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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 1293 Views
Yeah, an absolute is an absolute. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 14/02/2012 08:00:56 PM 356 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 360 Views
obviously Rand's been going about htis all wrong, then LadyLorraine - 14/02/2012 10:08:48 PM 882 Views
Depends on your definition of "indestructible", I guess kHz1000 - 15/02/2012 08:41:02 AM 941 Views
Unbreakable and unbendable not the same thing aerocontrols - 17/02/2012 03:12:57 PM 1045 Views
And Praziquantel - 17/02/2012 04:28:36 PM 782 Views
Re: Cuendillar: All force directed against simply "makes it stronger" What? Bull. Gerbeaud - 17/02/2012 04:32:51 PM 712 Views
Simple answer to this is the conservation of energy. Onarishma - 23/02/2012 07:09:19 PM 781 Views
Yeah, I like this one the best Marshall - 16/03/2012 06:49:11 PM 824 Views
Well, all that energy of the eternally burning sun has to go somewhere *NM* Lohikaarme - 16/03/2012 11:21:36 PM 347 Views
I wonder what causes the sun to refuel though? *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 17/03/2012 01:42:55 AM 333 Views
Theoretically the Sun will burn out darius_sedai - 17/03/2012 04:38:35 PM 818 Views
Not in WoT it won't. Fanatic-Templar - 17/03/2012 05:18:24 PM 755 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 805 Views
How so? Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 04:08:20 AM 760 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 744 Views
Yes, speaking of that link... Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 05:59:31 PM 719 Views
Keep reading darius_sedai - 18/03/2012 11:13:16 PM 675 Views
I don't get what you're trying to say. Fanatic-Templar - 19/03/2012 01:48:46 AM 717 Views
Doesn't matter ... As you said earlier it's an irrelevant point anyway. darius_sedai - 19/03/2012 03:26:04 AM 644 Views
As you wish. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 19/03/2012 03:27:39 AM 291 Views
Re: I wonder what causes the sun to refuel though? Sidious - 17/03/2012 07:39:30 PM 759 Views
Yeah, probably. Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 04:10:12 AM 665 Views
except energy doesn't usually convert to matter, does it? LadyLorraine - 17/03/2012 07:48:24 AM 877 Views
This is what best explains everything... DomA - 17/03/2012 02:53:02 PM 780 Views
Hmmm.... fionwe1987 - 17/03/2012 03:28:24 PM 834 Views
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