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The physics of skipping stones
- fts89 14y agoStrange but true :( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044784I0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&tag=asdfdsa-20&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0044784I0&linkCode=as2 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044784I0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...
- s_henry_paulson 14y agoSometimes I feel like there are no moderators or spam enforcement on this website.
- mdonahoe 14y agoDid you watch the video? That is the brand of ball he threw at the end.
- s_henry_paulson 14y agoPerhaps you haven't seen this guy's comment history.
- lifeisstillgood 14y agois he a bot - not quite the same printf each time but its triggered by amazon searchable names in the title afaics
- ximeng 14y agoStone skimming world championship http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19678150 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19678150
- arethuza 14y agoThe location for this competition is a particularly attractive bit of Scotland - the island of Easdale. This is a bit surprising as the island (and the nearby village on what is almost the mainland, Ellenabeich) was once the location of a huge slate mining operation - presumably the source of all of the conveniently sized flat stones! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easdale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easdale http://www.easdale.org/ http://www.easdale.org/
- Liu 14y agoAn interesting application of this concept was in WW2 for bombing dams - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb
- sakri 14y agoAre they interested how Jesus walked on water or what?
- pbhjpbhj 14y agoThe OP has a video showing the different effects of bouncing 3 balls - with different elastic properties - on water. There are slow motion videos of the bounces and underwater views of the cavities created by different balls. Very interesting, particularly liked seeing the movement of the projectiles up the the wall of the cavity that they create in the underwater shots.
- Tipzntrix 14y agoThey made a rock submerge and come out again? What the... I learned something.