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.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
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.
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.
-t - Apr 09, 2014 6:47:17 pm PDT #24827 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Suppose you have a hundred dice. You roll them all and any that come up one disappear. You'll lose a sixth of them every time you roll, right? That's pretty much my understanding of radioactive decay on an atomic level, though of course the dice aren't six-sided. They point is, they don't have to know the state of any other dice, each just has to know it's own state.
-t - Apr 09, 2014 6:48:38 pm PDT #24828 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, the debt cancellation and lease payment are two different things. Well, I hope you can work something painless out.
Zenkitty - Apr 09, 2014 6:59:31 pm PDT #24829 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Okay, thinking of it in terms of rolling dice makes sense to me.
No squiggly equations! Equations with squiggly lines are the reason I ended up with a degree in anthro.
beth b - Apr 09, 2014 7:43:33 pm PDT #24830 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
DH just finished a z-pack and is going through the same thing - I didn't realize it might last that long. good to know. They never bothered me that way
Zenkitty - Apr 09, 2014 7:52:17 pm PDT #24831 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Does he have a bad taste in his mouth too?
Jesse - Apr 10, 2014 1:54:40 am PDT #24832 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good morning, Natter! I am sitting on the beach at a sort of run down resort in Haiti. Needless to say, it's amazing. I went to bed early yesterday after a long day out and about, so now am up early and taking advantage of the wifi. Good times.
sarameg - Apr 10, 2014 2:59:33 am PDT #24833 of 30000
Definitely wins over my morning: woke up to discover a huge gross blister on my forearm. Apparently I need to replace my micro-heat pack because it sprung leaks and steam-burned me in a couple places. I only had it on 10 minutes! And I didn't even notice last night. For HOURS (I had it on my wrist while I ate.)
Just call me Calamity Sara.