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The Ri-anese book of scientific theory. :)

Ri-an
24-11-2006, 19:50
Just to let all other nations know just how we see science, The Department of Science has decided to authorise a seires of informative sheets posted in electronic form, describing some of our greater theories.

Theory the first, Dark Suckers.

THE DARK SUCKER THEORY

For years, it has been believed that electric bulbs emit light, but recent information has proved otherwise. Electric bulbs don't emit light; they suck dark. Thus, we call these bulbs Dark Suckers.

The Dark Sucker Theory and the existence of dark suckers prove that dark has mass and is heavier than light.

First, the basis of the Dark Sucker Theory is that electric bulbs suck dark. For example, take the Dark Sucker in the room you are in. There is much less dark right next to it than there is elsewhere. The larger the Dark Sucker, the greater its capacity to to suck dark. Dark Suckers in the parking lot have a much greater capacity to suck dark than the ones in this room.

So with all things, Dark Suckers don't last forever. Once they are full of dark, they can no longer suck. This is proven by the dark spot on a full Dark Sucker.

A candle is a primitive Dark Sucker. A new candle has a white wick. You can see that after the first use, the wick turns black, representing all the dark that has been sucked into it. If you put a pencil next to the wick of an operating candle, it will turn black. This is because it got in the way of the dark flowing into the candle. One of the disadvantages of these primitive Dark Suckers is their limited range.

There are also portable Dark Suckers. In these, the bulbs can't handle all the dark by themselves and must be aided by a Dark Storage Unit. When the Dark Storage Unit is full, it must be either emptied or replaced before the portable Dark Sucker can operate again.

Dark has mass. When dark goes into a Dark Sucker, friction from the mass generates heat. Thus, it is not wise to touch an operating Dark Sucker. Candles present a special problem as the mass must travel into a solid wick instead of through clear glass. This generates a great amount of heat and therefore it's not wise to touch an operating candle.

Also, dark is heavier than light. If you were to swim just below the surface of the lake, you would see a lot of light. If you were to slowly swim deeper and deeper, you would notice it getting darker and darker. When you get really deep, you would be in total darkness. This is because the heavier dark sinks to the bottom of the lake and the lighter light floats at the top. The is why it is called light.

Finally, we must prove that dark is faster than light. If you were to stand in a lit room in front of a closed, dark closet, and slowly opened the closet door, you would see the light slowly enter the closet. But since dark is so fast, you would not be able to see the dark leave the closet.

Next time you see light, remember that it is actually a Dark Sucker.

More information to be released pending approval by the department.

Comments, questions, and other theories are of course welcome.

But they must be of a scientific nature.
Ri-an
24-11-2006, 19:58
Just released, the book of cartoon physics.

Cartoon Laws of Physics

Cartoon Law I
Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation.

Daffy Duck steps off a cliff, expecting further pastureland. He loiters in midair, soliloquizing flippantly, until he chances to look down. At this point, the familiar principle of 32 feet per second takes over.

Cartoon Law II
Any body in motion will tend to remain in motion until solid matter intervenes suddenly.

Whether shot from a cannon or in hot pursuit on foot, cartoon characters are so absolute in their momentum that only a telephone pole or an outsize boulder retards their forward motion absolutely. Sir Isaac Newton called this sudden termination of motion the stooge's surcease.

Cartoon Law III
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter.

Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.

Cartoon Law IV
The time required for an object to fall twenty stories is greater than or equal to the time it takes for whoever knocked it off the ledge to spiral down twenty flights to attempt to capture it unbroken.

Such an object is inevitably priceless, the attempt to capture it inevitably unsuccessful.

Cartoon Law V
All principles of gravity are negated by fear.

Psychic forces are sufficient in most bodies for a shock to propel them directly away from the earth's surface. A spooky noise or an adversary's signature sound will induce motion upward, usually to the cradle of a chandelier, a treetop, or the crest of a flagpole. The feet of a character who is running or the wheels of a speeding auto need never touch the ground, especially when in flight.

Cartoon Law VI
As speed increases, objects can be in several places at once.

This is particularly true of tooth-and-claw fights, in which a character's head may be glimpsed emerging from the cloud of altercation at several places simultaneously. This effect is common as well among bodies that are spinning or being throttled. A `wacky' character has the option of self-replication only at manic high speeds and may ricochet off walls to achieve the velocity required.

Cartoon Law VII
Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to resemble tunnel entrances; others cannot.

This trompe l'oeil inconsistency has baffled generations, but at least it is known that whoever paints an entrance on a wall's surface to trick an opponent will be unable to pursue him into this theoretical space. The painter is flattened against the wall when he attempts to follow into the painting.

This is ultimately a problem of art, not of science.

Cartoon Law VIII
Any violent rearrangement of feline matter is impermanent.

