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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 01:37 PM
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Todays Lounge Math problem. (Ideally suited to the Lounge too!!!!!)
Edited on Wed Oct-31-07 01:38 PM by jasonc
Help me figure out at what velocity this Dell Optiplex desktop will hit the ground when I toss the fucking thing out the window.

I really wish I could bring my mac to my volunteer job...
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:10 PM
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1. How high up are you? n/t
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:39 PM
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6. 3rd floor
but I can go higher if I need to for a really satisfying crunch.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:46 PM
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11. No problem
Let's say you're 25 feet up.

Distance equals one-half acceleration times time squared.

25 equals one-half times 32 times time squared

25 equals 16 times time squared

25/16 equals time squared

1.56 equals time squared

time equals 1.25 seconds


Velocity equals acceleration times time

Velocity equals 32 times 1.25

Velocity equals 40 feet per second or about 28 miles per hour.

Is that fast enough? :-)
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:01 PM
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12. thanks, but...
no. I want this thing to endure pain such has never been seen in the computer world.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:57 PM
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17. If you are strong, you might be able to toss it up another 10 feet
Edited on Wed Oct-31-07 03:59 PM by Rabrrrrrr
which will give it a final velocity of about 31 mph (roughly - I did the math in my head, so there is no actual precision).

Or, you can throw it toward the ground as hard as you can, giving it perhaps an initial velocity of 50 mph, for a final velocity of about 75-80 mph.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 03:09 AM
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21. Oh, that's easy, then
Throw it out of a car at highway speeds into a bridge abuttment.



I once got to shoot a computer monitor with a shotgun. THAT was pretty cool!!!
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:32 PM
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2. Its 69
:hi:
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:38 PM
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4. hahah
oh the possibilities...
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:34 PM
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3. 42
of course.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:38 PM
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5. Why?
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:43 PM
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7. It's the ultimate answer.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:44 PM
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9. ha
ok, I guess if you say so, but 42 what?
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 04:05 PM
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20. The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything has a numeric solution It's 42.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer_to_Life%2C_the_Universe%2C_and_Everything
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:43 PM
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8. What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen Dell Optiplex?




Well now, that depends. Is is an African or European Optiplex?



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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:44 PM
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10. Amurikan
Edited on Wed Oct-31-07 02:45 PM by jasonc
none of that furrin crap...
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:08 PM
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13. Does It Have A PC Load Letter Feature?
That feature can be faulty.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:44 PM
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14. not to my knowledge
but if that printer fucks up, it is following the computer out the window.
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piesRsquare Donating Member (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:48 PM
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15. Wouldn't that be a physics problem?
Edited on Wed Oct-31-07 03:57 PM by piesRsquare
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:52 PM
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16. As any good physicist knows
physics is math...
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piesRsquare Donating Member (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 04:03 PM
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19. Physics is mathEMATICAL
but it is not math. Physics is physics; mathematics is math.

My father, who is a *very* good physicist, would not want to be called a mathematician, and I, a mathematics teacher, would never claim to be a physicist.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:59 PM
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18. Build or borrow a trebuchet.
That way you can lob the thing a considerable distance, thus increasing the time during which you can enjoy its demise. Somebody else will have to figure out the math, though.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 03:26 AM
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22. tossing it out the window would not be a very eco-friendly thing to do. n/t
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 09:00 AM
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23. oh, dont worry
I will clean up the pieces.
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