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nice BlackAdder Send a noteboard - 14/10/2010 08:33:06 PM
Imagine that you have to pull up a miner of 76kg from a hole 700 metres deep. How much work will you have to do? 1 point (pass value)

Approx 53.2 kJ. Or I guess 53 kJ for sig figs.
removing rock in a circle with a diameter of 60 cm for 700 metres will lead to what amount of work? (This one is probably two points, for pass with distinction, since it involves more complicated processes)

Oh, hmm. I assume it involves some integration. Or just calculating the volume of the rock removed, which would be approx 198 cubic metres. Hmm, no, I think you probably have to integrate the potential energy function from 0 to 700 m for that. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do this anymore (if I ever really did)
How long will it take for the miner who had both his wife and his mistress waiting for him to ask to be put back down into the hole (No points, but an opportunity to show excellence)

lol. I'll bet he goes back to 'work' asap
and one for pol/economic sci: What is a life worth? We're not willing to spend more than 100,000 per possibility of saved lives to build enough hospitals to keep people from dying. However, digging up miners cost a whole lot (I don't know how much), is it worth it due to political capital?

Obviously, and think about how much money the global media made off of it. It's definitely a positive externality.
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Is it awful of me that I don't really give a crap about this mine rescue business? LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 12:58:18 AM 1611 Views
I feel the same way. Beqi - 14/10/2010 01:03:51 AM 944 Views
Well, everyone knows you're a hateful bitch, so I'm not surprised you'd react the same way. LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 01:14:18 AM 1027 Views
Thank God! I hated trying to hide that fact! Beqi - 14/10/2010 09:11:20 AM 845 Views
They're rescuing mines? BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 01:23:05 AM 1053 Views
The rescue is taking place in a mine. My statement was in no way incorrect. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 01:24:05 AM 482 Views
Wait... BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 01:27:48 AM 961 Views
Yes. You're an awful person. Sareitha Sedai - 14/10/2010 01:46:36 AM 813 Views
Re: Yes. You're an awful person. TaskmasterJack - 14/10/2010 02:09:01 AM 951 Views
False. Sareitha Sedai - 14/10/2010 02:10:48 AM 964 Views
Aw come on ironclad - 14/10/2010 10:41:24 AM 839 Views
Thanks! I enjoyed my spanking-of-heroic-proportions. LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 04:20:13 PM 809 Views
I think it's the latter. nossy - 14/10/2010 02:49:52 AM 896 Views
Grow a heart sometime, people!!! *NM* ironclad - 14/10/2010 10:57:32 AM 497 Views
Organ growth experimentation? nossy - 14/10/2010 02:05:00 PM 872 Views
stem cells and a heart mold... jh - 14/10/2010 05:49:11 PM 927 Views
I don't believe they've gotten a heart to work yet. LadyLorraine - 14/10/2010 10:22:18 PM 841 Views
I knew I wasn't alone. All hail the Hateful Bitches Club. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 04:20:45 PM 470 Views
Re: Gaps - 14/10/2010 02:55:50 AM 993 Views
Yeah. I just don't undertand how people can watch it and feel so involved. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 04:21:38 PM 474 Views
yes... damookster - 14/10/2010 04:44:44 AM 926 Views
Good. Another member of the Hateful Bitches Club has checked in. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 04:22:04 PM 472 Views
There is no law that says what has to float your boat and you are a bad person if it doesn't. Tashmere - 14/10/2010 04:52:07 AM 938 Views
It wasn't really rhetorical. LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 04:24:00 PM 996 Views
I don't know, but i know i don't give a crap. *NM* LadyLorraine - 14/10/2010 04:54:47 AM 502 Views
Welcome, HBC sister. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 04:24:21 PM 500 Views
I am happy for the families that the miners were able to be rescued Helene - 14/10/2010 05:36:37 AM 1012 Views
This one could've gone either way. Joel - 14/10/2010 11:22:13 AM 1026 Views
I don't get involved in all the negatives news stories, either. LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 04:26:14 PM 988 Views
The most I've learned about it is here, at this site. Just now. Two Wongs - 14/10/2010 08:24:09 AM 1020 Views
Me too BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 04:15:31 PM 998 Views
I have just this moment had my iGoogle page hacked to pieces by my boss Two Wongs - 14/10/2010 10:20:29 PM 893 Views
Lucky you. Given that you described it as "managed to avoid" the story, you're totally HBC material. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 04:27:04 PM 509 Views
Is there a button for my shirt? Two Wongs - 14/10/2010 10:18:27 PM 897 Views
Why? Is your neckline plunging too low? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/10/2010 10:24:13 PM 508 Views
It keeps popping open, since you ask *NM* Two Wongs - 14/10/2010 10:40:36 PM 497 Views
No, people just need to stop considering life "reality TV. " Joel - 14/10/2010 11:09:35 AM 1035 Views
That was a long reply to a short question. LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 08:34:03 PM 881 Views
Have we not met? Joel - 14/10/2010 08:52:50 PM 926 Views
Well, it IS happening in Chile. But I'm one of those following the story. Avendesora - 14/10/2010 12:37:51 PM 1024 Views
Validate me, baby! LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 08:34:51 PM 924 Views
Yeah, I don't really care that much, either Lordling - 14/10/2010 03:02:49 PM 1070 Views
Tell your friend you'll feel compassionate after you bludgeon her to death for her sassy mouth. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 08:35:52 PM 479 Views
I was just dissapointed that they refused to show real news *NM* Fox and Ravens - 14/10/2010 03:12:35 PM 482 Views
I mainly watch for the weather. At least they didn't fuck with that. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 08:36:17 PM 468 Views
Probably because it's tough to stick your dick in a cloud. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/10/2010 09:54:20 PM 496 Views
It's an incredible story, but a lot of people don't care about South America. Zalis - 14/10/2010 03:14:49 PM 1052 Views
It has nothing to do with the fact that it invovles brown people thousands of miles away. LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 08:37:11 PM 861 Views
Yeah. That's why I said the same complaints would be raised if it were in West Virginia. Zalis - 14/10/2010 10:39:10 PM 1090 Views
*edit* I continue to hate the placement of the edit/quote buttons. Heh. *NM* Zalis - 14/10/2010 10:39:33 PM 495 Views
It certainly brings out the worst in people ironclad - 14/10/2010 03:27:52 PM 955 Views
*NM* BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 03:44:50 PM 486 Views
Well, some people do say everything happens for a reason. LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 08:38:11 PM 788 Views
are you kidding this is the most important thing going on the world right now random thoughts - 14/10/2010 04:00:54 PM 899 Views
I hadn't noticed that. There was less political garbage on. What a nice break it was even Tashmere - 14/10/2010 05:24:44 PM 836 Views
Your words make me want to kill myself. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 08:38:47 PM 459 Views
wow that is the exact same thing my shrink told me *NM* random thoughts - 14/10/2010 10:45:31 PM 498 Views
Come on. It is great for physics exams. jh - 14/10/2010 06:02:11 PM 1033 Views
nice BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 08:33:06 PM 918 Views
Ugh. Fuck that noise. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 08:39:06 PM 466 Views
No, but what IS awful. . . Panorphaeon - 14/10/2010 06:38:34 PM 934 Views
Suck awfulness as that amuses highly. *NM* LiterateDog - 14/10/2010 08:39:37 PM 352 Views
I watched the first one and the last one.. Francie - 14/10/2010 09:24:19 PM 921 Views
I'm so glad someone feels like I do Sidious - 15/10/2010 08:26:00 AM 1543 Views
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