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what's the best way to make a near-perfect vacuum, for however short a time, in a large-ish volume, without using any kind of box?
What do you mean, without using any kind of box?
en plein air, so to speak
So you'd want a localized area of vacuum just sort of hanging there in space, with non-vacuum atmosphere around it?
This does not seem possible without the use of magic.
Maybe if you could create an area where the temperature was reduced to absolute zero, thus stopping all atomic movement. I guess you could technically call that a vacuum?
You couldn't do that en plein air or whatever because gases expand to fit the container they're in. In this case the atmosphere.
Without a container, you're not going to get a vacuum in this universe.
gases don't expand instantaneously
if I vanished, say, a 200 metre ball of air from the sky, there would be vacuum, for a few moments.
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AManFromEarthLet's get to twerk!The King in the SwampRegistered Userregular
what's the best way to make a near-perfect vacuum, for however short a time, in a large-ish volume, without using any kind of box?
What do you mean, without using any kind of box?
en plein air, so to speak
So you'd want a localized area of vacuum just sort of hanging there in space, with non-vacuum atmosphere around it?
This does not seem possible without the use of magic.
Maybe if you could create an area where the temperature was reduced to absolute zero, thus stopping all atomic movement. I guess you could technically call that a vacuum?
You couldn't do that en plein air or whatever because gases expand to fit the container they're in. In this case the atmosphere.
Without a container, you're not going to get a vacuum in this universe.
gases don't expand instantaneously
if I vanished, say, a 200 metre ball of air from the sky, there would be vacuum, for a few moments.
Yes, and outside of a wizard you're not going to be able to do that, now are you?
what's the best way to make a near-perfect vacuum, for however short a time, in a large-ish volume, without using any kind of box?
What do you mean, without using any kind of box?
en plein air, so to speak
So you'd want a localized area of vacuum just sort of hanging there in space, with non-vacuum atmosphere around it?
This does not seem possible without the use of magic.
Maybe if you could create an area where the temperature was reduced to absolute zero, thus stopping all atomic movement. I guess you could technically call that a vacuum?
You couldn't do that en plein air or whatever because gases expand to fit the container they're in. In this case the atmosphere.
Without a container, you're not going to get a vacuum in this universe.
gases don't expand instantaneously
if I vanished, say, a 200 metre ball of air from the sky, there would be vacuum, for a few moments.
Yes, and outside of a wizard you're not going to be able to do that, now are you?
Man in Oregon wants to collect the rainwater and melted snow that falls on his 170 acre property for his three ponds and some wells. He had permits for these. The county says this water is theirs - the water would flow into their creeks - so that man is put in jail for 30 days for stealing county water without a permit.
Under Oregon law, all water is publicly owned. With some exceptions, cities, farmers, factory owners, and other water users must obtain a permit or water right from the Water Resources Department to use water from ANY source.
what's the best way to make a near-perfect vacuum, for however short a time, in a large-ish volume, without using any kind of box?
What do you mean, without using any kind of box?
en plein air, so to speak
So you'd want a localized area of vacuum just sort of hanging there in space, with non-vacuum atmosphere around it?
This does not seem possible without the use of magic.
Maybe if you could create an area where the temperature was reduced to absolute zero, thus stopping all atomic movement. I guess you could technically call that a vacuum?
You couldn't do that en plein air or whatever because gases expand to fit the container they're in. In this case the atmosphere.
Without a container, you're not going to get a vacuum in this universe.
I'm just thinking theoretically here, where the area of absolute zero is spreading faster than the surrounding atmosphere is encroaching.
which would require a hell of an explosion or some other pushy-gas-away force.
Anything you use to push the air out of the way is going to take the place of the air. You can't push something with nothing.
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
skippydumptruck 8:31PM
woo me
OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle 8:31PM
uh, lol?
skippydumptruckskippydumptruck 8:34PM
dis some half assed courtship
OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle 8:35PM
oh you said, 'woo me' as in court you rather than 'woo me' meaning 'go me'
uh, you are a very handsome man and i want to give you a tender backrub. also this beer.
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
what's the best way to make a near-perfect vacuum, for however short a time, in a large-ish volume, without using any kind of box?
What do you mean, without using any kind of box?
en plein air, so to speak
So you'd want a localized area of vacuum just sort of hanging there in space, with non-vacuum atmosphere around it?
Yes. Until it collapses. Which should take longer than instantly.
you would have to pump air out of the area at faster than the speed of sound; this sounds difficult
The speed of sound isn't going to get you a vacuum for long at all - there are a lot of air molecules moving much faster than that. A true vacuum is pretty fleeting.
