ummm...spaghetti breaking

[Cheesypuff]

so I don't know if this goes under a differnt topic...but oh well...I'll post it here.


so did anybody watch the last episode of numbers? well...in the ending the math genius said a dried spaghetti noodle will ALWAYS snap in three or more segments. well...I just proved him wrong!!! I just broke a noodle of dried spaghetti into 2 pieces! FANCY THAT!!!!


to snap a noodle, you have to hold the noodle at the ends. not at the middle. try it out!!!:thumbup:

[brainsmile]

you need to get out more often

[DarkFury]

so I don't know if this goes under a differnt topic...but oh well...I'll post it here.

You really wan't to tempt Apex's wrath... don'tcha? :hmm:

[mcs328]

I've heard of this theory also way back on boing boing. If you compress dried spaghetti it breaks in 3 segments or more. I think the reason they said was a 'shockwave" travels the length of the spaghetti and breaks it at various weak points.

Edit: Found the link
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/15/how_spaghetti_breaks.html

[ArkiStan]

I think this is a silly theory that simply tries to make an obvious fact (spaghetti is very brittle) sound interesting and scientific. Sorta like saying a dish dropped on the floor will always break into more than two pieces.

[mcs328]

Well I think it's a phenomenon that applies to specific materials and shapes. For instance if you get a strip of paper and make two identical cuts about 95% of the way and pull, you won't get two tears. Just two pieces of paper and one of them has a hanging chad.