An Answer that Actually Shuts People Up.

Last night's Mythbusters intrigued me in ways no show has ever done before. The myth they were tackling was "Plane on a Conveyor Belt". The myth goes like this:

"A plane is standing on a runway that can move (some sort of band conveyer). The plane moves in one direction, while the conveyer moves in the opposite direction. This conveyer has a control system that tracks the plane speed and tunes the speed of the conveyer to be exactly the same (but in the opposite direction). Can the plane take off?"

If you were to print out all the discussions and arguments devoted to this one topic, there would be no trees left. It was one of those interesting theoretical questions that caused physics experts and novices alike to ponder.
Last night's episode ended all discussion and proved once and for all the answer to this, now not theoretical, question. I won't spoil the answer, but I was very intrigued