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Unbreakable and unbendable not the same thing aerocontrols Send a noteboard - 17/02/2012 03:12:57 PM
Heartstone is indestructible from the moment it exists. If you hit it a thousand more times with a hammer, it doesn't somehow become MORE indestructible.


I have no idea why that popped into my head just now, but it's always bugged me.


Take a heartstone rod, 50 feet long, and set it in a building, with 40 feet of it sticking out. Now, hang 500 lbs off off of the end of it, and (perhaps) the end will bend down 3 inches. Over time, the bar gets stronger (less ductile, but no more brittle, since it's unbreakable) and finally straightens out on its own.

/No, I don't actually think Robert Jordan had this in mind when he decided to give the material that ridiculous quality, but still, the statement could be true in the way that I've said.
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Cuendillar: All force directed against simply "makes it stronger" What? Bull. beetnemesis - 14/02/2012 07:56:14 PM 1484 Views
Yeah, an absolute is an absolute. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 14/02/2012 08:00:56 PM 460 Views
Well not absolute... large doses of "evil" over an extended period of time makes it crumble *NM* Iceman - 14/02/2012 09:51:30 PM 440 Views
obviously Rand's been going about htis all wrong, then LadyLorraine - 14/02/2012 10:08:48 PM 1062 Views
Depends on your definition of "indestructible", I guess kHz1000 - 15/02/2012 08:41:02 AM 1181 Views
Unbreakable and unbendable not the same thing aerocontrols - 17/02/2012 03:12:57 PM 1323 Views
And Praziquantel - 17/02/2012 04:28:36 PM 998 Views
Re: Cuendillar: All force directed against simply "makes it stronger" What? Bull. Gerbeaud - 17/02/2012 04:32:51 PM 884 Views
Simple answer to this is the conservation of energy. Onarishma - 23/02/2012 07:09:19 PM 1012 Views
Yeah, I like this one the best Marshall - 16/03/2012 06:49:11 PM 1015 Views
Well, all that energy of the eternally burning sun has to go somewhere *NM* Lohikaarme - 16/03/2012 11:21:36 PM 499 Views
I wonder what causes the sun to refuel though? *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 17/03/2012 01:42:55 AM 411 Views
Theoretically the Sun will burn out darius_sedai - 17/03/2012 04:38:35 PM 1035 Views
Not in WoT it won't. Fanatic-Templar - 17/03/2012 05:18:24 PM 974 Views
All that means is time doesn't move forward in WOT meaning there is no change darius_sedai - 17/03/2012 07:36:45 PM 1009 Views
How so? Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 04:08:20 AM 954 Views
The link I attached discussed how our sun burns and it's estimated life time darius_sedai - 18/03/2012 02:07:06 PM 923 Views
Yes, speaking of that link... Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 05:59:31 PM 916 Views
Keep reading darius_sedai - 18/03/2012 11:13:16 PM 918 Views
I don't get what you're trying to say. Fanatic-Templar - 19/03/2012 01:48:46 AM 902 Views
Doesn't matter ... As you said earlier it's an irrelevant point anyway. darius_sedai - 19/03/2012 03:26:04 AM 814 Views
As you wish. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 19/03/2012 03:27:39 AM 385 Views
Re: I wonder what causes the sun to refuel though? Sidious - 17/03/2012 07:39:30 PM 962 Views
Yeah, probably. Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 04:10:12 AM 893 Views
except energy doesn't usually convert to matter, does it? LadyLorraine - 17/03/2012 07:48:24 AM 1175 Views
This is what best explains everything... DomA - 17/03/2012 02:53:02 PM 961 Views
Hmmm.... fionwe1987 - 17/03/2012 03:28:24 PM 1035 Views
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