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Oh, I get it, it's the lowest part of the train wheel, below the actual contact point between wheel and track. Because the actual wheel is larger, the motion it makes is bigger than the actual forward motion, making part of it go backward , if that makes sense. I don't know how else to explain it really. I'm sure it has a name, I've heard it before, but can't quite remember it.
Yes indeed, you got it :thumbs_up It makes perfect sense: The wheel rim (lowest part of the wheel in the attached picture) will pass below the rail surface and momentarily, once every revolution, move backwards. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AimusSage
/Claes
I think Aimus is referring to the lower edge of the wheel, which rotates backwards as the train moves forwards.
EDIT: Why am I so darn SLOW??
btw, the answer to my car riddle:
was NOISEQuote:
What is that which goes with a car, comes with a car, is of no use to a car, and yet the car cannot go without it?
But Pendragon - your license plate answer was very good :thumbs_up
You're not, it's me being fast ;) (Note the racing gear in my avatar picture :D ).Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
Seriously: Simultaneous posting... I must have beaten you to it by mere seconds.
/Claes
Nice one, Claes. Although technically speaking, my reversed locomotive, which is normal for trains around here, (track runs within 1/4 mile of the house), met your criteria, and while it was not the answer you sought, it was a correct answer. http://www.industreal.spb.ru/smiles/scull.gif
Yes, I'll give you an extra point for that one :thumbs_up even though the reversed locomotive in fact is a part of the train moving in one direction. It's all about how you look at it, I guess. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
/Claes
Let me see if I can get this to post right: Read the following correctly:
STAND.....TAKE...........TO..........WORLD
....I..........YOU........THROW..........THE
A wild guess, perhaps.
I throw you to the world, take stand!
I know this one, but will not spoil it. :)
No, dear Maddie. Although word positioning does have a lot to do with how to read it at that! ;) Aimus has probably seen it before, as it is a rather old puzzle, but he graciously won't spoil it yet. Thanks, oh Great Green Turnip! :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Madhuri
Well, Aimus, mon ami, you might as well have answered!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
Look at the words, and notice how each is carefully positioned. That is crucial to reading this coded message. Then things become so simple: Thus:
I understand you undertake to overthrow the underword.
Now can you read these two--properly?
wurds
gege
Did anyone even Try to do these? They aren't rocket science.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
The first one is what? Misspelled words
The second one is what? Scrambled eggs
You make them too hard when they are really simple!
Read this, correctly:r|e|a|d|i|n|g :brow:
Reading between the lines.
But, of course! Very good, Maddie! Now a little picture quiz:Quote:
Originally Posted by Madhuri
http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/me...s/bullhead.gif
The bull in the picture just swallowed a bomb. Describe that in one word.
http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/images/pla..._grass_drw.gif Unfortunatly, it exploded. This is all that is left. Describe it in one word.
And remember, nothing is ever what it seems.... :p