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Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! | |
| Babsi
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| Final..Frontier
User ID: 1239865  Canada01/23/2011 11:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! What happened is that the stifling temperatures in Melbourne caused a heat bubble filled with air to form under the surface of the court. It's the same concept that causes crust bubbles to develop on edges of pizza slices. As the Mirror reported, workers came out and drilled two small holes in the court, which let out the air. Order, and gravity, was restored. |
| Babsi
(OP) User ID: 1240408 Egypt01/23/2011 11:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! What happened is that the stifling temperatures in Melbourne caused a heat bubble filled with air to form under the surface of the court. It's the same concept that causes crust bubbles to develop on edges of pizza slices. As the Mirror reported, workers came out and drilled two small holes in the court, which let out the air. Order, and gravity, was restored. Quoting: Final..FrontierThat is part of the article - I know...but isn't that funny? I think the video with the ref trying to bounce the ball and it just laying there is hilarious!!! Has anybody ever seen something like this? It is interesting how something like this can happen...and at the Australian Open too...lol. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1240487  United States01/23/2011 11:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! What happened is that the stifling temperatures in Melbourne caused a heat bubble filled with air to form under the surface of the court. It's the same concept that causes crust bubbles to develop on edges of pizza slices. As the Mirror reported, workers came out and drilled two small holes in the court, which let out the air. Order, and gravity, was restored. Quoting: Final..FrontierThat is part of the article - I know...but isn't that funny? I think the video with the ref trying to bounce the ball and it just laying there is hilarious!!! Has anybody ever seen something like this? It is interesting how something like this can happen...and at the Australian Open too...lol. Probably some new type of coating they put down that's supposed to be "state of the art." They either didn't do good prep work on the surface and the coating didn't stick (most likely) or the material wasn't tested enough in extended exposure to high temp. |
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| Babsi
(OP) User ID: 1240408 Egypt01/23/2011 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! What happened is that the stifling temperatures in Melbourne caused a heat bubble filled with air to form under the surface of the court. It's the same concept that causes crust bubbles to develop on edges of pizza slices. As the Mirror reported, workers came out and drilled two small holes in the court, which let out the air. Order, and gravity, was restored. Quoting: Final..FrontierThat is part of the article - I know...but isn't that funny? I think the video with the ref trying to bounce the ball and it just laying there is hilarious!!! Has anybody ever seen something like this? It is interesting how something like this can happen...and at the Australian Open too...lol. Probably some new type of coating they put down that's supposed to be "state of the art." They either didn't do good prep work on the surface and the coating didn't stick (most likely) or the material wasn't tested enough in extended exposure to high temp. It made me laugh....as Sharapova said, it looked as if somebody put down velcro, lol. |
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| Babsi
(OP) User ID: 1240408 Egypt01/23/2011 11:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! Would that be a gravity loss, or an area of higher gravity? I would think with gravity loss the ball would bounce higher. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1079780I'm not very good in physics...excuse my wordings. Shall I change the thread title? |
| Babsi
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1240488 United States01/23/2011 12:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! I saw this yesterday on the german yahoo front page - I found it now in english format. I have never seen anything like this before - watch the video how the ref tests that spot...lol. Quoting: Babsi[link to sports.yahoo.com] "The ball doesn't bounce at all! It's completely absorbed by the court. There's no upward movement at all. I just tried dropping a tennis ball on a soft pillow and there was at least a little. That one simply died, like it was caught by one of those velcro paddles you see people playing with on the beach. " Hey Egypt, why aren't you out killing Christians instead of watching someone bat a ball around? Is that your definition of having fun? |
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User ID: 1131641 United States01/23/2011 12:07 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! Wow that is majorly wierd. The ball should have at least rolled to one side or another after it hit, but nothing. It was like it just got stuck there instantly. "God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, & always, well informed... If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty... Let them take arms... What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. " - Thomas Jefferson in 1787 |
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| Babsi
(OP) User ID: 1240408 Egypt01/23/2011 12:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! I saw this yesterday on the german yahoo front page - I found it now in english format. I have never seen anything like this before - watch the video how the ref tests that spot...lol. Quoting: Babsi[link to sports.yahoo.com] "The ball doesn't bounce at all! It's completely absorbed by the court. There's no upward movement at all. I just tried dropping a tennis ball on a soft pillow and there was at least a little. That one simply died, like it was caught by one of those velcro paddles you see people playing with on the beach. " Hey Egypt, why aren't you out killing Christians instead of watching someone bat a ball around? Is that your definition of having fun? How old are you? And why would you assume the regular egyptian is out killing christians? I would say those are terrorists...I recommend you find another thread to spew your ugly comments. And for the record - I am german and I just happen to live in Egypt. And now bug off!!!!! |
| Babsi
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1183546 United States01/23/2011 12:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! What happened is that the stifling temperatures in Melbourne caused a heat bubble filled with air to form under the surface of the court. It's the same concept that causes crust bubbles to develop on edges of pizza slices. As the Mirror reported, workers came out and drilled two small holes in the court, which let out the air. Order, and gravity, was restored. Quoting: Final..FrontierWhat are you a fucking Parrot? |
| Babsi
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| ][nƒ³RnªL
User ID: 500829 United States01/23/2011 12:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! Hi Babsi, Haven't seen you in a while. How ya been? Any NEW news? I said it that way because this isn't new anymore,.... Hate to say it but,.... ever use the search?  Theories: Misconceptions awaiting confirmation of incorrectness. Everything is subject to continually changing variables, leaving nothing to remain as a constant.]D)one!!!! :nfrnl1111: |
| Babsi
(OP) User ID: 1240408 Egypt01/23/2011 12:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! [nƒ³RnªL] Quoting: Hi Babsi, Haven't seen you in a while. How ya been? Any NEW news? I said it that way because this isn't new anymore,.... Hate to say it but,.... ever use the search? Hey, good - how are you you? Yes, been a while. Drat......wanna tell me this was posted? LMAO...sooooooooorrrrrrryyyyyyyyy. Nope, didn't even search...my bad. Will try to do that from now. Major GLP foul eh? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 728979 United States01/23/2011 12:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! The "heat bubble" theory would have been detectable by putting one's foot on it, or at most poking the area in question with a finger. If it's massive enough to prevent a ball designed to bounce from bouncing, it's huge enough to have been detectable visually, and certainly manually Anyone recall the ball at the basketball game a few weeks ago that just hung on the rim without moving for seconds? Little glitches in the matrix, presaging broader/wilder ones. Good find, OP! |
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| Babsi
(OP) User ID: 1240408 Egypt01/23/2011 12:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Weird gravity change on Australian Open Ballcourt!!!! Sharapova finds dead spot - check out the video!!! The "heat bubble" theory would have been detectable by putting one's foot on it, or at most poking the area in question with a finger. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 728979If it's massive enough to prevent a ball designed to bounce from bouncing, it's huge enough to have been detectable visually, and certainly manually Anyone recall the ball at the basketball game a few weeks ago that just hung on the rim without moving for seconds? Little glitches in the matrix, presaging broader/wilder ones. Good find, OP! No I didn't see that basketball incident, do you have a link? Sounds interesting. Yes, I could google it, but then I'd burn my dinner now...lol |
| Babsi
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Babsi!
