Ask a physicist anything. (3)

[Wiccan_Child]

We have to fight irreligion somehow!

Fight it with cake! Cake made of Higgs!

 

[Cabal]

Fight it with cake! Cake made of Higgs!

Not a cake made of antimatter though*. Damages your teeth a lot quicker than sugar.

*Which is probably going to be the plot mcguffin for Half Life 2: Episode 3

 

[Wiccan_Child]

Not a cake made of antimatter though*. Damages your teeth a lot quicker than sugar.

*Which is probably going to be the plot mcguffin for Half Life 2: Episode 3

You mean there's actually going to be a third episode?! I thought that was just myth and legend...

Lasers! Actual real laser guns!

Laser shoots down drones at sea (w/ Video)

 

[Cabal]

"Firing a laser at sea is much more difficult than firing from land because it is mounted on a ship, which is moving and rolling with the waves, and it is also in a humid environment heavily laden with salt air"

I feel sorry for the poor bugger who had to solve the Helmholtz equation for that one.....

 

[Cabal]

You mean there's actually going to be a third episode?! I thought that was just myth and legend...

There will, once someone can get Valve to stop making updates for L4D and TF2.

 

[JagDragon]

There will, once someone can get Valve to stop making updates for L4D and TF2.

Nooooooo TF2 updates are awesome XD

 

[KIYX]

Not a cake made of antimatter though*. Damages your teeth a lot quicker than sugar.

*Which is probably going to be the plot mcguffin for Half Life 2: Episode 3

I'd prefer a half life 3!

 

[KIYX]

Nooooooo TF2 updates are awesome XD

Agreed, the Engineer update is the most fun I've had playing that game in a looong time.

 

[Wiccan_Child]

There will, once someone can get Valve to stop making updates for L4D and TF2.

Nooooooo TF2 updates are awesome XD

Agreed, the Engineer update is the most fun I've had playing that game in a looong time.

Am I the only one who hasn't played TF or TF2? I see comics all over the place ("Spy be sappin' my sentry!"), but it's online, ins't it?

 

[Maxwell511]

What's your opinion on the holographic principle and its implications?

My opinion is that it is a cool idea.
I would love it to be true.

 

[JagDragon]

Am I the only one who hasn't played TF or TF2? I see comics all over the place ("Spy be sappin' my sentry!"), but it's online, ins't it?

Yep. Get TF2, it's awesome, and it's only like US$20 or something off Steam (google it)

 

[KIYX]

Am I the only one who hasn't played TF or TF2? I see comics all over the place ("Spy be sappin' my sentry!"), but it's online, ins't it?

Yep it's online, you pay for it once and you play online for free.

store.steampowered.com/app/440/

It's one of the most updated games I've ever played.

 

[pgp_protector]

FYI This weekend (yea I know it's almost over "Lead and Gold Gangs of the Wild West" is free on Steam

 

[Chesterton]

Can you explain this song?

YouTube - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band Pena

 

[Wiccan_Child]

Can you explain this song?

... no, no I cannot. You've foiled me again, Chesterton!

 

[Gankutsuou]

As a university student in Computer Engineering, how much physics do you think pertain to the field that isn't pure Boolean logic gates? Let's say I want to go into hardware design.

For background, I have taken quite a bit of entry-level physics like projectiles, thermodynamics, harmonics, gravity, etc. However, I fail to see the practical purpose of any physics that is not electrical. Some foresight might cure that though .

 

[Wiccan_Child]

As a university student in Computer Engineering, how much physics do you think pertain to the field that isn't pure Boolean logic gates? Let's say I want to go into hardware design.

For a complete understanding of cutting-edge electronics, I'd say the whole of quantum mechanics and particle physics, with an obvious emphasis on semiconductors and whatnot.

For background, I have taken quite a bit of entry-level physics like projectiles, thermodynamics, harmonics, gravity, etc. However, I fail to see the practical purpose of any physics that is not electrical. Some foresight might cure that though .

Well, I'd say all physics has practical purposes - the synthesis of pharmacology chemicals uses physics, but it doesn't directly involve electrics. Even with regard to just computer engineering, thermodynamics has obvious direct implications, and other areas of physics (e.g., chaos theory, the virial theory of stellar mechanics) also have indirect uses.

 

[alexacker]

Which physics specialization are you going to ...specialize ( )?


Also..... Organic or Inorganic?

 

[Gankutsuou]

Well, I'd say all physics has practical purposes

No disputes there, I was talking about in respects of Electrical/Comp Engineering though. However, you make a good point about thermodynamics. Heat transfer in circuitry is very important.

I was just wondering if Physics as a whole came into play in the electronics field. They are making me a take a LOT of physics and while I see the point when it comes to civil/aerospace/materials engineering I don't see the same hard-hitting difference in respects to electronics/circuitry. I have taken 2 Engineering Physics class and now I am about to head into the 200-level classes.

Not saying I don't like Physics. It is actually really fun and I enjoy the mathematical process.

Thanks Wiccan

 

[Wiccan_Child]

Which physics specialization are you going to ...specialize ( )?

My specialities are particle and nuclear physics. There's something so yummy about dismantling the table of nuclides and realising that it's just a very specialised configuration of just a few blocks of matter... that there's so much more out there. Exotic matter ftw

Also..... Organic or Inorganic?

Inorganic makes me think of cyborgs, which makes me think of needles, which are an abomination unto the Lord, so I have to go with Organic Chemistry.