Images found here while searching for perpetum (sic) on Google Images.
no, what you do is build two concentric circles (one smaller)
on the inside of the big ring, you put a row of P magnets
and on the outside of the small ring, you put an equal number of N magnets
and then you hook it up to your ice cream maker
and you gots ice cream for life
also known as
perpetual indigestion
***
i do like the play on the clacky-ball thing though. or is it like a Buddhist instrument?
ice cream koan
If you have ice cream I will give you some.
If you have no ice cream I will take it away from you
jack kerouac
I found the ones above while searching for the origins of this GIF:
Which I like, but I think I prefer the clacky balls one just for sheer absurdity/elegance. There's only so much content that you load into an animated GIF.
That's hilarious, (and such a worthy area of investigation, one wonders if the internets have more stuff along that line)
WHEEL FOR STUDIES ON THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF PERPETUAL MOTION. da vinci
also see : WHEEL WITH SMALL IRON BALLS
this great link found in the wikipedia entry on the history of perpetual motion machines
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Images found here while searching for perpetum (sic) on Google Images.
- tom moody 1-22-2007 10:48 pm
no, what you do is build two concentric circles (one smaller)
on the inside of the big ring, you put a row of P magnets
and on the outside of the small ring, you put an equal number of N magnets
and then you hook it up to your ice cream maker
and you gots ice cream for life
also known as
perpetual indigestion
***
i do like the play on the clacky-ball thing though. or is it like a Buddhist instrument?
ice cream koan
If you have ice cream I will give you some.
If you have no ice cream I will take it away from you
jack kerouac
- j in jc (guest) 1-23-2007 6:51 am
I found the ones above while searching for the origins of this GIF:
Which I like, but I think I prefer the clacky balls one just for sheer absurdity/elegance. There's only so much content that you load into an animated GIF.
- tom moody 1-23-2007 8:55 pm
That's hilarious, (and such a worthy area of investigation, one wonders if the internets have more stuff along that line)
- L.M. 1-23-2007 9:55 pm
WHEEL FOR STUDIES ON THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF PERPETUAL MOTION. da vinci
also see : WHEEL WITH SMALL IRON BALLS
this great link found in the wikipedia entry on the history of perpetual motion machines
- bill 1-23-2007 9:59 pm