tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post8644392134741963308..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: xkcd getting around; and not getting aroundCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77443530147542528392009-08-26T20:19:00.225-07:002009-08-26T20:19:00.225-07:00Still no more than one comic. *sigh*Still no more than one comic. *sigh*Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20539582042554464082009-07-14T23:20:01.369-07:002009-07-14T23:20:01.369-07:00i'm not going to try to defend whatever it was...i'm not going to try to defend whatever it was i said 9 days ago, but as for a horse's weight i just kinda trusted google/wikipedia/Ed_O'Donoghue: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=weight+of+a+horse&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g3~K~https://www.blogger.com/profile/15650081778904112150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63361210528906859412009-07-09T20:40:45.701-07:002009-07-09T20:40:45.701-07:00Amanda: Always good to have more fans (especially ...Amanda: Always good to have more fans (especially bettors). The sport isn't doing too well unfortunately. :/ <br /><br />--(same Anon as above)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-740208534158886552009-07-07T20:42:04.573-07:002009-07-07T20:42:04.573-07:00I watched my first live horserace two days agoI watched my first live horserace two days agoAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46310600900019579332009-07-07T20:34:23.382-07:002009-07-07T20:34:23.382-07:00K: I'm not sure if you know this, but the aver...K: I'm not sure if you know this, but the average horse (going by thoroughbreds) weighs over 4600NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40674158873338497922009-07-06T04:37:32.397-07:002009-07-06T04:37:32.397-07:00@dragon2041: Congratulations, you got the joke.
(...@dragon2041: Congratulations, you got the joke.<br /><br />(Welcome!)Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10860825429572439742009-07-05T22:52:18.549-07:002009-07-05T22:52:18.549-07:00Rob: Your experience serves you well.Rob: Your experience serves you well.A Troper Who Will, From Now On, Be Known As "Troper"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39815165147636740912009-07-05T20:38:37.460-07:002009-07-05T20:38:37.460-07:00Also, in my experience, anime fans are much more l...Also, in my experience, anime fans are much more likely to have watched a massive volume of anime films and thus be more able to identify some of its various tropes (and similar tropes in more mainstream etc).<br /><br />It's one of those things you get with certain varieties of nerd. Anime and comic book fans will have massive collections of various and disparate series; RPG fans have a tendency to amass vast quantities of books and supplements; etc etc.<br /><br />Many of the anime fans I know also seem to desire nothing more than to talk about anime with anyone and everyone they come in contact with.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-54499596484200049052009-07-05T19:25:48.556-07:002009-07-05T19:25:48.556-07:00"That was also a typoe."
... It's s..."That was also a typoe."<br /><br />... It's spelled "typo." Short for "typographical error." There is no e.<br /><br />Which made me laugh. A lot.dragon2041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12694892981652237672009-07-05T13:31:30.058-07:002009-07-05T13:31:30.058-07:00It does air mainly in Japan, but Sat. nights it do...It does air mainly in Japan, but Sat. nights it does in the states. Also, the US is supposed to get Animax one day...<br />Oh, and yes: it does have a ton of anime-related stuff on TVTropes. But that's natural, because it's one of the easiest things to access online. And something HAS to outnumber everything else. Not to mention, there's a ton of anime in general.A Somewhat Calmer Tropernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36119454651284041222009-07-05T11:57:58.036-07:002009-07-05T11:57:58.036-07:00It's true, there is a shitton of anime on tvtr...It's true, there is a shitton of anime on tvtropes.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83954964477766905242009-07-05T11:39:29.359-07:002009-07-05T11:39:29.359-07:00Last I checked, "animu" aired on tv (mos...Last I checked, "animu" aired on tv (mostly in Japan but whatever) and therefore fit for <b>TV</b> Tropes. But yes, the anime examples outnumber everything else.<br /><br />But nobody cares either. Fuck xkcd and it's absurd love over there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76814148837764908172009-07-05T10:20:46.542-07:002009-07-05T10:20:46.542-07:0077% "animu", huh? Where did you get that...77% "animu", huh? Where did you get that number? And 14% of that is "Hahuri", right? Again, wrong.An Angry Tropernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84129143424489612042009-07-05T06:02:37.503-07:002009-07-05T06:02:37.503-07:00Troper:
Because it's 77% animu shit and 14% of...Troper:<br />Because it's 77% animu shit and 14% of that is Hahuri shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-9928425966941524902009-07-05T01:08:25.235-07:002009-07-05T01:08:25.235-07:00back to the horse...
