.

Mythbusters did an episode on this. Their experimental results were darn close to the theoretical one.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 01, 2026 08:44 PM (vTZFs)

127 Right turn, Clyde

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 08:44 PM (Cqx++)

128 You are not supposed to have your way with it first.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM

How about after, before it's sold three villages over?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at July 01, 2026 08:45 PM (0sNs1)

129 Gooooooaaaaaallllll!!!

USA 🇺🇸

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:45 PM (Wmg4n)

130 "The German "Paris Gun" had different firing tables for firing East versus West, for example"

Those silly Germans, with their theoretical tables.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:45 PM (MWfyi)

131
Monkey shot first!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:45 PM (O0L8i)

132 GOAL!!!! USA

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM (8qVJT)

133 "Also a good way to get AIDS.
Posted by: Archimedes"

You are not supposed to have your way with it first.
Posted by: fd Atrocity!

So with monkeys, the order is reversed. Whoopie then dinner.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM (ndZc7)

134 Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?

Easier than choking it?

(Hoping I’m not beaten to this monkey joke, too.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM

I thought it waa choke the chicken, but spank the monkey?
Jeez...don't tell me I've been doing it wrong all these years.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM (2WIwB)

135 Pertaining to a lot of shit ... regarding physics.

The Newtonian shit works quite well ... as a start. And then we have to do corrections for shit. Because our physical world is complicated.

You have to compensate for the fact that gravity pulls on both the feather and the lead ball ... but wind resistance. The annoying fact that 14.7 PSI acts on all of us explains some things. Explains a lot in basic fluids.

And then we figure out that hydraulics isn't perfect. Because there is no such thing as a perfectly incompressible fluid. Or a perfectly viscous one. Or a perfect conductor or insulator or blah blah blah.

Yet. To teach it. To understand it all - at least for me - we have to start with these perfectly imperfect models.

Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM (7jBgj)

136 He calls them "minor crimes"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 08:27 PM (ndZc7)

progs have no sense of humor because humor involves subverting established norms to get at the truth behind them, but that would be a wicked satire.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM (rbvCR)

137 You spank the monkey for choking the chicken.

Posted by: See how that works? at July 01, 2026 08:47 PM (MWfyi)

138 Monuments by eccentrics: "The Watts Towers are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural spires in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. They were hand-built by Italian immigrant Sabato "Simon" Rodia between 1921 and 1954"

He built them as a 'gift' to the community. Gee, thanks, Simon!

Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

139 I thought it waa choke the chicken, but spank the monkey?
Jeez...don't tell me I've been doing it wrong all these years.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM

I learned this diagnosis from Mom:

Are your palms still smooth?
Can you still see?

If the answer to both questions is "yes", then you're fine, although Counselor Troi may wish to counsel you.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (0sNs1)

140 In that top pic, I think I explored that castle in Skyrim this morning...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (gnNyN)

141 100 And how far away is it? 5 feet?

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi)

The distance between hunter and monkey does not make a difference. I believe the textbook specified separation distances of 50 and 100 yards asking students to solve both, learning the lesson of gravity acting the same on both the bullet (fired horizontally) and monkey (falling vertically).

Posted by: AOC at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (5rh/l)

142 Were there any fires at the Watts Towers during the riots?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (Cqx++)

143 Monuments by eccentrics: "The Watts Towers are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural spires in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. They were hand-built by Italian immigrant Sabato "Simon" Rodia between 1921 and 1954"

Dang, those are ugly.

Posted by: The Obama Presidential Center at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (Riz8t)

144 Also a good way to get AIDS.

One of DCs superheroes (the inaptly named Beast Boy) got his powers because he was (a) bitten by a green monkey, (b) got sick from it and was going to die, and (c) his parents created a serum to heal him, based on green monkeys being carriers of the disease but not affected by it.

When it came out that the AIDS virus was the result of a virus jumping from green monkeys, who are not affected by it, to humans (by an apparently circuitous path)… well, DC has never admitted the obvious.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:49 PM (4JQ5U)

145 Sorry ,that was a pee wee soccer goal. It pinballed off the sweeper and the striker had a gimme shot.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (xZen5)

146 "Yet. To teach it. To understand it all - at least for me - we have to start with these perfectly imperfect models.
Posted by: Sam Elliot"

Describing reality is not reality but it's about as close as we can get.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (MWfyi)

147
For a while, Diana was put on a hydrotherapy program, where she walked a treadmill in a tank of water. I thought it would be straightforward to determine how much more she had to work. It was not straightforward.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (O0L8i)

148 When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem. A hunter with rifle is same height on a cliff as a monkey hanging from a tree limb. If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?

I have no idea what woke physics textbook authors call this problem nowadays.

Depends. Is it a spherical monkey in a vacuum?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (Riz8t)

It seems that it should matter how far away the hunter is.

Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (lCppi)

149 The annoying fact that 14.7 PSI acts on all of us explains some things. Explains a lot in basic fluids.
Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM

Spherical cows, STP, what's a few simplifying assumptions amongst friends?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (0sNs1)

150 aarrrrggggghhhhh

off AOC sock

Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (5rh/l)

151 I always thought abusing children would be something we could all get behind as disgusting. Except Walz who pardoned a man convicted of molesting a 12 year old for a few years. When caught, he said the girl was just as responsible as he was for being outside. He tried to pay her $10 to keep quiet.

Walz pardon him so he wouldn’t be deported.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:51 PM (Wmg4n)

152 Is it an unladen monkey?

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:51 PM (KC5Lt)

153 145 Sorry ,that was a pee wee soccer goal. It pinballed off the sweeper and the striker had a gimme shot.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (xZen5)

Which just means that Bosnia sucks.
The US doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be better than the others

Posted by: gKWVE thinks a lot of immigrants don't get this at July 01, 2026 08:51 PM (gKWVE)

154 The distance between hunter and monkey does not make a difference.

Something has been hit on here.

Mainly - I see that many here have a "so I've been taught" understanding of Physics. But not a Classical Newtonian version.

Which is ironic. Because they would have never been taught that without an understanding of basic, imperfect Newtonian Physics.

Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:51 PM (7jBgj)

155 Feynman might suggest 'hey, shoot the monkey before he decides to drop. Simplify the problem a bit.'

Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

156 Egg shaped guys?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (Cqx++)

No, but their works were called "oeufs"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM (rbvCR)

157 145 Sorry ,that was a pee wee soccer goal. It pinballed off the sweeper and the striker had a gimme shot.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (xZen5)

Which just means that Bosnia sucks.
The US doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be better than the others
Posted by: gKWVE thinks a lot of immigrants don't get this at July 01, 2026 08:51 PM (gKWVE)

Ole!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM (wVcYX)

158 100 And how far away is it? 5 feet?

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi)

The distance between hunter and monkey does not make a difference. I believe the textbook specified separation distances of 50 and 100 yards asking students to solve both, learning the lesson of gravity acting the same on both the bullet (fired horizontally) and monkey (falling vertically).
Posted by: AOC at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (5rh/l)

I don't understand physics but this seems weird!! But Im sure you're right. I always learn new things here.

Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM (lCppi)

159 "The distance between hunter and monkey does not make a difference"

Well, it does. If the monkey is close enough he's gonna get hit no matter what. We could narrow it down to it's bellybutton though.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:53 PM (MWfyi)

160 You can prove things on paper, but sometimes you have to allow for unforeseen factors.

Hot or boiling water will freeze faster than cold water - it will make ice cubes faster in your freezer than cold water. Of course this doesn’t make any sense, till you try it.

Sort of. The cubes will be comprised of about half the former volume of water , much having evaporated away. If the comparison were made in sealed containers, then this wouldn’t hold true.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 08:54 PM (SICIT)

161 We just put up our YUGE flag. Getting ready for the big birthday!

Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:54 PM (lCppi)

162 Cadillac Ranch is a good American eccentric monument.

Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:54 PM (Jr5Lq)

163 Dang, those are ugly.
Posted by: The Obama Presidential Center at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (Riz8t)

As mom said, there ain't no accounting for taste.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:55 PM (bl07w)

164 "The German "Paris Gun" had different firing tables for firing East versus West, for example"

Those silly Germans, with their theoretical tables.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:45 PM (MWfyi)

American artillery firing tables include earth rotation into the calculations.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 08:55 PM (2WIwB)

165 how long is halftime in big boy soccer?

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:55 PM (8qVJT)

166 145 Sorry ,that was a pee wee soccer goal. It pinballed off the sweeper and the striker had a gimme shot.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 08

*clears throat*. GOOOOAAAAAALLLLL! USA! USA!

That is all that matters. 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:56 PM (Wmg4n)

167 Were the hunter's eyes closed? What??? This is a very relevant question !

Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (frGWQ)

168 DH is watching footy. I am most certainly not.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (bl07w)

169
tycoon Walter Hubbard had just started building the world's largest chess set

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (XJ22o)

170 It seems that it should matter how far away the hunter is.
Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (lCppi)

OK ... serious ? I'm not going to mock or pick at you in any way.

Classical physics says everything works on forces. So for a bullet ? From a perfectly level gun - it travels 100% of the force applied in the "flat" direction. We'd call that the "X" plane. And that bullet - from the time its fired out of the barrel - which is somewhat of a construct just so people can identify with the problem - falls at the rate of gravity.

And that monkey ... if it lets go at the same time and the rifle is aimed at the tippy top of its fingers ... drops at the same speed.

The rate of the bullet coming out flat doesn't matter. In theory. Thats the point.

Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (7jBgj)

171 I have a QSL card from station W8T, the World's Largest Teapot, in Chester, WV.

Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (Jr5Lq)

172 So, goal on take 2. Bosnia starting to play dirty...hopefully, the ref gets more control of the game in the 2nd half.

1-0 USA at the half is not bad, though. Should have been more, but better than the being tied or losing...

