Whitechapel - Gravity Fri, 24 May 2013 01:15:31 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251440#Comment_251440 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251440#Comment_251440 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:37:24 -0700 mjmartinejohn Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251441#Comment_251441 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251441#Comment_251441 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:41:02 -0700 johnjones Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251442#Comment_251442 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251442#Comment_251442 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:46:40 -0700 James Puckett Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251445#Comment_251445 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251445#Comment_251445 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:05:50 -0700 mjmartinejohn Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251449#Comment_251449 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251449#Comment_251449 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:33:46 -0700 D.J. Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251450#Comment_251450 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251450#Comment_251450 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:39:48 -0700 James Puckett How could you negate the gravitational pull of that planet?

One can’t actually negate a gravitational pull. Matter attracts matter, it’s just how the universe works. A gravitational pull can be avoided either by having so little mass as to be unaffected by gravity or moving with enough energy to overcome gravity. ]]> Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251451#Comment_251451 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251451#Comment_251451 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:40:05 -0700 Oddcult Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251453#Comment_251453 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251453#Comment_251453 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:04:56 -0700 mjmartinejohn Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251455#Comment_251455 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251455#Comment_251455 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:10:48 -0700 SilentObjector Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251460#Comment_251460 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251460#Comment_251460 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:33:49 -0700 oddbill Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251462#Comment_251462 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251462#Comment_251462 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:43:49 -0700 Val A Lindsay II Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251464#Comment_251464 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251464#Comment_251464 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:15:28 -0700 James Cunningham http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13gravity.html?_r=1

A theory that describes gravity as a side-product of a separate force entirely, which leads nicely to the thought that, if the underlying principle is better understood, the effect can be controlled. I'm not 100% clear on the theory but it could be fun to play with. ]]> Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251466#Comment_251466 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251466#Comment_251466 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:36:34 -0700 mjmartinejohn Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251468#Comment_251468 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251468#Comment_251468 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:39:48 -0700 mjmartinejohn Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251469#Comment_251469 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251469#Comment_251469 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:41:05 -0700 David Matthew
...but it'd be useless, because as soon as something moved toward them, hey presto, gravity field comes with it. Gravity's pull is, as far as we know, a fundamental principle of matter -- everything has a gravatic pull. ]]> Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251471#Comment_251471 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251471#Comment_251471 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:33 -0700 mjmartinejohn Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251475#Comment_251475 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251475#Comment_251475 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:33:28 -0700 oddbill Answers are in your public library.

Or on the internet. ]]> Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251478#Comment_251478 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251478#Comment_251478 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:11 -0700 John Skylar Okay so if the universe is expanding due to the big bang, and it is theorized that there will one day be a big crunch, does that make the center of the universe a place of pure gravitational force? So many questions, so few answers.

There is a lot inside this question. First of all, the "Big Crunch" theory is probably not going to happen. It is more likely that the universe will end with a whimper than a bang; there just isn't enough matter that we know of to produce the high gravity required to collapse the universe.

The second thing is that the "center" of the universe is a pretty hard concept. It's not totally clear where it all came from. Most objects in the universe appear to be moving away from us; does that make us the center? Probably not. Furthermore, you can't have an area of "pure gravitational force." Matter's presence in the spacetime field creates gravity via a method we are not totally sure of. There's no gravity without matter.

Lastly, there IS a very strange thing, called the Great Attractor, which appears to be affecting the movement of a lot of the galaxies we can see (including our own!). We don't know what it is or how it got there, and it's one of the truly great mysteries of astrophysics. ]]> Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251485#Comment_251485 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251485#Comment_251485 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:05:54 -0700 Rootfireember Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251492#Comment_251492 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251492#Comment_251492 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:16:24 -0700 James Cunningham Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251499#Comment_251499 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251499#Comment_251499 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:50:47 -0700 Cat Vincent
Levity. ]]> Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251503#Comment_251503 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251503#Comment_251503 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:27:45 -0700 mjmartinejohn
Thanks for all the books @oddbill. I'll watch the videos now.

@johnskylar http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/09/09/science/0909HUBBLE_3.html
This pic is pretty amazing, check it out.

@James Cunningham :)

@Rootfireember Looking into that. ;)

@Cat Vincent HEHEHE. Probably the best idea. ]]> Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251509#Comment_251509 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251509#Comment_251509 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:11:23 -0700 256 Theoretically, I suppose that there could be spots that are far enough away from anything to be unaffected by gravity...

No. The strength of gravitational pull of an object reduces rapidly with distance, but it never goes to zero. (You can think of it mathematically; however large your "x" is, "1/x" will never = 0 ). For this reason, all matter in the universe has some influence on every other bit of matter and there is always some combination of gravitational pull on you wherever you are. ]]> Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251516#Comment_251516 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251516#Comment_251516 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:41:19 -0700 SteadyUP this - even though it seems to be spreading out, it may already be crunching via some other dimension, and thus, eternally recurring. ]]> Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251524#Comment_251524 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251524#Comment_251524 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:03:05 -0700 city creed Last time I had to do something like that, I used an XT-87 Gravity Nullifier.

LIES!!!
The XT-87 is a useless piece of garbage. I tried to use one to levitate the laundry off the floor of my room, but it ended up collapsing into an event horizon - which sucked. I am still missing socks! Dark forces, best left unmeddled with etc etc.

I strongly advise everyone not to buy anything from the XT range of Gravity Management Devices as it is obvious exploitative quackery on a par with so-called "magnets".

There was some vibration, but I compensated with a weird magic stone thing I picked up from a shop in Glasgow.

This bit is true though. Glaswegian stones = no tremors. ]]> Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251538#Comment_251538 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251538#Comment_251538 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:51:11 -0700 purvision Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251541#Comment_251541 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251541#Comment_251541 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:02:59 -0700 John Skylar Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251547#Comment_251547 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251547#Comment_251547 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:33:20 -0700 ruzkin Gravity http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251562#Comment_251562 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251562#Comment_251562 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:09:21 -0700 izenmania
(Fortuitous time for this discussion... I just finished reading Brief History of Time this morning and got about a third of the way through Einstein's book on relativity tonight on the bus.) ]]>