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blackmage_nuke
11-18-2007, 03:20 AM
What is your favourite physical variable?

Im rather into acceleration due to gravity myself
Displacement is rather nice too, not distance though

Tavrobel
11-18-2007, 03:24 AM
Force.

Griff
11-18-2007, 04:56 PM
Speed

rubah
11-18-2007, 05:41 PM
angular velocity (little omega)

Resha
11-18-2007, 05:42 PM
Uh...time? :D

Heath
11-18-2007, 06:34 PM
POWER

Shlup
11-18-2007, 07:04 PM
Cranberry juice.

The Unknown Guru
11-18-2007, 08:27 PM
I'm partial to inertia.

Denmark
11-18-2007, 08:36 PM
can't go wrong with potential difference, better known to the world as voltage.

and are you sure acceleration due to gravity is a variable?

Tavrobel
11-18-2007, 08:41 PM
and are you sure acceleration due to gravity is a variable?

Assuming that Mister _nuke here does his calculations on multiple planets/heavenly bodies, of course it is! Also, g changes based on where you are, above or below sea level, so it is technically variable, although I've only ever used it as the constant 9.8 m/s^2. Sometimes 10 m/s^2.

Captain Maxx Power
11-18-2007, 09:03 PM
Gravity, because no one knows what the hell it is and what's causing it.

Shoeberto
11-18-2007, 09:15 PM
g is a variable but G isn't :cool:

ScottNUMBERS
11-18-2007, 09:18 PM
kickflip

Zeromus_X
11-18-2007, 09:58 PM
Gravity, because no one knows what the hell it is and what's causing it.

Bunny
11-18-2007, 11:04 PM
I'm going with Shlup on this one.

No.78
11-18-2007, 11:16 PM
Can someone list the choices? ._.

Out of what people have already said, I'm gonna go with Speed because time travels too fast and gravity is mean to clumsy people such as myself :( Force hurts...

Speed is just FUN!

Fonzie
11-18-2007, 11:19 PM
LSD

rubah
11-18-2007, 11:25 PM
some common variables:

a = linear acceleration
v = linear velocity
t = time
x = displacement
m = mass
p = momentum
K<sub>e</sub> = kinetic energy
P<sub>e</sub> = potential energy
F = force
W = work
&omega; = angular speed
&alpha; = angular acceleration
&tau; = torque
&Omega; = resistance in a circuit

those are enough to get you started, I think!

Heath
11-18-2007, 11:41 PM
Can someone list the choices? ._.

Out of what people have already said, I'm gonna go with Speed because time travels too fast and gravity is mean to clumsy people such as myself :( Force hurts...

Speed is just FUN!

I never knew which I preferred: velocity or speed. Speed is an easier concept to grasp, I suppose. Not that velocity is difficult, but velocity is just an awesome word.

I Took the Red Pill
11-19-2007, 12:50 AM
Kinetic Friction.