posted 11-01-2001 17:34            

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Originally posted by xclusive069:
1) these machines wouldn't work. Analogy, a lightbulb, that gives off light, and a mechanism to draw the light (gravity field, controlled, and strong it would have to be, without black hole effects) (or hell some other light object to draw light waves back in) - now the light drawn back in would be converted to EE with an efficiency of 100%, would it be dark in the room?

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Yes, it would be dark in the room. If a photon escaped the apparatus, then the shield wouldn't be 100% efficient. And forgive the amateur criticism, but this is quite possibly the stupidest idea for a perpetual motion machine I have ever heard, despite the world's long, rich history of stupid ideas for perpetual motion machines.

posted 11-01-2001 22:20            

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Originally posted by fenomas:
Reminds me of the time a physics TA (later to become my boss) said in class:
"Well, think of it this way. Imagine the earth was a perfect sphere of uniform density and charge, and it was sitting on a perfectly flat massless, frictionless plain that extends infinitely in all directions. ... No, wait, that's a little contrived."

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Hehehe,
That would be Just a Little Contrived

posted 11-04-2001 21:13            

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Originally posted by xclusive069:
I Take this as a compliment, thank you.

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