Comments on: Fun with Gravity http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:41:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Joehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-341360 Joe Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:01:08 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-341360 Shoulda just tied it to a string and whipped it around. Shoulda just tied it to a string and whipped it around.

]]> By: Hugohttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-245503 Hugo Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:32:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-245503 I wonder if I would still be smiling as much as I am if I were strapped onto this device? I wonder if I would still be smiling as much as I am

if I were strapped onto this device?

]]> By: Hugohttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-278215 Hugo Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:32:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-278215 I wonder if I would still be smiling as much as I am if I were strapped onto this device? I wonder if I would still be smiling as much as I am
if I were strapped onto this device?

]]> By: Aaron M.http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-245411 Aaron M. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:53:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-245411 Interesting set-up. I'm certainly impressed with Neil's ingenuity in building a centrifuge of that size without causing some serious damage. I wouldn't mess with it! But I'm curious about the same thing as "someone". Is the actual gravity on Jupiter only 2 g's...? Doesn't seem too much. Interesting set-up. I'm certainly impressed with Neil's ingenuity in building a centrifuge of that size without causing some serious damage. I wouldn't mess with it! But I'm curious about the same thing as "someone". Is the actual gravity on Jupiter only 2 g's…? Doesn't seem too much.

]]> By: Aaron M.http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-278214 Aaron M. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:53:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-278214 Interesting set-up. I'm certainly impressed with Neil's ingenuity in building a centrifuge of that size without causing some serious damage. I wouldn't mess with it! But I'm curious about the same thing as "someone". Is the actual gravity on Jupiter only 2 g's...? Doesn't seem too much. Interesting set-up. I’m certainly impressed with Neil’s ingenuity in building a centrifuge of that size without causing some serious damage. I wouldn’t mess with it! But I’m curious about the same thing as “someone”. Is the actual gravity on Jupiter only 2 g’s…? Doesn’t seem too much.

]]> By: Alihttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-245382 Ali Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:21:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-245382 Since when has gravity had any effect on convection? I'd think that whether the lamp is on jupiter or not doesn't matter, since it's heat energy entering and leaving the 'lava' and changing the density that causes it to rise and fall. Since when has gravity had any effect on convection? I'd think that whether the lamp is on jupiter or not doesn't matter, since it's heat energy entering and leaving the 'lava' and changing the density that causes it to rise and fall.

]]> By: Alihttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-278213 Ali Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:21:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-278213 Since when has gravity had any effect on convection? I'd think that whether the lamp is on jupiter or not doesn't matter, since it's heat energy entering and leaving the 'lava' and changing the density that causes it to rise and fall. Since when has gravity had any effect on convection? I’d think that whether the lamp is on jupiter or not doesn’t matter, since it’s heat energy entering and leaving the ‘lava’ and changing the density that causes it to rise and fall.

]]> By: Someonehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-245369 Someone Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-245369 The part the lamp was locked into could tilt freely. The angle it tips is the sum of the vertical and horizontal g-s, so when it started it was vertical, but then tilted as it picked up speed. Did the meter say 2g? That isn't all that much The part the lamp was locked into could tilt freely. The angle it tips is the sum of the vertical and horizontal g-s, so when it started it was vertical, but then tilted as it picked up speed.

Did the meter say 2g? That isn't all that much

]]> By: Someonehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-278212 Someone Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-278212 The part the lamp was locked into could tilt freely. The angle it tips is the sum of the vertical and horizontal g-s, so when it started it was vertical, but then tilted as it picked up speed.Did the meter say 2g? That isn't all that much The part the lamp was locked into could tilt freely. The angle it tips is the sum of the vertical and horizontal g-s, so when it started it was vertical, but then tilted as it picked up speed.

Did the meter say 2g? That isn’t all that much

]]> By: Poindexterhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-245354 Poindexter Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-245354 Wouldn't the lava lamp need to be on its side with the base facing outwards to simulate gravity, as that's the direction the g-forces are going? Wouldn't the lava lamp need to be on its side with the base facing outwards to simulate gravity, as that's the direction the g-forces are going?

]]> By: Poindexterhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-278211 Poindexter Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-278211 Wouldn't the lava lamp need to be on its side with the base facing outwards to simulate gravity, as that's the direction the g-forces are going? Wouldn’t the lava lamp need to be on its side with the base facing outwards to simulate gravity, as that’s the direction the g-forces are going?

]]> By: Tylerhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/08/fun-with-gravity/#comment-241941 Tyler Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:33:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=23230#comment-241941 It looks like the Coriolis forces are having a significant effect. How could the experiment be changed to minimize that effect, so that it was more similar to Jupiter's gravity? It looks like the Coriolis forces are having a significant effect. How could the experiment be changed to minimize that effect, so that it was more similar to Jupiter's gravity?

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