Greatest scientific contribution on Physics Forums?

In summary: Until Zz pops in and notices that I crackpotedly claimed that superfluid Helium is superconductor.In summary, the most outstanding concept formulated on Physics Forums is the theory of fish slapping.
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Loren Booda
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Up to the present, what concept formulated here on Physics Forums do you consider the most outstanding?
 
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How to nail jello to a tree.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
How to nail jello to a tree.

How do you nail Jello to a tree?
 
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Cyrus said:
How do you nail Jello to a tree?

I'm sorry, Cyrus, but I don't think you're ready for that information yet.
 
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.....damn. DENIED.
 
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To quote Stewie Griffin, of Family Guy to one of his minions:

SG: "...and cut me some water!"
M: "Sir, we can't cut water"
SG: "Do I need to do all the thinking?! Freeze the water and then cut it!"
 
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Quite obviously, our major contribution to science is in our research of fish slapping.
 
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Dealing with the Girl's trouble?
 
  • #9
Solving the plane on a treadmill fiasco.
 
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Greatest scientific contributions?

https://www.physicsforums.com/search.php?searchid=1540622 [Broken]
 
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Pengwuino said:
Greatest scientific contributions?

https://www.physicsforums.com/search.php?searchid=1540622 [Broken]
"Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms."
If it's a joke, it's a pretty good one. :rofl:
 
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Oh damn it :( It was suppose to link to all my posts :P
 
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Pengwuino said:
Oh damn it :( It was suppose to link to all my posts :P

You mean like https://www.physicsforums.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=14824 [Broken] ?
 
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humanino said:
You mean like https://www.physicsforums.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=14824 [Broken] ?

That guy doesn't know sh!t from shinola.
 
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russ_watters said:
Quite obviously, our major contribution to science is in our research of fish slapping.

My version of string theory is on a 16-manifold where little invisible fish slap strings that cause them to vibrate in different ways.
 
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Cyrus said:
How do you nail Jello to a tree?

with a massively parallel nail gun set for limited penetration
 
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In the area of Mathematics, I think PF has been instrumental in settling the 1 = .999... controversy.
 
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While visiting my sister's restaurant one afternoon, one of the employees (carrying a stainless steel bucket) pulled me to the side and inquired how he might capture steam in his bucket? I replied "HUH"...and investigated further.

Apparently, someone had sent him across the street to McDonald's (with the bucket) to request they fill it with steam...to do some cleaning.

I looked around to make sure the joke wasn't on me (it wasn't)...so... I suggested he visit PF to seek assistance.

Did anyone help the young lad?
 
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WhoWee said:
While visiting my sister's restaurant one afternoon, one of the employees (carrying a stainless steel bucket) pulled me to the side and inquired how he might capture steam in his bucket? I replied "HUH"...and investigated further.

Apparently, someone had sent him across the street to McDonald's (with the bucket) to request they fill it with steam...to do some cleaning.

I looked around to make sure the joke wasn't on me (it wasn't)...so... I suggested he visit PF to seek assistance.

Did anyone help the young lad?
I captured the moon in a bucket of water once.
 
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I think it's the discussions about jumping in a falling elevator.
 
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I think it was that wonderful debate on whether a photon has mass.
 
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Hootenanny said:
I think it was that wonderful debate on whether a photon has mass.
Well, photons in a bucket full of liquid helium below the superconducting critical temperature do have a mass. This bucket would very much look like filled with steam. Both statements are still valid in a falling elevator, at least until impact.
 
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humanino said:
Well, photons in a bucket full of liquid helium below the superconducting critical temperature do have a mass. This bucket would very much look like filled with steam. Both statements are still valid in a falling elevator, at least until impact.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
 
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:confused:I have the impression,possibly mistaken,that some respondents are giving flippant answers to this important question.It is time to inject a serious note into the proceedings....hemisemidemiquaver.
 
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Perhaps someone else remembers the reference. I recall that PF was cited in a published physics paper.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Perhaps someone else remembers the reference. I recall that PF was cited in a published physics paper.
You may be thinking about this: http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0404086

I don't know if Alejandro submitted that to a journal.
 
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jimmysnyder said:
In the area of Mathematics, I think PF has been instrumental in settling the 1 = .999... controversy.

Yeah you have to be pretty silly to believe that 1=0.999...

Before anyone takes me seriously, I am joking about.
 
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humanino said:
Well, photons in a bucket full of liquid helium below the superconducting critical temperature do have a mass. This bucket would very much look like filled with steam. Both statements are still valid in a falling elevator, at least until impact.
You are so funny! :rofl:
 
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Evo said:
You are so funny! :rofl:
Until Zz pops in and notices that I crackpotedly claimed that superfluid Helium is superconductor.
 

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