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#1 2007-03-03 11:39:55
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Brilliant mathematical minds
Received some pictures in a email from a friend:
I can't remember if anyone has already posted these here ... and don't have time to crawl through the archives.
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#2 2007-03-03 12:37:37
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Re: Brilliant mathematical minds
Those are great! 
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#3 2007-03-03 13:00:26
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Re: Brilliant mathematical minds
Lovely! The "six" one is somewhere, but the others are new to me.
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#4 2007-03-03 13:41:41
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#5 2007-03-03 13:54:25
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Re: Brilliant mathematical minds
Actually, I am intrigued by this question in the first paper itself:
Whats the definition coming to rest anyway? Doesnt it mean that the object no longer continues to move? 
Or is this a question on the English language rather than physics? 
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#6 2007-03-03 14:17:38
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I always thought rest meant that the net force on the object was 0.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#7 2007-03-03 15:26:16
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That would just mean that the object isn't accelerating. 
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#8 2007-03-03 16:53:24
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I think coming to rest just means that the velocity at a certain time is 0.
If there is a net force on the object then the rest will only be instantaneous, but it will be rest nonetheless.
I like how the answer in Toast's third picture got a mark. 
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#9 2007-03-03 18:02:56
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Thats what I understand by coming to rest the velocity becomes 0.
When theres no net force, the acceleration is 0 but the velocity doesnt have to be 0.
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#10 2007-03-03 18:23:57
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I'm with the student in the last image of Toast's post. (S)he answered the question as asked. It absolutely infuriates me when teachers ask things in such an ambiguous way that you have no idea what to do.
My other favorite is "discuss"--"Discuss the function f...". The only sensible response is, "What about it do you want to know?" But you can't very well put that if you expect points on the assignment.
Yes, I'm bitter. 
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#11 2007-03-03 19:49:52
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Those are very good, nice finds.
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#12 2007-03-05 03:32:23
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cool, dev wat happened to your avatar
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#13 2007-03-05 04:51:28
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Ehm, you're colourblind, nothing happened.
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#14 2007-03-05 05:06:52
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yeah its a gold moon now it was a normal moon now its a gold one.... cool
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#15 2007-03-05 05:08:48
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If you pay more attention, it will come to your attention that it is not in fact a moon, but your incorrect judgement.
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#16 2007-03-05 05:32:19
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its a amber earth
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#17 2007-03-05 16:26:36
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Re: Brilliant mathematical minds
Goodones,
Justlookingforthemoment and Toast!
As Admin stated, the six is a bit too familiar, but certinaly not the others
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#18 2007-03-13 06:06:21
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and as for me i don't know any of them
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#19 2007-03-14 04:20:51
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Best jokes ever. thanx.
I see clearly now, the universe have the black dots, Thus I am on my way of inventing this remedy...
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#20 2007-03-14 04:23:36
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welcome 
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#21 2007-03-14 19:24:21
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Heh ... why did you say 'welcome'? You even said yourself:
and as for me i don't know any of them
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#22 2007-03-14 19:34:21
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yeah but that wasn't me that was You even said yourself said that
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#23 2007-03-23 04:59:38
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nice ones.I like the expand one.
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#24 2007-03-23 05:06:24
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yeah but that wasn't me that was You even said yourself said that
That's not amusing, the joke has been used by many people, including me, over a hundred times now...
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#25 2007-03-23 06:18:40
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but i didn't say it though that guy is there who is he....... i'm getting curious
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