'Sleeper'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I just misspelled, dang it. Centripetal sucks you in, centrifugal flings you outward.
As I understand it (and bon bon corroborates) there is no such thing as "centrifigual force." There is only (Zool and) centripetal force.
eta: Okay there is "centrifugal force" but it doesn't affect the thing swinging at the end of a string.
Where are the physics geeks to explain this?
As I understand it (and bon bon corroborates) there is no such thing as "centrifigual force." There is only (Zool and) centripetal force.
Okay, yeah, but isn't that just a misnomer for the flingy-outy force? I'm pretty sure I remember from my science classes that there are two forces involved in orbital mechanics (including spinny things, such as dead rats held by the tail) -- the tuggy inny force (centripetal) and the flingy outy force (frequently misstated as centrifugal, but actually having some sort of other "centri"-name).
Unrelated to anything, but I feel like giving myself a public pat on the back. I went to a reading after work, so didn't have any dinner until way too late, but I still waited to eat until I got home, saving myself both money and calories.
Hec, [link] -- note that there is no centrifugal force on Teppy. The force does exist, but it acts on the couch, and not on her. (And how absurd is a physics smackdown between a lawyer and a web dev who were both, iirc, English majors?)
(x-post with Hec himself, who provides EXACTLY THE SAME very first link on google, proving that we are both lazy googlers.)
OK, when Julie opened the box for the gun, did anyone else expect it to be the one from HoG on Firefly?
CSI is playing with time. And it is annoying me because I am only halfway paying attention so kinda confused. I liked it when Boomtown did the multiple perspective thing but I had to pay attention.
Hec and amych both make the third Google page in cry.
And HA! Centrifugal IS a real force.
(x-post with Hec himself, who provides EXACTLY THE SAME very first link on google, proving that we are both lazy googlers.)
Heh! Or that Google is Just That Good at providing the best answer in the #1 slot.
(And how absurd is a physics smackdown between a lawyer and a web dev who were both, iirc, English majors?)
Dude, I am not a lawyer! Though definitely an English major.
And HA! Centrifugal IS a real force.
Yeah, but the Brontasaurus still really was a big paleontology mistake.
Ditto, sara. I just gave up completely on paying attention.