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Slowing down time will not make your eggs any
softer. |
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Yes you would shurely have to factor in relativistic effects into your calculations I would think! |
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Yes, wouldn't it be simpler to have it orbit a black hole? |
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If your eggs were overcooked, you could take advantage of
frame dragging to soften them. |
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You would have to control for relativistic effects by
frying the egg in the centrifuge as well so that it was
subject to the same forces as the egg-timer. |
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// so that it was subject to the same forces as the egg-timer. // |
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But if the observer is outside the system under scrutiny, the observed data are themselves subject to relativistic effects. |
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So there needs to be somewhere in the centrifuge for the observer, too. |
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If you're having the system orbit a black hole, watch out for tidal forces; the gravity gradient's going to be fairly steep. |
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//the gravity gradient's going to be fairly steep//
How steep?
Could we save on cooking
gas by using tidal forces to scramble eggs? |
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Tidal forces might be able to mix the yolk and white, possibly without breaking the shell, but wouldn't provide enough energy to cook the egg. |
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Perfect, that's what I wanted. Combine tidal forces with
frame dragging, and it should be possible to unscramble an
egg without breaking the shell. |
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[bisleep] That depends on whether space is flat or curved.
Small changes to the cosmological constant can change an
oblique metaphor into an acute observation. |
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... or an obtuse comment. |
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Are there a lot of people like that, then? |
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