Physics kick ass!

[ivan]

I really like physics! It uses a few simple formulas to explain a lot of complicated phenomena. I'm so gonna do it when I go to university!

Yeah, just wanted you guys's opinion. I see there are a lot of physicists here - Maestro8, Naomi. Is there anything you wanna say?

[onelesscar]

Noooo! I hate physics! :D

[ivan]

Go away, you nardy chemist! You don't know photons from tachions! Go read some Mendeleev table and leave respectable threads alone! :eek:

[phlegm]

Don't do it. No good can come from studying physics! ;)

[ivan]

Yeah, and do what instead? Become a bunjee jumps designer?

[Danni]

physis is awsome. None of those gay chemistry formulas. My sis is doing physics at the UoC, and she loves it. I think that i will also do it.

[onelesscar]

Don't do it. No good can come from studying physics! ;)
YES!! Someone's on my side!! :D :p

You don't know photons from tachions!
It's actually spelled tachyon, and yes I do. A tachyon is a massless particle that moves faster than the speed of light, useful in describing string theory.

[ivan]

physis is awsome. None of those gay chemistry formulas. My sis is doing physics at the UoC, and she loves it. I think that i will also do it.

How can chemistry formulas be gay? They can be(and are) stupid, idiotic or uncool, but they can't be gay... It's a mismatch of concepts, plus it can be offensive. I'm glad to hear about your sister, though. Is she good-looking? I'm doing a survey.

[ivan]

It's actually spelled tachyon, and yes I do. A tachyon is a massless particle that moves faster than the speed of light, useful in describing string theory.
Well, I think it's obvious that the only reason you know is because you went and read an article about them after reading my post. That's why it took you so long to come up with a comeback. Nice try.

ps. What do Americans know about spelling anyway? Heh.

[onelesscar]

I've always thought that that's such a funny question, when someone asks if your sister's good looking...what are you supposed to say? I mean, you yourself probably don't think your sister is good looking, as that'd be weird...

[onelesscar]

That's why it took you so long to come up with a comeback. Nice try.
No, it's cause I'm not constantly on the forums, wasting all my time. :rolleyes:

ps. What do Americans know about spelling anyway? Heh.[/QUOTE]
Apparently more than Cyprus-ians.

[ivan]

Stop threadjacking, that's my duty.
He can evaluate using other people's attitudes towards here. It's really simple. Plus, he can try being objective(a concept that most chemists never come across).

[phlegm]

Yeah, and do what instead?

I don't know... anything else.

One of my high school friends completed an undergrad physics degree and decided he hates it. So he got a Ph.D. in linguistics.

My brother got a physics degree and then ditched it for a philosophy degree. He's now in seminary.

I have another friend who has a Ph.D. in physics and works as a physicist, but he never has anything good to say about it. He spends all his free time watching movies and playing video games.

[onelesscar]

yeah, well, my science gives me a little room for judgement. Physics is all math. ewwww. :p

[onelesscar]

My brother got a physics degree and then ditched it for a philosophy degree. He's now in seminary.
Haha...funny. One of the TA's in my Social Science class got a degree in physics before he too ditched it for psychology.

[ivan]

I don't know... anything else.

One of my high school friends completed an undergrad physics degree and decided he hates it. So he got a Ph.D. in linguistics.

My brother got a physics degree and then ditched it for a philosophy degree. He's now in seminary.

I have another friend who has a Ph.D. in physics and works as a physicist, but he never has anything good to say about it. He spends all his free time watching movies and playing video games.
Oh well, those are just a few examples.

I'd never consider a philosophy degree. Unless it was in 'Critique of Pure Reason' or something cool like that. But seriously I'd rather stick with physics. I need to take my chemistry bashing to a higher level.

[phlegm]

Physics is all math.

Not entirely. Physics also includes dogmas of science.

Math is good. Scientific dogma is, well, not so good. ;)

[phlegm]

'Critique of Pure Reason'

Bah! Nobody likes Kant anymore. :p

[ivan]

yeah, well, my science gives me a little room for judgement. Physics is all math. ewwww. :p
I'm sorry, but if you think maths does not allow judgement, then you better stop thinking altogether, because you're only confusing yourself to a point of explosion. Maths allows for far better judgement than chemistry which is all about looking at vile colours in a beaker, waiting for the solid to crystalise. And what are you gonna do if you become colour-blind? Slash your wrists?

[Danni]

How can chemistry formulas be gay? They can be(and are) stupid, idiotic or uncool, but they can't be gay... It's a mismatch of concepts, plus it can be offensive. I'm glad to hear about your sister, though. Is she good-looking? I'm doing a survey.

I guess my concept of "gay" is kind of like stupid, uncool and idiotic. Now that I look back, I can see how offensive it is.

My sister is a model
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=fr&q=claire+cormeau&btnG=Recherche+Google&meta=
Take a look for yourself.

I am Daniel Cormeau, crazed unicycling bro that all my sister friends adore:) .

[ivan]

Bah! Nobody likes Kant anymore. :p
Well, I do. At least he didn't go on about the wonders of chemistry like some here like to do...

