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#52
08-31-2006, 04:56 PM
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Re: The Well: MrWookie
  the only thing different is the eye/hair color. 
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#53
08-31-2006, 05:06 PM
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Re: The Well: MrWookie
OK, we'll start out with the nursing, math-light discussion, and then we'll add some more math if desired.
At its heart, electromagnetism is about fields. The electric field is denoted E, and the magnetic field is denoted B. At every point in space, a magnetic or electric field will have a particular strength and a particular direction. See what happens when you scatter iron filings on a sheet of paper above a bar magnet:  The orientation of the iron filings is parallel to the direction of the magnetic field at those points, and the density of the filings is related to its relative strength. The electric field works in pretty much the same way, except it is created by charges. You can see the electric field in a similar manner by rubbing a balloon on your head and holding it away from your hair. Now, we can figure out what the electric and magnetic fields are. There are four fundamental equations that describe how they work, known as Maxwell's equations. Interestingly, he didn't develop them. All he did was make a small correction to one of them, and then he got his name on all of them. He did, however, show that the interaction of these equations demonstrates the necessary existance of electromagnetic radiation, which is what we're talking about here. The first of the two equations we're be most concerned with is Faraday's law. Faraday showed with this law, to the suprise of everyone, that the electric fields and magnetic fields were linked. He showed that a changing magnetic field (either strength or direction of the field can be changing) will generate a current in a coil of wire. This is how a generator works. Steam, water, or a zealous person on a bicycle can spin a coil of wire in the middle of a magnetic field, and the changing magnetic field (relative to the coil) generate a current in that coil. The current is caused by an electric field that wasn't there when the coil was still, but is created when the coil starts spinning. No balloons necessary. Pretty cool, eh? The second equation we care about is Ampere's law, and this is the one that was corrected by Maxwell. Ampere originally developed his law to describe the magnetic field that's formed by current flowing in a wire. This law describes how one can use a nail to pick up paper clips by wrapping a coil of wire around it and connecting the wire to a battery. Here's what Maxwell saw. Let's say that we put a small break in our wire, and on each end of the break, we put two parallel metal plates close together, but not touching. This creates a basic capacitor. If we keep running current through the wire, the moving charges (electrons) in the wire that make up our current will get stuck on our plates and start accumulating. Well, we know what happens when we have charges built up. We get an electric field, just like our balloon, but since we're constantly increasing the charge in our capacitor, our electric field is increasing. Now, we already know that our wire with its current is generating a magnetic field. What about the space between the plates? Does the magnetic field suddenly just vanish since we have no more current? No! Instead, what Maxwell showed is that this increasing electric field will generate a magnetic field in exactly the same as the wire. Pretty cool how that works out, huh? But wait a minute. Doesn't that sound familiar? We already knew that a changing magnetic field will generate an electric field, and now we have a changing electric field generating a magnetic field. Hmmm. That sounds a little circular, doesn't it? Couldn't a changing electric field generate a changing magnetic field that creates a changing magnetic field that creates a changing electric field right back again? Yes! And that's why Maxwell got his name on all the equations. Right after he made his correction to Ampere's law, he saw this very connection. He tied these two equations together and showed that the electric and magnetic fields can, and must, be able to oscillate together in a wave. Just as in the ocean, the water will move with crests and troughs, the electric and magnetic field strengths will cycle from strongly up to strongly down and so on. What's even more amazing is that Maxwell worked out exactly how fast these electromagnetic waves travel based on the collection of constants in his equations, and it worked out to be exactly equal to the speed of light. No one, up to that point, had any idea that light was at all related to electromagnetism, or even waves! Newton even thought that light was just a collection of particles, something like atoms. And yet here we see that light, unequivocally, behaves just like a wave, just like sound, or water, or sending a series of whiplashes down your garden hose. But not only that. We saw that the same stuff that picks up paper clips, that makes your hair stand up, that makes current in wire, and the stuff that lets you see it all, all of which were thought to be radially different phenomena at one point, are in fact all unified. Demonstrating the existence of electromagnetic radiation, its relation to light, and the beautiful elegance behind it is one of the greatest conquests in physics.
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#54
08-31-2006, 05:14 PM
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Re: The Well: MrWookie
Your 10K post was the coolest math\poker post I've seen on here.
Could you post another example for the EV or betting, calling, or raising like you did in your 10K Post: Blind Steals on 4th Street. But this time use a hand that isnt a flush draw?
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#55
08-31-2006, 05:29 PM
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Re: The Well: MrWookie
Is our love mutual?
I'm not sure. How much do you love me? 1. describe, in detail, the level of my awesome-ness. I'd describe you as, eh, somewhat awesome. You're obviously a good poker player, and you have a pretty good sense of humor. However, your obsession with your awesomeness is working against you, even if it is part of a sarcastic sense of humor. People who are coolly confident in their awesomeness are inherently more awesome. Also, while I can sertainly be accused of being a pot, here, I think that your drinking is pretty thoroughly in excess, even if you were only getting blasted when you came on to tell us about it. People who are more awesome know how to throw them back and have a good time, but it's certainly not the extent of their fun. 2. describe, in detail, your first sexual encounter. (i realize that you've probably never gotten past 2nd, but i'd like something more than kissing the girl on the playground in kindergarten.) I'm actually an old-fashioned (antiquated?) guy in this regard. I'm of the ol' wait for marriage variety. My abstinence is not for a lack of women trying, however. Between the drunk girl I helped back to my suite to crash on my couch before she crawled into my bed naked or the girl who wanted to suck me off in the bathroom of my friend's house in Waterloo (not JaxUp) and an unspecified number of others, this is just my personal decision. 3. what, would you say, is your regular limit game on the internet? 5/10 6 max. I'm going to take a stab at 10/20 shortly. 4. evaluate the statement: "whiskey works better than beer." At getting you drunker faster? Sure. At accompanying a meal? No way. 5. how do you feel about the fact that i will never step into a science building during all of my undergraduate and post-graduate education? Disgusted. You definitely drop another notch or two on the awesomeness scale. 6. reconcile your faith with your education. There's not really anything to reconcile. Unless you're one of the crazies, you can see that the creation stories are vague metaphors, and the message about God's love and power in the world are not in the details of 7 days or taking a rib out of Adam. Could God have set off a Big Bang and set up a beautiful system of quantum mechanics and electromagnetism? Absolutely. Note that this is different from trying to tell you that because of the beautiful systems of quantum mechanics and electromagnetism, there must be a God.
