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In article , George
writes Peter Twydell wrote in message news:pFgBVJAkIDTAFwW+ ... There was some research into the theory of falling toast, and it was discovered that the toast did not always land with the buttered side down. Further investigation showed that this was because the wrong side had been buttered. I don't have the URL for this, unfortunately, so does anyone know what methods are used to ensure that the correct side is buttered? That is an easy one. The side on the plate that is downward is NOT the to be buttered side. To create a machine of great simplicity just butter BOTH sides and drop the slice of toast toward the floor. :-) This would IMHO lead to either: the toast hovering above the floor, edge down, oscillating laterally or: the toast landing on its edge. -- Peter Ying tong iddle-i po! |
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machf wrote in message . ..
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:38:31 -0800, Mary Shafer wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:09:29 GMT, Mike Lechnar wrote: How did this secret information make it into the public domain? I've been a practicing Aircraft Performance Engineer for the past 26 years and have always tried to explain how airplanes fly by using the official public explanations regarding Bernoulli, airfoils and other such rot. Civilians just weren't ready for the truth. In fact, we generally don't speak about the magic directly. Most of our plans and estimates usually end with the phrase "and then a miracle happens". I let the cat out of the bag over a decade ago. But we've moved on a great deal since 1994! It's been known for quite a while that Lift Demons are really only suited for military uses. Outside of military aviation, Lift Demons are passe - they have notoriously short attention spans and the ones used on Harriers have problems discriminating between air and water. Inbreeding in pursuit of the ultimate high performance Lift Demon may have been the cause. The way ahead lies with Thrust Pixies, large amounts of lemon fondant icing and in-flight Hugh Grant movies, at least in civil aviation. |
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"Moggycat" wrote in message om... machf wrote in message . .. On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:38:31 -0800, Mary Shafer wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:09:29 GMT, Mike Lechnar wrote: How did this secret information make it into the public domain? I've been a practicing Aircraft Performance Engineer for the past 26 years and have always tried to explain how airplanes fly by using the official public explanations regarding Bernoulli, airfoils and other such rot. Civilians just weren't ready for the truth. In fact, we generally don't speak about the magic directly. Most of our plans and estimates usually end with the phrase "and then a miracle happens". I let the cat out of the bag over a decade ago. But we've moved on a great deal since 1994! It's been known for quite a while that Lift Demons are really only suited for military uses. Outside of military aviation, Lift Demons are passe - they have notoriously short attention spans and the ones used on Harriers have problems discriminating between air and water. Inbreeding in pursuit of the ultimate high performance Lift Demon may have been the cause. The way ahead lies with Thrust Pixies, large amounts of lemon fondant icing and in-flight Hugh Grant movies, at least in civil aviation. Hugh Grant movies?! That's too high a price to pay for advancements in the civil aircraft sector! Ground 'em, ground 'em for good. |
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Peter Twydell wrote:
In article , George writes Peter Twydell wrote in message news:pFgBVJAkIDTAFwW+ ... There was some research into the theory of falling toast, and it was discovered that the toast did not always land with the buttered side down. Further investigation showed that this was because the wrong side had been buttered. I don't have the URL for this, unfortunately, so does anyone know what methods are used to ensure that the correct side is buttered? That is an easy one. The side on the plate that is downward is NOT the to be buttered side. To create a machine of great simplicity just butter BOTH sides and drop the slice of toast toward the floor. :-) This would IMHO lead to either: the toast hovering above the floor, edge down, oscillating laterally or: the toast landing on its edge. Even this would be acceptable if one could decide with certainty *which* edge to butter... -- -Gord. |
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In article , Gord Beaman
