xafizzle Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 So since there's no science board, I guess I'm posting in general. Anyway, I really love physics and it's definitely what I want to do with my life and I'm wondering if there's any other physics buffs in HG. Anyone out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silly Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 dude, physics is my favorite class! *high five* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazaHorse Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I majored in Physics. I'm graduating in May. I also hate Physics. I'm going to law school. Cookie luvs fizix though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajolt Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 fizx makes sperm travel up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xafizzle Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 I majored in Physics. I'm graduating in May. I also hate Physics. I'm going to law school I dun get. Why not major in business or poli-sci or something related to law? I know physics is a really good field to major in but not for law. And did you like it at one point then start to dislike it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravity Kitteh Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 hate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazaHorse Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I dun get. Why not major in business or poli-sci or something related to law? I know physics is a really good field to major in but not for law. And did you like it at one point then start to dislike it? I'm also a poli sci double. I started as Physics, realized I didn't like it, and added a 2nd major during sophomore year. Also, Physics majors have the highest average LSAT score of any major (tied with Mathematics). My background in physics really helped with the logic games, far more than anything I learned in poli sci. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xafizzle Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Thats why I like it. It really makes problem solving so much easier. I had a similar falling out with comp sci. I thought it was what I loved but after learning more about it and taking classes in it, I realized it just wasn't for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashEvo Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Physic's ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipple Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 time flies when you're having physics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) So since there's no science board, I guess I'm posting in general. Anyway, I really love physics and it's definitely what I want to do with my life and I'm wondering if there's any other physics buffs in HG. Anyone out there? says the guy that threatened to mute me when i was talking about sound waves. K. anyways fizics makes me have boners, and engineering makes me flacid, nuff said. Edited March 2, 2013 by Cookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xafizzle Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 says the guy that threatened to mute me when i was talking about sound waves talking is different than arguing nonstop for 15 minutes. Anyway, does anyone like electrostatics? Cause after 3 or so years of physics, I'm finally starting to get into it whereas before I could only understand kinematics and energy and things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazaHorse Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Electrostatics are boring. Electrodynamics are where it's at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xafizzle Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Well I'm just starting to get in depth with RC circuits and time constants and I think that's pretty cool. And particle accelerators and all that jazz. I've hated that stuff in previous years but now that I'm finally starting to get to a level where the problems I work on are things that would happen in real life, as opposed to problems where reality is altered to make it an easier problem, I think it's pretty fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazaHorse Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Well I'm just starting to get in depth with RC circuits and time constants and I think that's pretty cool. And particle accelerators and all that jazz. I've hated that stuff in previous years but now that I'm finally starting to get to a level where the problems I work on are things that would happen in real life, as opposed to problems where reality is altered to make it an easier problem, I think it's pretty fun. Warning you, dielectrics ruin what makes electrostatics fun by taking easy integrals and turning them into mini-Hitlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xafizzle Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Well I guess I'm still getting baby'd then cause dielectrics seem really simple. Just a constant you throw next to Eo and thats it. There were a couple of things I was wondering though, like how do you find the RC of a capacitor if there's more than one capacitor in the circuit? And the capacitors can't be combined. Because you can't treat the other capacitor as an open or a short and I have no idea how you'd model it with an exponential if thats what you're supposed to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazaHorse Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Well I guess I'm still getting baby'd then cause dielectrics seem really simple. Just a constant you throw next to Eo and thats it. There were a couple of things I was wondering though, like how do you find the RC of a capacitor if there's more than one capacitor in the circuit? And the capacitors can't be combined. Because you can't treat the other capacitor as an open or a short and I have no idea how you'd model it with an exponential if thats what you're supposed to do. Capacitors in series act more or less like the same capacitor but with reciprocal sum capacitance (i.e. 1/C = 1/C1 + 1/C2 + ... + 1/Cn). Parallel capacitors are simply treated as the sum of capacitances. So if the circuit allows you to make those hops (can't do it if say a resistance is applied across one capacitor but not across another capacitor that is in parallel), it makes Kirchoff's Loop Rule a lot easier. Haven't done electrostatics in so long, that I don't remember how to treat finding the RC constant when you can't simplify to equivalent capacitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy :) Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I <3 physics I <333333333333333333 SCIENCE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolan Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 good i suck at fizx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackEyes Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Last school year, physics was all I really thought about. But I hated that I couldn't really do anything productive with it, so now I'm into programming and already doing productive things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Quantum "physics" (mechanics) / quantum computing (two related) because of my interest in computer science xD string theory has been always an interest to me but eh, it's a still "unprovable" "new" theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToXiC. Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 i love astrophysics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpOoKyWaTeR Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 says the guy that threatened to mute me when i was talking about sound waves. K. anyways fizics makes me have boners, and engineering makes me flacid, nuff said. You're an engineer? can you fix my car plz it's broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipple Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Capacitors in series act more or less like the same capacitor but with reciprocal sum capacitance (i.e. 1/C = 1/C1 + 1/C2 + ... + 1/Cn). Parallel capacitors are simply treated as the sum of capacitances. So if the circuit allows you to make those hops (can't do it if say a resistance is applied across one capacitor but not across another capacitor that is in parallel), it makes Kirchoff's Loop Rule a lot easier. Haven't done electrostatics in so long, that I don't remember how to treat finding the RC constant when you can't simplify to equivalent capacitors. i'm EE, you just write differential equations for the circuit on the order of how many capacitors and/or inductors you have in the circuit using the voltage/current relations of the two. there's a much better shortcut method though in EE which uses the steady state, thevenin resistance, and t->infinity state to find the RC (or R/L) time constant and the coefficient of the exponential and any additional term. but it all comes down to differential equations if you have more than 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 i'm EE, can you put new radio in my car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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