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citymancs => off topic => Topic started by: nimrod on September 23, 2015, 01:07:38

Title: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: nimrod on September 23, 2015, 01:07:38
OK here s a question

we hear things by the movement of sound waves, so if someone claps their hands it creates sound waves that travel to our ears, our ears act like small microphones and we hear the sound in our brain.

my question is, how do these sound waves travel through a door or a wall ?
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: goat on September 23, 2015, 01:16:24
keyhole obviously

and a wall if you left the door open
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: Ludo on September 23, 2015, 21:43:06
Is that serious question nimrod?
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: Swiss on September 23, 2015, 22:45:18
Riding the waves baby!  8)

Solid objects aren't always solid...

I'm feeling like good vibrations!
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: Ludo on September 23, 2015, 22:51:07
Are they giving you excitations?
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: nimrod on September 23, 2015, 23:04:02
Quote from: Ludo on September 23, 2015, 21:43:06
Is that serious question nimrod?

I try not to be serious about anything these days ludo mate, except when it comes to paying rates & tax

Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: Ludo on September 23, 2015, 23:30:24
Lol.

Thought as much, it was too stupid to be serious.
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: nimrod on September 24, 2015, 00:17:12
Quote from: Ludo on September 23, 2015, 23:30:24
Lol.

Thought as much, it was too stupid to be serious.

maybe stupid to a clever chap like you ludo but Im pretty thick so I had to google it, I mean light waves cant get through a wall so why can sound ?
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: Stephen Paul on September 24, 2015, 05:28:01
What the fook are we on about here
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: Ludo on September 24, 2015, 07:01:44
Ok. Perhaps it's not such a stupid question. It's a bit like comparing apples and oranges.

Light is made up of little packages of energy called photons which actually move along the length of the light wave and as such are more easily reflected by solid objects. That's why we can see things, as the light hits an object some of it's energy is reflected into our eyes giving us colour.

A sound wave is basically a vibration, a sound 'particle' doesn't travel along a wave. A bit like flicking the end of a rope and watching the waves pass along it. This allows more sound the 'vibrate' it's way though more solid objects.
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: nimrod on September 24, 2015, 10:44:05
Quote from: stephenmcfc on September 24, 2015, 05:28:01
What the fook are we on about here

pig husbandry
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: Swiss on October 06, 2015, 13:40:11
If one was built large enough, could an aircraft take off on a treadmil?
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: Lekos on October 06, 2015, 15:20:46
Yeah, why not.
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: Dizzy on October 11, 2015, 00:03:38
Quote from: Ludo on September 23, 2015, 23:30:24
Lol.

Thought as much, it was too stupid to be serious.
Why is asking a question stupid? 
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: nimrod on November 06, 2015, 06:41:51
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/aed842e1fa863d6e991def1b9505d77f/tumblr_nx1lhqQZDl1rxpytqo1_400.gif)
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: nimrod on June 03, 2016, 08:12:42
How does a cat licker work ?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mu_-XYlykw#t=23
Title: Re: The 'how does shit work' thread..
Post by: goat on June 03, 2016, 12:52:28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fP4emqw7O4