[2013-Mar-11]Fantasies after studying physics

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[2013-Mar-11]Fantasies after studying physics

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http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2912: The votey says that "e=e/10" is a physics dick move. What does that mean? What is 'e' here? The eccentricity of the ellipse? Or Euler's number? Either way, physics doesn't purport such a nonsensical statement, right?

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It seems conceivable to me that an eccentricity might involve the base of the natural logarithm; that shit pops up everywhere.

e/10 is 0.2718... just like in the comic, and according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccentricity_(mathematics) , that eccentricity corresponds to an ellipse, which is also referenced in the comic.
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I think the dick move is giving two completely different things that happen to relate to each other in such a simple way, the same name / letter.

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Peon wrote:It seems conceivable to me that an eccentricity might involve the base of the natural logarithm; that shit pops up everywhere.

e/10 is 0.2718... just like in the comic, and according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccentricity_(mathematics) , that eccentricity corresponds to an ellipse, which is also referenced in the comic.
Yes, I believe that is the "joke."
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the joke is he wants to kill himself

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Kaharz wrote:
Peon wrote:It seems conceivable to me that an eccentricity might involve the base of the natural logarithm; that shit pops up everywhere.

e/10 is 0.2718... just like in the comic, and according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccentricity_(mathematics) , that eccentricity corresponds to an ellipse, which is also referenced in the comic.
Yes, I believe that is the "joke."
I believe so too but the OP wanted it explained. It seemed nonsensical to him but it just seems like bad notation to me.
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kaharz drinks out of the lake

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Garbage wrote:I think the dick move is giving two completely different things that happen to relate to each other in such a simple way, the same name / letter.
This right here. Bad notation in Physics is part of the joke.
Another classic is using, v, for velocity and, nu (a Greek letter virtually indistinguishable from a v), for frequency in the same equation...

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Post by nowayiswrong »

...but this comic does not make any mention of the natural logarithm, e, which may be approximated by 2.718281828..., so I am unsure what many of the above comics are referring to?
Sure, there is a quantified representation of the eccentricity, but at the 5th digit, we see that it is not commonly understood as transcendental...

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I can't believe that some people can discuss something so complicated in such an ordinary tone. For me, it's always been a struggle, and even when I had to write my dissertation, I decided to contact specialists here because I knew that I wouldn't be able to come up with a  good one without sleepless nights.

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