Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Physics at 33°C

When you struggle through those massively complicated mechanics equations, you just wish sometimes that instead of sitting under and apple tree, Newton sat under a Durian tree. Enter Durio dulcis, Durio graveolens, Durio kutejensis, Durio oxlevanus, Durio zibethinus…they all point to the same thing, the Durian.

Consider the following:
A typical adult durian tree grows up to about 40 m in height. A durian can weigh 1 to 5 kgs.

So according to F = ma, that should give a nice bonker of 200 Newtons on his noddin’.
But IF the durian had really crashed atop his precious noddin’, then there wouldn’t be F = ma would there? BUT that doesn’t change the fact that there are times one’d just wished the author of Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica just plain simple sat under a Durian tree. Doesn't matter what variety it is, D24 or some other wild clones...just as long as it weighed 5 kg and above...oh...just make sure it isn't D70, D70s or D2H, D2X...but that's Nikon...not Newton we're talking about. I'd better quit this...it's getting to look silly...

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