If you mean “check” in the sense of “restrain, halt or hold back” then gladly.
But if the ice cream did have powered wheels then the treadmill would go at an infinte speed and the bearings would crap out long before the spoon. Now if the ice cream was teathered to a tree in front of the treadmill and we look at the spoon relative to the ground…did someone say restrain?
In which reference frame is the giant squid? And does that include the tentacles?
Hey now get your treadmills away from my thread!! If I find my car or my icecream one a treadmill I’ll jump out of the car and leave the icecream just to avoid another nsuch thread.
Not so fast. Will you be able to jump out of the car onto a treadmill moving at precisely the speed of your jump? And how about that giant squid? He may be hungry.
I wonder what it would look like if this thread was written by another author.
Agreed. There are a lot of things we don’t know, which we would need in order to even attempt a calculation. And even if we did know them, fluid-flow calculations can get very ugly very quickly. But the direct experiment is very easy to perform, and is inherently guaranteed to take all the appropriate factors into account.
You could side-step the question altogether. Grab a couple extra napkins. Wrap them around the cup. The insulation will help slow the melting.
Easier and more convenient: double cup. Keep a second cup around just to put the first cup in. The second (or third, for the truly obsessed) cup will be much warmer, and thus proof of it’s insulating ability.
I frequently have my 44 ounce cooler mug thingy around. I could just put the icecream and its container completely inside I’m sure that would help.
I think I’m going to do the two ice cream test. Cup holder consistancy will be an issue here. I have 2 cupholders in my Chevy Malibu. One is in the center consoul the other is to the left of the steering wheel, the one I put my ice cream in. I can’t aim my AC directly on the one in the center console. It is also about a foot lower and less exposed to sunlight.
In intrest in answering questions in another thread my car is white. maybe we should get someone with a black malibu to park next to me with an icecream. 5 bucks in thermonitors and we’ll answer some of the worlds most important questions.
Easiest of all: eat the ice cream first. I predict you’ll observe far less melting, and far more “deliciosity” (to use the scientific term).
I feel the ice cream has yet to melt enough to effect the delicosity. It being a little melty doesn’t bother me in the least. I could use a double cup. I could eat it first I could put a freezer in my back seat I could simply buy the ice cream after I ate the meal.
I just want a logical answer to the question not advice on how to prevent it from melting. And I certainly don’t want to know the effects of it on a treadmill.
Since I can’t provide enough data to get an answer, I’ll be putting my health at risk and at the very least costing myself an extra 2 bucks. A test will be done and my curiousity will be answered. I’m think dangerous research like this shouldn’t be taken on without sponsership so send money to…