The mystery of levitation unveiled

Times of India ^ | 6/06/08 | Times of India

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Hope they call for volunteers. Say when, say where, I'm there.

[savedbygrace]

Sounds like Steve Martin’s explanation of the secret to becoming a millionaire:

“First, get a million dollars . . . “

[Telepathic Intruder]

Since the Casimir effect only operates on the nano scale, I don’t think we can start building giant pyramids yet.

[Robert DeLong]

That’s nothing. I have developed a machine that will turn backyard grass into gold. I am tweaking it right now to work on front yard grass too. Want to invest???

[oh8eleven]

something that is known as the levitation effect.
Around these parts it's known as the flatulence effect.

[Bernard Marx]

I see this is from the Times of India. Heck, Indian fakirs have known how to levitate and climb “sky” ropes forever!

[WorkingClassFilth]

That’s great news! I eagerly await my flying car promised years ago in my ‘Weekly Reader.’

[red-dawg]

Big deal, these guys solved it long ago.
Levitron

[wideminded]

Sounds like Steve Martin’s explanation of the secret to becoming a millionaire:

“First, get a million dollars . . .

Someone recently told me about J. Paul Getty's advice on how to become rich:

1. Get up early every morning.
2. Work hard.
3. Find oil.

[devere]

Very interesting, but the work is already two years old:

http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0608115

These guys are probably busy drafting their Nobel acceptance speeches.

[mkjessup]

Sounds like they’ve uncovered the secret of how to successfully manipulate and then uncouple the Heisenberg compensators.

No doubt Professor Moriarity will take note of this.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Thanks but we have a money tree. Want seeds?

[Captain Beyond]

bump for later read

[sig226]

Perhaps itty bitty ones?

[pankot]

What the f**** is the Casimir Force? A Polish plasma?

[Othniel]

It's what you get when you play Led Zep too loud.

*Budump!*

[Telepathic Intruder]

I think its a negative pressure force caused by quantum uncertainty when two objects are very close together. I should probably look it up first but that’s the best I can recall.

[The Cajun]

It's what you get when you play Led Zep too loud.

There is no way to play Led Zep too loud, for that matter, no way to play AC/DC or ZZ Top too loud!

[Robert DeLong]

Haven’t you heard, no one wants our money anymore.