Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on December 14, 2007, 09:50:39 AM
http://xkcd.com/356/
Post by: grampster on December 14, 2007, 09:57:28 AM
My life has new meaning, dasmi. Thank you, thank you, thank you.....
(That cartoon, by the way, was really funny.)
Post by: Werewolf on December 14, 2007, 10:14:05 AM
Showed that cartoon to my Boss.
He got this strange look on his face. Started stroking his chin while mumbling - hmmmmmm...
Started drawing something on a clean white piece of paper, glanced up at me, chuckled and waved me out of his office.
Should I be worried?
?
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on December 14, 2007, 10:15:43 AM
Post by: HankB on December 14, 2007, 10:18:47 AM
Post by: Nick1911 on December 14, 2007, 10:32:29 AM
I always wondered if there would be a market for those of us who's only artistic talent was the ability to draw stick people and a face that every time I'd draw it, it looked like Fester Bestertester.
My life has new meaning, dasmi. Thank you, thank you, thank you.....
My life has new meaning, dasmi. Thank you, thank you, thank you.....
Apparently, there is if the content is funny and not the same old crap all over again. (See Garfield et al)
I saw the comic when it came out. Equally entertaining is the document that the problem came from - the GLAT.
Post by: 280plus on December 14, 2007, 11:35:13 AM
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on December 14, 2007, 11:36:46 AM
Post by: Nick1911 on December 14, 2007, 11:38:06 AM
Three ohms...
more like 0.2 ohms
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2004-10-13/google/
Post by: 280plus on December 14, 2007, 11:53:12 AM
Damn, I'm sorry I looked at that link, I think smoke came out of my brain...
Post by: Phantom Warrior on December 14, 2007, 12:15:16 PM
(Think a Soduku w/ clues like "FF-F8", "sin(pi/2), and "3 * integral(x^2, x, 1, 2)"...)
Post by: RevDisk on December 14, 2007, 09:14:08 PM
Is it sad that I saw that comic, got the question and then started pondering the differences between a theoretical grid with ideal 1 ohm resisters and a real grid of ultra high tolerance resistors from Riedon. Almost picked up the phone to order a mess of 'em when I realized I needed to go home and play Overlord.
Post by: wooderson on December 14, 2007, 09:29:31 PM
Post by: 280plus on December 14, 2007, 11:22:04 PM
Post by: jeepmor on December 15, 2007, 03:04:18 AM
When I worked for development, we had a saying about all the PhD engineers. If you wanna motivate them, just tell em it can't be done. Usually takes a week, maybe two. You see some impressive and innovative solutions out of that kind of obsession.
Post by: 280plus on December 15, 2007, 03:24:42 AM
Post by: LadySmith on December 15, 2007, 06:01:29 AM
But if it ever happens, somebody please post pics.
Post by: Leatherneck on December 16, 2007, 08:16:02 AM
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Three ohms...
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more like 0.2 ohms
Nope. It's an infinite grid, so the resistance is one over infinity ohms.
TC
Post by: Marnoot on December 16, 2007, 08:47:20 AM
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Three ohms...
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more like 0.2 ohms
Nope. It's an infinite grid, so the resistance is one over infinity ohms.
TC
Nick 1911's link shows it to be about 0.77 ohms, after rounding Pi.
Post by: DustinD on December 16, 2007, 10:35:56 AM
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Nope. It's an infinite grid, so the resistance is one over infinity ohms.
But there are not infinite (or any) one ohm paths from point A to B. The paths that you can take get progressively worse the further out you go.
Post by: CAnnoneer on December 16, 2007, 03:43:56 PM
Without spending much time figuring out the above, I bounded it to less than 1 ohm with just two iterations. Turns out I was decently close for 1min worth of work. Methinks that saves me from the truck too.
Post by: 280plus on December 16, 2007, 05:21:50 PM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on December 16, 2007, 05:49:15 PM
I would think there are an infinite number of paths from A to B, other than that, I'm a lost puppy as to how to figure out the average. I do know one other thing. Put juice to it and it will send just the right number of electrons through just the right places right away. How cool is that?
Are you saying electrons have intelligent design?
Post by: 280plus on December 17, 2007, 01:10:52 AM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on December 17, 2007, 01:14:02 AM
YES YES!! Of COURSE they do!!
Primative, anti-science savage!
Post by: 280plus on December 17, 2007, 01:37:25 AM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on December 17, 2007, 01:39:13 AM
Pardon me whilst I pick my knuckles up off the floor to respond to that in a like manner!
i don't care about the knuckle-dragging, it's the monkey diseases you leave behind...
Post by: 280plus on December 17, 2007, 01:50:26 AM
Post by: zahc on December 17, 2007, 05:11:03 AM
Post by: Werewolf on December 17, 2007, 03:06:38 PM
I would think there are an infinite number of paths from A to B, other than that, I'm a lost puppy as to how to figure out the average. I do know one other thing. Put juice to it and it will send just the right number of electrons through just the right places right away. How cool is that?
Think integral calculus. That said it's been 30 years since I had to do anything for real with calculus so I can't help out with the methodology. 