Phase transition?
Could be. I have no IQ left.
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2007 12:26:12 pm PST #9387 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2007 12:27:52 pm PST #9388 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.
Gud's last question is actually simpler than it sounds. You still need to know the proper physics equation, or failing that, calculus, or you could realize that for this particular question there's a shortcut to doing the calculus.
Polter-Cow - Feb 08, 2007 12:29:32 pm PST #9389 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm trying to remember how to do it! And failing. I think I'm right about it taking 4 seconds, though. And 1/2at gives me the right answer, but that could be coincidence.
Hold on a sec.
d = vt
That's for sure. Except v is an integral. Maybe you integrate both sides? Or something.
Dana - Feb 08, 2007 12:30:24 pm PST #9390 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't believe in calculus.
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2007 12:31:16 pm PST #9391 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
It takes 2 seconds to accelerate to 40m/s. 40m/s = 10 * t^2.
Aims - Feb 08, 2007 12:31:35 pm PST #9392 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I don't believe in calculus.
::claps slide rules together::
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2007 12:32:25 pm PST #9393 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
From that you can figure the distance where d = vt + 1/2at^2
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2007 12:32:27 pm PST #9394 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is "They really liked you, but didn't think you were precisely right for that job, so they passed your resume on to another department." the interview equivalent of "Let's just be friends."?
Because I haven't had an interview response other than that so far. One position will let me re-interview for it, but not for a month or so. By which time I'd really like to be already employed.
Also, how does one correctly punctuate the first sentence?
Polter-Cow - Feb 08, 2007 12:33:21 pm PST #9395 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It takes 2 seconds to accelerate to 40m/s. 40m/s = 10 * t^2.
Well, fuck a duck.
From that you can figure the distance where d = vt + 1/2at^2
I don't remember anything.
Also, how does one correctly punctuate the first sentence?
You don't need that first comma.
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2007 12:34:06 pm PST #9396 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.
All the whole "frictionless roller coaster" thing means is that the velocity can change direction without losing energy. And we can subtract the 1ms starting velocity from the ending velocity. So really, it's "how far does the roller coaster travel if it fell straight down, accelerated at 10m/s² and had a final velocity of 40m/s."
If the thingie traveled at a constant 40m/s for four seconds, it went 40m. But of course it was accelerating, so the distance would be less than that. Here's the trick: Because the acceleration is constant (eta: and the velocity started at 0), we can just divide the 40 in half.