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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe difference between a geek and a nerd:
A geek says: "May The Force Be With You."
A nerd says: "May the Force equal Mass times Velocity."
agingdem
(7,861 posts)he celebrated May the Fourth (be with you) every year...
chillfactor
(7,584 posts)really needed it today!
unblock
(52,332 posts)mass times velocity is momentum, not force.
Aristus
(66,467 posts)My worst problem when I was in school is that I was a nerd, but not even a good-grades nerd. I was just a misfit...
VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)Or the electromagnetic force, or the weak force, or the strong force.
DBoon
(22,399 posts)- a nerd
VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)What is that force equal to (assuming a non-relativistic treatment)
DBoon
(22,399 posts)For gravity.
VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)DBoon
(22,399 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)In my frame of reference Im motionless.
DBoon
(22,399 posts)You have a weight attached to a rubber band.
The weight is motionless.
The rubber band has a "pull" force that exactly cancels gravity.
You snip the rubber band, the weight falls.
You magically make gravity vanish, the weight pulls up from the force of the rubber band.
The force vectors cancel each other when combined.
Harker
(14,040 posts)A condition as yet unmet by Trumpsky.
VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)Harker
(14,040 posts)You're hot tonight!
jrandom421
(1,005 posts)"Force equal Mass times Velocity." WRONG!!!!
Force equals Mass times ACCELERATION!!!!!
Aristus
(66,467 posts)See? This is why I rely on my fellow Loungers. We keep each other on the rails.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,369 posts)The White House is full of accelerations changing over time.