Talk:2944: Magnet Fishing - Revision history

Bb777 at 01:15, 25 March 2025

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CipherGuide at 08:38, 30 July 2024

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172.69.65.32: Magnet fishing in the news

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Magnet fishing in the news

GreatWyrmGold: How is this scored?

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How is this scored?

172.69.195.183 at 09:19, 12 June 2024

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172.70.90.123: Undo revision 344225 by 172.71.167.58 (talk) Unknown why this deletion happened. Reversing.

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Undo revision 344225 by 172.71.167.58 (talk) Unknown why this deletion happened. Reversing.

172.71.167.58 at 23:58, 11 June 2024

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172.68.195.156 at 21:08, 11 June 2024

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	The existence of "magnetic monopole" would contradict the Maxwell equations. [[User:CipherGuide\|CipherGuide]] ([[User talk:CipherGuide\|talk]]) 08:38, 30 July 2024 (UTC)		The existence of "magnetic monopole" would contradict the Maxwell equations. [[User:CipherGuide\|CipherGuide]] ([[User talk:CipherGuide\|talk]]) 08:38, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
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		+	hey, a net! if there was more people they could have gotten someting. although i do NOT want anybody fighting for it with huge magnets. --[[User:Bb777\|[insert signature here]]] ([[User talk:Bb777\|talk]]) 01:15, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

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	If the lures are magnetic because the fish (as in commercial magnetic fishing games) contain magnets, a monopole lure only solves half the problem: The fish either need their fields to be kept separated or they need (the opposite) monopoles, too?		If the lures are magnetic because the fish (as in commercial magnetic fishing games) contain magnets, a monopole lure only solves half the problem: The fish either need their fields to be kept separated or they need (the opposite) monopoles, too?
	[[User:ProphetZarquon\|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon\|talk]]) 15:39, 11 June 2024 (UTC)		[[User:ProphetZarquon\|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon\|talk]]) 15:39, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
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		+	The existence of "magnetic monopole" would contradict the Maxwell equations. [[User:CipherGuide\|CipherGuide]] ([[User talk:CipherGuide\|talk]]) 08:38, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

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		+	I don't think it's a coincidence that this comic came out just a few days after this June 6 news article: a couple in New York City went magnet fishing and [https://apnews.com/article/magnet-fisher-catches-cash-filled-safe-d5a1ddb6a5accbf65542dfbab444c0f6 brought up a safe] containing tens of thousands of dollars in cash. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.65.32\|172.69.65.32]] 23:57, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

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 Isn't the solution to make the competition like skiing: The participants take turns fishing, instead of all fishing at the same time? And they're judged on how quickly they can "catch" a magnet in the water. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 15:44, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 :Same reason why (some) slalom competitions are held with two racers going downhill at the same time: it's more exciting! ;) --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.195.156|172.68.195.156]] 21:08, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 This comic made me cackle. My cat is hiding under my bed now. [[User:Psychoticpotato|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato|talk]]) 21:30, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

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 :Tie/tangle and tie/equally-scored is going to be good enough. If Randall had thought of the "cup tie"-type usage, he could have easily made a tripled-pun version with that ''and'' the two more obvious versions. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.248|172.70.160.248]] 21:30, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 :Is it more common in British English? I'm American and I usually say "tie" to refer to a draw. I also see it be used frequently in American media. [[User:GreyFox|GreyFox]] ([[User talk:GreyFox|talk]]) 21:53, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 The prize is also a bit of wordplay. It refers to a magnetic monopole as already noted, but is also a joke, as a regular fishing pole is technically a "monopole". I've never personally seen a fishing dipole, but I suppose they could exist! {{unsigned|MightyP|16:49, 10 June 2024}}

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	+	Isn't the solution to make the competition like skiing: The participants take turns fishing, instead of all fishing at the same time? And they're judged on how quickly they can "catch" a magnet in the water. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 15:44, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
	+	:Same reason why (some) slalom competitions are held with two racers going downhill at the same time: it's more exciting! ;) --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.195.156\|172.68.195.156]] 21:08, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
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	+	This comic made me cackle. My cat is hiding under my bed now. [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 21:30, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
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	+	There's various degrees of what you might hope to find, when fishing, and what you [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68798110.amp might] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68402798.amp find], whilst magnet-fishing... (Also note, in that first link the "groups of 50-60" who gather – maybe multiple people per magnet – and the picture of at least ''three'' magnets being simultaneously worked from the same bridge. But not to dismiss the comic's humour, of course.)
	+	<br/>I think the problem for the comic was siting the competition in a natural watercourse with a too obviously V-shaped bed. Everyone lowered their magnets straight down into the water, no problem, as even a powerful magnet can't overcome gravity-induced of hanging at that sort of scale of hanging. But then all magnets not already over the thalweg slide away from the bank into it, close enough to start clumping. As the 'prizes'/scorable-finds will also have probably migrated down the benthic slopes, over time, it's in everyone's personal interest to let their magnet tumble that way, if they weren't given 'pole position' directly over the (or 'a') deepest point. If the stream's cut goes significently non-perpendicular to the bridge that crosses it, or it has multiple (low-water) channels dug into its sediment, possibly sensible coordination could allow parallel fishing. Or the rules state that minimal slack be allowed when dipping the magnet-'hook' into the water, and no lateral dragging or swinging allowed, with (judged) penalties for any who cause an 'out of line' contact to occur. I think the ''second'' world championships are entirely feasible, just needs some rethinking of the setting, conditions and competition regulations. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.43.184\|172.69.43.184]] 09:47, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
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−	Isn't the solution to make the competition like skiing: The participants take turns fishing, instead of all fishing at the same time? And they're judged on how quickly they can "catch" a magnet in the water. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 15:44, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
−	:Same reason why (some) slalom competitions are held with two racers going downhill at the same time: it's more exciting! ;) --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.195.156\|172.68.195.156]] 21:08, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
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−	~~This comic made me cackle. My cat is hiding under my bed now. [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 21:30, 10 June 2024 (UTC)~~
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−	There's various degrees of what you might hope to find, when fishing, and what you [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68798110.amp might] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68402798.amp find], whilst magnet-fishing... (Also note, in that first link the "groups of 50-60" who gather – maybe multiple people per magnet – and the picture of at least ''three'' magnets being simultaneously worked from the same bridge. But not to dismiss the comic's humour, of course.)
−	<br/>I think the problem for the comic was siting the competition in a natural watercourse with a too obviously V-shaped bed. Everyone lowered their magnets straight down into the water, no problem, as even a powerful magnet can't overcome gravity-induced of hanging at that sort of scale of hanging. But then all magnets not already over the thalweg slide away from the bank into it, close enough to start clumping. As the 'prizes'/scorable-finds will also have probably migrated down the benthic slopes, over time, it's in everyone's personal interest to let their magnet tumble that way, if they weren't given 'pole position' directly over the (or 'a') deepest point. If the stream's cut goes significently non-perpendicular to the bridge that crosses it, or it has multiple (low-water) channels dug into its sediment, possibly sensible coordination could allow parallel fishing. Or the rules state that minimal slack be allowed when dipping the magnet-'hook' into the water, and no lateral dragging or swinging allowed, with (judged) penalties for any who cause an 'out of line' contact to occur. I think the ''second'' world championships are entirely feasible, just needs some rethinking of the setting, conditions and competition regulations. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.43.184\|172.69.43.184]] 09:47, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
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