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Reply With QuoteSurely an implosion is when something collapses in upon itself? I think what you're describing is just a contained explosion?Originally Posted by drathzel
If something "explodes" inside another thing. Is it and implosion or an explosion?
Cuz the thing inside explodes but the thing outside has an implosion!
Help we cant decide.
Surely an implosion is when something collapses in upon itself? I think what you're describing is just a contained explosion?
Explosion. Where it happens is immaterial.
An implosion is a completely different process - but again, where it happens doesn't matter.
Boy, we're both bored today...
Explosion is something that explodes outwards. an implosion is something that collapses into itself.
yes we are bored, well in actual fact im not but cant resist sticking my two penny worth in.
That's not like youbut cant resist sticking my two penny worth in.
ResistThat's not like youMichele Resist......
Don't hold it in, you might explode or implode?Resist
still resisting..... (walks away from the computer holding her hands inbetween her knees)Don't hold it in, you might explode or implode?
hmmm, the mind boggles(walks away from the computer holding her hands inbetween her knees)
Like that man said. I suppose there might be a case where an internal explosion might cause the outer object in implode (a light might be a good example where the filament exploding might cause the glass to implode... but I've never seen this happen).
Light-bulbs aren't evacuated (they're full of nitrogen) but the appropriately-named vacuum tubes are: so old fashioned thermionic valves will implode, as will (as I have witnessed) the CRT's from old TV sets and CRT monitors.
Good grief.
10 posts on word definition, 1 post on, you know, actual dancing
Are you trying to tell us that this post has just reached critical mass and so imploded
or will it explode to eventually fill the whole forum, so excluding all chat of dancing
i'm not bored, really busy actually, but i do come up with really weird questions. One of which when i ask no one can answer but i'll save that for another day!
Today's another day... What was that question?i'm not bored, really busy actually, but i do come up with really weird questions. One of which when i ask no one can answer but i'll save that for another day!
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
in our life time do we take an even number of steps on each foot?
No. Assuming you are more likely to start walking onto your left foot (because you are right-footed), then when you stop walking you'll either have taken an even number of steps on each foot, or one more step onto your left. If there's an even split, then you'll end up taking half as many extra steps on your left foot as times you have walked.
How's that for an answer?
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
That's a completely unjustified assumption though.
How's that for a quibble?
But if you're right footed and you've ever hopped at all, your likely to have hopped on your right foot, thereby balancing it all out again!No. Assuming you are more likely to start walking onto your left foot (because you are right-footed), then when you stop walking you'll either have taken an even number of steps on each foot, or one more step onto your left. If there's an even split, then you'll end up taking half as many extra steps on your left foot as times you have walked.
How's that for an answer?
I gave a similar answer by PM last night (managed to winkle the question out of her early!).No. Assuming you are more likely to start walking onto your left foot (because you are right-footed), then when you stop walking you'll either have taken an even number of steps on each foot, or one more step onto your left. If there's an even split, then you'll end up taking half as many extra steps on your left foot as times you have walked.
How's that for an answer?
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