Recent content by Captain Zappo

Work is done, both by the puller and the frictional force. The friction generates heat, which certainly tells us that energy is not conserved.

What the heck? Is anything going to change about these forums due to the recent sell out? Is it still going to be a great hang-out spot for physics nerds like myself, or is it going to become some bullcrap preaching forum for Tom Cruise and his minions?

Hah...nice. I enjoyed reading that. My girlfriend is convinced that the moon landing was a fake, so I'm going to show her this website later tonight.

Hi everyone. I need a new video card. I'm currently running on a 64mb Geforce 4 MX 440. I know, it's archaic, but come on, I'm 18 and on a serious budget. So my question is this: what's a great budget video card that will match up with the demands of some of the modern games (call of duty 2 in...

Try some of the convergence tests that you know. You can try the ratio test, direct comparison, the limit comparison test, etc... Give us some attempts and we'll see if we can help you out.

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I have been reading about the research being poured into the development of a male birth control pill. The articles I read were dated in late 2004 and mid 2005. I was wondering if anyone has any more recent news about this product (when it's scheduled to come to market, etc...)? -Zach

Hi everyone. I am trying to decide which is the better place to spend my next four years. Here's the situation. I have been accepted into both of the schools mentioned in the title. Obviously, Chapel Hill ranks higher on SAT scores, national polls, etc...So I would love to go to this school...

Thanks. I'll let the microwave stick to its native job. Now, it's dinner time. I'm going to go warm up some fettucini alfredo :smile:

I don't fully understand the reactions that take place. Is there a chance of a serious, dangerous reaction? All insight is greatly welcome, -Zach

This year's picture. http://myspace-973.vo.llnwd.net/00406/37/98/406928973_l.jpg

I just did it! Well, I just did this experiment in front of my parents and I must admit, it is awesome! I found that only a fairly large container will work. I tried a pint jar first, with no luck. Then I used a wide-mouth quart jar. This worked quite well, but I could never keep the plasma...

Thank you!

Hi everyone. I'm having some trouble evaluating the following integral \int{sin^4xdx} First let me start off by showing what I did. = \int{(sin^2x)(sin^2x)dx} =\int{[\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2}cos(2x)] \ [\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2}cos(2x)]dx...

How do I insert a line break? How do I insert a line break? I have read the pdf file explaining the different commands. I have tried the following: \\ \ \ \\ \ \ \linebreak \linebreak[4] \linebreak[0] and many others. All help would be appreciated.