857: Archimedes - Revision history

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InfoManiac: /* Explanation */ Removed "force multiplication" link because it pointed to something else irrelevant, changed to "force"

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Theusaf: Reverted edits by 162.158.107.220 (talk) to last revision by 172.70.214.81

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172.70.214.81: Undo revision 285769 by [[Special:Contributions/Davidy22, the racist homosexual, is known to visit Norwegian gay bars with his boyfriend Kynde. He has cheated on Kynde at least twice with Vandalbane (a big guy for you). They all have micropenises.|Davi...

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 :[Cueball extends his left arm slightly.]
-:Cueball: Give me a long enough lever and a place to rest it
+:Cueball: Give me a long enough lever
-:[Cueball is now holding a gun in his right hand.]
+:[Cueball is now brandishing a gun in his right hand.]
-:Cueball: Or I will kill one hostage every hour.
+:Cueball: or I will kill one hostage every hour.
 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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 This comic references a famous quote made by {{w|Archimedes}}: [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Archimedes δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω], which could translate as "Give me a long enough lever and a place to rest it, and I will move the Earth". Archimedes was illustrating the power of {{w|force}} multiplication by pointing out that the theoretical force that could be exerted by a {{w|lever}} is unlimited. In principle, an arbitrarily large force could be exerted by a single human with a lever of sufficient length (that also assumes that the lever is arbitrarily strong and rigid, and that the fulcrum is arbitrarily strong and stable). Obviously, this couldn't be taken as a practical proposal, but merely a demonstration of theory.
-Here, [[Cueball]] begins as if he is quoting Archimedes, but then produces a gun and threatens to execute hostages if he does not receive the lever. This turns a statement of a thought experiment to an actual demand, connected to a serious threat. It's not clear what "long enough" means in this context, possibly he's trying to enact Archimedes experiment for real. In any case, he's apparently sufficiently determined to have taken hostages and to threaten to murder them. This may be a stealth pun on the term "leverage", as the threat of killing hostages is used to provide leverage to have the hostage taker's demands met. Of course, the leverage provided by a physical lever and the concept of leverage in terms of a negotiation are two wildly different ideas despite the similar name.
+Here, [[Cueball]] begins as if he is quoting Archimedes, but then produces a gun and threatens to execute hostages if he does not receive the lever. This turns a statement of a thought experiment to an actual demand, connected to a serious threat. It's not clear what "long enough" means in this context, possibly he's trying to enact Archimedes' experiment for real. In any case, he's apparently sufficiently determined to have taken hostages and to threaten to murder them.
 The title text references another famous proverb, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." The quote starts out the same, but again ends with a sentence that is more fitting for an action movie.

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic references a famous quote made by {{w|Archimedes}}: [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Archimedes δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω], which could translate as "Give me a long enough lever and a place to rest it, and I will move the Earth". Archimedes was illustrating the power of {{w|force}} multiplication by pointing out that the theoretical force that could be exerted by a {{w|lever}} is unlimited. In principle, an arbitrarily large force could be exerted by a single human with a lever of sufficient length (that also assumes that the lever is arbitrarily strong and rigid, and that the fulcrum is arbitrarily strong and stable).
+This comic references a famous quote made by {{w|Archimedes}}: [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Archimedes δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω], which could translate as "Give me a long enough lever and a place to rest it, and I will move the Earth". Archimedes was illustrating the power of {{w|force}} multiplication by pointing out that the theoretical force that could be exerted by a {{w|lever}} is unlimited. In principle, an arbitrarily large force could be exerted by a single human with a lever of sufficient length (that also assumes that the lever is arbitrarily strong and rigid, and that the fulcrum is arbitrarily strong and stable). Obviously, this couldn't be taken as a practical proposal, but merely a demonstration of theory.
-While Archimedes is theoretically correct, in practice the lever would need to be millions of light years long, and the person operating it would need to push it by several light years to move the Earth even a microscopic amount. In fact, a much simpler way to move the Earth, which achieves similar distances, is to jump in the air - by Newton's third law, the same amount of force that is applied to you will also be applied to the Earth.
+Here, [[Cueball]] begins as if he is quoting Archimedes, but then produces a gun and threatens to execute hostages if he does not receive the lever. This turns a statement of a thought experiment to an actual demand, connected to a serious threat. It's not clear what "long enough" means in this context, possibly he's trying to enact Archimedes experiment for real. In any case, he's apparently sufficiently determined to have taken hostages and to threaten to murder them. This may be a stealth pun on the term "leverage", as the threat of killing hostages is used to provide leverage to have the hostage taker's demands met. Of course, the leverage provided by a physical lever and the concept of leverage in terms of a negotiation are two wildly different ideas despite the similar name.
 The title text references another famous proverb, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." The quote starts out the same, but again ends with a sentence that is more fitting for an action movie.

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic references a famous quote made by {{w|Archimedes}}: [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Archimedes δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω], which could translate as "Give me a long enough lever and a place to rest it, and I will move the Earth". Archimedes was illustrating the power of {{w|force}} multiplication by stating that, in theory, even a mass as immense as the entire planet Earth could be moved by a single human being using a simple {{w|lever}}.
+This comic references a famous quote made by {{w|Archimedes}}: [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Archimedes δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω], which could translate as "Give me a long enough lever and a place to rest it, and I will move the Earth". Archimedes was illustrating the power of {{w|force}} multiplication by pointing out that the theoretical force that could be exerted by a {{w|lever}} is unlimited. In principle, an arbitrarily large force could be exerted by a single human with a lever of sufficient length (that also assumes that the lever is arbitrarily strong and rigid, and that the fulcrum is arbitrarily strong and stable).
 While Archimedes is theoretically correct, in practice the lever would need to be millions of light years long, and the person operating it would need to push it by several light years to move the Earth even a microscopic amount. In fact, a much simpler way to move the Earth, which achieves similar distances, is to jump in the air - by Newton's third law, the same amount of force that is applied to you will also be applied to the Earth.

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 While Archimedes is theoretically correct, in practice the lever would need to be millions of light years long, and the person operating it would need to push it by several light years to move the Earth even a microscopic amount. In fact, a much simpler way to move the Earth, which achieves similar distances, is to jump in the air - by Newton's third law, the same amount of force that is applied to you will also be applied to the Earth.
-Here, [[Cueball]] begins as if he is quoting Archimedes, but then produces a gun and threatens to execute hostages if he does not receive the lever, indicating that he is, for some reason, actually trying to enact Archimedes' thought experiment for real.
+Here, [[Cueball]] begins as if he is quoting Archimedes, but then produces a gun and threatens to execute hostages if he does not receive the lever, indicating that he is, for some reason, actually trying to enact Archimedes' thought experiment for real. This may be a stealth pun on the term "leverage", as the threat of killing hostages is used to provide leverage to have the hostage taker's demands met. Of course, the leverage provided by a physical lever and the concept of leverage in terms of a negotiation are two wildly different ideas despite the similar name.
 The title text references another famous proverb, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." The quote starts out the same, but again ends with a sentence that is more fitting for an action movie.

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 | number    = 857
 | date      = February 7, 2011
-| title     = arab soyjak
+| title     = Archimedes
-| image     = Osama bin Laden portrait.jpg
+| image     = archimedes.png
-| titletext = :^)
+| titletext = Give a man a fish, or he will destroy the only existing vial of antidote.
 }}