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Water Flows Uphill

Posted by michael on from the now-you-see-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC are reporting James Dyson's new garden feature, a waterfall with water flowing uphill. Apparently, he wanted to recreate an Escher drawing."

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  1. It's not a waterfall then, is it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a water elevator, or something.

  2. Simple... it's antiwater by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Antiwater (two part antihydrogen and one part antioxygen) is repelled by the force of gravity.

    1. Re:Simple... it's antiwater by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you drink anti-water, do you become thirsty?

    2. Re:Simple... it's antiwater by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, that rules out antiwater. The answer, then, is clear. It is antigravity, not antiwater, that makes water go up.

    3. Re:Simple... it's antiwater by Yakman · · Score: 4, Funny

      In normal circumstances you can pass water, but with anti-water.... ** his mind boggles **

      Come on, it's obvious.. ANTI-WATER PASSES YOU!

    4. Re:Simple... it's antiwater by thoughtstream · · Score: 5, Funny
      Close, but no cigar. The clue is in the article, where it's explained that a "thin later of water" is used.

      In other words, he's using anti-time! By covering the ramps with a thin coating of later (rather than the usual layers of earlier that surround most objects) the water actually flows backwards in time. This, of course, causes its normal downhill motion under gravity to occur retrotemporally, giving the fluid the appearance of syntemporal uphill motion.

      Contratemporal epitaxy, eh? I tell you, that Dyson's a genius!

    5. Re:Simple... it's antiwater by The-Bus · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or feed it after midnight?

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    6. Re:Simple... it's antiwater by John+Zebedee · · Score: 3, Funny

      Speaking of antiwater, we need to be careful with that stuff!

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  3. urinals by scubacuda · · Score: 5, Funny
    Maybe he could make a urinal that does that.

    Perhaps some sort of spinoff of Marcel Duchamp's 1917 work of "art".

    Those crazy dadaists!

  4. Re:This is really neat. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's the only exercise my brain gets outside of /.

    My sympathies, really...

  5. Re:Interesting... by Amiga+Trombone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Escher makes my brain hurt. It's so obvious something is wrong, but it's impossible to focus on it. Argh, this makes me want to gouge out my eyes.

    Indeed. It reminds me of a few companies I've worked for.

  6. Cease and Desist by AvantLegion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dear Mr. Dyson, We, the FBI, have become aware of your projects. We understand that you have been reverse-engineering water, and this is in violation of the DMCA, PATRIOT, and PATRIOT II acts. You have been flagged for interrogation as a potential terrorist. Until you can be brought in, you are asked to cease all water reverse-engineering. Sincerely, Agent J. Mehoff

  7. Water Bongs by RightInTheNeck · · Score: 3, Funny

    The story leaves out that after the reporters were done taking pictures for the day, he put the big glass bowl centerpiece back in the middle and he showed them what it was really built for. Its rumored that everyone lost thier lighter.

  8. And for his next trick... by arpy · · Score: 3, Funny

    And for his next trick, maybe he could do a mini "hell freezing over".

    Hey, then we'd all get laid! Quick, where's his phone number?

  9. Grammar nazi by GQuon · · Score: 3, Funny

    This, of course, causes its normal downhill motion under gravity to occur retrotemporally, giving the fluid the appearance of syntemporal uphill motion.

    I know we're supposed to concentrate on the content, and not the form of comments. But you pulled of the rare feat of making 3 simple grammatical errors in that sentence. I suggest you order the book "1001 Tense Formations", by Dr. Dan Streetmentioner, from your favourite Internet book store, and re-fresh your grammar. Next time Read It Before You Post.

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  10. Re:Interesting... by Afrosheen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, you just helped me coin a new term:

    Escher-esque Management.

    Let's push it onto a few blogs and see if it doesn't end up in Wired next month.

  11. For his next trick.... by wowbagger · · Score: 3, Funny

    For his next trick....

    Making the bubbles in a Guiness flow up!

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