I swear, one of these times, you're gonna wake up in a coma.

Cordelia ,'Showtime'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

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.


Wolfram - Jun 20, 2005 2:44:18 pm PDT #3191 of 10001
Visilurking

I'd have loved to sit in on that jury voir dire.


Wolfram - Jun 20, 2005 2:45:33 pm PDT #3192 of 10001
Visilurking

Joo? Gew? Djue?


sarameg - Jun 20, 2005 2:47:50 pm PDT #3193 of 10001

tommy, it is a measure of work. A foot pound is the amount of energy requred to move a one lb object one foot. For torque, it is one lb on a one foot lever, so yeah. Multiply lever length by the force. My brain is failing. I actually had to google to kick start it.


sarameg - Jun 20, 2005 2:50:32 pm PDT #3194 of 10001

I think my water is coming back.

Either that or my toilet is about to explode. And that would be GROSS.


tommyrot - Jun 20, 2005 2:51:01 pm PDT #3195 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So my next question is, can I approximate force in the range of 10-15 ft-lbs? Or should I buy a torque wrench? I figure I can just pull on the wrench with force equivelent to the weight of a bag of cat litter....


sarameg - Jun 20, 2005 2:55:58 pm PDT #3196 of 10001

Depends on what you want to breakfix. Me? I'd go for the wrench. My physics education bears little resemblance to reality. Which is how I squashed my unsquashable structure (good thing I'm not an engineer) and how 180lbs of me jumping on the tire iron can't loosen a lug nut.


Lee - Jun 20, 2005 2:57:52 pm PDT #3197 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

WooHoo! Only three more minutes until I can start the hour countdown!


sarameg - Jun 20, 2005 2:59:02 pm PDT #3198 of 10001

Running water is a beautiful thing. Even if it is a little rusty.


Allyson - Jun 20, 2005 3:01:12 pm PDT #3199 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

You could almost hear her attorney whimper.

What was her explanation of what it meant?


Lee - Jun 20, 2005 3:04:23 pm PDT #3200 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I'm paraphrasing, but it went something like:

Opposing attorney: Excuse me, I may not have quite caught the last thing you said.

DumbAss Witness: he was always trying to jew people down.. you know, save money whereever he could.