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e.g., the pet store/livestock delivery truck driver who avoids being ticketed for driving an overweight vehicle by hitting the side of his closed van periodically to keep the canaries/parakeets/chickens/turkeys airborne.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/sailboats-providing-their-own-wind.980139/
This is an endeavor to define the nature of "open/closed" systems, and, perhaps, to winkle out some of the semantic pitfalls I apparently waded into. I'll leave this open for a month or so to accumulate "folklore/anecdotes and wisdom/comments."
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/sailboats-providing-their-own-wind.980139/
This is an endeavor to define the nature of "open/closed" systems, and, perhaps, to winkle out some of the semantic pitfalls I apparently waded into. I'll leave this open for a month or so to accumulate "folklore/anecdotes and wisdom/comments."