my mate was on about this the other dayright hand for motors
left hand for generators
(left hand for generators
Winthorpe Sim-Sala-Bim,
Sun 6 Jul 2008, 0:44,
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other way round isn't it?
parttimedogfish is a Born-Again Reincarnationist,
Sun 6 Jul 2008, 0:49,
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It's easier to think of left hand for the force on electronsright hand for conventional current. I can't actually remember what is supposed to be used for "generators" and "motors"
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 0:52,
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I have an idea!Celebrities teach physics! but by accident... maybe we can show the 2 slits experiment by firing a politician at 2 narrow slits at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:09,
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that will lead to: 2 slits experiment and a photo of kim jeong illand cries of lacisim.
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:10,
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Hans Brix? Oh no! Oh, herro. Great to see you again, Hans! Winthorpe Sim-Sala-Bim,
Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:17,
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Experimenting with 2 slits...That sounds like my kind of fun
*guffaws*
(*guffaws*
Tangy bzzzzzzzzt,
Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:17,
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i hada physics teacher who could form his hand for the right hand rule but not the left. He had to use his other hand to put his fingers in position. There was nothing wrong with his hand, he was just really mal-coordinated. We mocked him for it.
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 0:52,
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he was the worst practical physist ever...managed to break not one but three of those vacuum flasks with the anode and cathode in so can show a circle of luminous electrons (can't remember the experiment name now, or why we did it).
he did it by mis-reading the voltage levels and putting the decimal point in the wrong place.... there was a nice arc and not much afterwards.....
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 0:59,
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he did it by mis-reading the voltage levels and putting the decimal point in the wrong place.... there was a nice arc and not much afterwards.....
aaah the theorist that tried to experimenttis probably Thompson's charge to mass ratio experiment. The only thing I managed to break in a physics experiment was a coke bottle...
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:02,
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the guy was a liabilityManaged to electrocute me several times with one of the those step up/down transformers... massive voltage nearly no current, accidentally touches me... ouch.
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:04,
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!My physics teacher was scared of the Van der Graaf generator! Never used to touch the thing.
( Tangy bzzzzzzzzt,
Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:00,
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what a pussy!the Whimshurst machine worries me but only because I've copped a few shocks off it. I also got lucky with a live DC supply once, makes me think I should check whether they are live or not.
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:04,
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ummmmB is usually field and should be along the index finger
and it's flemmings rule
And I don't get it...
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 0:50,
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and it's flemmings rule
And I don't get it...
you are probably rightthis is why i got a D in physics A-level..... that and I made this 5 years ago back when i couldn't be arsed to check my sources.
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 0:54,
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I'm hungover and feeling particularly pedanticsorry for being an arse.
for some reason best known to the Board of Studies, aussie kids don't learn the fleming hand shape
The idea is they point their fingers for the field, thumb for current and then take a guess as to whether the force comes out the back of their hand or the palm.
so fucking confusing. especially to teach :(
/hates tutoring job blog.
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 0:59,
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for some reason best known to the Board of Studies, aussie kids don't learn the fleming hand shape
The idea is they point their fingers for the field, thumb for current and then take a guess as to whether the force comes out the back of their hand or the palm.
so fucking confusing. especially to teach :(
/hates tutoring job blog.
*points finger*stop being an arse/hungover
drink more for full recovery
(drink more for full recovery
Winthorpe Sim-Sala-Bim,
Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:02,
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gaaaaaaaahhopefully my sore neck and upset stomach will disappear soon. I have to write more crap for my fesis.
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:05,
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sore neck gah!bad nights sleep or to much head banging?
( Winthorpe Sim-Sala-Bim,
Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:14,
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sitting at home crawling into a scotch bottlein a bad position my chair.
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Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:22,
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I can remember about four things I learnt at school, and one of them is 'milk from cows' as in 'motion field current'
no fucking idea what it means though :)
(no fucking idea what it means though :)
spiny - things are looking up,
Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:12,
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i was the milk monitor for a week in the infantsdoes that count
( Winthorpe Sim-Sala-Bim,
Sun 6 Jul 2008, 1:23,
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