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CambiataCommander ShepardThe likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered Userregular
So thanks to a link that was posted in the feminist thread, I've been reading Captain Awkward.com. And after reading quite a lot of stories, most notably this one, I realized that my dad has verbally abused me for most of my life. He only ever struck me once. (aside from the spankings when I was a kid, which I don't count because that was the norm then. The time he actual slapped me hard across the back, I was 16 years old and shocked out of my mind. But he never did it again)
I'm not really sure how I feel about these things.
"excuse my French
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
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AManFromEarthLet's get to twerk!The King in the SwampRegistered Userregular
Man in Oregon wants to collect the rainwater and melted snow that falls on his 170 acre property for his three ponds and some wells. He had permits for these. The county says this water is theirs - the water would flow into their creeks - so that man is put in jail for 30 days for stealing county water without a permit.
Under Oregon law, all water is publicly owned. With some exceptions, cities, farmers, factory owners, and other water users must obtain a permit or water right from the Water Resources Department to use water from ANY source.
P much.
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
So thanks to a link that was posted in the feminist thread, I've been reading Captain Awkward.com. And after reading quite a lot of stories, most notably this one, I realized that my dad has verbally abused me for most of my life. He only ever struck me once. (aside from the spankings when I was a kid, which I don't count because that was the norm then. The time he actual slapped me hard across the back, I was 16 years old and shocked out of my mind. But he never did it again)
I'm not really sure how I feel about these things.
Oh, feelings! These are something that has come up a lot recently for me.
You feel how you feel, however that is. I can't really do more than empathize with not being sure what you're feeling, but I can say that you don't have to answer to anyone for whatever they are.
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AManFromEarthLet's get to twerk!The King in the SwampRegistered Userregular
what's the best way to make a near-perfect vacuum, for however short a time, in a large-ish volume, without using any kind of box?
What do you mean, without using any kind of box?
en plein air, so to speak
So you'd want a localized area of vacuum just sort of hanging there in space, with non-vacuum atmosphere around it?
This does not seem possible without the use of magic.
Maybe if you could create an area where the temperature was reduced to absolute zero, thus stopping all atomic movement. I guess you could technically call that a vacuum?
You couldn't do that en plein air or whatever because gases expand to fit the container they're in. In this case the atmosphere.
Without a container, you're not going to get a vacuum in this universe.
I'm just thinking theoretically here, where the area of absolute zero is spreading faster than the surrounding atmosphere is encroaching.
what's the best way to make a near-perfect vacuum, for however short a time, in a large-ish volume, without using any kind of box?
What do you mean, without using any kind of box?
en plein air, so to speak
So you'd want a localized area of vacuum just sort of hanging there in space, with non-vacuum atmosphere around it?
This does not seem possible without the use of magic.
Maybe if you could create an area where the temperature was reduced to absolute zero, thus stopping all atomic movement. I guess you could technically call that a vacuum?
You couldn't do that en plein air or whatever because gases expand to fit the container they're in. In this case the atmosphere.
Without a container, you're not going to get a vacuum in this universe.
I'm just thinking theoretically here, where the area of absolute zero is spreading faster than the surrounding atmosphere is encroaching.
which would require a hell of an explosion or some other pushy-gas-away force.
Anything you use to push the air out of the way is going to take the place of the air. You can't push something with nothing.
it's not going to take the place of the air, it's just pushing it.
Take that bullet. If it had a perfectly tight seal with the barrel, and this was, I dunno, a coilgun, or something else that doesn't use expanding gases to push it along
I'd have a pretty air-free barrel
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
why can a sig only be 500 pixels wide. the text goes way farther.
what's the best way to make a near-perfect vacuum, for however short a time, in a large-ish volume, without using any kind of box?
What do you mean, without using any kind of box?
en plein air, so to speak
So you'd want a localized area of vacuum just sort of hanging there in space, with non-vacuum atmosphere around it?
This does not seem possible without the use of magic.
Maybe if you could create an area where the temperature was reduced to absolute zero, thus stopping all atomic movement. I guess you could technically call that a vacuum?
You couldn't do that en plein air or whatever because gases expand to fit the container they're in. In this case the atmosphere.
Without a container, you're not going to get a vacuum in this universe.
I'm just thinking theoretically here, where the area of absolute zero is spreading faster than the surrounding atmosphere is encroaching.
which would require a hell of an explosion or some other pushy-gas-away force.
Anything you use to push the air out of the way is going to take the place of the air. You can't push something with nothing.
I think a nuke is probably the most effective tool to use here. Though that vacuum will be pretty useless.
It will last longer than instantly though, but not by much.
