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Scrappy - Jun 07, 2005 8:46:53 am PDT #40 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

BF and I are starting TV-less Tuesday tonight. We decided we were spending too much time watching TV and/or videos--we go out once or twice a week to movies as it is. Cinema is awesome and all, but reading and taking walks and stuff like that was getting lost in the shuffle. Looking forward to it--even though tonight's planned highlight is "wash the dog."

ETA--hooray for EM having a job and better financials for Hec and Gamine!JZ!

§ ita § - Jun 07, 2005 8:47:24 am PDT #41 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Do you have a DVR, Robin?

tommyrot - Jun 07, 2005 8:47:38 am PDT #42 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.

What's the total distance it travels, and how do you go about getting it?

You could integrate the first and third parts, and add them to 3 x 600 to get the total distance. But I'm pretty sure there's a way not involving integration....

eta: I think it's OK to take the average speed for each of the first and third parts to calculate the distance for each.

But my brain is a little sluggish today....

DXMachina - Jun 07, 2005 8:48:04 am PDT #43 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Yes, this should be easy. Apparently, however, I got it all wrong.

Well, you're starting from a false premise. Aircraft start at 0 mph, not 100. Or it it's the take off speed, most planes that can do 600 mph need to be going a bit faster than 100 to get off the ground in the first place. :)

Scrappy - Jun 07, 2005 8:49:23 am PDT #44 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

We have TiVo (and worship it like unto a God), but what with The Daily Show and Baseball games and various movies, things pile up.

DavidS - Jun 07, 2005 8:49:39 am PDT #45 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

BF and I are starting TV-less Tuesday tonight.

I interpret your choice of day thusly: "Dammit, if Buffy's not on Tuesday night, then fuck Tuesday altogether!"

tommyrot - Jun 07, 2005 8:51:22 am PDT #46 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.

.5*350 + 3*600 + 1*350

I think.

Sophia Brooks - Jun 07, 2005 8:51:27 am PDT #47 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Wait!

Katefate is here!

I haven't seen her in ages!

Hi Katefate!

(this post brought to you by the exclaimation point!)

DXMachina - Jun 07, 2005 8:51:52 am PDT #48 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Yes, this should be easy. Apparently, however, I got it all wrong.

Actually for the problem as written, if you take the average speed of the plane while it's accelerating or decelerating times the time it accelerates or decelerates, and add that the distance traveled while it's cruising, you should get the answer they're looking for.

Or what tommy said.

katefate - Jun 07, 2005 8:51:59 am PDT #49 of 10001
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove

JZ has a sexy cool new haircut.

So many redundancies in the line I don't know where to start.

Emily, I don't have a clue as to your math problem, but just reading it made me feel all tingly.

Yay for TV-less Tuesday! "Washing the dog" sounds like fun. Is that like the "LUNCH" thing?

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