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− | + | [[Cueball]] seems to have been forcibly divorced because he believed that {{w|Pluto}} should never have been a planet. Pluto has been the ninth planet in our solar system until 2006 because at that time the {{w|IAU}} did classify it as {{w|dwarf planet}}. The reasons were that it's orbit is too different as compared to the other planets and many objects even farther away from the sun had recently been found by astronomers. Additionally, the dwarf planet {{w|Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris}} is more massive than Pluto. | |
− | + | In the title text, the airplane/treadmill argument starts when someone asks whether an airplane can take off while it is on a treadmill that is opposing its progress (pulling it backward). The question usually leads to arguments because it is posed ambiguously. Properly defining the question shows that the airplane can indeed take off (because its forward motion is provided by its propeller/jet engine, not its wheels, which are free to spin at any speed) and experiments (such as Mythbusters') bear this out. | |
− | + | http://blog.xkcd.com/2008/09/09/the-goddamn-airplane-on-the-goddamn-treadmill/ | |
− | + | http://www.airplaneonatreadmill.com/ | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball laying on sidewalk outside a house, surrounded by his belongings.] | :[Cueball laying on sidewalk outside a house, surrounded by his belongings.] | ||
− | :She threw me out yelling, "You don't say those words. Not in | + | :She threw me out yelling, "You don't say those words. Not in this house." |
:It's been two years. I thought the wounds had healed. | :It's been two years. I thought the wounds had healed. | ||
:But I stand by what I said. | :But I stand by what I said. |