the way things go,fire,flame,fischli,weiss,rube goldberg,device,contraption A pyromaniac's Rube Goldberg chain reaction

A pyromaniac's Rube Goldberg chain reaction

posted by UmberGryphon 2 years 7 months ago • 3688 views

tags: the way things go, fire, flame, fischli, weiss, rube goldberg, device, contraption

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This is an excerpt from the 30 minute long Rube Goldberg machine video The Way Things Go, as submitted to YouTube by the people who now own the rights to distribute it. Who knew there were so many ways to use fire to continue a chain reaction?

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

written by aidos

| 2 years 7 months ago | CH

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

written by gluonium

| 2 years 7 months ago | CH

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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.

written by UmberGryphon | 2 years 6 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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remind me never to play tetherball with these guys

written by aaronfr

| 2 years 6 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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

written by gluonium

| 2 years 6 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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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.

written by UmberGryphon | 2 years 6 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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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)

written by gluonium

| 2 years 6 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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imagine the fire investigators report...

written by deathcow

| 2 years 6 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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

written by Nebosuke | 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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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.

written by TerovThePyro

| 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Awesome.

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

written by doomie77

| 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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too many edits.

written by bamdrew

| 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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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.

written by nibiyabi

| 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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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.

written by pragmatick | 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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"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.

written by obscenesimian | 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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

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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

written by siftbot

| 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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*art

written by dotdude

| 1 year 4 months ago | CH

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

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'the way things go, fire, flame, fischli, weiss' to 'the way things go, fire, flame, fischli, weiss, rube goldberg, device, contraption' - edited by my15minutes

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