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dasilva Posted Oct 17, 2001
Are we the only two physicists researching the guide?
(Sadly, out in the real world, I'm now an Apple Mac operator...)
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dasilva Posted Oct 17, 2001
You are the only two physicists on the guide, or an Apple Mac operator? 
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J'au-æmne Posted Oct 17, 2001
Hmmm....
I'm tired. 
Please don't take me literally when so sleepy... 
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Cupid Stunt Posted Feb 25, 2002
I'll be a physics student as of next year, so this will come in very handy! Thanks.
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Duncan Posted Feb 25, 2002
I just came out of (2nd year) lab, and have come to the conclusion that the original auther of this entry travelled through time to observe my session. "What about causality" I hear you cry! but surely you're forgetting that in the undergrad lab the current speed of light is officially 4.938x10^23 m/s...
sigh... 
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Cupid Stunt Posted Feb 25, 2002
You should see some of the readings my A-Level class got for gravitational feild strength!
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J'au-æmne Posted Feb 26, 2002
I quite convincingly proved in first year that g is not in fact 9.81, but 7.6m/s².
But I'd only done first year when I wrote this...
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Cupid Stunt Posted Feb 26, 2002
Exactly. The other week I showed it was 9.7. This might sound not so bad, but it was using the proper numbers, and no-one could figure out what I did wrong... It's worse when you use your actual own data...
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J'au-æmne Posted Feb 26, 2002
I just want to know, where did they get the idea that its 9.81 from?
Its not like its a reproduceable result...
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J'au-æmne Posted Feb 26, 2002
I just want to know, where did they get the idea that its 9.81 from?
Its not like its a reproduceable result...
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dasilva Posted Mar 23, 2002
I seem to recall that in this particular area of Birmingham, it seemed to be about 8.3...
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Cupid Stunt Posted Mar 24, 2002
Dread to think what people have got for planks constant...
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