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    Skydiving

    Jumping from a perfectly good airplane... seems crazy to me, but my brother, my father, and my grandfather do it together every 10 years (next year grandpa will be 90 and still wants to go!)
  2. I love Looney Tunes for physics. A couple years ago we even did an exam all based on Looney Tunes cartoons (watched the cartoon clips, analyzed the physics to determine what was right / wrong, etc.). Poor Coyote. http://www4.ncsu.edu/~gsparson/Physics/
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    Darts

    Great question. When I worked at Samsung down in Texas one of my technicians played darts professionally as a hobby (and I believe was state champion). We went out one night and he was just amazing. He could put that dart just about anywhere he wanted EVERY DARN TIME. And as I recall, the darts had pretty high velocity.
  4. Great first blog post, TheSigFig! Looking forward to reading more about Physics and how you use it to conquer Oryx!
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    Space

    Cool, troubling, and somewhat horrific, all at once!
  6. Hmmm... I'm confused as to why you might say "while gravity was not acting on the plants." Why wouldn't gravity be acting on the plants when they are on the ISS?
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    First Post...

    Nice start! What would you like to see if you could pick one significant improvement in an automobile? How might it be accomplished?
  8. Same thing happened to me recently. Missus F. had her copy on the dashboard as I accelerated out of a parking lot onto a faster road. Her coffee got "left behind," resulting in the "evil eye!"
  9. So does knowing your physics make you better at billiards?
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    Ping Pong Physics

    Nice explanation of Newton's 3rd Law!
  11. Tons of great examples of Newton's Laws in the movie "Gravity." Some consistent with the laws of physics, some... well... not so much.
  12. Excellent analysis that ties in directly to what we're learning in class. Well stated!
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    Automatic Doors

    Great analysis and I learned something new -- I'd always thought my garage door worked on an interrupted beam principle. Now I am less ignorant!
  14. Did a speed boat and a tumble help inspire you to this post?
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    Tis' the season

    Leaf duty is my most-hated outdoor duty of the year. You're never really done!
  16. FizziksGuy

    Curveballs

    Oftentimes referred to as the Magnus Effect.
  17. Great analysis. Personally, I'm all about fouls. Some people have talent, everybody has five fouls. Use what you have.
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