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http://powerelectronics.com/passive_components_packaging_interconnects/capacitors/1000-3000-5000-farad-ultracapacitors-031810/" of the place that sells 5000 F capacitors. It says they're for "A wide range of high-power applications, such as transportation, electric utility, material handling...

It might not be absolutely easier, but relative to each person, it definitely could be. Depending, of course, on how much you like the material you are studying/being taught. But also, certain people have natural aptitudes for different subjects. To the OP: Electrical Engineering IS a lot...

Yeeeaaaah, I guess 5000 F is pretty ridiculously large. Considering that if you hooked it up to a single volt of power, you'd get 5000 C ... Which, discharging in 1 second, would give you 5000 W. Nbd.

If you google "5000 Farad capacitor" you'll see that there are several companies selling capacitors of that capacitance. So 3 Farads is not a ridiculous number.

Sounds like you should talk to some people that are in these careers and ask them if those concerns are valid. Also, about the shelf life thing: one guy I talked to that graduated in EE and has been doing software for probably 25 years now, said that the field does change quickly, and if he...

Oh yeah, I definitely agree with Vanadium. Just like if you're a musician, it doesn't matter how many different instruments you play (unless you're percussion, I guess). What matters is how good you are at one instrument.

Java may be becoming measurably less popular, but it is still VERY far from being "a dying language." Let's take a look at that graph again: Java is decreasing in popularity. That's plain to see. But C++ is decreasing in popularity just as much as Java is, by this graph. And as you can tell...

There's a really interesting article in ASME's MEMagazine about how the best engineering students are often REALLY bad at "real world" engineering skills, like listening to people. Here's the link: http://memagazine.asme.org/Articles/2011/March/Hiring_Newly_Minted.cfm" Joining study...

Kraigandrews, if you solve it and get it right (eventually), could you post what answer it is? I'd like to know if I got it right :) @gneill: it's not really an inelastic collision, is it? Sounds like you're thinking of an inelastic collision as one where the objects stick to each other, which...