do u know how refrigerator magnets work?

[MereMortal]

That's right. I intentionally waited three days to post, just so I could screw you out of your extra credit. Not only that, I created a second account with the sole purpose of agreeing with the 'cold osculator' theory so that you would believe that idea, and not the other people who were genuinely trying to help. Then I called up your teacher, and we had a good laugh about the whole thing.

Or, maybe I just came across this thread, had some input, and you are just ungrateful.

Apply Occam's razor.

 

[littleprince]

you mean its not cold osculators?

...i cant believe this thread is still alive...

 

[Jothaxe]

MereMortal,

Thank you for finally giving the answer and a link to a page that has diagrams explaining. I was pretty sure there was some sort of striping arrangement, but I had no idea about the details. This could have bothered me for a long time, so thanks for wrapping things up!

-jothaxe

long live the cold seeking osculators!

 

[n0b7e]

LOCK THIS THREAD WHY IS IT STILL HERE? WHY? WHY? WHY?

 

[Jothaxe]

<< WHY IS IT STILL HERE? WHY? WHY? WHY? >>



hehe, it wasnt even in the top 100 posts anymore until you brought it back to the top n0b7e

 

[dopcombo]

Geez.....

the threads don't mysteriously disappear. By responding to it, you bump it to the top again.

oh, and how anyone who is graduating high school can believe in &quot;Cold osculators&quot; is beyond me.

 

[Bignate603]

Maybe there is a keeper (metal bar that crosses the two poles). The keeper deforms the field lines causing them to pass much closer in towards the magnet. This would make them fairly powerful when the magnet was close to whatever you want it to stick to (like touching or having a few pieces of paper in there) but have almost no attraction when it is just a little bit farther away.

 

[MereMortal]

Bignate603, putting opposite poles near each other does the same thing.

 

[Harvey]

rahvin- -- << ... cold seeking oscilators >>

That's cold seeking osculators. They suck toward cold.

n0b7e -- If you, or anyone else, has any other tough science questions, you can always get some great answers @ www.drscience.com. To get a good idea of the depth of the info available, there, click How can I read previous questions? Type a letter, such as E in the search box, and it will return with every question and answer in their data base containing the letter E.

Better have some screen cleaner handy if you're sipping a soda.

 

[n0b7e]

ok Harvey didnt check the site out, i dunno if your kidding or not, but im gonna say thanks cuz the last guy got pissed off when i told him i dont care anymore. Anyway im gettin a lot of attention here, only my 4th day posting. Ha everyone will see how i believe in cold oscilators which i still dont know wtf that is and really dont care for them...

 

[StuckMojo]

n0b7e

stop being a dumbass! there IS NO SUCH THING as a cold osculator!

that would be as crazy as saying that there is an acid they use to make CPUs that is calcium seeking...if you get it on you it &quot;seeks&quot; out the calcium in your bones and melts them, and you don't feel a thing until your bones are melting.


oh, wait a sec...that's true.

or is it?

 

[MereMortal]

Don't confuse the poor kid anymore. He's never going to live down this fiasco as it is. And I'm sure he doesn't care about HF unless it's for some free points.


And n0b7e, I wasn't pissed off at you, I was being sarcastic. I realized you didn't care what the answer was, but there were others here who I knew would appreciate it.