A little physics problem - some lateral thinking required!

telescoper · 10 days

Newton's 3rd Law applies: For every force and action there is an equal and opposite force and reaction. The net effect of the car's momentum on the earth is zero, whichever way it's driven.

The net effect of the fuel on the atmosphere, however, is not zero. (/off topic)

jlacolla · 24 days

Sigh. There goes our brand quality.

ThisTakesGumption · 25 days

Stu FTW!

3ricG · 26 days

I'll toss in a word for Samsung: I bought a new ML2010 for $50 (Canadian); the toner costs about the same, and I get about 5000 pages per cartridge. I have a colour inkjet, but only use it for photos. Five years on, 4 cartridges, no problems.

Wasoomi · 26 days

People certainly believe it is. I've known bulimics who would start binging with a colored food (green liquorice) so that when they purged they'd know when they were done.

Clayburn · 1 month

Tremendously clear explanation can be found here

josephsmidt · 1 month

I never really understood the modern quantum particle zoo before looking at that chart.

I still don't of course, but it was a very enjoyable chart nonetheless.

ripples2288 · 1 month

New Yorker on new illusions:

A blue star. And how it works is you stare at the blue star for thirty seconds and then you look at a blank sheet of paper and what you see is that you just wasted another goddam minute of your stupid life.

GetBreak · 1 month

She should have played, "Get Up, Stand Up", and he would have started walking around.

DrJulianBashir · 1 month

Professor SUN doing research on solar power? Bit of conflict of interest, eh what?

DiscoDmitri · 1 month

Because it was an excerpt showing big hairy man approaching small girl, with loud heartbeat soundtrack. Didn't show the (implied) act itself

DiscoDmitri · 1 month

It was a manipulative nasty film, though that wasn't a reason to ban it. I served on a discussion group about it, so I got to study it: scenes of kiddie porn have a heart beat at 120 bpm superimposed as the sound track, so you'd feel excited and guilty. Demonizing is a useful tool for understanding, imho.

eandi · 1 month

Yeah. First time was, as you say, no fun. Second time I told them that, and I have no memories of it at all. Ditto #3....

awp235 · 1 month

i have many nice things to say about the joint. Taco Bell, on the other hand, is scraping the bottom. But I'm Canuk.

claird · 1 month

I never threw my class notes away. As I stand here speaking, they are in a neat pile in my bedroom closet at home.

Or in a neat pile in an FBI office, more likely.

derfreiemensch · 1 month

“No. Sorry, Santorum, you must carry your dead presidential campaign to its full term.”

ScarlettMadi · 1 month

C64 was my first computer, and I loved it until my software partner and I decided we had to work on the same machine, so I gave in and got a Mac 128k.

First friend I knew who had a home computer had a Commodore PET. Jack didn't know anything about computers, but he was a lawyer and knew how to ask questions, so when the salesman told him the PET came with 8k memory, he looked dubious and asked, "Is 8k enough?"

The salesman looks at him and says, "There is NOTHING you will ever do on a home computer that will need more than 8K."

greenrd · 1 month

As the second comment says:

Men bond with humor, women with sympathy. Nothing new there. Academics are often humor-challenged. Nothing new there.

reddit4 · 1 month

Meet the new boss, richer than the old boss.

FTFY. Apollologies to Townshend

anutensil · 2 months

You will, in your next lifetime. Sorry to have to tell you the bad news... I feel just as depressed about it.

learnforthefuture · 2 months

Oriah Mountain Dream's poem The Invitation is a fine example of what you're seeking, imho. ;-)

RaccoonYetiKiwi · 2 months

Be careful about wanting to talk to animals. Here's a great short story by Saki about a cat who was taught to talk. Spoiler: it doesn't work out so well.

random-internet-guy · 2 months

the end of the biggest manhunt in the history of physics might finally be in sight

Whatever the Higgs bosun may be, I'm pretty sure it's not a man.

BlackStrain · 2 months

a grueling and corrosive slugfest

No, that's the GOP you're thinking of. Everyone in the NDP was careful to burn no bridges, and sling no mud.

RedSolution · 2 months

Wrote an essay about current politics based on this quote last week. It's been my sig for years.

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