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[MonkeyHead]

Knowing or calculating work allows you to determine so much about a system that you may not know or be able to calculate by other means. Through simple manipulations, from the amount of useful work done you can get at things like the velocity, the mass of a body, its acceleration, the resultant force acting, the power of a device, its efficiency, its displacement - literally, any basic mechanics concept. Now, this is not to say that it is the only way to do so (it is clearly not), but depending on what properties you have been given, you know or that are easy to determine it may be far simpler to approach a problem from the work/energy approach rather than some other approach.

[Putnam]

http://www.logicalincrements.com/

[Aklyon]

Well, via the amazing use of google, I found that they skimped on the graphics card.

Looks like I'll be making my own computer...

As far as I can tell, they always skimp on the graphics card for prebuilt computers, unless its a very expensive computer with a GTX Titan in it or a 'gaming laptop'.

[Frumple]

Does often seem to be the case, yeah. The pessimist in me wants to say that's 'cause the video card is probably the hardest thing for the layman to compare. Processor speed, hard drive space, ram... usually fairly straightforward. Video card, not so much, which makes for an easy "gotcha," heh.

[scrdest]

Well, via the amazing use of google, I found that they skimped on the graphics card.

Looks like I'll be making my own computer...

As far as I can tell, they always skimp on the graphics card for prebuilt computers, unless its a very expensive computer with a GTX Titan in it or a 'gaming laptop'.

For non- or casual gaming laptops, the graphics card isn't that important and a more powerful one drains the battery faster, so they go for a cheaper one.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Another FGRP question! What is this 'Shipping' mentioned in FGRPs?

[Aklyon]

Another FGRP question! What is this 'Shipping' mentioned in FGRPs?

Question answered.

[Helgoland]

Another FGRP question! What is this 'Shipping' mentioned in FGRPs?

Question answered.

Contrary to the above article, it can also be done with real people.

It's happened to me.

Twice.

[Frumple]

Another FGRP question! What is this 'Shipping' mentioned in FGRPs?

Question answered.

Contrary to the above article, it can also be done with real people.

It's happened to me.

Twice.

The larger one that gets linked to in that article mentions that possibility, yes. Beyond personal-level, that happens plenty with media personalities and whatnot. Looking into wrasslin' fanfiction is probably something you don't actually want to do.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Happened to me when we had that shipping thread.

Wut?

Dare I ask for a link?

[Frumple]

You don't, since it got locked and I think deleted? It's something better left forgotten. People got warned, some mutes got handed out, iirc. Some folks came close to getting banned. I wasn't really paying attention at the time, but the snafu that arose, like, echoed into surrounding threads. And other subforums, if my memory's not failing.

Just like with freight shipping, when shipping catastrophes occur, they can get pretty nasty. The arguable difference being that pretty close to all shipping is some variation of catastrophe

Sometimes wonderful catastrophe, but...

[LordSlowpoke]

The fuck do people do at malls? I'm stuck here for three hours because I'm not interested in going home for an hour and having to get back here right as it passes due to organizational fuckups. I don't have much dosh either, so can't just amuse myself with blowing it on hats.

Already browsed most windows and asking now so advice can flow in before I'm absolutely out of ideas.

[Helgoland]

Panhandling?

[Frumple]

Hang with friends/peers and window shop, for the younger folks, iirc.

I usually browsed the bookstore (if there's one there) if I was stuck there for any length of time. Maybe trundled over to game display things, which I've honestly no clue if are still around these days (it's been years since I've been inside a mall.), and less clue if they ever had them wherever the blazes you are. If they've got, like, massage chair displays (See those, occasionally), you might pop down and take a nap.

There's always people watching, I guess.

[Furtuka]

One time a fly of indeterminate type bit my knee and I didn't realize it for 10 seconds because I was so engrossed in playing pokemon or something and so after I noticed I chased it away. This is probably not relevant at all.