heh heh heh... hey beavis.... heh heh heh.... do you think this will burn?

sooo COOOOOL . I'd like to know exactly whats going on in the last bucket/underwater fire thing though.

Some substances release oxygen as they burn, which means that they can burn underwater (with each molecule using the oxygen released by the previous molecule). I think that's what's happening at the very end.

remind me never to play tetherball with these guys

wouldn't that violate the second law of thermodynamics gryphon?

Isn't the second law of thermodynamics "things always get more random / warmer"? Presumably the burning reaction makes the molecules more random, and it's definitely getting warmer.

After doing some Googling, it isn't necessarily the same molecules that are burning and releasing oxygen. If you mix something that's going to burn with Sodium Chlorate, NaClO3, then 2 NaClO3 + heat --> 2 NaCl + 3 O2.

I understand what you're saying. its a deflagration reaction with the oxidant already mixed in. that makes sense. I thought you were saying it was the combustion products themselves that contained more fuel for the fire. that WOULD violate thermo. (no perpetual motion machines)

imagine the fire investigators report...

I believe this is the same video that has been on exhibit in the Ben Franklin Museum in Philadelphia for a number of years.

Very neat video. Some of the legs of the machine seemed to be very chancy, such as the rotating wheel powered by firecrackers and the boat in water. Glad to see that they went off.

However, what makes this a Goldberg machine? If that was the end (as it seemed to be), it never performed a 'simple task in a complex/extravagant way', which is how I always heard Goldberg machines explained.

Anyway, still gets a vote.

Awesome.

The bucket at the end looked like a gremlin was thrown in it.

too many edits.

Didn't like that it wasn't all one take, and didn't like that it wasn't true to the spirit of a Rube Goldberg machine (it didn't complete a simple task, e.g., filling a glass of water or sharpening a pencil). Still really cool though.

The full version does not have that many edits. I did not count them, but I don't remember more than 2 or 3 outside the fire part.

"The way of things" or "Der Lauf der Dinge" 1987. By swiss artists Peter Fischli & David Weiss.

"Didn't like that it wasn't all one take, and didn't like that it wasn't true to the spirit of a Rube Goldberg machine (it didn't complete a simple task, e.g., filling a glass of water or sharpening a pencil). Still really cool though."

" too many edits."

Get some culture ya bastards. It's art, not a physics experiment, and it is the finest example of its kind.

Their trying to sell the 30 min video for $280! It's a cool idea, but not THAT cool.

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