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How many holes are there in a 'normal' drinking straw?
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All holes are infinite until they stop?0
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Dave Rudd said:man_at_milletts said:Dave Rudd said:Was the previous thread in vain?
Next thing we'll be asking is 'Can you hear a clock stop?'.or a pin drop!
As a chemist I was always intrigued by the old school identification test for Nitrogen. When all the other tests for gases are found to be negative, you can conclude that you have Nitrogen. Much easier these days with spectroscopic/instrumental methods, but our forefathers were happy to rely on the detection of absence.
You might want to read up on the music of the spheres. People like Pythagorus and Johannes Kepler firmly believed in an inaudible music generated by the celestial bodies.
Indetectable ... unless it stops, of course. And then we'd all go quite mad.5 -
What about an abnormal straw? Why are these not considered?0
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Dave Rudd said:eastterrace6168 said:Dave Rudd said:man_at_milletts said:Dave Rudd said:Was the previous thread in vain?
Next thing we'll be asking is 'Can you hear a clock stop?'.or a pin drop!
As a chemist I was always intrigued by the old school identification test for Nitrogen. When all the other tests for gases are found to be negative, you can conclude that you have Nitrogen. Much easier these days with spectroscopic/instrumental methods, but our forefathers were happy to rely on the detection of absence.
You might want to read up on the music of the spheres. People like Pythagorus and Johannes Kepler firmly believed in an inaudible music generated by the celestial bodies.
Indetectable ... unless it stops, of course. And then we'd all go quite mad.
So endeth the first lesson...
It's consultancy rates after that.1 -
thai malaysia addick said:What about an abnormal straw? Why are these not considered?1
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SantaClaus said:thai malaysia addick said:What about an abnormal straw? Why are these not considered?1
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If a tree falls over in an empty forest, does it make a sound?0
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Thought the answer to everything was 42?1
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MrOneLung said:Dave Rudd said:eastterrace6168 said:Dave Rudd said:man_at_milletts said:Dave Rudd said:Was the previous thread in vain?
Next thing we'll be asking is 'Can you hear a clock stop?'.or a pin drop!
As a chemist I was always intrigued by the old school identification test for Nitrogen. When all the other tests for gases are found to be negative, you can conclude that you have Nitrogen. Much easier these days with spectroscopic/instrumental methods, but our forefathers were happy to rely on the detection of absence.
You might want to read up on the music of the spheres. People like Pythagorus and Johannes Kepler firmly believed in an inaudible music generated by the celestial bodies.
Indetectable ... unless it stops, of course. And then we'd all go quite mad.
So endeth the first lesson...
It's consultancy rates after that.
Nice try.0 - Sponsored links:
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Same number of holes as our defence.1
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SporadicAddick said:If a tree falls over in an empty forest, does it make a sound?
All human experience shows that, when a tree falls over, it will make a sound. There are no recorded situations in the dendrodeclination literature which show a tree falling and making no sound.
Therefore, the strong probability is that tree-falling incorporates a degree of audible output.
More interesting is to ask why a falling tree needs to make a sound. What purpose would it serve?
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Dave Rudd said:SporadicAddick said:If a tree falls over in an empty forest, does it make a sound?
All human experience shows that, when a tree falls over, it will make a sound. There are no recorded situations in the dendrodeclination literature which show a tree falling and making no sound.
Therefore, the strong probability is that tree-falling incorporates a degree of audible output.
More interesting is to ask why a falling tree needs to make a sound. What purpose would it serve?
Take it @SporadicAddick is now due an online consultancy invoice for that..0 -
Dave Rudd said:SporadicAddick said:If a tree falls over in an empty forest, does it make a sound?
All human experience shows that, when a tree falls over, it will make a sound. There are no recorded situations in the dendrodeclination literature which show a tree falling and making no sound.
Therefore, the strong probability is that tree-falling incorporates a degree of audible output.
More interesting is to ask why a falling tree needs to make a sound. What purpose would it serve?3 -
eastterrace6168 said:Dave Rudd said:SporadicAddick said:If a tree falls over in an empty forest, does it make a sound?
All human experience shows that, when a tree falls over, it will make a sound. There are no recorded situations in the dendrodeclination literature which show a tree falling and making no sound.
Therefore, the strong probability is that tree-falling incorporates a degree of audible output.
More interesting is to ask why a falling tree needs to make a sound. What purpose would it serve?
Take it @SporadicAddick is now due an online consultancy invoice for that..
And I agree with Bob about the sound (this is a regular debate in my house - I am massively outnumbered by people with Dave's view..)0 -
bobmunro said:Dave Rudd said:SporadicAddick said:If a tree falls over in an empty forest, does it make a sound?
All human experience shows that, when a tree falls over, it will make a sound. There are no recorded situations in the dendrodeclination literature which show a tree falling and making no sound.
Therefore, the strong probability is that tree-falling incorporates a degree of audible output.