Cartoon cats possess even more deaths than the traditional nine lives, might comfortably afford. They can be decimated, spliced,splayed, accordion-pleated, spindled, or disassembled, but they cannot be destroyed. After a few moments of blinking self pity, they reinflate, elongate, snap back, or solidify.

Corollary: A cat will assume the shape of its container.

Cartoon Law IX
Everything falls faster than an anvil.

Cartoon Law X
For every vengeance there is an equal and opposite revengeance.

This is the one law of animated cartoon motion that also applies to the physical world at large. For that reason, we need the relief of watching it happen to a duck instead.


Cartoon Law Amendment A
A sharp object will always propel a character upward.

When poked (usually in the buttocks) with a sharp object (usually a pin), a character will defy gravity by shooting straight up, with great velocity.

Cartoon Law Amendment B
The laws of object permanence are nullified for "cool" characters.

Characters who are intended to be "cool" can make previously nonexistent objects appear from behind their backs at will. For instance, the Road Runner can materialize signs to express himself without speaking.

Cartoon Law Amendment C
Explosive weapons cannot cause fatal injuries.

They merely turn characters temporarily black and smoky.

Cartoon Law Amendment D
Gravity is transmitted by slow-moving waves of large wavelengths.

Their operation can be wittnessed by observing the behavior of a canine suspended over a large vertical drop. Its feet will begin to fall first, causing its legs to stretch. As the wave reaches its torso, that part will begin to fall, causing the neck to strech. As the head begins to fall, tension is released and the canine will resume its regular proportions until such time as it strikes the ground.

Cartoon Law Amendment E
Dynamite is spontaneously generated in "C-spaces" (spaces in which cartoon laws hold).

The process is analogous to steady-state theories of the universe which postulated that the tensions involved in maintaining a space would cause the creation of hydrogen from nothing. Dynamite quanta are quite large (stick sized) and unstable (lit). Such quanta are attracted to psychic forces generated by feelings of distress in "cool" characters (see Amendment B, which may be a special case of this law), who are able to use said quanta to their advantage. One may imagine C-spaces where all matter and energy result from primal masses of dynamite exploding. A big bang indeed.
Llewdor
24-11-2006, 20:02
I've long been a proponent of dark sucker theory.
Swilatia
24-11-2006, 20:07
NSG is not in-charcter *slaps you with fish*.
Wallonochia
24-11-2006, 20:10
Corollary: A cat will assume the shape of its container.

http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/cats/trash.jpg
Ri-an
24-11-2006, 20:13
http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/cats/trash.jpg

lol
Ri-an
24-11-2006, 20:15
NSG is not in-charcter *slaps you with fish*.

But, didn't you know? There's no such thing as fiction, so how could I possibly be in character?
School Daze
24-11-2006, 20:55
It has been scientifically proven that the world was made by a flying spaghetti monster. :D

http://www.venganza.org/
Extreme Ironing
24-11-2006, 21:14
Please explain the photoelectric effect in terms of 'Dark Sucker Theory'.

Else, please post in the right forum...
Ri-an
24-11-2006, 21:21
Please explain the photoelectric effect in terms of 'Dark Sucker Theory'.

Else, please post in the right forum...

Its a joke. therefore it is in the right forum.
Extreme Ironing
24-11-2006, 21:35
Its a joke. therefore it is in the right forum.

As was my post.
Swilatia
24-11-2006, 21:41
But, didn't you know? There's no such thing as fiction, so how could I possibly be in character?

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/7667/wtful6.png
Ri-an
24-11-2006, 21:42
Unfortunatly, the forums need to install humor 10.0, I'm sure that at least half the posts in general are jokes, but its so hard to tell sometimes, ya know?
Ri-an
24-11-2006, 21:45
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/7667/wtful6.png

Don't worry about it, I think a little too diffrently on occasion.
Swilatia
24-11-2006, 22:20
Don't worry about it, I think a little too diffrently on occasion.

what it man was that I did not understand your post.
Ri-an
24-11-2006, 22:35
To put it simply, I believe that for ever being on Earth, there is an infinite number of Realities created by that being, and that imaginations are simply the method by which we controll them and see into them.

These realities exist seperatly from this reality, no matter how much they might mirror this reality. It gets a whole lot more complicated than that, but to put it simply, because they are real, there is no such thing as fiction, because everything we imagine as being false, is real and happening elsewhere. If not in this reality, than in another.
Swilatia
24-11-2006, 22:37
not funny.
Ri-an
24-11-2006, 22:40
not funny.

I was simply trying to help you understand my post.
Swilatia
24-11-2006, 22:46
I was simply trying to help you understand my post.

well, it did not help at all.
Llewdor
25-11-2006, 00:05
Please explain the photoelectric effect in terms of 'Dark Sucker Theory'.
The electricity is a constant, natural phenomenon that is suppressed by Dark.
Extreme Ironing
25-11-2006, 00:10
The electricity is a constant, natural phenomenon that is suppressed by Dark.

...You clearly have little idea of the what the photoelectric effect is...