The horse will move when its...back to the horse...<br /><br />The horse will move when its hooves begin to slip on the ground, occurring when enough forces act on them to overcome the static friction between the hooves and the ground. The 600 watts of Randall's board is pulling on the entire horse, while at the same time the horse is pushing its hooves against the ground, in the SAME direction (think about which way the horse is actually pushing). This is a total of about 1150 watts of power, or more than 1.5 horsepower.<br />1150 watts = 1150 neuton-meters per second<br />1150 watts / 0.24 m/s = 4600 N<br />At an example speed of 0.25 meters per second (about 0.56 mph), the force dragging the horse's hooves along the ground is 4600 neutons. Now lets calculate the force of friction.<br />F = N*µ (the normal force times the coefficient of friction)<br />N = (mass of horse) * (acceleration due to gravity) +...<br />In addition to the horses weight will also be the vertical component of the vector of the horse pushing against the ground. If the horse pushes against the ground with an angle of lets say... 30°, then N = 113kg*10m/s^2+(550W/0.25m/s)*sin30° = 1130N + 1100N = 2230N.<br /><br />So, it's 4600N vs. 2230N*µ. As long as µ has a value less than 2, the horse can be pulled at a speed of 0.25m/s (in case you didn't know, µ generally will have a value less than 1).Khttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-86036671857533524622009-07-04T22:43:11.813-07:002009-07-04T22:43:11.813-07:00Yes! Just the word I was looking for! Fun! No matt...Yes! Just the word I was looking for! Fun! No matter the culture, you'll probably like something there, seeing as how some members are split...That Tropernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14298767700929550362009-07-04T21:19:06.086-07:002009-07-04T21:19:06.086-07:00tvtropes is one of the sites that sends the most p...tvtropes is one of the sites that sends the most people to this blog - 30-60 people a day, actually. So it's tough for me to hate them for that reason. I'm not too into it so if the culture is annoying I haven't really noticed, but as far as I use it, I think it's a pretty fun site.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-92097492782690930332009-07-04T20:09:01.364-07:002009-07-04T20:09:01.364-07:00It's that they feel betrayed by TVTropes.It's that they feel betrayed by TVTropes.Sexy mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77145350280552254402009-07-04T18:41:25.476-07:002009-07-04T18:41:25.476-07:00Oh, side note:
Carl, do you hate TVTropes? Or is ...Oh, side note:<br /><br />Carl, do you hate TVTropes? Or is it just a few stupid commenters?The Same Proud Tropernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89441690154357482862009-07-04T18:38:04.188-07:002009-07-04T18:38:04.188-07:00Why? Because some tropes are anime-related, just l...Why? Because some tropes are anime-related, just like there are literature-related tropes?A Proud Tropernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55743017176614439322009-07-04T17:13:04.613-07:002009-07-04T17:13:04.613-07:00Tvtropes should change their name to animetropes.Tvtropes should change their name to animetropes.Wilhelmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90091007598836778152009-07-04T15:55:50.593-07:002009-07-04T15:55:50.593-07:00Oh boy!Oh boy!Randonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-87296842455509073562009-07-04T15:53:29.863-07:002009-07-04T15:53:29.863-07:00Turns out that the only ones who are arguing that ...Turns out that the only ones who are arguing that the board can in fact pull a horse are Randall and Anon 3:31. Interestingly, those are also the only two people who are suggesting that we should ignore stuff like friction. <br /><br />I guess we've figured out Anon's secret identity. How about some cunnilingus, Anon 3:31?Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717170141815160544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90246207707850823882009-07-04T13:47:26.977-07:002009-07-04T13:47:26.977-07:00From the xkcd tvtropes article:
"It's Po...From the xkcd tvtropes article:<br /><br />"It's Popular Now It Sucks (the above Hype Backlash)"<br />Oh fuck you tvtropes. <br /><br />More like "It's Awful Now It Sucks".R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16180470106625362032009-07-04T10:38:41.351-07:002009-07-04T10:38:41.351-07:00To anyone that argues that the toy could in fact p...To anyone that argues that the toy could in fact pull the horse.<br />First, drop the 'no friction' argument - if there is no friction there is no way the toy will produce any amount of force as its wheels will just turn in place. The horse on the other hand will be able to push itself by digging its heels in the ground, thus producing enough force to drag the toy.<br />If there is friction on the other hand, we firstly have to consider that even though a horse can only pull with less then 1 hp for a longer time, it can definitely resist a stronger pulling force. But nevermind that, we know that while a horse can only produce 1 hp of force average, it can spike up to 15 hp momentarily. What will keep your board pressed to the ground? There is so little downward force that the board will be thrown in the air, its wheels will lose contact with the ground and then its done for.<br /><br />l2 common senseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com