Agent Smith Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 The sex simple machines (ref: sextuplets) : 1. Lever 2. Wheel & Axle 3. Inclined plane 4. Pulley 5. Screw 6. Wedge What's the definition of a machine? No restrictions on comments/observations. Feel free to say anything (interesting) you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimreepr Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Sex might be mechanical to you, but I prefer the illusion of making love... 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 17 minutes ago, dimreepr said: Sex might be mechanical to you, but I prefer the illusion of making love... 😉 Good one! ✌ Sometimes I feel like passing away! 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Agent Smith said: 1. Lever 2. Wheel & Axle 3. Inclined plane 4. Pulley 5. Screw 6. Wedge Jebus, man! No lubrication? That's a fairly critical component, you monster!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 9 minutes ago, iNow said: Jebus, man! No lubrication? That's a fairly critical component, you monster!! 😁 Sorry, not exactly an expert here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 TBH, I have no idea what this thread is about, even though I'm fairly expert myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Engineers should never design systems that make the engineer redundant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endy0816 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Phi for All said: Engineers should never design systems that make the engineer redundant. Hmm... lol Edited February 16, 2022 by Endy0816 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 15 hours ago, Phi for All said: Engineers should never design systems that make the engineer redundant. A very interesting comment as far as I'm concerned. Engineers have to live with guilt on that score: due to constraints (material, and mathematical, cost), s/he has to design/build structures (houses/bridges/etc.) in a way that each element in a structure is multi-functional (doing two/more jobs at once), the exact inverse of redundancy where two/more elements serve the same purpose (safety first). The engineer has to do a fine balancing act between multi-functionality (cost) and redundancy (safety). 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exchemist Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 19 hours ago, Agent Smith said: The sex simple machines (ref: sextuplets) : 1. Lever 2. Wheel & Axle 3. Inclined plane 4. Pulley 5. Screw 6. Wedge What's the definition of a machine? No restrictions on comments/observations. Feel free to say anything (interesting) you want. There was a young man named Green, Who invented a w*nking machine. On the ninety-ninth stroke, The bloody thing broke, And whipped his balls into cream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 27 minutes ago, exchemist said: There was a young man named Green, Who invented a w*nking machine. On the ninety-ninth stroke, The bloody thing broke, And whipped his balls into cream. Yes, very funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVat Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 The "hundred bucks at Home Depot" scene in the Coen brothers film, "Burn After Reading" (the last minute is NSFW) https://youtu.be/ZrzEDyS9Ddw (Cannot be embedded, due to age restriction) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Can we reduce all machines (from smartphones to advanced robots) to some combination of these 6 early machines? For example, a vehicle = wheel & axle + pulley + screw + inclined plane! I may have missed something of course; feel free to improve the equation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exchemist Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, Agent Smith said: Can we reduce all machines (from smartphones to advanced robots) to some combination of these 6 early machines? For example, a vehicle = wheel & axle + pulley + screw + inclined plane! I may have missed something of course; feel free to improve the equation. Of course not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 19 minutes ago, exchemist said: Of course not. Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exchemist Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Agent Smith said: Why not? I can barely summon the energy for this, but...[stifles yawn].... because there are many other types of component in most machines of any complexity: off the top of my head, gears, blades, cranks, pistons and cylinders...oh and probably most crucial of all, bearings, both plain and rolling element type - plus a host of others, not least sensors of various kinds and microprocessors. Now let's guess what happens next. I reckon you will claim, in some way, that all of these can be treated as special cases of the six items on your original list. At which point it will be "Thank you and goodnight" from me. 😉 Edited February 27, 2022 by exchemist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 31 minutes ago, exchemist said: Now let's guess what happens next. I reckon you will claim, in some way, that all of these can be treated as special cases of the six items on your original list. That didn't cross my mind at all! Thanks a million for letting me know. 32 minutes ago, exchemist said: Thank you and goodnight Thank you and goodnight. 😰 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 9:44 AM, Agent Smith said: 😁 Sorry, not exactly an expert here. QFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 16 minutes ago, iNow said: QFT How does Quantum Field Theory apply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Lol. Quoted for truth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C.MacSwell Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 7 hours ago, swansont said: How does Quantum Field Theory apply? Because it's hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 5 hours ago, iNow said: Lol. Quoted for truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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