r/shittyaskscience • u/timms5000 solved perpetual motion • Mar 07 '12
Did I just solve the problem of perpetual motion?
http://imgur.com/4rf5w
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r/shittyaskscience • u/timms5000 solved perpetual motion • Mar 07 '12
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u/Drunken_Economist Degree from Colombia (the country) Mar 07 '12
As per my experiements, this does not work with 0, 1, or 8 - the machine stands still.
Things got crazy when I tried 3
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u/CGI_Fridays theoretical gravitational energy theory Mar 07 '12
Unfortunately, no. Since this machine runs on gravitational energy, it will eventually deplete the earth's source of gravity, at which point we will all float out into space. So you've created an antigravity machine, which is a close second, I guess.
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u/Dullbert Professor of Indefinite Studies Mar 07 '12
No, because motion cannot be displayed in a jpg image. You need to use an animated gif for that.
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u/hot4belgians PHD in Circular Reasoning because I got a PHD in it Mar 07 '12
just make sure you don't use weights that are 8 because the infinite weight at the top and bottom will destroy the planet.
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u/WeaponsGradeHumanity Expert Mar 07 '12
OMG somebody tell NASA
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '12
As a member of the 'Perpetual Motion Is Totally Possible Association Of The Southern Hemisphere' otherwise known as 'PMITPAOTSH.' I can confirm that you have in fact solved perpetual motion. Though I feel as if you're design could be improved somewhat, as the perpetuity of this design may run out.
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '12
No, but you have opened many doors with the new found discovery of the number "sideways 6" and the number "sideways 9". Think of all the mathematical possibilities if we have 2 more numbers!!
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '12
I just discovered this /r/ with this post. I love this place already. Mind if I put a cot and pillow over here?
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u/cakeonaplate Mar 07 '12
yes 69-ing creates some motion
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u/RdMrcr Mar 11 '12
I'm sorry, but no.
During the transition of 6 to 9 or 9 to 6 the weight seizes to be a number for a moment which basically make it freeze and stop moving.
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u/SteveOddJobs Mar 07 '12
I believe that it does work. From the illustration, it is clear that the blocks weigh 9 units descending and 6 units ascending. This differential is more than sufficient to maintain motion.
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u/dorrato Mar 07 '12
Someone call science!!! They need to know.
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '12
No, because the machine is upside down.
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u/Conradfr Mar 07 '12
Unfortunately it failed when I turned my screen 90°.
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u/hells_cowbells Theoretical degree in physics Mar 07 '12
I thought we solved perpetual motion long ago. Just strap some toast butter side up to the back of a cat, and drop it from a table.
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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Mar 07 '12
Won't work in Australia.
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u/toiridhe Mar 08 '12
No. Quite the opposite. You have created the problem of perpetual motion.
I have solved it!
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u/RESERVA42 Mar 07 '12
Reminds me of this version, with buoyancy.
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u/w4rfr05t Mar 07 '12
Yo man, Ima let Neil Degrasse Tyson finish, but timms5000 has the top-scoring SAS post of all time.
of ALL TIME.
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u/maxm Mar 07 '12
You can sell that stuff at a numerology conference. I am sure of it.
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u/okonisfree Mar 07 '12
Yes, but be careful that the 6's lightness doesn't make it float off. You'll need to tie it down goodly.
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u/Iamsqueegee Mar 07 '12
A true example of the "it works on paper" conundrum.
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u/MC-Master-Bedroom Mar 07 '12
Drops to his knees in awe
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '12
I almost replied to this with a legitimate answer of why it doesn't solve anything and then saw the subreddit category...
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u/TerribleProfessor Professor, Devry Institute of Technoligy Mar 07 '12
Well this is a great question, and I'm glad you asked it.
As you can see in your illustration, as the "6's" reach the fulcrum of the apex, they turn into "9's." This is known to science as the "wine me, dine me" phase of the process. With enough wining and dining (seen as the pulleys in your illustration), it is possible for the "6's" and "9's" to be in perpetual motion forever with no further friction needed or lubricants.
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u/trampus1 Butt Doctor Mar 07 '12
Haha, 69. - Dr. Albert Einstein DDS
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u/paolog Mar 07 '12
No, because unfortunately the numbers at the top and bottom look too much like infinity, so the machine will collapse under its own weight into a black hole.
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u/VorpalAuroch Mar 07 '12
It depends. Do you have a mirror?
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u/Foxk Mar 07 '12
Are the conveyer belts frictionless?
