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It makes the rounds of Facebook regularly. The answer of, course, is: depends on how long the conveyor belt is. (This is rarely specified in the problem, and probably leads to some of the confusion.)

An example: "A few people have mentioned the Coriolis Effect and the Eötvös Effect as reasons the eastbound and westbound cannonballs might stay in the air for different times. They're not wrong that these effects exist, but they don't change the answer to the question as it is normally...

I have coined a new term: Collins' Law. It is a variant/update of Cunningham's Law. Collins's Law: The best way to encourage engagement on social media is not to post an interesting and well-designed problem; it is to post an interesting but ambiguously-defined problem and let the internet...

That word 'habitable' is doing a lot of heavy lifting. They moved because all the land and resources were locked up where they were from. You can't be a farmer if there's no land to be had.

IMDB seems to agree episode 5 was the bee's knees of the season. Did y'all get that far?

Wind patterns on the pole of Saturn. Here, N=6. The pattern can only be reinforced if N is an integer: 3,4,5,6,7, etc. If N is fractional, the waves interfere. By the way, that's a sine wave on a sphere. If you convert it back to rectangular coordinates, you can see the sine wave:

The primary concern here is not so much if the table will hold the weight, or how the weight is distributed. What you should be concerned about is the TV toppling if the table is jostled. A tall, narrow object like a table is very prone to falling over if not supported or fastened down.

Came here to mention this.

If Io had been our moon since the dawn of time, it would be the most beautiful thing in the sky. Contrarily, we would look upon Luna as a drab, colourless, pockmarked, failed Mercury-wannabe. Mother Goose effect is strong in us (the strong tendency to prefer the first of a thing you see).

If I were to apply for Darwin Award, this would not be my preferred way.

I say yes he will. Electricity follows all paths, including the path from one hand to the other. The current he will receive will be proportional to the resistance of the wire (very small) over the resistance of his body (very large) - which will thus be very small, but not zero. If my napkin...

A homeowner hires an Irishman to paint his porch. Homeowner tells the Irishman that the brushes, paint, and ladders are in the garage. About 30 minutes later he hears a knock and answers the door. The Irishman lets him know that he's finished. "Wow" he says, "that was quick. Did you have...