POLL Who has the funniest Sig - Page 2

Taera · #11 May 19th, 2003, 06:53 AM

yup, i just did the math, the squirrel has the energy of 1.04x10^19J!!!

thats the best sig, too bad its not in the list

Fyron · #12 May 19th, 2003, 07:16 AM

That requires being able to completely convert the squirrel to energy, which is rather tricky.

Karibu · #13 May 19th, 2003, 02:19 PM

Yup. Squirrell has my vote

geoschmo · #14 May 19th, 2003, 02:37 PM

Gee, I really wish you hadn't included me in this poll. I knew I wouldn't win, and don't deserve to. But it feels kind of lonely being the only entrant not to get any votes. *snif*

[ May 19, 2003, 13:38: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

Krsqk · #15 May 19th, 2003, 03:44 PM

Having read Geo's post first, I was trying to understand what cruel individual would put "Click here to donate to Play By Web" on the funniest sig list.

Aloofi · #16 May 19th, 2003, 03:57 PM

Nodachi sig made me laugh the longest, but all of them are top notch.
Tesco's sig should get an especial award for linking sig and avatar.

geoschmo · #17 May 19th, 2003, 04:18 PM

Yay, I got my smpathy vote. The rest of you are free to vote your conscience now.

Ragnarok · #18 May 19th, 2003, 05:51 PM

Ahhhh...I've fallen into a third place tie...Oh well, I knew I wouldn't beat the others out.

Taera · #19 May 19th, 2003, 05:53 PM

geo - dun worry, your sig is amongst the best outa there, just its aint the funniest

AND, my vote remains for Rags (not that i can change it

)

Fyron yes i know, but hey, its still lotsa energy!
EDIT: dont you need to make it go at 3x10^8m/s?

[ May 19, 2003, 16:55: Message edited by: Taera ]

Jack Simth · #20 May 19th, 2003, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Taera:
geo - dun worry, your sig is amongst the best outa there, just its aint the funniest

Also, note that best and funniest are far from being the same thing.

Quote:

Originally posted by Taera:

AND, my vote remains for Rags (not that i can change it )

Fyron yes i know, but hey, its still lotsa energy!
EDIT: dont you need to make it go at 3x10^8m/s?

Not quite, partially because c is slightly less than 3x10^8 m/s (not that it matters too much), partially because at c an object, regardless of rest mass (as long as it is non-zero) would have infinite energy (side note: it would require infinite energy to get it up to that velocity, so you haven't really gained anything that way); the formula is something like:

(1/(sqrt(1 - (v^2)/(c^2))))m(c^2)

As v approches c, (v^2)/(c^2) approaches 1, 1 - (v^2)/(c^2) approches 0, so 1/(sqrt(1 - (v^2)/(c^2))) approaches infinity. Multiply infinity by a positive nonzero number, such as m(c^2), and you get infinity.

Nah, to totally convert the squirrl, you would either need to bump it up against an anti-matter squirrl or to it or toss it into a black hole and get the energy out slowly via Hawking Radiation. There might be another method that is presently unknown, but don't hold your breath waiting for it to be discovered; such discoveries usually take a long, long time.