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# lamda?
why, does it have a wavelength?
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 18:25, archived)
# *cough*decay constant*cough*
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_decay
(I helped save b3ta! gfreeman is only here for the beer, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 18:27, archived)
# i thought
it was both, i've not done physics for 6+ years and didn't pay much attention then

also you use wikipaedia as evidence, this makes you a bad person
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 18:30, archived)
# It is both, you're right.
/physics person
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 18:33, archived)
# either way it is not the
scientific way to display half-life, it just looked better to Valve
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 18:34, archived)
# aaaaaargh
noooo, one of them escaped from "the island"
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 19:07, archived)
# you would have to ask Valve.
I think that it was imperative in the 90's to associate anything mathematically scientific with your product so that it impressed the 14 year olds enough to badger their mums for money to waste on software.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 18:28, archived)
# My ears
they burn
(Mr. Ilby, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 18:34, archived)