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 Post subject: Real life physics glitch
PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:02 pm 
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I thought this only happened in video games.


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So that is how my scope broke.

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I wonder what was in there to make it do that. I also wonder why the guy didn't stop it after the first 10 or so seconds(it gets kinda boring after that anyway). I mean, whatever was in there could have broke and that would kinda suck...especially if it broke because this guy didn't stop it earlier.

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It's got a nice beat, and I could dance to it.

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There must be a logical explanation for this, assuming the video is not doctored.

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Slow day at the shipping center since no other packages came down that line, or any of the other visible lines...

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oh blah, i just posted this in the random video thread :p


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The explanation is simple enough for a first-semester physics student. The box was rolling down the ramp with a speed equal to that at which the conveyor belt moved up the ramp.

For it to happen randomly because the box hit a bump, kink, or other deformity is pretty unusual (though certainly not impossible or even implausible), but a far more likely explanation is that a bored employee just started playing with the box until he got it to roll just right.

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I think the rolling of a box alone is pretty complicated mechanics.


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Corolinth wrote:
The explanation is simple enough for a first-semester physics student. The box was rolling down the ramp with a speed equal to that at which the conveyor belt moved up the ramp.

For it to happen randomly because the box hit a bump, kink, or other deformity is pretty unusual (though certainly not impossible or even implausible), but a far more likely explanation is that a bored employee just started playing with the box until he got it to roll just right.



I'm too tired right now to think through this entirely (damn you Skyrim. I didn't need to be doing quests until 330 AM) BUT, if the center of mass is slightly variable, and the mass is more concentrated in the center of the package, I think this more likely. I think the tolerances of when this will occur are greater under those conditions than if the center of mass is off center, or evenly distributed through the package.


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How does the center of mass get "evenly distributed through the package"?

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sorry. Misspoke. The mass evenly distributed throughout.


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