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shaneriding

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You have a perfectly spherical ball made from that 2 way mirror stuff they use in police interview rooms (the reflective mirror side on the inside of the ball)

If you looked into the ball what would you see?

Correct me if I am wrong in my idea but my question is "What is a reflection of a reflection?"

When you have two mirrors facing each other, they get smaller and smaller in each others reflection but if you had a spherical mirror, hence the ball idea, what would you see? I cant figure it out


Also if my nan falls down in her flat and there is no one around, does she make a sound? o_O
 

Piflik

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shaneriding said:
...if my nan falls down in her flat and there is no one around, does she make a sound? o_O
Same answer as with the tree...NO...sound is subjective...it comes into existence when sound waves are interpreted by the brain...before that it is only periodical differences in ambient pressure...
 

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Wintermute_ said:
Your trapped in a room with Justin Beiber, Miley Cirus, both are having a karaoke contest, and you have only one bullet in your revolver. What to do?
How the Fuck did I ever end up trapped in a room with Justin Bieber and Miley Cirus with only one bullet in my revolver?
 

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burzummaniac said:
A man lives on the penthouse(top floor) of an apartment building. Each day he goes to work at 7 o'clock, using the elevator outside his apartment. When he comes back from work at 5 o'clock, he can only travel halfway up the floors with the elevator and must walk the rest of the way, unless there is someone else in the lift or unless it's raining. Why?
Because he's too small to reach the top button without either getting someone else to do it or poking it with his umbrella.
 

Piflik

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Two men are eating the same meal at a restaurant. They both ask the chef, what it was they had and after hearing the answer one of them immediately dries home, gets his gun and shoots himself. What happened?


Oh god...I hate lateral riddles...
 

Maze1125

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rekabdarb said:
Maze1125 said:
rekabdarb said:
FeralCentaur said:
They're both half right and half wrong.
At the end of the court case the judge's decision overwrites the original agreement. So, whatever the judge says, goes.
Aha! that however was not the question
The question was "Who is right?", the answer is "The judge."
but he wasn't a option... The options are the student or the teacher. However why would the judge's ruling override the original agreement? That is also a legal binding contract.
Because the whole point is that the dispute is over the contract. Therefore the reason to have the judge is to tell them what the contract means.

If you hire someone to do some work, but it turns out a loop-hole in the contract allows them to do nothing but you still have to pay them. So you take them to court and the judge says "Even though the contract technically says you get paid for no work, I will not allow that, either do the work or don't get paid." The work man can't then just turn around again and say "I'm not doing the work and you still have to pay me, because the contract says so." because the contract has been overwritten by the judge.

The Geek Lord said:
CJackson95 said:
Infinite + Infinite = ???
Infinite + i
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Infinite plus the square root of negative one divided by zero.
Still just infinity.
 

Ldude893

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Sieg Firebrand said:
Ever had a question no one could answer?

Like, 'is there a bigger douche in the world then Bobby Kotick?'

Post here!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Miscavige
 

Maze1125

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shaneriding said:
You have a perfectly spherical ball made from that 2 way mirror stuff they use in police interview rooms (the reflective mirror side on the inside of the ball)

If you looked into the ball what would you see?

Correct me if I am wrong in my idea but my question is "What is a reflection of a reflection?"

When you have two mirrors facing each other, they get smaller and smaller in each others reflection but if you had a spherical mirror, hence the ball idea, what would you see? I cant figure it out
That's not how mirror glass works.
What mirror glass does is the same thing to both sides, it reflects half the incoming light and allows half the light through. This means that the side with the most light sees a mirror while the side with the least light sees through the glass.

You'll note that in police interrogation rooms, the room itself is lit-up while the "spy" room is in darkness. If the interrogation room was dark while the "spy" room was light, the criminal would be able to see the police while the police saw a mirror.

So, if you had a ball made out of mirror glass, all you'd see is outside of the ball being a mirror, not the inside, because the light source wouldn't be inside the ball. And if you did put the source inside the ball, all you'd see is the light source itself. Because the direct sight of the light source would overwhelm the mirror effects, as each time a reflection happened the light would be halved.
 

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Wintermute_ said:
Your trapped in a room with Justin Beiber, Miley Cirus, both are having a karaoke contest, and you have only one bullet in your revolver. What to do?
line up both heads.......



.....peace......
 

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Brainplant said:
burzummaniac said:
A man lives on the penthouse(top floor) of an apartment building. Each day he goes to work at 7 o'clock, using the elevator outside his apartment. When he comes back from work at 5 o'clock, he can only travel halfway up the floors with the elevator and must walk the rest of the way, unless there is someone else in the lift or unless it's raining. Why?
Because he's too small to reach the top button without either getting someone else to do it or poking it with his umbrella.
Damn it....You're right....

Ok, try this one:
"A man walks into a bar and orders a glass of water. The bartender takes out a gun and points it at the man. The man simply says thanks and leaves the bar. Why?"

Try this one.
 

shaneriding

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Maze1125 said:
shaneriding said:
You have a perfectly spherical ball made from that 2 way mirror stuff they use in police interview rooms (the reflective mirror side on the inside of the ball)

If you looked into the ball what would you see?

Correct me if I am wrong in my idea but my question is "What is a reflection of a reflection?"

When you have two mirrors facing each other, they get smaller and smaller in each others reflection but if you had a spherical mirror, hence the ball idea, what would you see? I cant figure it out
That's not how mirror glass works.
What mirror glass does is the same thing to both sides, it reflects half the incoming light and allows half the light through. This means that the side with the most light sees a mirror while the side with the least light sees through the glass.

You'll note that in police interrogation rooms, the room itself is lit-up while the "spy" room is in darkness. If the interrogation room was dark while the "spy" room was light, the criminal would be able to see the police while the police saw a mirror.

So, if you had a ball made out of mirror glass, all you'd see is outside of the ball being a mirror, not the inside, because the light source wouldn't be inside the ball. And if you did put the source inside the ball, all you'd see is the light source itself. Because the direct sight of the light source would overwhelm the mirror effects, as each time a reflection happened the light would be halved.
That was amazing, finally a serious answer. IU have asked that many times and peopel including myself cannot work out what is going on. I still wonder though if you could have a light source with wasnt visible (just so the inside wasn't dark)just to see what a reflection of a reflection is. I don't think it would be possible though for the reasons you mentioned above. Thanks again
 

shaneriding

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Piflik said:
shaneriding said:
...if my nan falls down in her flat and there is no one around, does she make a sound? o_O
Same answer as with the tree...NO...sound is subjective...it comes into existence when sound waves are interpreted by the brain...before that it is only periodical differences in ambient pressure...
Well that was a bigger buzzkill than Buzz Killington. I am aware of the science behind this, I was just making a rather perverse joke :(
 

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Wintermute_ said:
Your trapped in a room with Justin Beiber, Miley Cirus, both are having a karaoke contest, and you have only one bullet in your revolver. What to do?
Suicide may be your only option.