You could also sit on the egg. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:41 PM, tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 3:49 PM -0500 1/12/10, Robert Cummings wrote: > >> tedd wrote: >> >>> At 5:24 PM +0000 1/12/10, Ashley Sheridan wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 12:22 -0500, Robert Cummings wrote: >>>> >>> >>> -- egg snip-its >>> >>> While on the subject of eggs and other non-php topics, here's a life >>> trick. >>> >>> If you don't know if an egg is hard-boiled, or not, try spinning it. A >>> hard-boiled egg will spin while a raw egg will not. >>> >> >> I didn't bother to try, but knowing about physics and fluids, I'm going to >> argue that your assertion is untrue. The raw egg will spin but will quickly >> slow down due to the internal drag of the viscous contents that will be >> spinning at a much slower rate. In contrast the hard boiled egg will not >> have this internal drag. >> >> Cheers, >> Rob. >> > > Truth is relative when debating the spin of an egg. Of course, just about > everything you can hold, you can spin to some degree. > > The point being, if you want a quick way to determine if an egg is > hard-boiled, or not, then spinning it will provide convincing evidence as to > which it is. The truth will be shown to those who try. > > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
