Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 14:06:32 -0600 Message-ID: <622CFD69.2DE1@ix.netcom.com> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 12:07:05 -0800 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Bodkin physics: Watermelons in free fall and solar radiation References: <19c5267e-6b8f-4aeb-ab8c-a004b9f45e89n@googlegroups.com> <442b3f61-1d7c-495a-bcd5-3b239c3d8d47n@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 220312-2, 03/12/2022), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Lines: 80 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-le89HbxhUO5zbOltobhKFEEuVNo8zGjBoMyxEinKRvF+ioZbJtuffHbZ9zjzL99/xk9QhM3QgsoJdsY!c9CicsUipDE7FulCr/lwKIdFC5oGxgB4v+OqB6wCijnR6rE/I18fs9HLrr64LPQmWk2XHaIwJovi!GbtK33JSRRY= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 4489 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:580126 Richard Hertz wrote: > > On Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 12:06:58 PM UTC-3, bodk...@gmail.com wrote: > > Richard Hertz wrote: > > > I can't let this gem pass. It's a sample of the power of thought of > > > The Supreme Thinker and one of the rare posts where he uses his math: > > > > > > Can you spot the error(s)? > > > > > > ************************************************* > > > > > > Dec 2, 2014, 5:17:02 PM > > > > > > Almost all of the photonic flow down onto the surface of the earth is > > > due to the sun. The amount of energy delivered to the surface of the > > > earth is 1370 W/m^2 at the latitude where the sun is directly overhead. > > > (At different latitutes, it's less.) > > > > > > So let's take a watermelon, which has a cross-sectional area of about > > > 0.20 m^2, and we'll drop it from the third story (10 meters up) of a > > > city parking garage. The maximal amount of photonic energy it can absorb > > > from above is therefore 1370 W/m^2 * 0.2 m^2 = 275 W roughly, certainly > > > no more than 300 W. > > > > > > This is of course presuming that none of the > > > photonic energy is reflected and that all of it is absorbed, which isn't > > > true but assuming that anyway will give us a maximum limit. > > > It takes 1.4 seconds for a watermelon released from rest to fall to the > > > ground. During this time, it will absorb 275 W * 1.4 sec = 400 joules roughly. > > > > > > Since the average watermelon is about 20 pounds or 9 kilograms, > > > we can find the speed this 400 Joules could generate: > > > 400 J = (1/2)mv^2 = (1/2)*(9 kg)*v^2 > > > so > > > v = 9.4 m/s if ALL of the photonic energy is absorbed and converted into > > > kinetic energy rather than heat or anything else. > > > > > > But the watermelon is observed to have a speed of 9.8 m/s^2 * 1.4 sec = > > > 13.7 m/s, which can be measured with a light strobe, a camera, and a > > > meter stick mounted at ground level. > > > ************************************************* > > > ?? > > > > > Why does a crazy person mine a 7-year-old post, remove all the context, and > > apparently have no point? > > > > -- > > Odd Bodkin -- maker of fine toys, tools, tables > > Because I didn't like that you abused of an 86 years old person with endless discussions for several years (Fischer), > seemingly enjoying in a sadistic way your superiority. > > And this behavior with this elder is not the only one. > > It seems that you are fond of this kind of behavior with very old people, but feel bad when they die (one year later, in this case). > > I find this attitude despicable. An explosion is an explosion A birth is a birth A bully is a bully. Oh come on, you're being unfair now...a bully is a bully. Maybe ...unconsciously he might be unaware of his bully mentality. Are you German ...Richard? Did you know Albert Einstein said the Germans have an ...aggressive mentality? Are you aware of your ...aggressive mentality???? -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.