Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God.

Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'


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.


Aims - Feb 08, 2007 1:50:06 pm PST #9442 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

YOU ARE AT WORK!

(Aren't you?)


Miracleman - Feb 08, 2007 2:01:15 pm PST #9443 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

YOU ARE AT WORK!

(Aren't you?)

...yes?


Aims - Feb 08, 2007 2:02:04 pm PST #9444 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

How are you watching TV??


bon bon - Feb 08, 2007 2:03:25 pm PST #9445 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I need to start watching this perverted and sleazy morning show: [link]

I also t heart how completely off their rockers Virginia and Alessandra of the NYT are. They need to form a band with Alex Kuczynski.


§ ita § - Feb 08, 2007 2:05:36 pm PST #9446 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, that's one theory.

Don't just let it sit there--tell us about the others, and the one you believe.


Steph L. - Feb 08, 2007 2:06:49 pm PST #9447 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Okay, I was actually *working* all day, and I log in to find 500 new Natter posts. I was thinking KERFLUFFLE! and wondered what heresy had been committed that got the Buffistas split into factions screaming "Aux armes, citoyens!"

I'm actually just a little bit disappointed that there turned out to be no kerfluffle.

However, I enjoyed reading Guess That Buffista, but the physics made my brain curl up in a tiny ball and whimper.


tommyrot - Feb 08, 2007 2:10:26 pm PST #9448 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.

That stupid physics problem was bugging me the whole way home... can we revisit it?

It takes 2 seconds to accelerate to 40m/s. 40m/s = 10 * t^2.

It's four seconds, right? One second to accelerate to 10m/s, two to 20m/s, etc. When you say, "acceleration = 10 meters per second squared" you should think of it as "ten meters per second, per second" - i.e. each second of acceleration you add ten meters per second of velocity.


Miracleman - Feb 08, 2007 2:10:56 pm PST #9449 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

How are you watching TV??

It's...a magic television that...that...follows me. Wherever I go. I can watch it all the time. 'cause it's magic. The television is.

...

Yep.


Sean K - Feb 08, 2007 2:12:50 pm PST #9450 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

However, I enjoyed reading Guess That Buffista, but the physics made my brain curl up in a tiny ball and whimper.

Yes, but how do you feel about auditory vibrations and their interaction, or not, with nearby observers?


Polter-Cow - Feb 08, 2007 2:13:44 pm PST #9451 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Don't just let it sit there--tell us about the others, and the one you believe.

That's why I pointed you to the Flash thing. It posits the exact opposite of what you believe: that reality is made up of waves that collapse upon observation.

I think it's an interesting theoretical way of thinking that can take you to some amazing multidimensional places, but for me, I just think stuff is stuff, period. It's not any less stuff because no one's seen it yet.

It's four seconds, right? One second to accelerate to 10m/s, two to 20m/s, etc. When you say, "acceleration = 10 meters per second squared" you should think of it as "ten meters per second, per second" - i.e. each second of acceleration you add ten meters per second of velocity."

Right, that's how I got it too. I think Gud messed the equation up. The units don't work out.