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Indestructible Super Mug To Save Humanity
prostoalex writes "Next time a ceramic mug falls on the ground, you won't have to buy a new coffee:"A team of undergraduates at the university in Socorro designed a ceramic mug that can fall 15 feet onto concrete pavement and still hold a full cup of java afterward without leaking."" Thank god I can sleep easy at night ;)
From TFA "It's rounded (at the bottom)"
That'll sit nicely on a desk...
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Funny, I don't remember acting that way toward my students. I frequently awarded high marks to those that creatively solved problems in such ways (including specifically the egg drop one). Maybe it's your personal experience in school, but don't make a blanket remark like that...especially such a profane one...about any group just because you've had bad experiences with some.
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And even if you (the organizer of the competition) think about it as a loophole, you can't "punish" the player for it, because at the time of the contest it was conformant to the rule. What you can do, however, is change the rules for next year's competition. That's how it is done in a fair contest.
I don't know what a 'super-ball' is, if it's anything like a beach ball, then I'll be you anything that the bowling ball will hit first. In fact, let's make it more extreme, let's fill the beach ball with helium. It won't even hit the ground. *You* need to go back to school. We're not on the moon, on Earth, a feather falls slowly. Falling objects are affected by drag, and the positions of the centre of pressure and centre of mass are *very* important It makes the difference between a stable and unstable rocket, for example. Also, get a long stick (a broom stick, for example) and attack a weight on one end, throw it around, see what happens.