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#56
08-31-2006, 05:38 PM
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Re: The Well: MrWookie
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4. evaluate the statement: "whiskey works better than beer." At getting you drunker faster? Sure. At accompanying a meal? No way. [/ QUOTE ] Depends on the meal. For sitting in a lawn chair out in front of your house watching the sun go down after a day of sweaty work? No way.
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#57
08-31-2006, 05:44 PM
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Re: The Well: MrWookie
[ QUOTE ]
Is our love mutual? I'm not sure. How much do you love me? [/ QUOTE ] hopefully this response wasn't directed to me. [ QUOTE ] 1. describe, in detail, the level of my awesome-ness. I'd describe you as, eh, somewhat awesome. You're obviously a good poker player, and you have a pretty good sense of humor. However, your obsession with your awesomeness is working against you, even if it is part of a sarcastic sense of humor. People who are coolly confident in their awesomeness are inherently more awesome. Also, while I can sertainly be accused of being a pot, here, I think that your drinking is pretty thoroughly in excess, even if you were only getting blasted when you came on to tell us about it. People who are more awesome know how to throw them back and have a good time, but it's certainly not the extent of their fun. [/ QUOTE ] re: obsession with my awesome-ness-- it is deeply, deeply sarcastic and ironic. re: drinking-- i've actually thought a lot about it lately. since getting back to school two saturdays ago, i have drank hard, very hard, each night. killed the handle of fris in about 5 days. half way through the gin (drink it at the start of a session. it is so good. also, girls really love the minty taste), killed the rum, and gone through 3 cases of beer. not to mention helping kill a keg. this list isn't meant to brag, but rather as a measuring stick. i think that it's probably excessive. i just really love getting drunk. i saw a girl that i used to date (not the one that i posted pictures of) and she told me that i might want to consider cutting back. it's something that i'm thinking a lot about lately. [ QUOTE ] 2. describe, in detail, your first sexual encounter. (i realize that you've probably never gotten past 2nd, but i'd like something more than kissing the girl on the playground in kindergarten.) I'm actually an old-fashioned (antiquated?) guy in this regard. I'm of the ol' wait for marriage variety. My abstinence is not for a lack of women trying, however. Between the drunk girl I helped back to my suite to crash on my couch before she crawled into my bed naked or the girl who wanted to suck me off in the bathroom of my friend's house in Waterloo (not JaxUp) and an unspecified number of others, this is just my personal decision. [/ QUOTE ] to clarify, does that mean that you've never kissed a girl? because that was included in my question. if you don't (or even if you do), do you feel that your unwillingness to do anything hurts you in the dating scene? especially at your age. [ QUOTE ] 3. what, would you say, is your regular limit game on the internet? 5/10 6 max. I'm going to take a stab at 10/20 shortly. [/ QUOTE ] do it. you saw some of the hands that i sent you the other day. it's a tough, tough game-- but there are just a ton of fuckmonkeys who piss away money. [ QUOTE ] 4. evaluate the statement: "whiskey works better than beer." At getting you drunker faster? Sure. At accompanying a meal? No way. [/ QUOTE ] hmm not really what i was looking for here, but i'll abandon this topic. [ QUOTE ] 5. how do you feel about the fact that i will never step into a science building during all of my undergraduate and post-graduate education? Disgusted. You definitely drop another notch or two on the awesomeness scale. [/ QUOTE ] but i can write like a muthafucking riot. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] i did take 4 ap sciences in high school and got 3 5s and 1 2 (physics). [ QUOTE ] 6. reconcile your faith with your education. There's not really anything to reconcile. Unless you're one of the crazies, you can see that the creation stories are vague metaphors, and the message about God's love and power in the world are not in the details of 7 days or taking a rib out of Adam. Could God have set off a Big Bang and set up a beautiful system of quantum mechanics and electromagnetism? Absolutely. Note that this is different from trying to tell you that because of the beautiful systems of quantum mechanics and electromagnetism, there must be a God. [/ QUOTE ] hmm. i like your qualifier there. i'm not really looking to get into a theological debate on the [censored] internet, so i'll drop it. you seem reasonable though. last question: how do i become a cheow meow cheow-cheow?
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#58
08-31-2006, 05:46 PM
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Re: The Well: MrWookie
4. evaluate the statement: "whiskey works better than beer."
Whiskey: noun works: verb better: adjective of whiskey? than: preposition beer: noun Engrish is my first language.
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#60
08-31-2006, 05:50 PM
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Re: The Well: MrWookie
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4. evaluate the statement: "whiskey works better than beer." Whiskey: noun works: verb better: adjective of whiskey? adverb than: preposition subordinate conjunction beer: noun Engrish is my first language. [/ QUOTE ]
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