Cancer Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 S'ok, I know to avoid obvious madness. There's a reason I never have and never will look in that veterinarian-cum-cat archer thread. Absolutely no good can come to me from checking that out, and the potential for both foreseen and unforeseen stress is way too great to make it worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Actually, the discussion has now veered into alternative game and ecology. Very strange, no flamewars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procyon Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 S'ok, I know to avoid obvious madness. There's a reason I never have and never will look in that veterinarian-cum-cat archer thread. Absolutely no good can come to me from checking that out, and the potential for both foreseen and unforeseen stress is way too great to make it worth it. I'm weak. I had to look. I even posted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 So it goes. Madness is contagious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I am not going to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procyon Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 If madness is contagious, I feel sorry for my coworkers. I'm sure I am a carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 A Typhoid Mary of the mental variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 The goal is to infect with benign madness before malignant forms take over. RPGs rather than Naziism, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 And nothing venereal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 The concept of a venereal RPG is somehow ... disquieting ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Do not Google FATAL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Well, I must have some protection; I have actually read parts of the immortal Spawn of Fashan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 S'ok, I know to avoid obvious madness. There's a reason I never have and never will look in that veterinarian-cum-cat archer thread. Absolutely no good can come to me from checking that out, and the potential for both foreseen and unforeseen stress is way too great to make it worth it. I'm weak. I had to look. I even posted... I am not going to look. I looked. Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Told ya. Just don't Google FATAL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 So ... If you are standing 20 meters away from a 2-meter-tall department store display window ... And when the door opens there's an air pressure surge that makes the window bulge ... And when looking at your reflection in the window as this happens, you see your reflection get about 10% larger during one of those bulging episodes ... A. Is the window bulging inward or outward? B. Estimate the focal length and radius of curvature of the bulging window. C. Estimate the magnitude of the bulge. (A formula is provided: R ~= d^2 / (6 s) . R is the radius of curvature. s is the sagittal height, the amount of "bulge" at the greatest protrusion of the window. d is the distance between points on an equilateral triangle centered on the point where the sagittal height is measured; the plane made by the three points defines the surface which has a sagittal height of zero.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Trick question: You don't specify whether the observer is standing inside or outside the store. But the window is bulging away from the observer. I get a focal length of 9.52m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Trick question: You don't specify whether the observer is standing inside or outside the store. But the window is bulging away from the observer. Yeah; on the exam I specified the observer is outside, across the avenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 In this example, the image of the T. Rex is 50% as large as it would be if the mirror were flat. If the T. Rex is 10 meters in height, and the focal length of the mirror is 150cm, how far away is the T. Rex really? If the T. Rex is sprinting at 12 meters per second, and your vehicle is stationary but accelerates at 5 meters per second squared, how long do you have to live? (These are for humor value only; I have not checked the numbers. Attempt at your own risk.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 ... Maybe I'll use that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Much fun will be had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I have had an exam question (involving bungee jumping) which included the sentence, "Does the jumper survive?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I think you have mentioned it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 I have also assigned the famous UF6 isotope separation question (providing the historical background). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 That I am not familiar with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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