# The SDMB is not where the airplane on a treadmill idea came to being **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-not-where-the-airplane-on-a-treadmill-idea-came-to-being/435777 "2008-01-31T22:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-not-where-the-airplane-on-a-treadmill-idea-came-to-being/435777/41 "2008-02-07T14:08:19Z")
[QUOTE=hawthorne’s linked article] So, where did it come from? The earliest reference to it that I can find is this post to the PhysOrg Forums, dated July 19, 2005. It seems unlikely that some random poster on a physics message board would have invented it, but as far as I can tell, this is the case. [/QUOTE] Which means that I was right about where this came from and one of the original people to discuss it as well! Sorry about that - I should have warned you or something. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-not-where-the-airplane-on-a-treadmill-idea-came-to-being/435777/42 "2008-02-07T15:08:58Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] I’m not sure how counting boobs is going to settle it. They only had 2 each. Or have I missed the point? 😉 [/QUOTE] Rachel was much more pointy when the studio temperature was turned down, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-not-where-the-airplane-on-a-treadmill-idea-came-to-being/435777/43 "2008-02-07T15:13:26Z")
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