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Author Topic: Like, Billions and Billions of Stars, Man.  (Read 7981 times)

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Re: Like, Billions and Billions of Stars, Man.
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2008, 01:47:58 PM »
Quote from: dcrog on January 11, 2008, 01:45:18 PM
If you were standing on the center of the spindle looking at the dots they would appear to never move.

Yes, because you'd be turning with the spindle. Relative to each other, all dots on a moving disc are at rest.
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Re: Like, Billions and Billions of Stars, Man.
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2008, 01:48:10 PM »
I like Calvin's father's explanation of black and white vs color pictures better.
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Re: Like, Billions and Billions of Stars, Man.
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2008, 03:04:17 PM »
I think the laws of Physics are about as simple as the rules to Calvinball.
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Re: Like, Billions and Billions of Stars, Man.
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2008, 03:04:50 PM »
Monkey brains.
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Re: Like, Billions and Billions of Stars, Man.
« Reply #29 on: January 11, 2008, 05:07:01 PM »
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Re: Like, Billions and Billions of Stars, Man.
« Reply #30 on: January 11, 2008, 05:18:17 PM »


Chilled?
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Re: Like, Billions and Billions of Stars, Man.
« Reply #31 on: January 12, 2008, 03:50:48 PM »
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