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[LakeEarth]

If I hold up something solid the length of the extended slinky the bottom would move imminently since it's constricted tho?

The "wave" of motion through the object would be much faster compared to the slinky, yes. The slinky just helps visualize what's really happening atomically when you move an object.

 

[Ovid]

That can't be possible.

 

[Jezan]

It does to me. I've seen pictures similar to this and it was Mexico City then. I could be wrong, though. Anybody know? (And I'm aware we could just reverse image search it, but what fun is that?)

It's not Mexico City, too many...hills(?)

 

[jayhawker]

It's not Mexico City, too many...hills(?)

It's pic 18 here: http://www.pablolopezluz.com/terrazo.html

The caption says Vista Aerea de la Ciudad de Mexico XIII (Aerial view of Mexico City).

 

[Bollocks]

I think this was the first and last time they tested it from the ground

 

[heliosRAzi]

Did he draw this, too?

 

[Ovid]

He did.

 

[Clydefrog]

it's like his pencil is magic.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

His name is Paul Cadden
Here's his Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-cadden/253211208083036

 

[TheRagnCajun]

btw. This is also the explanation why this:

wouldn't work.

The spring illusion is caused by its center of mass constantly changing. As the spring contracts, its center of mass falls. So it is actually always falling, It just doesn't look like it until the spring is done contracting and thus, its center of mass stops changing relative to its form.

I don't see what that has to do with the troll science pic which doesn't make any sense. A stick that's 1ly long has almost no distance to travel at all. How can you say its traveling at the speed of light?

 

[Raiden]

His name is Paul Cadden
Here's his Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-cadden/253211208083036

I bet he makes his own dirty paintings and keeps them to himself. Really he can photodraw everybody in any position.

 

[phillipgessert]

I bet he makes his own dirty paintings and keeps them to himself. Really he can photodraw everybody in any position.

As long as a photograph of it exists! Most of these sorts of works use a reference image.

 

[beast786]

That's a drawing.

I made a thread about it

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=468511

 

[Corky]

I made a thread about it

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=468511

Absolutely astonishing, I know hyperrealism is sometimes "looked down upon" but I don't care man that's some ridiculous talent there.

 

[SolidusDave]

As long as a photograph of it exists! Most of these sorts of works use a reference image.

yes, basically it's extreme patience coupled with a great talent of copying something 1:1.

Still an amazing feat, just that the reason it looks so real is because it almost is. Doing that by memory or creating something new would probably be impossible in this quality.

 

[starchild excalibur]

It's incredibly impressive, but I can't help but why people who have such technical skill always seem to try to recreate photographs of relatively mundane things. If I could make a drawing photorealistic, I'd be trying to create things not otherwise feasible by any other medium such as fantastical creations of things only dreamed about - not just a drawing that looks like something any person with a camera could do.

But maybe this tends to be the case because photorealistic drawings are only possible when using photos as a base.

Again - not to downplay his talent - but it's just something that always bugs me.

 

[chiQ]

It's incredibly impressive, but I can't help but why people who have such technical skill always seem to try to recreate photographs of relatively mundane things. If I could make a drawing photorealistic, I'd be trying to create things not otherwise feasible by any other medium such as fantastical creations of things only dreamed about - not just a drawing that looks like something any person with a camera could do.

But maybe this tends to be the case because photorealistic drawings are only possible when using photos as a base.

Again - not to downplay his talent - but it's just something that always bugs me.

I'm with you. I'd draw something not possible by photography, but photorealistic, so maybe water breaking all laws of physics, or something. An image only possible, you'd think, as computer-generated art.

 

[iidesuyo]

I don't see what that has to do with the troll science pic which doesn't make any sense. A stick that's 1ly long has almost no distance to travel at all. How can you say its traveling at the speed of light?

Could a 1 lightyear long stick theoretically be used to send a morse code message over 1 lightyear in a few seconds?

 

[J-Rod]

Could a 1 lightyear long stick theoretically be used to send a morse code message over 1 lightyear in a few seconds?

I have wondered this as well. It's not that the stick would be traveling faster than light, but rather you could essentially send information faster than the speed of light.

 

[tnaden]

I have wondered this as well. It's not that the stick would be traveling faster than light, but rather you could essentially send information faster than the speed of light.

QUESTION:
Let's say I have a metal rod about a half an inch thick and 300,000 kilometers long. Then say I give one end of said rod a mighty whack with a hammer, propelling it forward by one inch in a mere fraction of a second. My questions is, wouldn't the impact of my hammer cause the other end of the rod to move forward one inch just as rapidly as the end where I whacked it? And would this violate Einstein's law that states that nothing can move faster than "C"? Or would the far end of the rod have to wait one second after my whacking my end before moving forward by one inch?

