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[lendav_rott]

I am sleepy as, been working allll bloody day on 1 math problem and still haven't fully cracked it. I need some sleeeeeepzzz

 

[dlgoff]

Favorite fish?

http://img1.catalog.photos.msn.com/Image.aspx?uuid=efd5eb42-6829-47cb-a25c-8089584c8c47&w=628&h=498&so=2

http://photos.msn.com/slideshow/news/must-see-september-2013/23l9vspi

 

[Enigman]

^^

Sept. 17, 2013: A hungry grizzly tried to catch a salmon from a fast-flowing river in Alaska's Katmai National Park – & wound up with a slap in the face. The grizzly & its sloth (the term for a group of bears) spent two hours fishing in the river.

{^{why is there a 4 character Limit?} }

 

[zoobyshoe]

Now is the time to buy hoodies. A couple more weeks, they'll be all gone for the duration.

 

[lendav_rott]

how can I disable this whole "thread subscription" business, I don't want an email every time someone has posted somewhere :/

 

[Borg]

how can I disable this whole "thread subscription" business, I don't want an email every time someone has posted somewhere :/

Use the https://www.physicsforums.com/profile.php?do=editoptions link in the https://www.physicsforums.com/usercp.php page. Change the Default Thread Subscription Mode to No Email Notification.

 

[Evo]

Check out today's google tribute!

 

[lendav_rott]

the birthday tribute?

 

[Evo]

the birthday tribute?

Yes, it's pretty.

 

[Enigman]

Yes, it's pretty.

I just noticed that its got an animation too. Click on the clock on right and two sliders appear...fun!

 

[turbo]

44 years ago today, Hendrix died. We lost a guitar monster.

 

[lendav_rott]

I want to see the one in the Pantheon :D
Nov 27 will be probably for Jimi Hendrix

 

[ABD EL HAMEED]

Check out today's google tribute!

I just did I've seen it once what is this phenomena called and where can I find an explanation to it?

 

[Enigman]

I just did I've seen it once what is this phenomena called and where can I find an explanation to it?

The magnifying glass to the right.

 

[ABD EL HAMEED]

The magnifying glass to the right.

Ahh I see it now

 

[dkotschessaa]

Check out today's google tribute!

Cool! We have one of these in our physics building. It's very...expensive.

 

[dlgoff]

Ahh I see it now

The reason: Coriolis effect

 

[collinsmark]

We had a 3 story* high Foucault pendulum in the engineering building of the university I used to attend. The pendulum was in the building's main atrium, which spanned all three stories.

*(with pretty generously high ceilings for each story)

A quick Google search suggests the pendulum is not there anymore though.

 

[ABD EL HAMEED]

The reason: Coriolis effect

So this happens because the Earth is spinning?

 

[dkotschessaa]

You know you're from _____ when...

(Wait, you don't know where you're from?)

-Dave K

 

[drizzle]

*thinking whether I should take a painkiller or not*

 

[dlgoff]

So this happens because the Earth is spinning?

Yes. As viewed in the Earth's non-inertial reference frame.

 

[dlgoff]

*thinking whether I should take a painkiller or not*

If they are good I'd probably take two more.

 

[dkotschessaa]

*thinking whether I should take a painkiller or not*

Then take half of one.

Math solves everything.

 

[lendav_rott]

*thinking whether I should take a painkiller or not*

what's the matter, darling?

 

[AlephZero]

http://img1.catalog.photos.msn.com/Image.aspx?uuid=efd5eb42-6829-47cb-a25c-8089584c8c47&w=628&h=498&so=2

One of the joys of my job is the the surrealness of the official reports of aviation incidents that drift through my work email.

Like the time a 747 was making its landing approach into Anchorage, Alaska, when the flight crew spotted a bald eagle flying ahead of them, with a large salmon held in its talons like a torpedo.

When the eagle became aware of the 747 it took evasive action, and jettisoned the fish - which scored a direct hit on #3 engine.

Moral: don't get fish-slapped by an eagle.

 

[lendav_rott]

See? Even eagles like salmon

 

[dlgoff]

See? Even eagles like salmon

Evidently so do 747 engines.

 

[AlephZero]

We had some fun speculating about the weight of the fish, compared with the certification test requirement of ingesting an 8-pound bird (the engine doesn't have to work after doing that, so long as it doesn't fall apart, catch fire, etc).

The fish went straight through without doing much damage, but probably got chopped into salmon steaks by the fan blades.

 

[drizzle]

Oh the agony, I have a long day tomorrow and no sleep yet.