[ivan]

I guess my concept of "gay" is kind of like stupid, uncool and idiotic. Now that I look back, I can see how offensive it is.

My sister is a model
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=fr&q=claire+cormeau&btnG=Recherche+Google&meta=
Take a look for yourself.

I am Daniel Cormeau, crazed unicycling bro that all my sister friends adore:) .
Dude, your sister is cute!
And she's doing physics! You don't get chemists that look like that, hehe.
Now I know I'm on the right track. Eat that, Onelesscar.

[onelesscar]

And what are you gonna do if you become colour-blind? Slash your wrists?
That made me laugh... :rolleyes:

[onelesscar]

Actually, my o-chem TA is pretty good looking, so there!!!

[ivan]

That made me laugh... :rolleyes:
You may be laughing now, but you might remember my words later on when some of your friends go. I feel sorry for you, man.

[ivan]

Actually, my o-chem TA is pretty good looking, so there!!!
Eh, yeah. Right. I'm glad for you. Make sure she knows your name.

[bugman]

Stop threadjacking, that's my duty.
He can evaluate using other people's attitudes towards here. It's really simple. Plus, he can try being objective(a concept that most chemists never come across).
:confused:

[ivan]

:confused:
:confused: :rolleyes:

[Danni]

:confused: :rolleyes:
:confused:

[ivan]

It says here (http://www.modelresource.ca/Bios/Cormeau/claire_cormeau_interview_2005.shtml) that your sister wanted to become a vet. I guess she changed her mind, then. Good choice.

[maestro8]

I agree that the subject kicks butt. I took one physics course as part of my computer science curriculum and the professor left such an impression on me that I changed my major right then and there. Thank you, Dr. Carlos Figueroa!

The introductory physics series is, I believe, the most fun one can have in the classroom... learning about basic mechanics, optics, electricity and magnetism... and then performing lab exercises that actually demonstrate the concepts learned in the classroom. Fun, would you believe it, fun!

physis is awsome. None of those gay chemistry formulas.
I don't know about "gay chemistry" but the general subject of chemistry is based on physics... just as biology is based on chemistry. Quantum mechanics explain the phenomena of bonding and energy levels... these phenomena form the basis of chemical reaction. Most students of chemistry end up taking quantum mechanics as part of their curriculum.

[ivan]

So, what job do you have now, Maestro8?

[timbob1907]

I have a physics paper airplane contest today!

[maestro8]

I'm an engineer. I help design and test telecommunications equipment. It relates loosely to my research in school, in that my research involved the use of custom electronics to make measurements in a series of experiments. These same electronics (FPGAs with embedded microcontrollers, if you're curious) are used in a lot of telecom. equipment, and hence, my skills translated into engineering work quite well.

In order to have a job as a physicist, you must have a PhD... I only have a Bachelor's degree. Physicists with four-year degrees can go into many different fields of work, such as finance, insurance, medicine or manufacturing. Physicists are notorious for their problem-solving abilities, as well as their skills with mathematics. Any job that can utilize these skills can employ a physicist... the possibilities are nearly endless!

[Danni]

It says here (http://www.modelresource.ca/Bios/Cormeau/claire_cormeau_interview_2005.shtml) that your sister wanted to become a vet. I guess she changed her mind, then. Good choice.

Wow... You sure are keen... Yes, my sister is becoming a vet, but she is also taking physics.

Amazing, isn't it!

[monkeyman]

The introductory physics series is, I believe, the most fun one can have in the classroom... learning about basic mechanics, optics, electricity and magnetism... and then performing lab exercises that actually demonstrate the concepts learned in the classroom. Fun, would you believe it, fun!

I like it to...I just wish we had more time to do it...we have to rush through it, because it's a two year course, that our teacher says he needs a year and a half to go over well, and we only have a year.

Then, to make it even happier, the first thing he tells the Physics II seniors is that everything they learned in Physics I is a lie.

:(

[sparrowhawk]

well last year we did some really gob-smacking expetiments which were soooooooo coooool...i mean they were of the loop man!:cool: :D



EDIT:......it was chemestry...:rolleyes:

[phlegm]

everything they learned ... is a lie.

What then is truth? A movable host of metaphors, metonymies, and; anthropomorphisms: in short, a sum of human relations which have been poetically and rhetorically intensified, transferred, and embellished, and which, after long usage, seem to a people to be fixed, canonical, and binding. Truths are illusions which we have forgotten are illusions- they are metaphors that have become worn out and have been drained of sensuous force, coins which have lost their embossing and are now considered as metal and no longer as coins. --Nietzsche (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche)

;)

[JusticeZero]

I can't cope with physics nowadays. When it was just basic newtonian et al stuff that reinforced common sense it was okay. But now it's all about superstrings, relativistic effects, quantum states and such. Every time someone starts talking physics to me, I end up ruminating on it for days, until finally ranting out some nonsequitur about an inconcievable construction to people who have no idea what i'm talking about. A friend of mine (whom I have since lost touch with) studied physics, and commented that the first thing his professor told them was that "After a lecture, expect to end up wandering the halls at 3:00 AM babbling about infinity, or something of the sort. If you don't, here's my office hours, because you obviously didn't understand what I was trying to tell you."