And the US goalie did make 2 good saves early...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (tOcjL)

173 "The rate of the bullet coming out flat doesn't matter. In theory. Thats the point.
Posted by: Sam Elliot"

What if it's a flying monkey?

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi)

174 PS - How can you not cheer for the US team when they picked Take Me Home, Country Roads as their team victory song?

Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 08:59 PM (tOcjL)

175 158 100 And how far away is it? 5 feet?

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi)

The distance between hunter and monkey does not make a difference. I believe the textbook specified separation distances of 50 and 100 yards asking students to solve both, learning the lesson of gravity acting the same on both the bullet (fired horizontally) and monkey (falling vertically).
Posted by: AOC at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (5rh/l)

I don't understand physics but this seems weird!! But Im sure you're right. I always learn new things here.

Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM (lCppi)

I am following the rules and not showing the maths of the solution. You can search utube for real-world tests proving the solution, using air-propelled balls and monkey dolls.

Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2026 09:00 PM (5rh/l)

176 World's Largest Teapot: the photo does not do it justice. You have to see it in person to appreciate how big it is. Much like Devil's Tower.

Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 09:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

177 Kinda changes everything, huh?

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 09:01 PM (MWfyi)

178 What if it's a flying monkey?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi)

And a flying bullet. Which they all do. Thank you rifling.

As anyone that ever battlefield zeroed an M-16 should know. OK - most don't know. They just corrected the two inches and called it a day.

But that's the point of Applied Physics. Yet we don't get there without Theoretical Physics.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:01 PM (7jBgj)

179 World's Largest Teapot: the photo does not do it justice. You have to see it in person to appreciate how big it is. Much like Devil's Tower.
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 09:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

And The Paolo.

Posted by: The Paolo at July 01, 2026 09:02 PM (wVcYX)

180 I think flying monkeys would be more fun to shoot at.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 09:03 PM (MWfyi)

181 “Wind chill doesn’t affect inanimate objects”

This is also bullshit. It’s true, nothing will get any colder than ambient temperature (but then, neither will your ears).

I can attest even an unheated shed will be preferable for your car in arctic subzero weather, out of the wind, if you want it to start easier the next morning. Latent heat will be retained to … a degree.

Eventually it will reach ambient temperature, but wind most definitely affects how quickly it will achieve ambient temperatures. Just like the human body.

When it’s really cold and windy, an automobile engine will never warm up. That’s when folks start putting a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 09:04 PM (wHaGM)

182 The rate of the bullet coming out flat doesn't matter. In theory. Thats the point.
Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (7jBgj)

Thank you for the explanation!

Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 09:04 PM (lCppi)

183 Just climb a FireTower and drop a Bowling Ball ... a Lead Ball ... and something suitably dense like maybe a Ceramic Ball that you clay-fired.

They will all hit at the same time. That's gravity. At the Newtonian level.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:06 PM (7jBgj)

184 165 how long is halftime in big boy soccer?
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:55 PM (8qVJT)

15 minutes.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 09:06 PM (Wmg4n)

185 I don't understand physics but this seems weird!! But Im sure you're right. I always learn new things here.
Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM

Imagine a rifle barrel parallel to, and 6 feet above the ground. It launches a bullet at 5,280 feet per second. That means one second later, it's one mile away, assuming no gravity (and no air resistance).

But there is gravity, and it starts attracting the bullet toward the ground as soon as it exits the barrel. Assuming Earth gravity, it will take a little less than 1/2 second for it to fall 6 feet. That means the bullet will hit the ground 2,640 feet away (shorter, actually due to atmospheric drag, but let's not worry about that.)

So, if the monkey were 6 feet above the ground (same as the bullet), and 2,640 feet away (again would be less due to the atmospheric drag we're ignoring), and dropped at the exact instance the bullet left the barrel, they would both be dropping vertically at the same accelleration from gravity (32 ft/second per second) and hit the ground at the same time. The difference is the horizontal velocity acquired by the bullet when fired.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1)

186 Whoops. Either Spring Reverb is socking Sam Elliot, or Sam Elliot is socking Spring Reverb.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 09:07 PM (0sNs1)

187 Thanks Piper

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 09:08 PM (8qVJT)

188 Thank you for the explanation!
Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 09:04 PM (lCppi)

Again - your real world observations of why things don't work like that are not wrong.

In the real world ... we're eating Monkey for dinner. Which, honestly, sounds awful.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:08 PM (7jBgj)

189 Mythbusted

A penny dropped from the Empire State Building would not kill a person on the ground it hit in the head.

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 09:09 PM (KC5Lt)

190 A penny dropped from the Empire State Building would not kill a person on the ground it hit in the head.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 09:09 PM

Carrots in chili, on the other hand, have caused documented fatalities.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 09:10 PM (0sNs1)

191 I'm not going climb a firetower with a bowling ball. I'll just take your theoretical word for it.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 09:11 PM (MWfyi)

192 Sheesh!
I'm srill.struggling with that friggin' train that left Chicago going west at 50mph, the the other one leaving Portland going east at 45 mph.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 09:11 PM (2WIwB)

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