ANSWER:
Have you thought about the implications of your question? I figure the mass of the rod would be about 1010 kg. Suppose that you exert a constant force such that after 0.1 s it is moving with a speed of about 0.5 m/s; it would have moved about an inch in this time. The force is the change in momentum divided by the elapsed time so, roughly speaking, the required force is about 1012 N. Where are you going to get such a force? Anyhow, to the meat of your question: no, the other end would not start moving instantaneously. It could not begin moving until at least one second later than your end started moving for the reason you state: no information can travel faster than c. In reality, it would be much longer than one second because your "mighty whack" will compress the rod and this compression will move with the speed of sound in the metal and this compression is what travels to the other end to move it.

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Short answer: It's called troll physics for a reason

 

[cwmartin]

the energy still has to travel the entire distance of the stick.

 

[Tess3ract]

so the longer something is, if you tried to move it, it'd compress before expanding? That doesn't sound right.

 

[commedieu]

It's incredibly impressive, but I can't help but why people who have such technical skill always seem to try to recreate photographs of relatively mundane things. If I could make a drawing photorealistic, I'd be trying to create things not otherwise feasible by any other medium such as fantastical creations of things only dreamed about - not just a drawing that looks like something any person with a camera could do.

But maybe this tends to be the case because photorealistic drawings are only possible when using photos as a base.

Again - not to downplay his talent - but it's just something that always bugs me.

My friend is really good at copying life through his art, but he couldn't say, create a monster of the same quality, if his life depended on it. I think its brain wiring. Theres some creativity that isn't there.

This guy is amazingly talented none the less.

 

[RankoSD]

so the longer something is, if you tried to move it, it'd compress before expanding? That doesn't sound right.

It's called Longitudinal wave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do1lm9IevYE#t=5m04s

 

[iidesuyo]

It's called Longitudinal wave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do1lm9IevYE#t=5m04s

Ah okay. Thanks for clearing things up.

 

[dreamcastmaster]

It's incredibly impressive, but I can't help but why people who have such technical skill always seem to try to recreate photographs of relatively mundane things. If I could make a drawing photorealistic, I'd be trying to create things not otherwise feasible by any other medium such as fantastical creations of things only dreamed about - not just a drawing that looks like something any person with a camera could do.

But maybe this tends to be the case because photorealistic drawings are only possible when using photos as a base.

Again - not to downplay his talent - but it's just something that always bugs me.

I'd like to see the picture for real rather than the compress .JPG we are looking at. It might not look as photo-realistic as we are seeing it or be more stunning in the flesh.

 

[Majine]

Aw hell naw

 

[Tess3ract]

It's called Longitudinal wave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do1lm9IevYE#t=5m04s

That's implying that even an object 12" long compresses slightly when you move it along its length.

 

[Goodacre0081]

 

[dreamcastmaster]

Diwang Plaza Shenzhen City China

 

[Melchiah]

 

[Aguirre]

 

[Broder Salsa]

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

......... gonna stick ma dick in it. Robo/Crysis Dick

 

[Pisuke1983]

Do you have any background information for this gif?

 

[Empty Space]

Do you have any background information for this gif?

Its a painting process called immersion printing it kind of an awesome technique. In this case its being use to apply what looks like a carbon fiber film.

 

[Goodacre0081]

 

[tafer]

It almost needs the "I like where this thread is going" caption.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Smooth sailing ahead Sea Cowboy.

 

[Goodacre0081]

 

[Gomu Gomu]

Perhaps, it's more gaming related, but I found this picture to be cool.

 

[Acageron]

cool ad

 

[Kwhit10]

White blood cell chasing bacteria, so cool.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Do you have any background information for this gif?

If you've ever wondered how they put camo patterns on solid objects, this is it.

 

[Aguirre]

.

 

[RedSwirl]

For some reason I think it'd be cool to be the captain who has to stand in front of his crew, point towards that horizon and say "we're going in there."

 

[DD]

White blood cell chasing bacteria, so cool.

=o

So cool...

 

[Nappuccino]

It's incredibly impressive, but I can't help but why people who have such technical skill always seem to try to recreate photographs of relatively mundane things. If I could make a drawing photorealistic, I'd be trying to create things not otherwise feasible by any other medium such as fantastical creations of things only dreamed about - not just a drawing that looks like something any person with a camera could do.

But maybe this tends to be the case because photorealistic drawings are only possible when using photos as a base.

Again - not to downplay his talent - but it's just something that always bugs me.

Many times, the people capable of such a feat are only able to replicate things they have seen or can see.

 

[tafer]

1000 years old Yew trees in Wales