Purple Side Down

[JackN]

A group of us were watching some of our team's match videos, and my friend made a stunning observation. You will here the dialog that was said ,

"All the balls on the field end up purple side down," he said.

"You're crazy," I eloquently replied.

"Take a look," he shot back.

1 match later

"Oh my gosh, all the balls end up purple side down," I said in awe of his brilliant observation.

I wonder if anyone else has noticed this or if we are just crazy and going through with-drawls from robotics.

(I didn't know where this should go and it seemed like a rumor

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by 1derboy

A group of us were watching some of our team's match videos, and my friend made a stunning observation. You will here the dialog that was said ,

"All the balls on the field end up purple side down," he said.

"You're crazy," I eloquently replied.

"Take a look," he shot back.

1 match later

"Oh my gosh, all the balls end up purple side down," I said in awe of his brilliant observation.

I wonder if anyone else has noticed this or if we are just crazy and going through with-drawls from robotics.

(I didn't know where this should go and it seemed like a rumor

Now that you mention this, I went and looked at pictures on CD-Media..and yeah I've yet to find one with purple side up. I think you just gave me something to do for the next few days...

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Wow...there is only one answer for this.

A conspiracy!

No intention to offend of course, but it does have the ring of a conspiracy.

[Greg Marra]

I am not a poofologist, but if I recall correctly, the "nub" on the balls is always on the purple (and I think blue?) side of the poof ball. Maybe, as it is rolling along, this extra weight makes the ball tend to stop with the purple side facing down.

[coastertux]

I found a purple side up .
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24467
Look at the cluster of balls in the lower right-hand corner.

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by coastertux

I found a purple side up .
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24467
Look at the cluster of balls in the lower right-hand corner.

Right, but there won't be a purple side up ball in the middle of nowhere in open space. The only reason those are purple side up is because they're in a cluster with other balls.

[Lil' Lavery]

Yup, it was not allowed to continue rolling until it found its own natural rest.

[petek]

We noticed the same thing in Philly (okay, Sarah noticed it and pointed it out to me). After extensive research, I have postulated a theory that it is due to a resonance between gravity waves and the color purple. The resonant peak of this interaction is at about 400 nm (hence, it mainly affects the purple balls) and it is a very weak force, which explains why it manifests itself on curved, light-weight objects such as poof balls.

[Elgin Clock]

Well, it's all real simple to explain. Purple, and Blue are not light colors, they are heavy colors.. so no wonder why they end up blue/purple side down.

Wait, what's that you say? The opposite of light is not heavy, but it is dark??
That's silly.


w00t for fun with the English language.

[MissInformation]

Okay, that's odd. I looked through my photos and almost always the balls with the black or purple halves end up with the purple or black side down (anyone have a ball that is purple on one side and black on the other?) I spotted one or two that did not fit this description (though one may have still been in motion) and several balls that were kind of centered (though half of them were leaning more toward the black/purple side). I've looked at enough photos to think there's something more than an coincidence...

One proposed theory is that the darker sides draw in more heat and are therefore a tad bit softer and the balls then just rest on the softer sides more often.

Heidi

[Taylor]

I conducted an experiment yesterday in which I strapped a purple-and-yellow poof ball (purple side out) to the back of a tomcat. As everybody knows, a cat always lands on its feet. I then dropped the cat from a height of four feet to see which side would land down.

Much to my surprise, the cat/ball hovered about 3 inches from the ground, spinning rapidly.

The mice applauded.

Eventually, the cat was able to tear out of the strap with its claws and teeth and both landed on the floor - cat feet-side-down and ball purple-side-down.

I would try to get it on video but the cat now refuses human contact.

Let it be known that no animals were harmed in this episode. Perhaps a little embarrassed, but not harmed.

[Rick TYler]

I repeated the above experiment with a piece of buttered toast attached to the yellow side of a poof ball with wire ties (I would have used duct tape, but that is against the rules). As with the cat/poof experiment, the test instrument hung about 8cm above the floor, spinning rapidly. Eventually the toast flew into pieces, at which time the ball came to rest, purple side down, on the floor. Pending federal funding, I wish to conduct the following experiments:

1. Repeat the toast experiment with a more robust bread product.

2. Measure the temperature of spinning cat/poof or toast/poof systems to see if the phenomenon is exo- or endothermic.

3. Develop a prismatic test object, so that toast, cats and poof balls can be analyzed in a single experimental matrix.

4. Repeat the experiment with the smaller 4-inch poof balls with a buttered English muffin half and a kitten.

5. Repeat the experiment in the southern hemisphere to see if the system spins in the opposite direction.

I am sure that the span of human understanding will greatly increase when my grant proposal is fully funded.

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Well, it's all real simple to explain. Purple, and Blue are not light colors, they are heavy colors.. so no wonder why they end up blue/purple side down.

Wait, what's that you say? The opposite of light is not heavy, but it is dark??
That's silly.


w00t for fun with the English language.

close!

Purple and blue are cool colors, red yellow and orange are warm colors.

Cool things contract and have less volume - ie hot air rises and cool air sinks.

Frozen water is the only known exception in the universe.

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

I am not a poofologist, but if I recall correctly, the "nub" on the balls is always on the purple (and I think blue?) side of the poof ball. Maybe, as it is rolling along, this extra weight makes the ball tend to stop with the purple side facing down.

I think you're right...

But either way this is still...cool. I wish I had a purple sided poof ball!!

[coastertux]

In my photo archives, I have found a very few Poofs with the purple side up, however, it is not clear if they are still in motion or not. I also noticed plenty of balls with the purple side to the side too.