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#91 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Zziggywolf5 {lang:icon}

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Posted 04 March 2007 - 12:08 AM

So, have we moved on to Rylkan's question, or does Zoo ask another one?

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#92 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Rylkan {lang:icon}

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Posted 04 March 2007 - 12:11 AM

QUOTE(K @ Feb 25 2007, 01:29 PM) {lang:macro__view_post}
*pokes Rylkan* Gotta answer the question first! bluetongue.gif

But anyway, the speed of light, 186,000 miles/second


Incorrect good sir. Try again. coolgleamA.gif
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#93 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Rylkan {lang:icon}

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 04:29 PM

The group velocity of a wave has to be less than or equal to the speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum, but the transverse waves inside the group velocity wave, can be well above the speed of light.
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#94 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Zoo {lang:icon}

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 04:53 PM

That's why I'm a biologist and not a physicist bluetongue.gif.
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Posted 23 March 2007 - 10:48 AM

*bumpage*

Feed the plushie!
(Rayquaza plushie? WTF? It doesn't look anything like the other plushies!)

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#96 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Ratty {lang:icon}

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Posted 24 March 2007 - 01:32 AM

NEW QUESTION!

If I was holding some string with a lead mass tied to the bottom (hanging, not touching the ground), what is the reaction force of gravity acting on the lead box?
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#97 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Zoo {lang:icon}

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Posted 24 March 2007 - 01:35 AM

hmm... the amount of force gravity pulls the box with minus the amount of force from the tension of the string holding it up
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#98 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Ratty {lang:icon}

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Posted 24 March 2007 - 01:39 AM

Nono, that's the net force acting on the lead mass. bluetongue.gif

I'm talking about 'reaction pairs', as in, 'every action has an equal and opposite reaction'.
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#99 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Zoo {lang:icon}

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Posted 24 March 2007 - 03:51 AM

Bleh. I made it through two semesters of physics (somehow), but it obviously didn't stick very well.

hmm... the string pulling up
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Posted 26 March 2007 - 10:44 AM

That's wrong, I'm afraid. This was a question on our physics test though, so I'm not going to answer. bluetongue.gif
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Posted 26 March 2007 - 11:29 AM

iamwithstupid.gif

*pokes Zoo*

Think opposite. bluetongue.gif
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Posted 27 March 2007 - 01:42 PM

Aye, it's quite a weighty concept once you understand it.
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Posted 27 March 2007 - 09:24 PM

Hmm, let's see. It's been a while since I've been in physics, but I don't recall ever learning about gravity having a reactionary force. Although, this contradicts newtons.... erm, 2nd law? 3rd, maybe? Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. I just thought it was a property of matter that masses were pulled towards each other. Oh, could it be that the lead weight is pulling the earth towards itself?
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#104 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Ratty {lang:icon}

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Posted 29 March 2007 - 06:14 AM

QUOTE(Neraphym @ Mar 28 2007, 07:24 AM) {lang:macro__view_post}
Oh, could it be that the lead weight is pulling the earth towards itself?

*nod nod*

Your question. bluetongue.gif

*ignores goaty since it annoys him so* bluetongue.gif
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#105 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Neraphym {lang:icon}

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Posted 30 March 2007 - 02:00 AM

Yay! Alright, how's another physics question sound?

"Oh, be a fine girl kiss me later tonight." Tell me what that means.
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