No one will miss him.
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Perpetual motion - free energy
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Energy cannot just be created from nothing. Such tricks only work in the mind of Escher.
Naaahhh.
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"HeyBub" wrote in news:kuSdnfJYjP9bJx_XnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.com:
Guilty!!!!
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Well, maybe it's not pure perpetual motion, but it'll probably keep going longer than anyone will be around to see it finally stop. In any case, without visiting the link, I'm pretty sure it's closer than what they have.
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All of the known rules of physics say that this is impossible but all of the "known" rules of physics have been wrong before so who is to say. In theory if you could find a material that would block magnetic forces, you could in fact create a machine that power itself without any outside source of power. The problem is in finding a material that can block magnetic fields and to my knowledge no such material exists.
It was invented in the 50's. It's called Flubber. But nobody took it seriously.
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I thought that blocked gravity. Seems like that would work a lot better than something that blocks magnetism.
What should I sell my plans for?
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The machine actually works _IF_ you can get that last magnet positioned juuusssttt right. You need to hold your tongue in just the right position. That noone has managed to do that yet...
Harry K
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I always thought perpetual motion came in the form of toddlers.
TDD
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On 8/12/2009 3:49 PM Bob F spake thus:
You're thinking of upsidasium.
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On 8/13/2009 10:35 AM The Daring Dufas spake thus:
I think that's why some folks refer to them as "tricycle motors".
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Yea, the only problem is that they run wide open then suddenly conk out for hours at a time.
TDD
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Whether anybody will be around is totally immaterial; the point is it really _isn't_ any "closer"; it's just a different system but 2nd law is
2nd law, no matter where (at least as far as we know, anyway).And, yes, the lure of perpetual motion and the simply naive as well as the charlatans have being touting solutions based on faulty premises using permanent magnets since about forever--that phenomenon may be the most perpetual of all.
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