Challenger Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Yeah, you have to specify what the "shape" of the field is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Simple, magnetic levitation inside of a vacuum. putting way too much thought into this. take 1 cat, attach 1 slice of toast, buttered side up, drop off table. if done correctly, cat/toast combo should hover approximately .5 meters off the ground, rotating counter clockwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckolander Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I thought you were supposed to grease a cats paws and place a can of tuna on the other side of a room with nicely polished hardwood floors. I never encourage cruelty to animals but this is just toooo funny to pass up, I'll see if I still have the video from when I did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR8ED Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I'm not engineer, but why are you all assuming that there is even a glass? "Life can be like a brown trout down a rabbit hole until you see that the hole is a sea, and you are not a rabbit." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I thought you were supposed to grease a cats paws and place a can of tuna on the other side of a room with nicely polished hardwood floors. I never encourage cruelty to animals but this is just toooo funny to pass up, I'll see if I still have the video from when I did it. Putting tape on their feet is fun too. Not that I would know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S130Z Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 A sock over their head is better, they get stuck in reverse. Putting tape on their feet is fun too. Not that I would know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-ManQ45 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Thermodynamics of Hell The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well. Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (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 the same, the volume of Hell has to 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 Teresa 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 still have not succeeded in having an affair with her, then #2 above cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze over." THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 ^^ wow, there's a thinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckolander Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Wow, I always wondered about the true form of hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Is the glass half full or half empty? Optimist: Half full Pessimist: Half empty Engineer: Glass is twice as big as it needs to be i like to think that the empty portion of the glass is open to atmosphere, therefore it is not "half" of anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S130Z Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Mathematic puns are the first sine of madness! A hydrogen atom came running into a police station asking for help.... Hydrogen atom: Someone just stole my electron!! Policeman: Are you sure? Hydrogen atom: Yes, I'm positive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garvice Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Three men are schedule to be executed by guillotine. The first man is forced into the stock and the executioner pulls the pin to release the guillotine. The guillotine doesn't move and the man is saved. The king decides that this must be a divine intivention and pardons the man of his crimes. The second man likewise is forced into the stock and just like the first man the guillotine does not move. Just like the first man, he to is pardoned. The third man to be forced into the stock is an engineer. Just before the executioner pulls the pin the engineer shouts STOP!!! The whole crowd is silenced expecting a last pleading from the man. The engineer says "I know what's wrong with the guillotine". Engineers: We just can't leave anything be can we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Mathematic puns are the first sine of madness! A hydrogen atom came running into a police station asking for help.... Hydrogen atom: Someone just stole my electron!! Policeman: Are you sure? Hydrogen atom: Yes, I'm positive Isn't that what I just said about a proton on page 2? On a side note, if we didn't have electricity, we'd be ohmless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eec564 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 No, if we didn't have electricity we'd be sitting around watching TV by candle light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizm0Zed Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 ^^^ I lol'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S130Z Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Isn't that what I just said about a proton on page 2? On a side note, if we didn't have electricity, we'd be ohmless I thought it might have been, I was just too lazy to double check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 being Ohmless would suck like a Mho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 why so much resistance from you guys? I figured you'd all be amped to jump on some corny electrical humor? Maybe I need some more current humor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garvice Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 ^^^ That was surprisingly bad!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X64v Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 Q: What did the mathematician find when (s)he went camping? A: Natural Logs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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