I had to do calculations like that in college Chemistry, but I found them confusing even then.
But is Gud's answer the same as Tom's? I forget how many kilotons the Nagasaki bomb was....
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
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Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2009 10:26:15 am PST #6879 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Feb 18, 2009 10:29:16 am PST #6880 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS
I forget how many kilotons the Nagasaki bomb was....
It's in the Wikipedia article I linked to.
1 joule = 1 kg * (m² / s²), which matches the units of m × c².
Gudanov - Feb 18, 2009 10:29:28 am PST #6881 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Tom's link says 21kt for Nagasaki so his 1/2 Nagasaki and my 10kt are the same answer.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 18, 2009 10:31:29 am PST #6882 of 30000
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Fat Man and Little Boy were in the 10-12 kiloton range, weren't they?
eta: Ah, perhaps that was a lowball estimate I heard somewhere.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2009 10:32:12 am PST #6883 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh. I was just thinking the Nagasaki bomb was more powerful than that.
OK, all is well. You may all resume your non e=mc² activities....
msbelle - Feb 18, 2009 10:32:15 am PST #6884 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
damn you people making me have equations running around in my brain. I'll be walking around mutting f=ma, d=.5atsquared
megan walker - Feb 18, 2009 10:33:00 am PST #6885 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm in the middle of a boring project, so I was hoping people would start talking more here to distract me.
Be careful what you wish for I guess.
Jesse - Feb 18, 2009 10:45:48 am PST #6886 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have Bust a Move in my head and I don't know why.
You're welcome.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2009 10:46:37 am PST #6887 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So what's the equation that relates energy to work?
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 18, 2009 10:46:56 am PST #6888 of 30000
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Luckily it's always the background singing from that song which earworms me, and I actually like that part.