More interesting is to ask why a falling tree needs to make a sound. What purpose would it serve?
I refer you once again to the music of the spheres. The sound is there, as is that of the falling tree. It doesn't need to be detected to exist.
Just like a hole. Detect that, if you will.
Invoice on the way.
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bobmunro said:Dave Rudd said:SporadicAddick said:If a tree falls over in an empty forest, does it make a sound?
All human experience shows that, when a tree falls over, it will make a sound. There are no recorded situations in the dendrodeclination literature which show a tree falling and making no sound.
Therefore, the strong probability is that tree-falling incorporates a degree of audible output.
More interesting is to ask why a falling tree needs to make a sound. What purpose would it serve?0 -
All i know is, Millwall Stu would of passed out two posts into this thread...0
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Dave Rudd said:bobmunro said:Dave Rudd said:SporadicAddick said:If a tree falls over in an empty forest, does it make a sound?
All human experience shows that, when a tree falls over, it will make a sound. There are no recorded situations in the dendrodeclination literature which show a tree falling and making no sound.
Therefore, the strong probability is that tree-falling incorporates a degree of audible output.
More interesting is to ask why a falling tree needs to make a sound. What purpose would it serve?
I refer you once again to the music of the spheres. The sound is there, as is that of the falling tree. It doesn't need to be detected to exist.
Just like a hole. Detect that, if you will.
Invoice on the way.
If by sound we mean wave disturbances that propagate through the air at audio frequencies, then yes it does make a sound. But sound in the human experience will not be received/perceived if there are no receptors to receive it!
Of course, reality is an illusion, albeit a very persistent one!0 - Sponsored links:
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bobmunro said:Dave Rudd said:bobmunro said:Dave Rudd said:SporadicAddick said:If a tree falls over in an empty forest, does it make a sound?
All human experience shows that, when a tree falls over, it will make a sound. There are no recorded situations in the dendrodeclination literature which show a tree falling and making no sound.
Therefore, the strong probability is that tree-falling incorporates a degree of audible output.
More interesting is to ask why a falling tree needs to make a sound. What purpose would it serve?
I refer you once again to the music of the spheres. The sound is there, as is that of the falling tree. It doesn't need to be detected to exist.
Just like a hole. Detect that, if you will.
Invoice on the way.
If by sound we mean wave disturbances that propagate through the air at audio frequencies, then yes it does make a sound. But sound in the human experience will not be received/perceived if there are no receptors to receive it!
Let me try another tack.
When you go on holiday, does your house cease to exist? Or when a family member is 100 miles away, do they also no longer exist?
You can't detect either. But I would hope that they are still there!
Or do you believe that a loved one simply flits between reality and non-existence based on whether you send them a text or not?
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Surely it's only a hole if you take something out of it to leave a hole there.0
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when are you planning on announcing i'm the winner chizz? i think we may have crossed swords in the past but id just get it over and done with if i were you - what's the prize?0
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DOUCHER said:when are you planning on announcing i'm the winner chizz? i think we may have crossed swords in the past but id just get it over and done with if i were you - what's the prize?1
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DOUCHER said:when are you planning on announcing i'm the winner chizz? i think we may have crossed swords in the past but id just get it over and done with if i were you - what's the prize?0
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Anyone fancy a pint?
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( but does a pint exist if there’s no one there to drink it? )0 -
Just choose which team you are on.Team 1 holeProponents of the “one hole” theory argue that a straw is like a doughnut. It’s one piece of material with one connected hole all the way through. The “long plastic doughnut” theory. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a hole as a “hollow place in a solid body or surface,” which would seem to lend credence to Team One Hole.Team 2 Holes
Team “Two Holes” argues that a straw has an entrance and an exit, and thus has TWO holes. Imagine a pipe. If something goes in a pipe in your house, crosses town underground, and then comes out on the other end of town. The two ends of the pipe are part of the same system, but are two unique and distinct holes. Team Two Holes argues a straw is no differentTeam 0 holesNo holes
Enter, Team “No Holes.” This team of philosophers argues that the entire debate is completely wrong. Team No Holes argues a straw is just a rolled-up rectangle. An ideal straw, they say, would have no holes, otherwise it would leak. Others argue a straw can have infinite holes. Just keep cutting it in half…
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Three. I shan't explain0
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Dave Rudd said:SporadicAddick said:If a tree falls over in an empty forest, does it make a sound?
All human experience shows that, when a tree falls over, it will make a sound. There are no recorded situations in the dendrodeclination literature which show a tree falling and making no sound.
Therefore, the strong probability is that tree-falling incorporates a degree of audible output.
More interesting is to ask why a falling tree needs to make a sound. What purpose would it serve?
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Chizz said:DOUCHER said:when are you planning on announcing i'm the winner chizz? i think we may have crossed swords in the past but id just get it over and done with if i were you - what's the prize?
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