I dream of a Vin Diesel con interview, wherein he reveals that instead of being there to promote a movie he was attending to put his dwarf character into RPGA tournament play.
Eggs. The living legend needs eggs. Or maybe another milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 07, 2007 5:58:48 am PDT #8999 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
tommyrot - Sep 07, 2007 6:03:35 am PDT #9000 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.
I've been thinking about the physics of motion, and people's intuition about same. I'm gonna ask a few questions, and I'm interested in what people's intuition is on these questions. If you know the answers, hold off on posting for a bit, please. For all the questions, ignore issues of friction, aerodynamic drag, engine efficiency at different speeds, etc.
1) You are driving a car, and you accelerate from 0 to 25 mph. Say the amount of energy required is x. Now you continue to accelerate from 25 mph to 50 mph. What is the total amount of energy you used to accelerate from 0 to 50 mph?
2) You drop a heavy object from a height of 10 feet, and when it hits the ground it has a velocity of y. What would be the velocity if you drop it from 20 feet? From 40 feet?
Daisy Jane - Sep 07, 2007 6:04:41 am PDT #9001 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Ha! You can respect the right to free speech, but you don't have to respect the content. I am a fan of that sort of inanity in the face of shudder-inducing hate.
Oh, ita! This made me tear up in a good way this morning! Thank you!
I don't have sound at work, so is there something depressing about the narcoleptic puppy? Maybe I don't want to know. Anyway, if any puppy were going to be narcoleptic it would be a dachshund. Mine falls asleep in mid-lick.
An' that's all I got this morning.
flea - Sep 07, 2007 6:05:27 am PDT #9002 of 10001
information libertarian
My intuitive guesses:
1. 2x
2. y
Disclaimer: have not taken physics since I was 14. Very vague memories plus common sense (which may be not that common nor that sensible) are at work.
Jars - Sep 07, 2007 6:05:29 am PDT #9003 of 10001
1) Um, x + x?
2) Still y?
These are very intuitiony answers.
tommyrot - Sep 07, 2007 6:06:07 am PDT #9004 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.
is there something depressing about the narcoleptic puppy?
Both narcoleptic puppies fall asleep when they get excited. The second one does it much more often. He gets excited when eating, so the only way he can actually eat a meal is if his owners hold him and constantly stroke him to keep him calm.
Jesse - Sep 07, 2007 6:06:16 am PDT #9005 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think I knew that about Filene's but not the rest. Are they of specific department stores? I mean, I guess Nordstrom Rack's provenance is pretty self-explanatory, and isn't Filene's something easy like that too?
Filene's Basement was sold off from the Filene's Department Store (now Macy's) years ago, but the original one was literally the basement of the main department store, where they put unsold marked-down stuff.
Jesse - Sep 07, 2007 6:06:55 am PDT #9006 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would have said 1.5x.
Vortex - Sep 07, 2007 6:08:14 am PDT #9007 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And yet, I still say EW EW EW EW EW.
oh yes. After that, I was on super high alert. Some guy's coat would brush against me and I yelling PERV!!
Steph L. - Sep 07, 2007 6:08:58 am PDT #9008 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
1) You are driving a car, and you accelerate from 0 to 25 mph. Say the amount of energy required is x. Now you continue to accelerate from 25 mph to 50 mph. What is the total amount of energy you used to accelerate from 0 to 50 mph?
I want to say it would be more than x, but less than 2x, since you have inertia on your side. Maybe 1.5x?
2) You drop a heavy object from a height of 10 feet, and when it hits the ground it has a velocity of y. What would be the velocity if you drop it from 20 feet? From 40 feet?
Isn't it always y, no matter the height?