There is no element of self-propulsion involved. They are thrown objects.
'Flying disc' is not a technical term. It is a nick-name.
Go on, try to prove me wrong.
Frisbeetarianism is another matter entirely.
In any case, 'Frisbees' are gay. In the homosexual sense. Evidence.
actually flying discs DO fly. a thrown object will under ideal conditions form a perfect parabolic trajectory, whereas a flying disc does not. this is due forward momentum and spinning motion (when correctly thrown) creates lift - the essence of flight. i'd draw you pictures etc. to expalin this better, but that is NO mater now, because you are right in that Frisbees are very gay, ~m has basically come out of the closet, and this bears no further discussion.
Posted by: chuck at June 9, 2006 6:25 PMJoey, you foolish animal, self-propulsion != flight. Hence that scene in Planet of the Apes with the paper plane. Don't stand in the way of Planet of the Apes.
Chuck: The dictionary I've got tells me that flight is "to travel through the air propelled by wings or by the wind" - neither of which applies to a homosexual round pink disc propelled by someone's hands. I guess your dictionary is more thorough than mine.
Morgue: Planet of the Apes is boring.
Posted by: Joey at June 12, 2006 11:42 AMJoey: Does a glider possess the quality of flight?
Posted by: buzzandhum at June 12, 2006 3:27 PMbuzzandhum: A glider - that would be a thing which is pulled into the air by a flying machine, and released so that it slowly glides back down to earth, right?
In which case: No. It possesses the quality of gliding. Much like teh ghey frisbee.
Posted by: Joey at June 12, 2006 3:30 PMIf I drop a feather, it spins around quite a bit, moves left & right, etc on its way to the ground. Is it flying? No, it's FALLING.
Posted by: Joey at June 12, 2006 3:31 PMDoes Superman fly?
Posted by: davidr at June 13, 2006 8:45 AMDoes Superman exist?
Posted by: Joey at June 14, 2006 10:29 AM