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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
(7,849 posts)he celebrated May the Fourth (be with you) every year...
chillfactor
(7,575 posts)really needed it today!
unblock
(52,208 posts)mass times velocity is momentum, not force.
Aristus
(66,328 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
(4,139 posts)Or the electromagnetic force, or the weak force, or the strong force.
DBoon
(22,363 posts)- a nerd
VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)What is that force equal to (assuming a non-relativistic treatment)
DBoon
(22,363 posts)For gravity.
VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)DBoon
(22,363 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)In my frame of reference Im motionless.
DBoon
(22,363 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
(14,015 posts)A condition as yet unmet by Trumpsky.
VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)Harker
(14,015 posts)You're hot tonight!
jrandom421
(1,003 posts)"Force equal Mass times Velocity." WRONG!!!!
Force equals Mass times ACCELERATION!!!!!
Aristus
(66,328 posts)See? This is why I rely on my fellow Loungers. We keep each other on the rails.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,339 posts)The White House is full of accelerations changing over time.