Things you only found out today

[Alf Bentley]

On 24/07/2026 at 14:35, Kopic said:

My mate at uni set his pin to the same as mine as he couldn't remember his so he could always ask me.

 

I hope you nicked his card and cleaned out his account to teach him not to be over-trusting? 

[Heathrow fox]

6 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

There were still only 16 teams in 1978.

 

It was expanded to 24 teams in 1982 - with a second group stage with 4 groups of 3, with the 4 group winners going straight into the semis (no quarter-finals).

That idea never caught on....

At least there was none of this best third place finish nonsense.

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

6 hours ago, ozleicester said:

further googling..suggests that also... Gravity in NOT a force!... At some point now, i expect to learn that Division 3 is the peak league

So ... there are only 3 fundamental forces?

 

I always suspected that Einstein was a dick!

[Alf Bentley]

8 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

So ... there are only 3 fundamental forces?

 

 

No, there is a 4th force more powerful than any other: N'Golo Kanté.

In any physical interaction, notably the dispossession of a footballer, this force exerts supreme power over gravity, electromagnetism or nuclear force of any kind.

[Parafox]

10 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

So ... there are only 3 fundamental forces?

 

I always suspected that Einstein was a dick!

I thought gravity was theorised by Isaac Newton as being a "pulling force" between masses?

 

Why objects fall down instead of randomly moving.

Edited 8 hours ago by Parafox

[Sampson]

16 minutes ago, Parafox said:

I thought gravity was theorised by Isaac Newton as being a "pulling force" between masses?

Yes but then Einstein refined our working theory to gravity being a warp in spacetime.

 

Best explanation I heard is imagine space is a bedsheet stretched across 2 chairs, if you put a big football in the middle, it will "sag" under the weight of the ball and other objects are kinda drawn towards it.

 

Also I think gravity is more of a pushing force than a pulling force if memory serves me wrong but may be wrong on that one.

Edited 8 hours ago by Sampson

[leicsmac]

16 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Yes but then Einstein refined our working theory to gravity being a warp in spacetime.

 

Best explanation I heard is imagine space is a bedsheet stretched across 2 chairs, if you put a big football in the middle, it will "sag" under the weight of the ball and other objects are kinda drawn towards it.

 

Also I think gravity is more of a pushing force than a pulling force if memory serves me wrong but may be wrong on that one.

Gravity is always an "attractive" force, hence pulling things towards each other rather than pushing. 

 

However, it's far weaker at short ranges than either the electromagnetic or the nuclear forces. The big advantage it has it that acts at extreme distances - and how, we still don't really know. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

3 hours ago, Sampson said:

Yes but then Einstein refined our working theory to gravity being a warp in spacetime.

 

Best explanation I heard is imagine space is a bedsheet stretched across 2 chairs, if you put a big football in the middle, it will "sag" under the weight of the ball and other objects are kinda drawn towards it.

 

Also I think gravity is more of a pushing force than a pulling force if memory serves me wrong but may be wrong on that one.

I've seen this explanation and there is a critical error in it.

 

So the bedsheets sags with the football in it. The reason for that is gravity.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Which of these do you think is the fastest?

 

The rotation of the Earth?

 

The orbit of Earth?

 

The orbit of the Sun (around our galaxy)?

 

Earth's rotation is 1040 mph

 

Earth's orbit is 60,700 mph

 

The Sun's orbit is 514,000 mph

 

However, that's peanuts as the Milky Way, our galaxy, is moving at 828,000 mph.

 

Or just over Mach 1079, if you prefer.

 

And we don't even notice. It's mind-blowing.

 

And yet that is about 0.12% the speed of light.

 

Quite literally, astronomical.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Trav Le Bleu

[The Bear]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I've seen this explanation and there is a critical error in it.

 

So the bedsheets sags with the football in it. The reason for that is gravity.

The rubber sheet is just a 2 dimensional analogy to help people grasp the basics of the curvature of space-time. It's not a true picture.

 

The real reason is mass. Gravity is a pseudo force created by the interaction of mass with space-time.

 

A closer 3D model would look something more like this:

 

Edited 3 hours ago by The Bear

[leicsmac]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Which of these do you think is the fastest?

 

The rotation of the Earth?

 

The orbit of Earth?

 

The orbit of the Sun (around our galaxy)?

 

Earth's rotation is 1040 mph

 

Earth's orbit is 60,700 mph

 

The Sun's orbit is 514,000 mph

 

However, that's peanuts as the Milky Way, our galaxy, is moving at 828,000 mph.

 

Or just over Mach 1079, if you prefer.

 

And we don't even notice. It's mind-blowing.

 

And yet that is about 0.12% the speed of light.

 

Quite literally, astronomical.

 

 

And this shows just how important relativistic frames of reference for velocity are. 

[Parafox]

4 hours ago, Sampson said:

Yes but then Einstein refined our working theory to gravity being a warp in spacetime.

 

Best explanation I heard is imagine space is a bedsheet stretched across 2 chairs, if you put a big football in the middle, it will "sag" under the weight of the ball and other objects are kinda drawn towards it.

 

Also I think gravity is more of a pushing force than a pulling force if memory serves me wrong but may be wrong on that one.

 

4 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Gravity is always an "attractive" force, hence pulling things towards each other rather than pushing. 

 

However, it's far weaker at short ranges than either the electromagnetic or the nuclear forces. The big advantage it has it that acts at extreme distances - and how, we still don't really know. 

 

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I've seen this explanation and there is a critical error in it.

 

So the bedsheets sags with the football in it. The reason for that is gravity.

 

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Which of these do you think is the fastest?

 

The rotation of the Earth?

 

The orbit of Earth?

 

The orbit of the Sun (around our galaxy)?

 

Earth's rotation is 1040 mph

 

Earth's orbit is 60,700 mph

 

The Sun's orbit is 514,000 mph

 

However, that's peanuts as the Milky Way, our galaxy, is moving at 828,000 mph.

 

Or just over Mach 1079, if you prefer.

 

And we don't even notice. It's mind-blowing.

 

And yet that is about 0.12% the speed of light.

 

Quite literally, astronomical.

 

 

 

19 minutes ago, The Bear said:

The rubber sheet is just a 2 dimensional analogy to help people grasp the basics of the curvature of space-time. It's not a true picture.

 

The real reason is mass. Gravity is a pseudo force created by the interaction of mass with space-time.

 

A closer 3D model would look something more like this:

 

Wow. All this on a LCFC football supporters site.

 

We're truly special.