# Mythbusters - Anyone see something that will stop 6000 page threads?

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**Created:** [October 22, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-anyone-see-something-that-will-stop-6000-page-threads/37377 "2007-10-22T06:17:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-anyone-see-something-that-will-stop-6000-page-threads/37377/428 "2007-10-27T15:36:09Z")

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This is my understanding:

Think of it in terms of a model plane on a tradmill.

if the plane is standing still, and the treadmill is moving, the plane will not move, the wheels will just spin (ideally). If you take your hand, and exert a foreward force on the plane, it will roll foreward.

This is exactly the same as the engines on a plane pushing the plane foreward. The movement of the treadmill is completely independent of the thrust of the engines.

If it was a car, it wouldnt move…

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