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04-14-2009 , 05:28 PM

#76

chicken10der

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Originally Posted by harddeterminism

yes read a physics book

read it cover to cover, nothing about it in here, so unless you're calling hans holzer a liar

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04-14-2009 , 05:37 PM

#77

LasFuentes

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Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,889

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Originally Posted by catoandtonic

Wowowow, words cannot describe that... I had to google this guy and was not disappointed...

http://www.mediazine.net/view/essays_by_peter_nguyen

How was Jimmy McPerson so easily forgotten?

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04-19-2009 , 04:10 PM

#78

DLU

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Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,734

hahah these are funny...more please

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04-20-2009 , 09:39 PM

#79

maryn

adept

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,102

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Originally Posted by Bulletproof Monk

UTG+1: ok

LOL

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04-21-2009 , 11:50 AM

#80

thesilkworm

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Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,747

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Originally Posted by Hood_88

Even though this thread is a year old, I can't believe no one posted the Oedipus paper.

Link:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/56674

Did the teacher seriously give that essay 61%? lol

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04-21-2009 , 12:57 PM

#81

buoyancy

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 229

There is a -facebook group- dedicated to the aforementioned elephant (and related solutions) with a gold mine of pictures.

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04-21-2009 , 01:08 PM

#82

thesilkworm

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Originally Posted by buoyancy

There is a -facebook group- dedicated to the aforementioned elephant (and related solutions) with a gold mine of pictures.

Thanks for that. Joined and browsing!

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04-21-2009 , 01:17 PM

#83

Asgrow13

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hahahaha amazing

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04-21-2009 , 06:58 PM

#84

qwertZ

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Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 89

i just

when threads evolve into greatness like this one!
Oedipus and the Peter Nguyen essays had me in tears,and screaming/laughing like a ******...

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05-13-2010 , 02:57 AM

#85

Pawntificator

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Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 13,094

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Originally Posted by Mike Kelley

I love how part b of this question asks if the object continues to move after it comes to rest. ??????????????

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Originally Posted by RobAtticus

It's really not that absurd of a question. Things are "at rest" if they have a 0 velocity. If the block slides up that slope, it temporarily rests at a point where the force of gravity and friction stop it for a point in time, and then it starts sliding the other way. Or, when it hits the spring and the spring compresses fully, it is temporarily at rest, then the spring expands and its no longer at rest.

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Originally Posted by Mike Kelley

No, it's absurd. So is your response.

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Originally Posted by pepeman

They are asking how high it goes BEFORE it comes to rest.

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Originally Posted by Hawk35

Is this for real?

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Originally Posted by harddeterminism

ur a poohbah....you should know better lol
take a physics class dumbass

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Originally Posted by harddeterminism

yes read a physics book

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Originally Posted by Hawk35

no u

This is very tilting. Great thread otherwise

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05-13-2010 , 07:27 AM

#86

Texas_Oldham

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Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, "why do airplanes fly?" on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: "Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with proof."

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

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First, We postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls leaving? I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not leave.

Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for souls entering hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, then you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and souls go to hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in hell to increase exponentially.

Now, we look at the rate of change in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant. Two options exist:

1) If hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter hell, then the temperature and pressure in hell will increase until all hell breaks loose.

2) If hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freezes over.

So which is it? If we accept the quote given to me by Theresa Manyan during Freshman year, "that it will be a cold night in hell before I sleep with you" and take into account the fact that I still have NOT succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then Option 2 cannot be true...Thus, hell is exothermic.

The student, Tim Graham, got the only A.

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05-13-2010 , 10:46 AM

#87

neok

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Originally Posted by Texas_Oldham

Golden

EPIC thread btw, the oedipus paper of whatever was hilarious

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05-13-2010 , 11:57 AM

#88

V0dkanockers

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Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,732

More bad maths

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05-13-2010 , 01:18 PM

#89

WillieVisEOAE

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Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 382

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Originally Posted by pfc_ivan12323232

And those who took Calculus will understant this.

More To Come PPL, ENJOY!

awesome!

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05-13-2010 , 05:32 PM

#90

kcaw

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Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12,191

I posted this in Laughs or Links a while ago, but think it belongs here.

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05-13-2010 , 05:42 PM

#91

ThorDrdn

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Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 812

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Originally Posted by Mike Kelley

I love how part b of this question asks if the object continues to move after it comes to rest. ??????????????

nice level

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05-13-2010 , 05:48 PM

#92

Screaming It

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Originally Posted by LiveNow

lmao

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05-13-2010 , 06:37 PM

#93

Treadwell

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Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 624

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Originally Posted by Texas_Oldham

I like this version better(Only the ending is different):

The following is an actual question given on a University of Liverpool chemistry final exam.

The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues via the Internet, which is why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law that gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that, if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.

Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell. Because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay constant, the volume of Hell must expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Sandra during my freshman year, that "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is endothermic and has already frozen over.

The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is extinct…leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being - which explains why, last night, Sandra kept shouting
"Oh my God."