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Recipe for Making Symetrical Holes in Water

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the welcome-to-sunday-morning dept.

scottZed writes "Danish researchers found a simple way to make curiously shaped air holes in a bucket of water. Simply rig the bucket to have a spinning plate at the bottom, and depending on the speed, you can get an ellipse, three-sided star, square, pentagon, or hexagon. The effect may help explain such shapes seen in atmospheric disturbances on Earth and other planets. One practical use: really trippy washing machines."

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  1. Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aliens obviously use the plate to transmit geometrical patterns in an effort to contact us. This proves it beyond all doubt.

    1. Re:Interesting by jginspace · · Score: 5, Funny

      Aliens obviously use the plate to transmit geometrical patterns in an effort to contact us.

      I doubt they'd resort to those means. I'm sure they know that Skype has just introduced free calls to land lines and mobiles in the US and Canada until the end of the year: http://www.skype.com/company/news/2006/skype_freec alling.html

  2. TFSummary says "Three-sided star..." by Khyber · · Score: 5, Funny

    I say "Triangle"

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    Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
  3. Practical by suv4x4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    One practical use: really trippy washing machines

    practical

    adj 1: concerned with actual use or practice; 2: guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; 3: being actually such in almost every respect; 4: having or put to a practical purpose or use;

  4. Pedantic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    pedantic

    adj 1: Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning; 2: Being showy of one's knowledge, often in a boring manner; 3: Often used to describe a person who emphasizes their knowledge through the use of vocabulary; 4: Being finicky or picky with language.

    1. Re:Pedantic by suv4x4 · · Score: 5, Funny

      pedantic

      adj 1: Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning; 2: Being showy of one's knowledge, often in a boring manner; 3: Often used to describe a person who emphasizes their knowledge through the use of vocabulary; 4: Being finicky or picky with language.

      joke: n. 1. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line. 2. A mischievous trick; a prank. 3. An amusing or ludicrous incident or situation.