Comments for "A pyromaniac's Rube Goldberg chain reaction" Video at VideoSift.com

By aidos

aidos (http://aidan.videosift.com) — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:26:23 -0700

heh heh heh... hey beavis.... heh heh heh.... do you think this will burn?

By gluonium

gluonium (http://www.videosift.com/member/gluonium) — Fri, 04 May 2007 22:42:48 -0700

sooo COOOOOL . I'd like to know exactly whats going on in the last bucket/underwater fire thing though.

By UmberGryphon

UmberGryphon (http://www.videosift.com/member/UmberGryphon) — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:09:31 -0700

Some substances release oxygen as they burn, which means that they can burn underwater (with each molecule using the oxygen released by the previous molecule). I think that's what's happening at the very end.

By aaronfr

aaronfr (http://www.videosift.com/member/aaronfr) — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:10:50 -0700

remind me never to play tetherball with these guys

By gluonium

gluonium (http://www.videosift.com/member/gluonium) — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:27:33 -0700

wouldn't that violate the second law of thermodynamics gryphon?

By UmberGryphon

UmberGryphon (http://www.videosift.com/member/UmberGryphon) — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:59:45 -0700

Isn't the second law of thermodynamics "things always get more random / warmer"? Presumably the burning reaction makes the molecules more random, and it's definitely getting warmer.

After doing some Googling, it isn't necessarily the same molecules that are burning and releasing oxygen. If you mix something that's going to burn with Sodium Chlorate, NaClO3, then 2 NaClO3 + heat --> 2 NaCl + 3 O2.

By gluonium

gluonium (http://www.videosift.com/member/gluonium) — Sat, 05 May 2007 16:31:27 -0700

I understand what you're saying. its a deflagration reaction with the oxidant already mixed in. that makes sense. I thought you were saying it was the combustion products themselves that contained more fuel for the fire. that WOULD violate thermo. (no perpetual motion machines)

By deathcow

deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow) — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:18:14 -0700

imagine the fire investigators report...

By Nebosuke

Nebosuke (http://www.videosift.com/member/Nebosuke) — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:43:27 -0700

I believe this is the same video that has been on exhibit in the Ben Franklin Museum in Philadelphia for a number of years.

By TerovThePyro

TerovThePyro (http://www.videosift.com/member/TerovThePyro) — Tue, 08 May 2007 01:27:27 -0700

Very neat video. Some of the legs of the machine seemed to be very chancy, such as the rotating wheel powered by firecrackers and the boat in water. Glad to see that they went off.

However, what makes this a Goldberg machine? If that was the end (as it seemed to be), it never performed a 'simple task in a complex/extravagant way', which is how I always heard Goldberg machines explained.

Anyway, still gets a vote.

By doomie77

doomie77 (http://www.videosift.com/member/doomie77) — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:21:16 -0700

Awesome.

The bucket at the end looked like a gremlin was thrown in it.

By bamdrew

bamdrew (http://www.videosift.com/member/bamdrew) — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:49:35 -0700

too many edits.

By nibiyabi

nibiyabi (http://www.videosift.com/member/nibiyabi) — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:09:00 -0700

Didn't like that it wasn't all one take, and didn't like that it wasn't true to the spirit of a Rube Goldberg machine (it didn't complete a simple task, e.g., filling a glass of water or sharpening a pencil). Still really cool though.

By pragmatick

pragmatick (http://www.videosift.com/member/pragmatick) — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:46:19 -0700

The full version does not have that many edits. I did not count them, but I don't remember more than 2 or 3 outside the fire part.

By obscenesimian

obscenesimian (http://www.videosift.com/member/obscenesimian) — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:41:00 -0700

"The way of things" or "Der Lauf der Dinge" 1987. By swiss artists Peter Fischli & David Weiss.

"Didn't like that it wasn't all one take, and didn't like that it wasn't true to the spirit of a Rube Goldberg machine (it didn't complete a simple task, e.g., filling a glass of water or sharpening a pencil). Still really cool though."

" too many edits."

Get some culture ya bastards. It's art, not a physics experiment, and it is the finest example of its kind.

By DigitalAlloy

DigitalAlloy (http://digitalalloy.videosift.com) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:24:25 -0700

Their trying to sell the 30 min video for $280! It's a cool idea, but not THAT cool.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:17:59 -0800

Tags for this video have been changed from 'the way things go, fire, flame' to 'the way things go, fire, flame, fischli, weiss' - edited by oxdottir

By dotdude

dotdude (http://dotdude.videosift.com) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:27:56 -0700

*art

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:27:57 -0700

Adding video to channels (Art) - requested by dotdude.