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    Since we're doing dumb physics/maths questions...

    ...here's another.

    You are on a sailing boat in the middle of an ocean with no wind. You have an electric fan and some batteries. Which way do you point the fan?
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
    Originally posted by vetran
    Urine is quite nourishing

    #2
    At you becuase its liable to be hot as **** when you start rowing.

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      #3
      You put the electric fan down and start to pay your pennance for shooting the albatross?

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        #4
        Originally posted by d000hg View Post
        ...here's another.

        You are on a sailing boat in the middle of an ocean with no wind. You have an electric fan and some batteries. Which way do you point the fan?
        Oh this should be a fun thread, because I actually tested this, (in a Physics laboratory no less,) so know the answer.
        Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
        threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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          #5
          Originally posted by d000hg View Post
          ...here's another.

          You are on a sailing boat in the middle of an ocean with no wind. You have an electric fan and some batteries. Which way do you point the fan?
          Away from the sail.

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            #6
            How about into the water?
            "take me to your leader"

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              #7
              I think it's forwards, helicopter effect.
              Bored.

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                #8
                Upwards in front of the sail I'd guess, so by the Bernoulli Principle the pressure in front of the sail is reduced, so there's a net forward force on the sail and hence on the boat.
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                  #9
                  <QI Bells ringing>
                  Towards the sail
                  </End Bells>

                  There someone had to say it

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                    #10
                    Out the aft (assuming you want to go forwards).

                    I guess the obvious answer is to point it at the sail, but that can't work as the sail is attached to the boat, and the fan is (effectively) attatched to the boat too. The best thing you can do with the sail is take it down to remove any drag.
                    Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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