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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
(7,874 posts)he celebrated May the Fourth (be with you) every year...
chillfactor
(7,587 posts)really needed it today!
unblock
(52,493 posts)mass times velocity is momentum, not force.
Aristus
(66,527 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
(4,159 posts)Or the electromagnetic force, or the weak force, or the strong force.
DBoon
(22,425 posts)- a nerd
VMA131Marine
(4,159 posts)What is that force equal to (assuming a non-relativistic treatment)
DBoon
(22,425 posts)For gravity.
VMA131Marine
(4,159 posts)DBoon
(22,425 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,159 posts)In my frame of reference Im motionless.
DBoon
(22,425 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
(14,106 posts)A condition as yet unmet by Trumpsky.
VMA131Marine
(4,159 posts)Harker
(14,106 posts)You're hot tonight!
jrandom421
(1,005 posts)"Force equal Mass times Velocity." WRONG!!!!
Force equals Mass times ACCELERATION!!!!!
Aristus
(66,527 posts)See? This is why I rely on my fellow Loungers. We keep each other on the rails.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,382 posts)The White House is full of accelerations changing over time.