Poll: Impossible nerd questions

[Lullabye]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

wow
a bit of a question there,
look up Einstein's theory of relativity
(there are two though, and i cant remember which on it is)

I have, but it assumes that it is matter that generates gravity. But the question is, would gravity exist if there was no space?....mindfuck.....

 

[Chairehead]

How can Mario run at the same speed as Sonic let alone beat him?

steroids

 

[SnipErlite]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

Off the top of my head I'd say matter. Since all matter exerts a gravitational attraction on anything else.

Space is technically empty space

I have, but it assumes that it is matter that generates gravity. But the question is, would gravity exist if there was no space?....mindfuck.....

Would matter exist if there were no space for it to be in?

 

[funguy2121]

Who the fuck would say "Greedo?"

Of what importance is Greedo to anyone but a hut?

I think the OP is a hut stealth troll.

Enjoy your wormlike existence and your lack of genitalia, troll. Only Jabba had a hot leather slave like Leigha, and she choked him to death (but as a masochist, he probably enjoyed it).

 

[Chairehead]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

wow
a bit of a question there,
look up Einstein's theory of relativity
(there are two though, and i cant remember which on it is)

I have, but it assumes that it is matter that generates gravity. But the question is, would gravity exist if there was no space?....mindfuck.....

I'm no physicist, let alone a quantum physicist, but if space is affected by something generated by matter and perhaps energy, as they are the same thing, (the other theory of relativity) we can only speculate it abides by material laws and is therefore something measurable in material terms, perhaps a fabric of antimatter? though nobody has any fucking clue, it is a trait of matter and energy, but because space abides by these laws, or at least some of them, we can guess that it may well generate its own gravity, perhaps if it is an area of dispersed anti matter, it has the immaterial equivalent of gravity, soo, repulsion? probably not

 

[Lullabye]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

Off the top of my head I'd say matter. Since all matter exerts a gravitational attraction on anything else.

Space is technically empty space

I have, but it assumes that it is matter that generates gravity. But the question is, would gravity exist if there was no space?....mindfuck.....

Would matter exist if there were no space for it to be in?

I don't think matter exists in space, in the same way that fish are not "in" the water. I mean, they are in the water, but not taking any of it up. Is that confusing? I'm terrible with metaphors....
Anyway, the thing I was wondering was, what does this gravitational attraction consist of. Seeing as two objects with no atomic connection of any sort are "attracted" to eachothr, yet we can't seem to find out why. I harken to think it is a trait of space to push/pull matter together.

 

[Mrkittycat]

If a lightsaber amounts to projecting monochromatic light into a focused beam, then why don't the blades extend to infinity?

Because the lightsabers read the script?

This one has always, always bugged me.

Maybe there is only enough power in a lightsaber to extend a set distance?
That has bugged me as well

 

[Monshroud]

Who the fuck would say "Greedo?"

Of what importance is Greedo to anyone but a hut?

I think the OP is a hut stealth troll.

Enjoy your wormlike existence and your lack of genitalia, troll. Only Jabba had a hot leather slave like Leigha, and she choked him to death (but as a masochist, he probably enjoyed it).

You just lost 100 nerd points for failing to spell Leia properly. =)

 

[Chairehead]

If a lightsaber amounts to projecting monochromatic light into a focused beam, then why don't the blades extend to infinity?

Because the lightsabers read the script?

This one has always, always bugged me.

Maybe there is only enough power in a lightsaber to extend a set distance?
That has bugged me as well

maybe it is just a super hot extendible glo stick

 

[SnipErlite]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

Off the top of my head I'd say matter. Since all matter exerts a gravitational attraction on anything else.

Space is technically empty space

I have, but it assumes that it is matter that generates gravity. But the question is, would gravity exist if there was no space?....mindfuck.....

Would matter exist if there were no space for it to be in?

