Modigliani dies
 

R.I.P., you magnificient bastard!

Anti-telemarketing machines
 

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Mr. T's way ahead of you. I've heard him advertising one; I think it's the ScreenMachine. Friends can skip the prerecorded menu by pressing "5" immediately. Based on the advertisements, it sounds like 47 usc 227 implemented by 47 CFR § 64.1200 prohibits the telemarketers from dialing through.

Taking Addy's False Dilemma by the Horns
 

Originally posted by Adder

Don't be so simplistic. You could have multiple lists, one for quantititive studies, one for telemarketing, one for charitable/religious, &c, &c. As long as people can opt out of each list, it's content neutral, right?

post-bilmore physics
 

Originally posted by bilmore

Your seatbelt might disagree. When you round a curve, you exert centrifugal force on it, and it in turn, exerts centripetal force on you.

editted to add:

And, don't tell me about "fictitious" forces. No doubt, an old grappler like yourself has seen someone hit a killer three-point takedown. The mat hits back.

post-bilmore physics
 

I think you do confuse a force with inertia. If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, does the ground push back? I don't think so. If you go down that path, you end up with the "there's no such thing as a body at rest because there's always some moving frame of reference from which to observe it", and that leaves you with no solutions. And, of course, I never hit the mat.

Ooo, this was good.

Taking Addy's False Dilemma by the Horns
 

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing about 30 seconds after the post but didn't figure I should subject other people to addtional telemarketing post.

post-bilmore physics
 

Helping little playmore with the homework, are we?

If I may, you're ignoring Newton's 3rd Law, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If Bilmore hits the mat (say, because you had that last bottle of wine last night), Bilmore exerts a force against the mat and the mat must react in some way. The reactive force can take many forms. If the mat compacts on impact, the matter comprising the mat will likely then decompact some, pushing back Bilmore. That way, Bilmore will not just leave a large indent on the mat from the force of his fall.

I hope this helps little playmore.

Suckup.

But I'll be really impressed if Leagl can give us an Ahnuld example of reactive force.

G^3 (has the board been ceded to the nerds for the weekend?)

Lick my Decals Off. Baby
 

Not anymore, baybuh, because the Captain's back!!!

Gonna make sure you can see the difference between a Coke can and a Lobster carcass while I'm g-g-groovin' here in the bunkers.

It's gonna be a bumpy ride so grab your moccassins.

-the Captain

Urgent RECALL!!
 

I've read through some of the responses, and I think the following may help:

A list of definitions containing, inter alia, "centrifugal force", "inertia", and "fictitious force" is provided here:

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/glossary.htm

An example of proper usage of these terms is provided here:

http://www.bartleby.com/64/C004/015.html

The upshot: Centrifugal force, while not one of the four fundamental forces, is, nevertheless, an inertial force worthy of mention. See:

http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/spa...trifugal1.html

Pretermitted(so, have we broken the FB yet?)Child

Re: Tree falling in a forest (regardless of whether someone hears it or not): The moment the tree hits the ground, the ground pushes back with a force equal and opposite to it. (There may be some inelastic deformation, but my point is that the tree doesn't fall right through the ground to, say, the center of the earth or something.)

Urgent RECALL!!
 

Inelastic being a relative term, I believe, in the context of static and dynamic force analysis. The deformation being relatively inelastic.

Hell(dynamics? YUCK)0

Urgent RECALL!!
 

I sense some patent lawyers (who really know what they are talking about) starting to show up, Pretermitted and Hello. Am I right?

My spine just tingles when you guys start talking about inelastic deformation!

post-bilmore physics
 

I almost never asked my parents for help with homework -- especially physics. Not because I understood everything in class the first time, but because my parents almost always left me more confused afterwards.

Pretermitted(Actually, classical mechanics can get pretty hairy. Not to mention boring. That's why I majored in electrical engineering instead.)Child

Urgent RECALL!!
 

Nope, I am not a patent lawyer.

Pretermitted(But I am a geek. Patent lawyers do not have a monopoly on geeks.*)Child

* See also leagleaze.

Edited to fix grammar and to add footnote.

Urgent RECALL!!
 

The electrical engineering degree is enough to trump my geek credentials. At this moment (working on a fairly technical development agreement), I'm wishing I had one myself.

Geek Night
 

Since it is geek night on the FB, why don't I suggest a different quiz than the usual "What Bowie are You?" type. Has anyone done a Self Referential Aptitute Test before?

G^3( eeeek! )