mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Yes, it's another round of that classic guessing game - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Abstract [or any combination thereof]. This effort - '03/'04 should address any queries, but then again, may just serve to confuse and baffle which some might say is the point of the game. Patience, integrity and a decent search engine may be useful ....

Rosie

Kinetic energy?

CdM

taxon? No.
Hubble constant? No.
Technology-related? Yes, in the sense that it that would not be meaningful without a particular technology.
Poincaré Conjecture? No.
Gravity? No. *some laughter in the audience mixed with a smattering of applause*
Associated with particular branch of science? Yes, if "science" includes applied sciences.
Kinetic energy? No, although there is a vague connection.

Projoy

Anything to do with planes?

Raak

Is the technology computing?

Phil

Flight?

gil

Railway timetable?

CdM

To do with planes? Yes. *applause*
To with computing? Well, the primary technology I was thinking of was aeronautics. There need not be a connection with computing, but in practice there usually is.
Flight? No. *significant applause*
Railway timetable? No. *sudden silence*

Raak

The simulated absence of gravity on a plane flying a parabolic path?

Néa

Bernoulli's Principle?

Phil

Lift?

Which could be correct, as Tuj's "A Force?" was not answered.

CdM

oooops again

zero g? No.
Bernouilli Principle? *tosses coin, checks* No.
Lift (or other force?)? No.

CdM

*surreptitiously removes "i" from Bernoodle*