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Off Topic / Re: Phone won't turn off even though I took the battery out

« on: March 02, 2017, 08:04:20 PM »

Are you sure it is still on? The screen could be burnt in.

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Off Topic / Re: Calling all physics nerds! I am dumb as a box of rocks

« on: January 25, 2017, 09:41:34 PM »

it is proper. And I don't really have anywhere else. I've spent hours on this.I've estimated the angle from the wall to be about 79 degrees. The ground is irrelevant. My teacher put that there when he was helping me out but it might have been torque. I don't remember which.

I was just using the ground as a way to communicate a horizontal flat line.

These are the numbers I got, I'm not that confident in all of them, but I'll also give some work. (I didn't get to everything as I really need some sleep)

the force of gravity is 27.048N because I converted 6.1 pounds to kg and multiplied by 9.8
The net torque is of course 0 Nm, but I found that gravity and the normal force apply a torque of 104 Nm
(because the pivot location we can neglect the top forces) Therefore, Fg*r = Fn₁*r
We know Fg (27.048) and r is 29 inches (converted to meters, .7366m)/cos(79))
This means that the moment arm is 3.86m (this is where I'm unsure, I was never really good at torque)
Multiply those two numbers together to get ~104 Nm

I didn't get to the other normal force or the tension, but you know Fg and Fn₁ are the same value, and the sum of all the forces in the y direction are
Fg = Fn₂ + Tcos(79)
and in the x direction are
Fn₁ = Tsin(79)

Good luck, hopefully I'm not an idiot and made a ton of mistakes.

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Off Topic / Re: Calling all physics nerds! I am dumb as a box of rocks

« on: January 25, 2017, 09:05:04 PM »

I've taken a quick look at it, and I do not believe you can solve that knowing only the weight of the guitar. I set up a few equations, but I can't get around not knowing the angle that guitar makes with the ground (another way of putting it : the angle it makes with the force normal to the book) Also the diagram isn't clear, why is there a force of tension at the top?

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Off Topic / Re: (giveaway) 25$ xbox/microsoft giftcard

« on: December 27, 2016, 09:28:29 PM »

Hello yes I would like to enter 1 please.

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Off Topic / Re: Amber Alert

« on: October 08, 2016, 07:45:10 PM »

what the forget why

Probably because saying, "I REALLY want to dismiss the topic but I won't" and then not adding anything that would show that you're not dismissing the topic, is dismissing the topic. It's kind of like someone saying to another person, "I want to say you're stupid but I'm not going to".

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Games / Re: Counter Strike: Global Offensive - update outta beta except with even more bugs

« on: October 06, 2016, 05:15:07 PM »

cool stuff.
hey guys I'm giving away my bunsen burner(FT). Enter if ya want it. 6 entries only, post your trade link below.

https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffer/new/?partner=53535713&token=1XSWmMZA

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Off Topic / Re: Car thread

« on: August 10, 2016, 06:19:31 PM »

'96 C4 Corvette in Torch Red is my #1 dream car

Ayy that's what I have. I'm currently debating whether or not to sell it to put money towards a newer one.

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Off Topic / Re: [NEWS] N. Korea cuts diplomatic communication with US; nuclear test anticipated

« on: July 11, 2016, 06:03:28 PM »

If NK attacks the US, will NATO get involved? Just curious

Yes, Article 5 of the Treaty states that an attack on any of the member states is considered an attack on all of the member states.

The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.

Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security .

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Games / Re: Dino D-Day Steam Giveaway

« on: April 07, 2016, 04:57:49 PM »

I'll take the second one.
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198013801441/

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Off Topic / Re: Does more affordable college = more degrees = less value?

« on: February 27, 2016, 10:27:16 AM »

Affordable colleges, in theory, mean that more people are graduating with a degree. This doesn't reduce the value of the degree, but if everyone graduated with say, a Psychology degree and the job market was flooded with psychologists, the argument could be made that the degree is near worthless (you have little to no chance of actually getting a job with the degree).
In reality, however, there are so many degrees, and each degree leads to so many different career choices, unless everyone benefiting from affordable colleges (those who would not have attended if it was normal price) flocked to only a handful of specific degrees, the "value" of degrees would not diminish. It just may become more expected that, in a job application, you have a degree.
That's my take on it.

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Games / Re: Creating a WWI game for university - Need someone who knows their stuff.

« on: January 30, 2016, 12:43:33 PM »

How in-depth do you need your information to be ?
While I haven't studied the time period academically, I have had done research in the time period previously; for example I know a bit about the tactics and the technological progression and the effects of the new technology on the war.

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Games / Re: Maximum Override - City Destruction Game

« on: January 25, 2016, 09:28:13 PM »

oh man i remember a game that was a lot like this. stuff that was fun

i think it was made by ubi or something?

you were an alien that had to destroy everything on earth to make it like an alien wildlife reservation or something
you used like... just small stuff. oil spills, sticky puddles, and you could sometimes even control cars yourself

any idea what it was?

Demolition, Inc?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/98600/

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Games / Re: Cheapo Game Giveaway [15 slots left]

« on: January 20, 2016, 09:02:22 PM »

http://steamcommunity.com/id/bithead9

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Games / Re: StarWars: Movie Battles 2! Potential Jedi Academy giveaway.

« on: December 31, 2015, 01:30:39 PM »

This seems like a pretty interesting game. I'll bite.

Bithead

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Games / Re: Space Engineers (Atmospheric Thruster Animation, Bug Fixes)

« on: December 24, 2015, 09:21:18 PM »

yeah let's risk people's lives because otherwise we would be wasting spaceso make it accessible to people. they still don't need to be up there constantly
it's also worth noting that submarines don't have bridges

edit: after looking up the definition of "bridge" the word is more broad than I thought. so submarines do have bridges. but I'm sure you get the point

It's hardly any more of a risk than being anywhere else on the ship. (I think I already stated this but) the tower on a ship is one of the safest parts of the ship, its the most armored section, and the least important (if a ship takes out the bridge no problem, they wasted a shot they could have used to destroy a gun, missile rack, or explode the magazine) While it may be the least important, it still carries some significance, as it houses communications and all the navigation, but it isn't exactly a priority for an opposing ship to take out. Back before missiles, the bridge was most certainly a very dangerous place, but since smart missiles, they generally target the body of the ship to exploit the explosives generally stored below deck. I will also point out that it's not like ship bridges are constantly blown off and people die, it's still dangerous to be anywhere on a ship when a battle occurs.