The immovable rod

1. 2021-05-23 at 1:39 PM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole
   Imagine if you would, a rod, in space, unable to be moved from it's specific position.
   
   Now imagine such a rod suspended in low earth orbit and the ISS approaching it.
   
   What do you think happens when the rod and space station collide?
   
   
   
   
2. 2021-05-23 at 1:45 PM UTC

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   Lanny Bird of Courage
   Position and velocity are only meaningful relative to some arbitrary reference frame so a truly unmovable object is a meaningless concept.
3. 2021-05-23 at 2:03 PM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole

   Originally posted by Lanny Position and velocity are only meaningful relative to some arbitrary reference frame so a truly unmovable object is a meaningless concept.

   
   nah, i think it would tear up the space station and since it orbits 16 times a day that would be 16 impacts
   
   
4. 2021-05-23 at 2:05 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

   Originally posted by Ghost nah, i think it would tear up the space station and since it orbits 16 times a day that would be 16 impacts
   
   

   
   the space station weighs more than 8,000 pouns though
5. 2021-05-23 at 2:06 PM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole
   FUCK
6. 2021-05-23 at 2:09 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   depends on whether it eats 8,000 pouns as a pure force though I guess - if any one section of the space station ate 8,000 pouns of resistance it'd probably cut right through it; as I understand it most of those parts are lightweight and not meant to withstand impacts
7. 2021-05-23 at 2:15 PM UTC

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   Xlite African Astronaut
   Aldra nailed it
8. 2021-05-23 at 2:45 PM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole
   well if it didn't have a weight limit it would be pretty cool
9. 2021-05-23 at 3:47 PM UTC

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   Xlite African Astronaut
   So that's what you would use it for then?
   Could just be me but that seems like a rather mundane thing to do with such an unique object.
   
   I guess if you removed the limit and wanted to do something spectacular and destructive, you could encapsulate the rod in a massive concrete or steel ball, bury that ball deep underground and then activate it with a remote device.
   
   That ball is gunna rip open mother earth from within at massive speeds and may even set us off course and or slow the rotation of earth.
   
   You gotta remember that nothing on earth is actually static, its all moving. This rod would, as soon as activated be moving away from you at the same speed earth spins because thats how fast you're moving.
   This actually makes it a very impractical tool.
10. 2021-05-23 at 3:50 PM UTC

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    I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4 Space Nigga

    Originally posted by Lanny …so a truly unmovable object is a meaningless concept.

    
    That's where your wrong Keenan. Dare to dream
    
    I would build a super sharp spear on mine and throw it at people's faces then I would activate the imobilization circuit before it cut a hole in there head using my Snapple smart watch
11. 2021-05-23 at 6:36 PM UTC

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    Ghost Black Hole
    you could put a hole through the earth
12. 2021-05-23 at 6:49 PM UTC

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    Nile bump

    Originally posted by Xlite You gotta remember that nothing on earth is actually static

    
    We're rotating and orbiting the sun, as soon as the rod would be set it would either rend the earth or we would watch it "move" away while we drift off.
13. 2021-05-24 at 8:59 PM UTC

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    I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4 Space Nigga

    Originally posted by Ghost you could put a hole through the earth

    
    That's a really good idea, it could be useful for boring utility tunnels and pipelines. Guys, can you imagine the possibilities??
    
    The immovable rod is a very exciting concept and I'm pretty happy to be alive at the ground floor of this emerging technologyw
14. 2021-05-24 at 9:15 PM UTC

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    Meikai Heck This Schlong
    
    
    You see, the solar system itself is moving. Our galaxy is moving. If the rod were truly immovable and the ISS was on a collision course, there'd be nothing to worry about because just a second later the rod would be hundreds of kilometers away. This is also the issue with time travel. If you had a device which could send you through time to the exact position where you were standing when you activated the device, you would most likely find yourself in deep, deep space. Useful time travel also requires that your time machine be a teleportation device that works over vast distances in the 3 spatial dimensions, lest you find yourself suffocating in the void or inside some celestial object that was where you were standing at the point you travelled to.
15. 2021-05-24 at 9:28 PM UTC

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    Meikai Heck This Schlong
    Me, sitting perfectly still in a chair and realizing the Earth, solar system, galaxy, and me with them are moving hundreds of kilometers every second:
    
16. 2021-05-24 at 10:04 PM UTC

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    Nile bump

    Originally posted by I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4 That's a really good idea, it could be useful for boring utility tunnels and pipelines. Guys, can you imagine the possibilities??
    
    The immovable rod is a very exciting concept and I'm pretty happy to be alive at the ground floor of this emerging technologyw

    
    I only buy American made immovable rods.
17. 2021-05-24 at 11 PM UTC

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    Ghost Black Hole

    Originally posted by Meikai
    
    You see, the solar system itself is moving. Our galaxy is moving. If the rod were truly immovable and the ISS was on a collision course, there'd be nothing to worry about because just a second later the rod would be hundreds of kilometers away. This is also the issue with time travel. If you had a device which could send you through time to the exact position where you were standing when you activated the device, you would most likely find yourself in deep, deep space. Useful time travel also requires that your time machine be a teleportation device that works over vast distances in the 3 spatial dimensions, lest you find yourself suffocating in the void or inside some celestial object that was where you were standing at the point you travelled to.

    
    :(
18. 2021-05-24 at 11:46 PM UTC

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    mmQ Lisa Turtle
    
19. 2021-05-24 at 11:46 PM UTC

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    A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
    to all the haters of the IMMOVABLE ROD that cant open there minds and hearts and open there harizons consider this...
    
    Bishop Milton Wright said
    

    If God had meant for man to fly, he would have given him wings.

    Well guess what, he didnt dare to dream but his sons wilbur and orville did and they took flight.. and you can too!