If a Tree Falls

I guess I don't understand your query… The reality is that you can't have water in a vacuum. I guess truthfully… you can't really have a vacuum. So maybe you are just talking a low pressure area… in which case the glass is still full of air.

it's a theoretical query plain and simple, same as all the others.

even in a low pressure area, i don't think the space is filled with air.
if scientists say they can create a vacuum that holds only a limited number of atoms what takes up the rest of the space?
or maybe the question should be how many atoms does a space need to be called air.

ok yes there is no such thing as a perfect vacuum, but lets say you could achieve the same type of vacuum as in space with just a few hydrogen atoms per cubic metre,

the water's not in the vacuum, it's to one side of it in the glass.
you'd have the glass with the water on the bottom and the space vacuum on the top with just a few hydrogen atoms followed by a seal.

so now there'd be no air in it.. just a space vacuum.

i think what would happen is the glass would now be filled fully with water alone,
because the water atoms would expand to take up the empty space left by the vacuum.

Pretty convoluted. Space isn't actually a vacuum… but it is low enough pressure that there isn't any water there. A vacuum either is or isn't. If there is a vacuum, then there isn't any air. Can't be a vacuum and have water or air. So… in a vacuum you have an empty glass.

i'll explain again then, seems i did a poor job before, not unusual. glass half full of water, barrier, vacuum, final barrier,seal. so now you have a glass half full of water and half full of what? like you said no air in a vacuum. can something be filled with nothing? anyway now if you removed the barrier between the water and the vacuum you'd have instantaneous water boiling/cooling and the glass would be filled with ice/vapour(water can't hold a liquid state in a vacuum, which isn't the same as saying you can't have water in a vacuum. ) so now i'd say the glass is full of water alone in one form or another, i assume the vacuum is still there inbetween all the water molecules.. anyway in either case with/without the barrier dividing the water/vacuum at no time was the glass empty. but in one scenario(be it correct or not i've no idea but that's the fun in theorizing) the glass went from being half full of water to being fully filled with water, when half was filled with a vacuum to start with.

If there were a barrier…. then there would be no glass. Maybe some glass shards. And you can't have water, vapor, or ice in a vacuum.

for all intents and purposes space is a vacuum, not a perfect vacuum agreed, but still a vacuum, and yes from my understanding you can have water in the form of ice and vapour in space, but not in it's liquid form. why would a barrier mean there was no glass? i don't get the reasoning there. after all i'm sure the crew of star trek would be able to put a force field barrier of some type in a glass separating the water from the vacuum and then remove it when needed.. lets get to your point you keep making that you can't have anything in a vacuum.. now when we say something is "in" something else all we really mean is that it's actually surrounded by that something yes? like when we're in water, we are just surrounded by the water, we're not actually inside the water molecules. so when you have a water molecules "in" a vacuum, surely it just means they are surrounded by the vacuum(or surrounded by space lacking any matter), ??? that's why i really don't see why you couldn't have both water molecules and a vacuum inside a glass, but then again i have no understanding of any physical theories/rules why this might/can't be possible. ??? or if you think the glass is both half full with water and completely empty of everything in the vacuum with the barrier in place, as soon as the barrier is removed the vacuum ceases to exist and now the glass is full completely with water molecules only, instead of only being half full before. ???

Every time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make two triple bogeys to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe.

what's he need to do if he makes a hole in one?

Find a witness.

Find a witness.

Too funny

what's he need to do if he makes a hole in one?

I have never played golf. A birdie is 1 under par isnt it? And a bogey is 1 over par?
Well I guess the answer to that terry would depend then on what par the hole was?

Birdies, eagles, albatrosses haahaa, maybe we should call a hole in one a chookie??

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Find a witness.

Have it on film! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLzX62nXPTo…feature=related

never seen that before.. i assume it was part of a charity event, can't see any other reason why they'd be skipping the water otherwise.

I have never played golf. A birdie is 1 under par isnt it? And a bogey is 1 over par?
Well I guess the answer to that terry would depend then on what par the hole was?

Birdies, eagles, albatrosses haahaa, maybe we should call a hole in one a chookie??

Pa r = shots designated per hole
Birdie = 1 under
Eagle = 2 under
albatross = 3 under
boggie = 1 over
double boggie = 2 over (etc.)

Laws of golf:

1. Don't buy a putter until you've had a chance to throw it.

2. Never try to keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your mind during your swing.

3. The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing.

4. No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.

5. Golfers who claim they don't cheat also lie.

6. A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents luck.

7. Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.

8. The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

9. There are two kinds of bounces; unfair bounces and bounces just the way you meant to play it.

10. You can hit a two acre fairway 10% of the time and a two-inch branch 90% of the time

11. The game of golf is 90% mental and 10% mental.

12. Since bad shots come in groups of three, a fourth bad shot is actually the beginning of the next group of three.

13. When you look up, causing an awful shot, you will always look down again at exactly the moment when you ought to start watching the ball if you ever want to see it again.

14. There are two things you can learn by stopping your back-swing at the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove.

15. Hazards attract, fairways repel.

16. You can put a draw on the ball, you can put a fade on the ball, but no golfer can put a straight on the ball.

17. A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours. If there is a ball in the fringe and a ball in the bunker, your ball is in the bunker. If both balls are in the bunker, yours is in a footprint.



Cheers,
Lee

never seen that before..

i assume it was part of a charity event, can't see any other reason why they'd be skipping the water otherwise.

It was a crappy shot without loft and a serious PGA open. But what luck!

golf :- a good walk spoilt.