Why does the atmospheric density increase towards the back?
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§ ita § - Feb 08, 2007 12:00:42 pm PST #9358 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2007 12:01:53 pm PST #9359 of 10001
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The interia of the air.
Dana - Feb 08, 2007 12:02:48 pm PST #9360 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't believe you. Air doesn't weigh anything! That's why it's air.
Jesse - Feb 08, 2007 12:02:56 pm PST #9361 of 10001
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How come I took two years of physics in high school and never got to go to an amusement park once??
Allyson - Feb 08, 2007 12:03:08 pm PST #9362 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Explain why string theory is crap.
Vortex - Feb 08, 2007 12:03:26 pm PST #9363 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
What's the chances of her daughter not being totally screwed up?
well, Howard seemed fairly normal in the beginning. Maybe now that Anna (and the cameras) are gone, he'll go back to being a regular guy.
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2007 12:03:35 pm PST #9364 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Why does the atmospheric density increase towards the back?
Because of the acceleration forward, everything in the car would be pulled to the back, thus increasing the atmospheric density back there. (And the balloon, being lighter than air, would end up going forward as the heavier air would "win out" in the rush to the back.)
Or, think what would happen if you had a car half-full of water. When the car accelerates, the water, being denser than air, would go back and the air would go forward.
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2007 12:05:38 pm PST #9365 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't believe you. Air doesn't weigh anything! That's why it's air.
But the balloon is lighter than air, and thus ways less than not anything. So it being negative, it would go forward.
(OK, that actually does make sense of you adopt the "air weighs nothing" frame of reference. It's all relative.)
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2007 12:07:44 pm PST #9366 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Howard seemed fairly normal in the beginning. Maybe now that Anna (and the cameras) are gone, he'll go back to being a regular guy.
I've been reading supposition (god bless the internet) that he was responsible for the death of her son and hers too, so now he gets the money with the baby.
The interia of the air
Whuhuh?
think what would happen if you had a car half-full of water. When the car accelerates, the water, being denser than air, would go back and the air would go forward.
And this difference in density between the balloon and the air around it is sufficient to provide this effect?
DavidS - Feb 08, 2007 12:08:39 pm PST #9367 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What's the chances of her daughter not being totally screwed up?
About the same as Frances Bean's.
I don't believe you. Air doesn't weigh anything! That's why it's air.
Tell it to the bathysphere.