Thank you, Steph. One more q: does "half-life" in medicine mean "half is gone in X time and the other half is gone in X more time" or is it the same as half-life in physics? I expect the former but then I don't know why they don't just call it the "life" at X2.
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Zenkitty - Apr 09, 2014 5:59:36 pm PDT #24817 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Steph L. - Apr 09, 2014 6:09:02 pm PDT #24818 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
If a drug's half-life is, say, 3 hours, 1/2 the dose is gone in 3 hours, and then half of what's left (so, 1/4 of the original dose) is gone in another 3 hours (meaning 3/4 has cleared in 2 half-lives, or 6 hours), etc.
Is that a physics half-life? I was (am) a dummy when it comes to physics.
Zenkitty - Apr 09, 2014 6:20:40 pm PDT #24819 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
That is a physics half-life. Why does it work like that? I don't understand why it works like that in physics, either. To me it indicates the molecules are talking to each other. "Okay, me and Jorge are outta here. That's half of us gone. The rest of youse guyz, you got 3 hours to clear exactly half of youse outta here. Draw straws or something. Talk amongst yerselves."
aurelia - Apr 09, 2014 6:22:14 pm PDT #24820 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I've been in a crowd at open mic night that exited the building in exactly that manner.
Zenkitty - Apr 09, 2014 6:22:38 pm PDT #24821 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Spooky.
Zenkitty - Apr 09, 2014 6:24:15 pm PDT #24822 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The cancellation of debt document says 2013.
But, if you don't get the money until 2014, shouldn't it count as 2014 income? Taxes are confusing.
-t - Apr 09, 2014 6:25:24 pm PDT #24823 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Exponential decay! It's like compound interest in reverse.
Zenkitty - Apr 09, 2014 6:28:50 pm PDT #24824 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Explain to me how the particles know there's half of them left and they should slow down decay by half! There's a subatomic messaging service. It's weird, dammit.
Ginger - Apr 09, 2014 6:31:59 pm PDT #24825 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It's just a simplified way of describing the rate of decay. You can also do it with one of those equations that have a lot of squiggles in them.
Connie Neil - Apr 09, 2014 6:33:58 pm PDT #24826 of 30000
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The debt cancellation is dated 2013, therefore that's counted as income. The lease payment isn't officially mine till the check gets here in 2014. Fortunately I don't have to pay the taxes on that till next year, cue the interest bearing account I don't touch for a year.