Comments on: Finals Week http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/ Blogging one sidereal day at a time Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Freiddie http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/comment-page-1/#comment-21382 Freiddie Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:42:34 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/#comment-21382 Is the answer sqrt(3)/6? Or is it sqrt(3)/2? Am I even close? If not, I'll be groveling for a solution. Is the answer sqrt(3)/6? Or is it sqrt(3)/2? Am I even close? If not, I’ll be groveling for a solution.

]]> By: Freiddie http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/comment-page-1/#comment-20300 Freiddie Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:13:33 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/#comment-20300 So *that*'s how it looks like! OK, makes more sense now. So *that*’s how it looks like! OK, makes more sense now.

]]> By: Hakan http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/comment-page-1/#comment-20150 Hakan Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:29:35 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/#comment-20150 Assuming the simplest case where the wall is straight and the pole is perpendicular, it's an extremely easy problem to solve. Even the variants where the pole is not perpendicular but at an angle, it's still too easy. If only my physics 105/106 questions were this easy. | |\ | \ | \ rope | \ | \ | \ |------- pole | | |wall | | Does ASCII graphics still work for internet? Or maybe it's because I did loads of ME 205 statics examples and exams. :) Disclaimer: I trained as an Mechanical Engineer, got my Bachelors, started my Masters and got bored with it and I'm working for IT for 8 years now. The hardest physics question I solve is where to put the telescope :) Assuming the simplest case where the wall is straight and the pole is perpendicular, it’s an extremely easy problem to solve. Even the variants where the pole is not perpendicular but at an angle, it’s still too easy. If only my physics 105/106 questions were this easy.

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Does ASCII graphics still work for internet?

Or maybe it’s because I did loads of ME 205 statics examples and exams. :)

Disclaimer: I trained as an Mechanical Engineer, got my Bachelors, started my Masters and got bored with it and I’m working for IT for 8 years now. The hardest physics question I solve is where to put the telescope :)

]]> By: Freiddie http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/comment-page-1/#comment-20135 Freiddie Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/#comment-20135 Please can I see a diagram? And could you please tell me how to solve it? Please can I see a diagram? And could you please tell me how to solve it?

]]> By: michael cassidy http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/comment-page-1/#comment-19987 michael cassidy Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:19:59 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/#comment-19987 what's and where online? what’s and where online?

]]> By: Chris C http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/comment-page-1/#comment-19954 Chris C Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:35:52 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/#comment-19954 Would you care to teach at my school? It's online! You can grade papers in your... well nevermind. Would you care to teach at my school? It’s online! You can grade papers in your… well nevermind.

]]> By: michael cassidy http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/comment-page-1/#comment-19950 michael cassidy Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:55:34 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/12/11/finals-week/#comment-19950 Geeez you didn't give us the diagrams!? Geeez you didn’t give us the diagrams!?

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