[Red Badger]

This is the slowest experiment in history. Sorta like watching paint dry, with commentary..........

[cuban leaf]

So. Pitch drops.

Who knew?!

Who cares?!

;-)

[Gay State Conservative]

I find watching paint dry to be infinitely more thrilling.

[cuban leaf]

I want to get a grant to measure the daily growth of Stalactites.

[DManA]

2x107 Pa s

Any reason it’s not expressed as 214 Pa s?

[fwdude]

I’ve heard that glass flows extremely slowly as well.

[driftdiver]

Thats about the speed they put asphalt down on the roads around here.

[Alter Kaker]

Watching pitch drop over a decade may seem boring to some but it’s still better television than the coverage of the royal baby.

[onedoug]

It has some value in ascertaining hydrocarbon reservoir dynamics. But the pressures and temperatures therein are going to much higher.

[listenhillary]

A prime opportunity for a government grant for science research. Decades between anything happening = job security.

Kidding of course.

[Vaduz]

This is the slowest experiment in history. Sorta like watching our economy grow.

[left that other site]

How much was the Government Grant for that Experiment?

[thackney]

In 1927, a researcher at the University of Queensland in Australia began what’s widely recognized as the longest-running experiment ever, the so-called “pitch drop.” It’s a simple set up: fill a flask with tar pitch and let it ooze out the bottom to see how quickly it flows, and eventually it makes a proper drop that falls down — about once every ten years or so. Tar pitch is a substance that appears to be solid, but in fact is actually a slowly flowing liquid. However, since the beginning of that experiment human eyes have never actually seen the pitch drop from the bottom of the flask — the last time the Queensland experiment dropped, the webcam that was set up to see it failed at precisely the wrong moment.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/20/4539820/after-69-years-pitch-drop-experiment-finally-caught-on-video

[Patriot95]

What if someone walked by and accidently bumped the table?

[CodeToad]

Anyone needing an experiment to know that pitch is not a solid and will flow is an idiot. Hence, a college did this.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Slow pitch softball . . . strike ten.

[Portcall24]

Actually it appears more exciting than some baseball games I’ve watched over the years.

[tomkat]

pffft ! .. thought this was a baseball thread

[Buckeye McFrog]

Scientists capture pitch drop on camera for first time

They should have been here in Pittsburgh watching Ryan Doumit behind the plate for six years...

[TexasRepublic]

Bah, I’ve seen Post Office employees that moved slower.

[jmcenanly]

Paint dries a lot faster. The technology used to record the drop wasn’t invented when this experiment started .