The (Current year) General Political/Salma Hayek discussion Thread Part V

[Dr.Midnight]

The small number of liberals hoping for an economic collapse should really take a long hard look at the situation right now. It's bad, and has the potential to get much worse. Bill Maher, was this your vision for a better America?

 

[BugI02]

Rev 1.1: Ignore 4 sigma and above. People are really getting nuts.

On a normal or semi-log scale?

 

[Alpo]

I had a guy (exec vp) I worked with who would start every conversation by drawing an x/y axis and a curve to support anything he was saying....although the curve supported nothing.

I remember that the CEO loved him because meetings would collapse within minutes of the chart being drawn.

Did you know that we always talk about ballistics, particularly for large artillery, as if the curve formed by the payload is a parabola? It's not. Even if discussed in terms of "parabolic", it's really an ellipse.

 

[nonobaddog]

Did you know that we always talk about ballistics, particularly for large artillery, as if the curve formed by the payload is a parabola? It's not. Even if discussed in terms of "parabolic", it's really an ellipse.

It is neither if the trajectory is in air, which they almost always are.

 

[T.Lex]

I had a guy (exec vp) I worked with who would start every conversation by drawing an x/y axis and a curve to support anything he was saying....although the curve supported nothing.

I remember that the CEO loved him because meetings would collapse within minutes of the chart being drawn.

Did you know that we always talk about ballistics, particularly for large artillery, as if the curve formed by the payload is a parabola? It's not. Even if discussed in terms of "parabolic", it's really an ellipse.

Ok boomer.

 

[Alpo]

It is neither if the trajectory is in air, which they almost always are.

Hence, the "It's not."

 

[Alpo]

Ok boomer.

That's sub talk. Wrong guy. Look for the fella with the eye patch.

 

[BugI02]

I had a guy (exec vp) I worked with who would start every conversation by drawing an x/y axis and a curve to support anything he was saying....although the curve supported nothing.

I remember that the CEO loved him because meetings would collapse within minutes of the chart being drawn.

Did you know that we always talk about ballistics, particularly for large artillery, as if the curve formed by the payload is a parabola? It's not. Even if discussed in terms of "parabolic", it's really an ellipse.

What if you fired that shell on the moon? No air friction, motion effectively governed solely by a constant acceleration

 

[nonobaddog]

it's really an ellipse.

This is Wrong!

 

[T.Lex]

This is Wrong!

Its an... ellipsis?

 

[nonobaddog]

Its an... ellipsis?

No, it is distorted by the reducing velocity caused by air friction. Not elliptic or parabolic.

 

[printcraft]

The small number of liberals hoping for an economic collapse should really take a long hard look at the situation right now. It's bad, and has the potential to get much worse. Bill Maher, was this your vision for a better America?

I'm sure the medias numbers are WAY up with people tuning in to see and hear the latest updates.

They have to love that, and they will ramp up the fear porn and drive hysteria for ratings.

****ing *******s.

 

[Alpo]

What if you fired that shell on the moon? No air friction, motion effectively governed solely by a constant acceleration

elliptic....escape velocity of 2.37 km/sec. Not gonna get that without a rail gun.

 

[Alpo]

This is Wrong!

Did you skip over #2366?

 

[T.Lex]

Its an... ellipsis?

No, it is distorted by the reducing velocity caused by air friction. Not elliptic or parabolic.

Grammar humor in a math subtopic. Its not for everyone.

 

[Alpo]

I like it better when we discuss quantum mechanics. None of the Army guys criticize comments.

 

[indyjohn]

I like it better when we discuss quantum mechanics. None of the Army guys criticize comments.

I like it better when you all post up pics of Salma Hayek...... j/s

 

[Phase2]

OK. Getting this thread getting back on track...

 

[BugI02]

elliptic....escape velocity of 2.37 km/sec. Not gonna get that without a rail gun.

Acted on solely by a constant acceleration, 1/2gt^2. The vector for horizontal motion is independent being perpendicular to the acceleration, so the equation is a single variable quadratic

So, did they teach you enough useful math in those econ classes to know what kind of curve that type of quadratic describes?

 

[actaeon277]

That's sub talk. Wrong guy. Look for the fella with the eye patch.