Did you know that if you drop a DVD it will always land...

[MrMungus]

...written side up? Try it.

[Conquest10]

First try: written side down.

[Hatz]

same here.......got written side down and up on numerous tries....oh well, it was a good thought.

Hatz

[fmctm1sw]

Thanks for the broken DVD a$$hole!

j/k...

[jeex]

from a distance of 5 feet, samsung 1x beall with 3.5gb of data written on it and some six 1 inch characters of sharpie.

drop 1: written side up
drop 2: written side down
drop 3: written side down
drop 4: written side down
drop 5: written side up
drop 6: written side up
drop 7: written side up
drop 8: written side up
drop 9: written side down
drop10: written side down

50/50

[gll99]

If you want this to be scientific then you need to be a little more specific.
for example:
DVD-ROM or + or -,
R or RW.
Labels or not,
Blank or full,
What height?
Are flips allowed?
Carpet, wood, concrete, ceramic or other floors.
Do bounces count?
Do you have to redo leaners. 8)

[holistic]

Try this :

1.Tape a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat.
2.Throw cat off roof.

Observe : Cat / toast will slowly rotate inches above the ground but not touch it. !

[Will Hay]

what a crock of shit....


.....great thread
Man, what suckers
Will

[pacmania_2001]

My cat won't stay still long enough to strap the toast on properly, any suggestions?

[Cobra]

Nice one Holistic!

[galactica]

50/50

Jeex's results are actually the most scientific
with 2 options (up or down) the results should be roughly 50/50 and his were

[The village idiot]

It depends on whether the ink is still wet or not. If the ink is still wet, it will most certainly fall on the ink side just to mess up the artwork

[tgpo]

It depends on whether the ink is still wet or not. If the ink is still wet, it will most certainly fall on the ink side just to mess up the artwork

And the carpet it lands on

[SLK001]

Why are you stealing legitimate "poll topics" from tgpo?

[MrMungus]

Thanks for the broken DVD a$$hole!

j/k...

Oops. I meant DVD-R only.

DVD-RW only works that way if it's blank.

[MrMungus]

Why are you stealing legitimate "poll topics" from tgpo?

I'm new.

[edsmith77]

If you want this to be scientific then you need to be a little more specific.
for example:
DVD-ROM or + or -,
R or RW.
Labels or not,
Blank or full,
What height?
Are flips allowed?
Carpet, wood, concrete, ceramic or other floors.
Do bounces count?
Do you have to redo leaners. 8)

lets not forget "edgies"

[j1d10t]

My cat won't stay still long enough to strap the toast on properly, any suggestions?

That just means you're not doing it right........ First you have to.... Oh, off topic, sorry

If the disc is labeled (with an adhesive label), I would imagine the added weight would make a difference, but you would also have to take into account the air pressure, the current temperature, wind (if any), where you are standing in relation to the disc when it's dropped (because you'd most likely be stopping it from displacing as much air in your direction if you are right next to it), are you flipping the disc when you drop it(?), are you holding it perfectly level(?), or slightly tipped to one side(?), because if this is being held by a human hand then it's most likely not exactly level, and you can't control the fact that not all your fingers will let go of the disc at exactly the same time, which would influence the direction of the fall...

Way too many variables to make any sort of accurate prediction as to which side will land up

Amusing thread though

[foulplay]

Heads or Tails.........pointless!

[gll99]

I conducted my own experiments to test this theory and after 50 drops each one landed written side down. 8)
Just to be sure I changed one condition of the experiment and again every DVD landed written side down. That's 50 out of 50. 8)

So I changed only one parameter and repeated both trials and to my amazement, 50 out of 50 landed written side up in both cases.

Can anyone explain this?

mrmungus
This is serious stuff. I think your on to something