Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Scale Law

Can king-kong really exist?

Answer is No. If King kong existed as potrayed in the films, its weight will be 1000 times (10x10x10) more whereas its leg bone will only be 100 times bigger (10x10). Because of this, its leg will give away because of its body weight

Why beached whale dies?

Due to buoancy of water, whale happily swim in ocean. But if they reach the beach by mistake they get killed by their own weight.

This and more information was read from Physics of the impossible.

Though this book is good in some sections, it is not a worth buying this book. It talks about the different sci-fi themes and their possibilities in near and long term. Talks more about existing sci-fi theme and less about scientific advancements.

Some examples

Teleportation: Some level of teleportation is achieved already (at few atoms level). So, achieving full fledged may just few centuries away
UFO/Extra-terrestrial (ET) : No evidence yet. Talks about Search for ET etc.
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11 comments:

  1. nourish-n-cherish1:10 PM, May 06, 2008

    Both tidbits were cool pieces of info

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  2. Suresh Sankaralingam1:23 PM, May 06, 2008

    one more....

    Though the US penny has the color of copper, it is only copper-coated and contains 97.5% zinc. If you have a penny dated 1982 or before, it contains 95% copper. You can figure this out by spinning a penny up in air and listen to the sound. The reason for this change is obviously due to the price increase ...It apparently costed 2cents to make a penny then..:)

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  3. Manohar7:51 PM, May 06, 2008

    Hmmm, i thot beached whales die because their skin needs to be moist and out of water they can't remain moist. Note how people keep the whales alive by pouring water on their skins.

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  4. Manohar7:55 PM, May 06, 2008

    some more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beached_whale

    (apparently some do die of suffocation when their lungs collapse because of weight... but most die of dehydration)

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  5. Survivor9:01 AM, May 07, 2008

    @Mano,
    Oruthana CP-vida vidamattengele..

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  6. Mad Max9:35 AM, May 07, 2008

    @ Survivor: What is CP?

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  7. BrainWaves9:47 AM, May 07, 2008

    I was talking only about the subset of beached whale that die because of their own weight :)

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  8. Manohar6:47 PM, May 07, 2008

    @survivor: a good CP should be unassailable.
    @brainwaves: pathetic defense :)

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  9. Manohar6:53 PM, May 07, 2008

    @brainwaves: and on the other topic.. again i thought teleportation was limited to the quark level- not atom level.

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  10. Survivor5:11 PM, May 08, 2008

    @ Mad-max,
    CP is cheap publicity.
    @ Mano,
    Smiley pottalum kutram kutrame..

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  11. Manohar8:41 PM, May 08, 2008

    @survivor: nee ennaangra ippo??

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