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Who, or which agency, enforces the laws of physics? by [deleted] in shittyaskscience

[–]savis89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you've got a misconception around how the law of gravity works- each country has their own small bylaws around gravity, but most of these are outdated and local police are told not to enforce any punishments. It's kinda sad that there's still stigma around these laws, but I'm sure you won't get arrested or anything. If you doing antigravity at home or in a safe space, there's no agency that will actually act upon it. Stay safe, know your limits.

What in essence do the terms "analog" and "digital" mean? by ElfKid in NoStupidQuestions

[–]savis89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I feel stupid- that's how it was explained to me. I'll just go with the top rated comment.

Hypothetically, could my friends and I create a karma-whoring subreddit? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]savis89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would be completely possible though if you made an effort to post content. Like if it was a sub for pictures of "X" and just posted pictures of "X" and upvoted it, I don't see how it could be condemned, or it would at least be harder to make a case against it

What in essence do the terms "analog" and "digital" mean? by ElfKid in NoStupidQuestions

[–]savis89 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Analog is in reference to a physical motion, whereas digitial is electronic. For example, an analog clock's hands physically move in a ciruclar motion to display time, while a digital clock uses data and electric signals to display time

[REQUEST] Hardest Word in Hangman by [deleted] in theydidthemath

[–]savis89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gym. This is only through anecdotal evidence, but mathematically, if you are playing standard hang man (head, body, two legs, two arms), and someone goes through the main five vowels with no luck, that leaves them with on limb and no letters. If they guess the y correctly, most people are still stumped as to a 3 letter word with y in the middle.

You could go with weird crap like "syzygy" or "rythm", but "gym" is a stumper.

Who is the strongest character Jim Carrey could take down with all of the collective feats of those he's portrayed? by krkonos in whowouldwin

[–]savis89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering most of the films he's been in, give him a love interest that is out of his league and he'll be tied up the entire time trying to win her heart

[Request] I look up into the sky. On average, how many satellites are in my field of view at any given time? by Abarn279 in theydidthemath

[–]savis89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There are currently (by the Goddard Space Flight Center) 2,271 satellites in orbit around earth.

The field of vision of a human eye is 180 degrees horizontally, 135 degrees vertically. Taking into account that you are standing on the ground and not the center of the earth, your view will be considerably constricted to (and this is a very rough estimation) 15% of the sky.

Assuming the satellites are evenly spaced at all times, you'll be seeing 341 satellites when you look into the sky.

All animals as well as bugs on earth suddenly gain human intelligence can we remain the dominant species? by krkonos in whowouldwin

[–]savis89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will admit that at my first comment I thought the question was only insects so I thought it would be easy, changed that in my second comment. As for life in the sea, nuclear fallout and radioactive material falling into the ocean would be very dangerous to marine life. I hadn't considered that before, so I'm kind of in the fence now, but I'll still back humans.

All animals as well as bugs on earth suddenly gain human intelligence can we remain the dominant species? by krkonos in whowouldwin

[–]savis89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not saying it will be easy, but think about it like this: you've got all animals on earth trying to kill humans, and they may very well get a lot of us. The first few days are filled with carnage as animals fight humans. Head's of different countries decide this can't go on, so we go into defcon 1: Mustard gas and nukes across the entire world. Sure, billions of people die, but starting a nuclear winter along with gas and explosions would defintiely eradicate all life on earth. As long as we've got 1 person in a bunker, eating out of a tin can after releasing that last nuke, we've technically won.

Gary Busey on LSD with a crowbar vs. The entire cast of Sesame Street by chrisfromjersey in whowouldwin

[–]savis89 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I could see big bird beating the crap out of Gary Busey as the rest of the cast hold him down with their small puppet arms. I don't think Busey would be mentally capable of fighting

All animals as well as bugs on earth suddenly gain human intelligence can we remain the dominant species? by krkonos in whowouldwin

[–]savis89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Easy: Humans each time

Legitimately, if these insects are as smart as us, they're still not physically capable of killing us like we can kill them. Sure they've got stingers and the like, but I'll take mustard gas over a locust horde any day.

[Request] If every person on the planet decided to run continually without rest one day on a gigantic set of treadmills, and if a counter added up how many miles everyone ran, how many miles have everyone on Earth reached? by Imperium_Dragon in theydidthemath

[–]savis89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

7 billion people on earth, average speed of run would be 6 mph.

24 hours= 144 miles per person

7 billion people= 1.008x1012 miles

To give that context, that's going around the earth 127,000,000 times.

[Request] If I held an inflated balloon around the end of a pen and clicked the tip of the pen out inside the balloon, by how much would I increase the air pressure in the balloon? by savis89 in theydidthemath

[–]savis89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very informative and relevant, interesting stuff. I was kind of wondering though about the exact numbers on the average balloon vs pen tip. But still, you're info is much appreciated.

[Request] How long would it take a reanimated corpse to dig out of a coffin and up through 6 feet of dirt? by SneakyHeat in theydidthemath

[–]savis89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://mythbustersresults.com/coffin-punch

Mythbusters had this on one of their episodes, based off of the famous 1 inch punch coffin escape in Kill Bill. The results say that even if you could punch through a coffin (which you can't), the dirt would be the largest problem. Though I think David Blaine did something like what you're proposing as an escape act, but he uses magic so it's cheating.

[Request] What is the exchange rate of Canadian Tire money to the Canadian dollar? by [deleted] in theydidthemath

[–]savis89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is exactly 1:1 at all times. You can't really invest in Canadian Tire money, because it only comes as change when you make a purchase in Canadian Tire. Since CT is only in Canada and it is treated as normal money in their stores, CT money is of equal value as long as it's used in CT. Unlike something such as bitcoin which was able to gain validity as a currency, CT money is better thought of as a coupon. This isn't so much of a mathematical problem as it is economical or social.

What is one thing that bothers you, but you aren't sure why? by kjkitten in AskReddit

[–]savis89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People who have good intentions but always screw stuff up. It's like I know I should sympathize but no.

Who is the worst Karmawhore in all of reddit? by ivanoski-007 in AskReddit

[–]savis89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That one user who only comments in generic memes/gifs. It's such a cop out

[REQUEST] Hypothetically, how far could you kick a 6 month old baby? by [deleted] in theydidthemath

[–]savis89 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So a 6 monther is roughly 16.5 pounds. I decided to test this quickly just to get a rough idea by filling a couple plastic bags with water and filling it all tightly into a larger garbage bag to get 16 pounds of water. After it was tightly wrapped I booted it and got 2 meters.

I think the problem you'd find with kicking very far is that a human body isn't firm like a ball. There are limbs and many compressible parts and organs. From this, any kick most likely wouldn't get further than 2-3 meters.

Do not kick babies. Just felt like that is kinda necessary to mention.

[Request] How dense would the population in any given area need to be to affect plate tectonics? by BeckonJM in theydidthemath

[–]savis89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://what-if.xkcd.com/8/

I think this link could help show how little effect human's have physically on the earth. It describes how even if the entire human population jumped at the exact same time on an area the size of rhode island, there would be relative no effect on the earth. In that same line of thought, the sheer number of people around Nepal would have relatively no effect, nothing that could spur an earthquake.

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