All about urban planning at this point, i'd much rather get my hands on a network of tarmac, time, and rail. I'll admit to having some envy of the concrete theory of the economists, but a lot of their theory doesn't function how it needs to yet.

[Borges]

Physics gets in the way. If I hadn't spent all that time playing with thermodynamical formulas the insulation would have been in my attic a long time ago. Now it's getting cold.

[mawesome]

Physics is so manly. If Steven Hawking could walk he would so destroy everything all the time.....


Plus he'd totally bone everyone..... and I mean everyone

[boo radley]

Physics kick ass!
Chemistry kick ass!

[ivan]

Chemistry kick ass!
I'll kick your ass!

[dan de man]

I really like physics! It uses a few simple formulas to explain a lot of complicated phenomena. I'm so gonna do it when I go to university!

Yeah, just wanted you guys's opinion. I see there are a lot of physicists here - Maestro8, Naomi. Is there anything you wanna say?
i really wnt to start phisics ive always wanted to know about how to calculate faqlling speeds times, ect *munch munch*mmm apple gewd.

[monkeyman]

;)

No, that's not till Theory of Knowledge next year.

You were in IB, right?

i really wnt to start phisics ive always wanted to know about how to calculate faqlling speeds times, ect *munch munch*mmm apple gewd.
There's a lot more to it than that...it's really cool to see how everything is related. And taking a good physics class with a good teacher will totally brainwash you. You'll open a door close to the hinge, and when it's hard to open you'll think "Hey, that's torque". It's a fun class.

[dan de man]

yeah I know what you mean just stuff falling is the first thing that came off my head

[Vbiber]

I just found that thread. It is funny to read, but I would say:

'Science kick ass'

Well, sometimes the choosen subject sucks and sometimes it is wonderful. If you think you like some science go for it, you will only find out if you really liked it, if you tried.



For clarity, I am at the end of my Ph.D. in chemistry. So, hopefully I know what I am talking about....

[benjaug]

Yeah... I just found this thread, and after a day of physics works in school, I have to say it is really really cool. We have only covered motion, but still, it is awesome. I am good at math, so I don't find it hard, and after last years chemistry class, I am really excited for physics... but I do find biology to be the best type of science!

I do find it funny how physics shows how simple things can be, but biology shows how complex a thing as small as a cell is.

[dudewithasock]

mmm apple gewd.

You can't do that, that's mine.

[stuckinwheeliemode]

Grade 10 physics is not very fun. We did a lab that took about 3 min to set up and complete. (Find the veloctity of a lab cart using ticker tape.) Now we have to do a lab write up on it that will take at least 2 hours.

[aunt nicky]

I did Physiscs A level, I know what you mean about it turning complex things into a simple formula....but by the end of the course I was absolutely tearing my hair out with it! It just got so complicated and you were dealing with pointless things on ridiculous scales..I couldnt wait for it to end!!

[torkerdx]

Grade 10 physics is not very fun. We did a lab that took about 3 min to set up and complete. (Find the veloctity of a lab cart using ticker tape.) Now we have to do a lab write up on it that will take at least 2 hours.

I know that feeling. and I think I am in grade 12 physics:confused:
be thankful you don't lose points on the lab report for little stuff like you capatalized a word that wasn't supposed to be or you left a space where their wasn't supposed to be.

[timbob1907]

I know that feeling. and I think I am in grade 12 physics:confused:
be thankful you don't lose points on the lab report for little stuff like you capatalized a word that wasn't supposed to be or you left a space where their wasn't supposed to be.
Or you wrote the date wrong. (not that ive done that yet but im sure it will happen) or you wrote out opposite instead of abreviating to opp.:mad:

[torkerdx]

Or you wrote the date wrong. (not that ive done that yet but im sure it will happen) or you wrote out opposite instead of abreviating to opp.:mad:

you get the picture
I mean, wow it is almost like you take the class or something.
so do you? like maybe 5th periond.
I am just kinda gettin this vibe from you that you might just happen to take the class. not sure though how I can to this conclusion though:D

[ivan]

I did Physiscs A level, I know what you mean about it turning complex things into a simple formula....but by the end of the course I was absolutely tearing my hair out with it! It just got so complicated and you were dealing with pointless things on ridiculous scales..I couldnt wait for it to end!!
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I love A level physics. It's very simple and the material is interesting. I'm really looking forward to studying it at university.

[swarbrim]

Don't study physics! You'll become like Einstein!

Actually, I enjoy physics a lot. Always have done. I say go for it, but go to university in...oh, I don't know. England? Prefferebly Exeter Uni...

Mike

[ivan]

Thanks, man.
I applied to two unis in England: Liverpool and York. I got a conditional offer from York yesterday(my first offer).
I'm more likely to end up in Scotland, though, because it's cheaper. But thank you for the invitation.