Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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.
Where did the 0.5 come from?
When you do an integral of x^n, it is equal to a constant plus (1/(n+1))*x^(n+1).
[Take this and try to find its derivative - the opposite action to integral - and it's x^n]
So if we have v, the result of the integral is (1/(1+1))*x^(1+1)=0.5*x^2.
Look at all of you with your lovely math brains.
admires without understanding
::is sad::
I used to know how to do that stuff. Retained it just long enough to pass a test and then it all went buh-bye. Use it or lose it, peeps.
[Take this and try to find its derivative - the opposite action to integral - and it's x^n]
Right right! Now I remember. Sorta. Oh, calculus. I liked you when you made teddy bears.
I know that 4x40 is 160, and that's enough for me.
I do miss my brains, but there's no point crying over spilt neurons.
That's so not the big problem with the sentence.
Oh, I see what you mean. I don't think those periods are necessary either.
admires without understanding
Robin, there's lots of physics in skating. The balance, for example, and keeping it. You know it intuitively, even if you don't know that you do!
Egg Beaters don't really make good scrambled eggs. Hmph.
a) In a maximum of 1,500 words, compare the Einsteinian view of quantum physics with Neils Bohr's position. For extra credit, include an analogy between Platonism and Aristotlean ontology.
b) Does the famous Schrodinger's Cat thought-experiment apply in situations in which a human being is placed in the box? For extra credit, put yourself in a box with decaying radioactive material and observe your own eigenstate.
c) (Multiple choice) In light of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, would you argue that (a) this is true, (b) this is true, or (c)?
d) Bell's Theorem holds that any subatomic quantum material can pass information to another subatomic quantum material regardless of spatial considerations that affect classical physical relationships. With this in mind, is it (a) awesome or (b) ridiculously awesome that Nilly studies this stuff for a living?
Corwood! What is the date of Abe's birthday? Is it tomorrow?
[Edit: and now, after I actally, you know, read your post, I'm totally in love with it and wanna take it home with me and pet it and call it Goerge.]
[And, for the record, I learned to use that last sentence on b.org! It was so much more complicated than integrals.]