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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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How long is a piece of string?
have at it guys.....
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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Precisely twice as long as half its length.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by sybir
Precisely twice as long as half its length.
No, three times half its length. You aren't taking into account friction.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 05:50 PM
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It is as long as you cut it
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 05:55 PM
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It's two times longer than it's radius multiplied by the ambient air temperature divided by the relative humidty squared. Then add in the textile relativity factor and subtract six. That should be it.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 06:10 PM
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"A Piece of String" Quartet by Ganelin is 4 minutes and 4 seconds long.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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http://www.irt.org/articles/js037/

http://lfw.pennnet.com/Articles/Arti...ION_NUM=2&p=12

http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...of+string.html
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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Longer than you might imagine.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 10:04 PM
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 10:15 PM
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duh.. its infinitely long
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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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I would answer this, but I don't know anything about string theory. Damn.
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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 11:28 AM
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depends what plain your on
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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 12:08 PM
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Depends on your air speed....
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