?@?.? writes Peter Twydell wrote: In article , George writes Peter Twydell wrote in message news:pFgBVJAkIDTAFwW+ ... There was some research into the theory of falling toast, and it was discovered that the toast did not always land with the buttered side down. Further investigation showed that this was because the wrong side had been buttered. I don't have the URL for this, unfortunately, so does anyone know what methods are used to ensure that the correct side is buttered? That is an easy one. The side on the plate that is downward is NOT the to be buttered side. To create a machine of great simplicity just butter BOTH sides and drop the slice of toast toward the floor. :-) This would IMHO lead to either: the toast hovering above the floor, edge down, oscillating laterally or: the toast landing on its edge. Even this would be acceptable if one could decide with certainty *which* edge to butter... -- -Gord. Butter the EDGE? That's perverted. Socially unacceptable this side of the Pond. Please don't bother us sensitive souls with the dark practices that you get up to in the Colonies. -- Peter Ying tong iddle-i po! |
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"Gord Beaman" wrote in message
... Peter Twydell wrote: In article , George writes Peter Twydell wrote in message news:pFgBVJAkIDTAFwW+ ... There was some research into the theory of falling toast, and it was discovered that the toast did not always land with the buttered side down. Further investigation showed that this was because the wrong side had been buttered. I don't have the URL for this, unfortunately, so does anyone know what methods are used to ensure that the correct side is buttered? That is an easy one. The side on the plate that is downward is NOT the to be buttered side. To create a machine of great simplicity just butter BOTH sides and drop the slice of toast toward the floor. :-) This would IMHO lead to either: the toast hovering above the floor, edge down, oscillating laterally or: the toast landing on its edge. Even this would be acceptable if one could decide with certainty *which* edge to butter... And what butter to use .... -- Sarah H http://www.messybeast.com http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk...-site/aeth.htm Aethism - a religion for the 21st Century |
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"Peter Twydell" wrote
Butter the EDGE? That's perverted. Socially unacceptable this side of the Pond. Please don't bother us sensitive souls with the dark practices that you get up to in the Colonies. Edge-buttering is sometimes necessary for practitioners of the daftDELDELrk Welsh practice of baragami (http://members.aol.com/llewtrah/baragami.htm ) -- Sarah H http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk...-site/aeth.htm Aethism - a religion for the 21st Century |
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In om,
Moggycat radiated into the WorldWideWait: But we've moved on a great deal since 1994! It's been known for quite a while that Lift Demons are really only suited for military uses. Outside of military aviation, Lift Demons are passe - they have notoriously short attention spans and the ones used on Harriers have problems discriminating between air and water. Inbreeding in pursuit of the ultimate high performance Lift Demon may have been the cause. The way ahead lies with Thrust Pixies, large amounts of lemon fondant icing and in-flight Hugh Grant movies, at least in civil aviation. Thrust Pixies are fine for pixilated civilians and the Air Farce. Lift Demons were good in years past. But now, Naval Aviation is all Angel-powered. The very best ones are Blue Angels, of course. That's why they report their altitude as "angels twenty" or such... -- From the one-and-only Holy Moses® |
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Jim Doyle radiated into the WorldWideWait: Hugh Grant movies?! That's too high a price to pay for advancements in the civil aircraft sector! Ground 'em, ground 'em for good. Who's Hugh Grant? -- From the one-and-only Holy Moses® |
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In ,
Peter Twydell radiated into the WorldWideWait: In article , Gord Beaman ?@?.? writes Peter Twydell wrote: In article , George writes Peter Twydell wrote in message news:pFgBVJAkIDTAFwW+ @ntlworld.com... There was some research into the theory of falling toast, and it was discovered that the toast did not always land with the buttered side down. Further investigation showed that this was because the wrong side had been buttered. I don't have the URL for this, unfortunately, so does anyone know what methods are used to ensure that the correct side is buttered? That is an easy one. The side on the plate that is downward is NOT the to be buttered side. To create a machine of great simplicity just butter BOTH sides and drop the slice of toast toward the floor. This would IMHO lead to either: the toast hovering above the floor, edge down, oscillating laterally or the toast landing on its edge. Even this would be acceptable if one could decide with certainty *which* edge to butter... Butter the EDGE? That's perverted. Socially unacceptable this side of the Pond. Please don't bother us sensitive souls with the dark practices that you get up to in the Colonies. Well, of COURSE. If you don't, it's hard to get the little bread-holder to retract into the laser-toaster in the computer. -- From the one-and-only Holy Moses® |
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