If we're going crazy super science, the easiest way to do it would be to create some sort of spherical force field then evacuate the interior anyway. Since he is talking about an orbital death ray at this point.
Man in Oregon wants to collect the rainwater and melted snow that falls on his 170 acre property for his three ponds and some wells. He had permits for these. The county says this water is theirs - the water would flow into their creeks - so that man is put in jail for 30 days for stealing county water without a permit.
Under Oregon law, all water is publicly owned. With some exceptions, cities, farmers, factory owners, and other water users must obtain a permit or water right from the Water Resources Department to use water from ANY source.
more or less, yeah
this prevents situations where one guy upstream dams the river and charges everyone downstream for it
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Captain Ultralow resolution pictures of birdsRegistered Userregular
Man in Oregon wants to collect the rainwater and melted snow that falls on his 170 acre property for his three ponds and some wells. He had permits for these. The county says this water is theirs - the water would flow into their creeks - so that man is put in jail for 30 days for stealing county water without a permit.
Under Oregon law, all water is publicly owned. With some exceptions, cities, farmers, factory owners, and other water users must obtain a permit or water right from the Water Resources Department to use water from ANY source.
P much.
No! Today they're taking our rainwater, tomorrow the government will be taxing our air!
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gases don't expand instantaneously
if I vanished, say, a 200 metre ball of air from the sky, there would be vacuum, for a few moments.
Yes, and outside of a wizard you're not going to be able to do that, now are you?
I can push it out of the way instead, possibly
can i call abd a cockknocker
DO IIIIIIT
also I suggest buying the Frost and Fire giants they are pretty sweet looking too.
look at dis skippy
look at it
you would have to pump air out of the area at faster than the speed of sound; this sounds difficult
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
i have never even painted a mini before!!!! but these are SO AWESOME
i dont understand minis
Best part is more are coming as the reward tiers fill up.
speed of sound ain't shit
oh im sorry i cant hear you BECAUSE GOOEY THE BARBARIAN IS BUSY CHARGING THE FUCK OUT OF ALL THE ORCS
HOWLING STRIKE MOTHERFUCKER DO YOU SPEAK IT
http://www.nwpr.org/post/southern-oregon-man-sentenced-jail-time-illegal-rainwater-reservoirs
Hell they can even paint their own minis since there are so many.
Actually now that you mention it, I believe that nuclear explosions do create a momentary vacuum. As do magnificently large conventional explosions.
I'm just thinking theoretically here, where the area of absolute zero is spreading faster than the surrounding atmosphere is encroaching.
Anything you use to push the air out of the way is going to take the place of the air. You can't push something with nothing.
woo me
OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle 8:31PM
uh, lol?
skippydumptruckskippydumptruck 8:34PM
dis some half assed courtship
OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle 8:35PM
oh you said, 'woo me' as in court you rather than 'woo me' meaning 'go me'
uh, you are a very handsome man and i want to give you a tender backrub. also this beer.
The speed of sound isn't going to get you a vacuum for long at all - there are a lot of air molecules moving much faster than that. A true vacuum is pretty fleeting.
I'm not really sure how I feel about these things.
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
Do you have access to a MOAB?
If you do that's probably the way to go.
P much.
Oh, feelings! These are something that has come up a lot recently for me.
You feel how you feel, however that is. I can't really do more than empathize with not being sure what you're feeling, but I can say that you don't have to answer to anyone for whatever they are.
I think a nuke is probably the most effective tool to use here. Though that vacuum will be pretty useless.
It will last longer than instantly though, but not by much.
You should dig up the latest version of the living Mordheim rulebook!
it's not going to take the place of the air, it's just pushing it.
Take that bullet. If it had a perfectly tight seal with the barrel, and this was, I dunno, a coilgun, or something else that doesn't use expanding gases to push it along
I'd have a pretty air-free barrel
If we're going crazy super science, the easiest way to do it would be to create some sort of spherical force field then evacuate the interior anyway. Since he is talking about an orbital death ray at this point.
more or less, yeah
this prevents situations where one guy upstream dams the river and charges everyone downstream for it
That was the same thing my dad did when he caught me smoking.
I assume the text would wrap on a smaller screen while the image would not?
Also big big sigs are ugly.
Your dad forced you to suck dick in a gloryhole because he caught you smoking? Harsh.
No! Today they're taking our rainwater, tomorrow the government will be taxing our air!
Likely has to do with the data more than spacing
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
all of them fired at once, as antimatter is fired down at a ludicrously large percentage of light speed, along the vacuum tunnel those nukes drilled.
Yes. This will be my anti-matter gun.