[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
CP, KT?

No. Body. Cares.

Then. Don't. Read. It.

[pyro-manic]

Originally posted by J.F.K.
I just checked out the movie... wow. Never seen anything like it. Bit of a waste trying to explain all the principles to a simpleton like me, though.

As for the plumbing, when you flush the toilet, I always thought that the toilet grabs a whole bunch of cold water from the system (quite a lot if you go full flush), and less is able to be directed to the shower system. Thus the proportion of hot water to cold in the shower is temporarily thrown off balance, ie. it gets substantially hotter (whose toilets draw hot water? ), until the water deficit is recovered and the system returns to normal.

Nope. The water in the cistern gets dumped into the pan. The cistern then fills up slowly, which is why you can't flush twice in a row. I wouldn't have thought it would have any major effects on the system - a slight rise in temperature in the shower would be offest by a reduced flow of water.

Just a thought: why the hell are we talking about flushing toilets? Slightly strange.

[Terorist]

Whoa, you people actually managed to create an argument over this ad? (Ok, it only took those two boneheads claiming otherwise, but still...)

The ad is 100% real. Someone hinted that they said there's one moment of cgi, just to glue together two separate shots. This was because the room wasn't long enough for the complete system and just one continuous shot... All the tricks seen here work - and that ad isn't nearly as unbelievable as the movie that inspired it.

The Way Things Go (Der Lauf der Dinge), by Peter Fischli and David Weiss from 1987, is a 30 minute movie of physics and chemistry in action... if you can see it somehow, somewhere, do it! It'll silence anyone claiming such contraptions are "impossible" or "fake". It rocks.
(DVD available at Amazon, at least - and, um, other sources exist too. )

[tEAbAG]

Community field trip!!  We all go out, get some Hondas, and build this thing.  Then all arguements will be settled and we'll all have something impressive to put on our resumes!;7

[pyro-manic]

[Terorist]

Better yet, let's make a full hour running movie like TWTG - that'd be something! Simply re-doing someone else's thing wouldn't be as great.
Besides, it'll be cheaper than a couple of Hondas, TWTG was made with ordinary junk, basically. Plus some interesting chemicals. Plus lots and lots and lots of patience and work...

[tEAbAG]

Two words:  perpetual motion machine!  



wait, thats three.

It can't be that hard.

[J.F.K.]

Originally posted by pyro-manic


Nope. The water in the cistern gets dumped into the pan. The cistern then fills up slowly, which is why you can't flush twice in a row. I wouldn't have thought it would have any major effects on the system - a slight rise in temperature in the shower would be offest by a reduced flow of water.

Just a thought: why the hell are we talking about flushing toilets? Slightly strange.

You are correct. Let us never speak of this again.

[WMCoolmon]

I agree with CP...the tires looked odd to me even before I read his posts. Note the second to last tire on the ramp...it hits the last one, bounces backward, then starts to roll up the ramp. The first tire on the ramp appears to accelerate after its initial push.

As for the muffler, it does look a little like it could have some outside force acting on it...and it wasn't blown by the fan, because the fan was facing the other way. The only force the fan exerts on it is indirectly, through whatever's on the wire (The muffler moves after the thing hits it). The last roll does seem a bit iffy to me...hmm...

The spinning windshield wiper also bothers me, since it seems to spin much faster than it should.

And the speakers bobbing also bothers me...

The entire ad seems too smooth to me as well...I'd like to see a "Making of" video to prove this one was real.

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
I agree with CP...the tires looked odd to me even before I read his posts. Note the second to last tire on the ramp...it hits the last one, bounces backward, then starts to roll up the ramp. The first tire on the ramp appears to accelerate after its initial push.

They're weighted at the top - the weights make them roll upward.

As for the muffler, it does look a little like it could have some outside force acting on it...and it wasn't blown by the fan, because the fan was facing the other way. The only force the fan exerts on it is indirectly, through whatever's on the wire (The muffler moves after the thing hits it). The last roll does seem a bit iffy to me...hmm...

Only because it's oblong.  I see no problem with it.

The spinning windshield wiper also bothers me, since it seems to spin much faster than it should.

It was flicked by the headrest - same as you would flick a frisbee with your wrist.

[WMCoolmon]

The headrest moves much slower than the wiper, though. Even though it has more mass, it seems to me like the wiper travels twice as far as it should.

From my last message (which I took awhile to edit, hehe)

And the speakers bobbing also bothers me...

The entire ad seems too smooth to me as well...I'd like to see a "Making of" video to prove this one was real.

[Terorist]

Come on people! It's real, what could possibly be the point in making a fake system? In Der Lauf der Dinge the tires even fight over small steps while climbing upwards... and that piece of brilliancy isn't "smooth" like cgi with it's looks - you couldn't possibly think it's fake.
(Oh, wait, there's always someone who "can"... nevermind.)

[wEvil]

I wonder how much LESS that would have cost them if it had been cg.....