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Newton's Second Law of Motion

Posted by ZDP-189 , 08 December 2011 - - - - - - · 241 views
women in skimpy clothes
I just found this on The Chive site. Fwoarr! (SFW)

http://thechive.com/...s/girl-facts-4/

Sadly, I was unable to find Newton's First and Second Laws. I wonder if they have Hooke's Law?


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Scientific study of slingshot bands

Posted by ZDP-189 , 22 November 2011 - - - - - - · 202 views

You know, I can find almost no scientific studies on elastomers behaving in a manner analagous to slingshot bands, that is to say, pulling it back as far as it will go and releasing it.All the studies that involve high elongations are static stress-strain tests and most of them are under elongation, not contraction.All the dynamic studies involve...


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A Flash of Enlightenment

Posted by ZDP-189 , 12 November 2011 - - - - - - · 138 views
Zen, latex, pursuit of knowledge
I have spend the last week obsessively trying to crack a particularly hard technical problem relating to modelling how latex works in slingshots. In the course of my research, I was drawn deeper and deeper into the world of elastomers, learning much about formulation, industrial testing and elastomer engineering.

I learned the right questions to ask,...


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Slingshot Hunting and Photography (picture heavy)

Posted by ZDP-189 , 05 November 2011 - - - - - - · 348 views
law, ethics, hunting, slingshot
Hunting with Slingshots

I think life well lived in the wild followed by a clean death is better than either a life in a battery farm or a slow death from disease, or a painful death from predation. I have been taught to fish and trap, and I acknowledge that it's not as swift as a bullet to the head. Unlike a firearm, a slingshot...





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