12 AM and 12 PM

that question was easy as fuck to answer, and it was no it wouldnt take off

Just accept it and move on.

I often ponder daft things at work when I have alot of alone time with my thoughts.

My most recent one was "what was named first? the fruit orange, or the colour orange."

I came to the conclusion the colour orange was named after the fruit which has probably been called an orange for alot longer.:spangled:

I dunno.. when was the orange discovered? Would people generally name a set of colours before they named their food? Would it make more sense to name only one piece of food after a colour, or to name only one colour after a piece of food?

ps. I know what you mean about the work thing.. I work in a garden centre.

It wasn't really, as there was confusion as to what the exact question was

I think I'll ask Jeeves!!!!

"orange originates in Southeast Asia, and that its name (in old French "orenge" and in Spanish "naranja") is believed to be a transliteration of the Sanskrit word "naaranga," which came from the Tamil word "naru" which means "fragrant."

it says here

"orange originates in Southeast Asia, and that its name (in old French "orenge" and in Spanish "naranja") is believed to be a transliteration of the Sanskrit word "naaranga," which came from the Tamil word "naru" which means "fragrant."

Before the English-speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the colour was referred to as geoluhread in Old English, which translates roughly into Modern English as yellow-red.




it says here

Interesting! I didn't think the orange originated in south east asia. I thought it was europe or north africa maybe.

oh dear

???

car on conveyor belt = going nowhere because the thrust's from the wheels interfacing with the conveyor belt...

plane on conveyor belt = takes off because the thrust comes from the jets / propellors interaction with the air and the wheels just spin, no thrust goes through the wheels.


erm anyway... am/pm

The question was kind of a trick question though and stated that the speed of the wheels must match the speed of the conveyor at all times meaning that it would be impossible for any movement from the plane relative to the ground or the air. That, of course isn't possible in a real life situation.

this one?

yep - plane takes off, the wheels are not powering the plane, they are just turning round, they will just turn round twice as fast if the conveyor belt's moving the opposite direction, but the plane still takes off coz it's the jet engines pushing the air that are providing the thrust.

did this board manage to conclude that the plane didn't take off then... (i repeat) oh dear

nucastle fails at the internet

The plane wouldn't take off under the circumstances that i mentioned previously

oh, ok yeah, you've got it worded differently to normal. In this case I say conveyor belt breaks, wheels break, plane crashes, passengers die, designer of conveyor belt runway sued for manslaughter...