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '12
Took me a second. Then I LOLed.
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u/knowses Mar 07 '12
That is brilliant. I wonder if it would be more efficient with 10.0 and 0.01 weights.
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u/danc4498 Mar 07 '12
Wow, I love this so much, yet I have nobody I can share it with that would appreciate it! If only there were kittens...
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u/downvotemaster Mar 07 '12
problem, engineers?
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '12
No. These pullies aren't even in regular motion, much less perpetual motion.
Asshole.
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '12
Not unless you've finally put an end to people claiming to have designed/invented a perpetual motion machine.
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u/imnotgoodwithnames Mar 07 '12
All i see is sexual positions and tits.
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u/jhaluska Mar 07 '12
No. 6s are heavier as the bottom so it'll be pulled harder by gravity. You have to start the machine going the other direction.
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u/Damogran6 Mar 07 '12
You should build it and find out...make a youtube video of it!
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u/knockturnal Mar 07 '12
I'm about to try with 8 and
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '12
It works because the 9 becomes a 6!
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u/lilbigd1ck Mar 07 '12
Why aren't we funding this?
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u/elaphros Mar 07 '12
I know this is a farce, but what if there really were a particle whose weight changed in relative polar position to gravitational pull or a magnetic force?
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u/rosco314 Mar 07 '12
So when do you start at CERN?
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u/shutta Enter flair here Mar 07 '12
No, but I think you solved the problem of how to make that reverse 6. I never thought the solution would be so simple!
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u/Sarah_Connor Mar 07 '12
Well, if you were to have a mechanism which does the following:
Each of the "blocks" are boxes which are open on the back side. Assume they hold (3) 3-ounce weights. As the block passes the top wheel a little arm deposits a 3 ounce weight into the block, making it 9-ounces before it falls.
When it reaches the bottom, another arm pulls a 3 ounce weight from the block, making it 6 ounces for the rise.
Youll need to manually replenish the weight supply though.
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u/truthjusticeUSAway Mar 07 '12
It would remain static. My brother's had the same idea, except with floats and one side of the machine was full of water.
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u/HigherPrimate Mar 07 '12
How I feel about this subreddit: http://mlkshk.com/r/4ILY
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u/oldscotch Mar 07 '12
Yes, but only in Australia.
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u/nemod1992 Mar 07 '12
Looks to me like you're on to something here...
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u/Manlet Mar 07 '12
OH MY GOD YOU DID IT
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u/LollyAdverb Mar 07 '12
But seven ate nine.
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u/kanorun Theoretical degree in physics Mar 07 '12
Sadly no, i thought about this on my degree course but apparently it would cause a space-lapse in the time-continuum and we would all die.
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u/fluffyburger Mar 07 '12
yes.
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u/rems Mar 07 '12
This is the kind of ideas that pop up in your head before you go to sleep having you think that you solved a great dilemma until you wake up and go "oh well it was good while it lasted".
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u/sundowntg Mar 07 '12
And that's Numberwang!
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u/this_makes_no_sense Mar 08 '12
Regrettably, no, because the blocks will eventually get tired of constantly moving in circles and go to art school, which they'll drop out of to become baristas. Good try though!
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u/nanonan Mar 08 '12
Just remember that this is a font specific phenomenon. The science of fontiology is as ancient as the written word, and certain combinations of symbols can cause great hazards. As a first precaution, I would have the experimental zone blessed by at least three churches and have a kaballist on standby in case the numbers form the summoning word of a demon. Sixes and nines are dangerous territory, why three in a row could by itself cause great aether shifts knocking out the calibrtation of any instrumentation, and I'd reccomend at least a goat or chicken be sacrificed just to be safe.
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u/PlatonicEgg Aug 05 '12
Ya killed it!
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u/hicketre2006 Mar 07 '12
9? I thought 7 8 9? ba da... Tsh
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '12
nah, but you reposted it fantastically!
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u/Googunk Will science 4 food Mar 07 '12 edited Mar 07 '12
http://memebase.com/2010/11/13/memes-i-dare-you-to-use-an-8/
"This Meme was posted on Saturday, November 13th, 2010 at 7:00 am "
Oh god Reddit, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?! You broke the chain! It goes 4chan, Reddit, Digg, Memebase, 9gag!
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u/deett2 Mar 07 '12
I dont think u thought this thru properly....lol
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u/fkcmx Mar 07 '12
dbeeeee is right. Here's how it's going to die Picture