I don't think matter exists in space, in the same way that fish are not "in" the water. I mean, they are in the water, but not taking any of it up. Is that confusing? I'm terrible with metaphors....
Anyway, the thing I was wondering was, what does this gravitational attraction consist of. Seeing as two objects with no atomic connection of any sort are "attracted" to eachothr, yet we can't seem to find out why. I harken to think it is a trait of space to push/pull matter together.

Imagine it like space is a sheet of material and objects are resting on it, thereby pulling the material down and making other objects fall towards them. the bigger the object the bigger dent it makes and the more it attracts.

Although it's far more complicated than that. Yeah we really don't know why objects attract - possibly due to the Graviton, a hypothesised particle.

Or maybe because of onions

 

[funguy2121]

Who the fuck would say "Greedo?"

Of what importance is Greedo to anyone but a hut?

I think the OP is a hut stealth troll.

Enjoy your wormlike existence and your lack of genitalia, troll. Only Jabba had a hot leather slave like Leigha, and she choked him to death (but as a masochist, he probably enjoyed it).

You just lost 100 nerd points for failing to spell Leia properly. =)

Sunovabitch! And I was on a roll!

 

[digipinky75910]

Also: If Gandalf had connections with the big eagles, then why didn't he do the big eagle thing in the first place and drop the ring in the volcano from the sky?

As far as I've ever been able to tell, it's because the eagles were snobby bastards who liked Gandalf but weren't all that bothered about anyone else in Middle Earth - either that or they had a heightened sense of narrative fate and believed it had to be done the hard way because It Just Did.

I'd like to hear another explanation though.

As explained in the Hobbit, the eagles are picky about where they can and cannot fly. Some areas they get hunted.. so yeah um.. Yeah it woulda been easier..

EDIT: They still had the Nazgul to deal with though...

 

[Pyro Paul]

A parsec is a unit of distance not time, how did the Millennium Falcon make the Kessel run in less than 12?

him claiming it does the kessel run in 12 parsecs does denotes speed and power.

the kessel run is defined as any route between kessel and formos, commonly used by smugglers and privateers. it is not a popular trade route because it is rife with gravitational anyomolies and hazardious obsticals.

the average ship is described as taking 18 parsecs as any closer and the ship would be drawn in by a gravitational well or the like and be lost. however if the ship is capable of going faster then normal it is then capable of navigating closer to these wells more safely as it would then be capable of escaping the pull of said wells more reliably, in turn having a shorter 'run' than normal.

so to state that it is capable of doing the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs DOES speak of the vessels speed.

 

[reyttm4]

oh god

In 1977 Han shot first. But George Lucas thought that depicted him as too much of a bad guy. So..

In 1997 Greedo shot first through the miracle of CG editing. But George didn't like that either because Greedo was too much of a pussy to have managed the shot first. So..

In 2007 Han and Greedo Shot at the same time thus ending the argument and satisfying George's need to slaughter his beloved franchise once and for all.

Now I need to go cut myself and weep.

Don't forget when in 2006 for one year he made it so Greedo continually shot until death.

[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Asjh-HjRE&feature=related#watch-main-area[/link]

 

[kurshindo]

Why doesn't the Flash burst into flames?

 

[Pyro Paul]

If a lightsaber amounts to projecting monochromatic light into a focused beam, then why don't the blades extend to infinity?

Because the lightsabers read the script?

This one has always, always bugged me.

a light saber uses a series of crystals to focus light on a point to generate plasma gas. this plasma gas is then contained with in a magenetic field. as the magnetic field intersects with something, the plasma gas colides with what ever object is in the way and in turn instantly incinerating it. the depth of the wound is entirely dependent on the length of exposure to the gas.

this is why quick slashes often create only surface wounds which don't go very deep while slower strokes part things in twain.

 

[Pyro Paul]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

Gravity is the effect of matter ON space.
so technically it is a trait of both... and neither.

 

[john_alexander]

Han didn't shoot first. Han shot only.