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Aristus

(72,523 posts) Wed Jul 29, 2020, 03:59 PM Jul 2020

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The 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."

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The difference between a geek and a nerd: (Original Post) Aristus Jul 2020 OP

well then my late husband was a nerd.. agingdem Jul 2020 #1

Thank you for the laugh! chillfactor Jul 2020 #2

yeah, but a *real* nerd would correct you and say acceleration, not velocity ;) unblock Jul 2020 #3

Thank you. Aristus Jul 2020 #4

Not if the Force is gravity VMA131Marine Jul 2020 #5

If you drop an object, it accelertes due to the force of gravity DBoon Jul 2020 #9

Sure, but VMA131Marine Jul 2020 #10

F ma G(m1*m2/r**2) DBoon Jul 2020 #12

Isn't that what my image says? VMA131Marine Jul 2020 #16

you forgot the eff equals emm aye DBoon Jul 2020 #17

What if I'm standing on the surface of the earth? VMA131Marine Jul 2020 #18

then you are exerting an opposite force that keeps you motionless DBoon Jul 2020 #19

Until it reaches terminal velocity. Harker Jul 2020 #11

What a drag..... VMA131Marine Jul 2020 #15

Har. Harker Jul 2020 #20

From a nerd jrandom421 Jul 2020 #6

Mistake acknowledged above. Aristus Jul 2020 #8

Change of acceleration over time I think is called "jerk". For example: JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2020 #13

and a republican says 'force comes after thirds' rurallib Jul 2020 #7

Rhett and Link have a video about this: CottonBear Jul 2020 #14

agingdem

(8,958 posts)

1. well then my late husband was a nerd..

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:01 PM

Jul 2020

he celebrated May the Fourth (be with you) every year...

chillfactor

(7,694 posts)

2. Thank you for the laugh!

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:01 PM

Jul 2020

really needed it today!

unblock

(56,262 posts)

3. yeah, but a *real* nerd would correct you and say acceleration, not velocity ;)

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:04 PM

Jul 2020

mass times velocity is momentum, not force.

Aristus

(72,523 posts)

4. Thank you.

Reply to unblock (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:09 PM

Jul 2020

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

(5,335 posts)

5. Not if the Force is gravity

Reply to unblock (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:21 PM

Jul 2020

Or the electromagnetic force, or the weak force, or the strong force.

DBoon

(25,146 posts)

9. If you drop an object, it accelertes due to the force of gravity

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:42 PM

Jul 2020

- a nerd

VMA131Marine

(5,335 posts)

10. Sure, but

Reply to DBoon (Reply #9)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:56 PM

Jul 2020

What is that force equal to (assuming a non-relativistic treatment)

DBoon

(25,146 posts)

12. F ma G(m1*m2/r**2)

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #10)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 05:22 PM

Jul 2020

For gravity.

VMA131Marine

(5,335 posts)

16. Isn't that what my image says?

Reply to DBoon (Reply #12)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 07:02 PM

Jul 2020

DBoon

(25,146 posts)

17. you forgot the eff equals emm aye

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #16)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 07:05 PM

Jul 2020

VMA131Marine

(5,335 posts)

18. What if I'm standing on the surface of the earth?

Reply to DBoon (Reply #17)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 07:10 PM

Jul 2020

In my frame of reference I’m motionless.

DBoon

(25,146 posts)

19. then you are exerting an opposite force that keeps you motionless

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #18)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 07:25 PM

Jul 2020

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

(18,159 posts)

11. Until it reaches terminal velocity.

Reply to DBoon (Reply #9)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 05:20 PM

Jul 2020

A condition as yet unmet by Trumpsky.

VMA131Marine

(5,335 posts)

15. What a drag.....

Reply to Harker (Reply #11)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 07:01 PM

Jul 2020

Harker

(18,159 posts)

20. Har.

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #15)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 07:27 PM

Jul 2020

You're hot tonight!

jrandom421

(1,060 posts)

6. From a nerd

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:21 PM

Jul 2020

"Force equal Mass times Velocity." WRONG!!!!

Force equals Mass times ACCELERATION!!!!!

Aristus

(72,523 posts)

8. Mistake acknowledged above.

Reply to jrandom421 (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:27 PM

Jul 2020

See? This is why I rely on my fellow Loungers. We keep each other on the rails.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,726 posts)

13. Change of acceleration over time I think is called "jerk". For example:

Reply to jrandom421 (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 05:58 PM

Jul 2020

The White House is full of accelerations changing over time.

rurallib

(64,833 posts)

7. and a republican says 'force comes after thirds'

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:26 PM

Jul 2020

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)

14. Rhett and Link have a video about this:

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 06:24 PM

Jul 2020

https://m.

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