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Post by glux » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:08 am

Ace Mercury wrote:Oh really? There's no friction on Neptune? Hogwashery. Since Neptune is approximately a brazillion times bigger than Earth, Neptune has what some scientologists call superfriction.

Proof: Superfiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1. Hey, I'm just saying what they said, ok?

2. Wikipedia doesn't have a SuperFriction article.
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Post by Kargath » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:22 am

Eesh Squeesh wrote:Well, since there's no friction, one's nerve endings wouldn't be able to register any movement...

So one wouldn't be able to feel anything.
Plus any contractions on the woman's part would be likely to make the guy get launched a couple of metres back unless she had made a loop with her legs.
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Post by Deepfake » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:32 am

Eesh Squeesh wrote:Well, since there's no friction, one's nerve endings wouldn't be able to register any movement...

So one wouldn't be able to feel anything.
That's what pressure is for.
Kargath wrote:Plus any contractions on the woman's part would be likely to make the guy get launched a couple of metres back unless she had made a loop with her legs.
That's why you hold her by the arms.
Ace Mercury wrote:Um, I'm not too experienced in the sexing phenome, but isn't friction necessary? Otherwise, isn't it just a slip-and-slide bouncy castle?
Isn't that what your mom's for?
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Post by glux » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:40 am

Without friction none of us would be posting because of a lack of a mouse.


But then... I guess a computer is functional with a keyboard.
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Post by Ace Mercury » Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:42 am

You specifically want as little friction on the mouse as possible, so that you can move it more effortlessly. You're supposed to hold it firmly in your hand; you don't bat it around like a puck on an air hockey table*.

*That's what she said.
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Post by glux » Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:01 am

No, I mean if there was no friction to stop anything the mouse would be flying all over the room every time it's touched.
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Post by Deepfake » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:12 am

What kind of friction are you talking about here? I don't palm my mouse from side to side, I hold it.
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Post by Jailbreaker » Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:56 am

That really doesn't tell you anything about superfriction.
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Post by glux » Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:24 am

FALCON PAUNCH wrote:What kind of friction are you talking about here? I don't palm my mouse from side to side, I hold it.
The ball on the mouse needs friction to work. The ball needs to be able to "grab" the surface it's on so it can roll. (Why a ball-mouse won't work as well on the bare desk as it does on a mouse pad.) Without friction the ball wouldn't roll, it would just slide in place on the mousepad.

Optical mice would be a different story, I guess.

The friction I was talking about before was in reference to what DZ said
DarkZero wrote:Worse than that, we wouldn't even be able to stand up, and the slightest misbalance would send us across the room.
but I guess I misread it or took it in the wrong context.
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Post by Ace Mercury » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:52 pm

Glutexo wrote:The ball on the mouse needs friction to work. The ball needs to be able to "grab" the surface it's on so it can roll. (Why a ball-mouse won't work as well on the bare desk as it does on a mouse pad.)
Oh, that makes more sense. Now that I think about it, your statements make a lot more sense if they're couched in the 1980's.
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Post by glux » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:50 pm

Ace Mercury wrote:Oh, that makes more sense. Now that I think about it, your statements make a lot more sense if they're couched in the 1980's.
"Couched"? :P
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Post by MeowMan » Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:17 pm

*friction is destroyed*

*everyone dies within a week*
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Post by The Spark » Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:35 am

Fortunately, if friction is obliterated anytime soon, I would be able to operate my computer easily than many of you here, for I use a laptop, meaning the lack of a mouse wheel, or mouse in general; thus while you guys spend you're last minutes trying to use your silly mice (that's appropriate, right?) I'll be surfing the web with optimal ease of access :D Gotta love laptop touch-pads in a frictionless world.
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Post by Ace Mercury » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:15 am

Yeah? Enjoy your laptoppery while you glide downhill into an inescapable ravine.
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Post by Valigarmander » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:17 am

What's she doing using her laptop next to a ravine?

Do ravines have good wi-fi?
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Post by MeowMan » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:43 am

I use a laptop as well. And I'm not sure what a ravine is..
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Post by Sim Kid » Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:42 pm

Ah, Friction. Good way to warm your hands up in the winter when they get cold.
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Post by Valigarmander » Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:56 pm

If there was no friction, then our kinetic energy would get very bored.
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Post by LinkManDX » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:24 pm

If there were no friction, high school physics would be that much easier.
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Post by Jailbreaker » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:56 pm

The Spark wrote:Fortunately, if friction is obliterated anytime soon, I would be able to operate my computer easily than many of you here, for I use a laptop, meaning the lack of a mouse wheel, or mouse in general; thus while you guys spend you're last minutes trying to use your silly mice (that's appropriate, right?) I'll be surfing the web with optimal ease of access :D Gotta love laptop touch-pads in a frictionless world.
Wrong. Without friction, how will your laptop-mouse register that your hand is on it?

And, a ravine is like a cliff, but two of them side by side and black paint that gets thicker as you go down. It's like a cave, but in the ground.

Wait, is that right?
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