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Merenghi
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Posted - 2010.04.02 19:04:00 -
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Could someone please explain this concept to me? I never really paid attention in physics class (always preferred chemistry and biology), plus our teacher was pretty terribad. I guess this is why I do graphics for a living now, I would never have made a very good Gordon Freeman if you know what I mean.
- Merenghi
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Lance Fighter
Amarr
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Posted - 2010.04.02 19:25:00 -
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Ok, so, Lets imagine.
Youve got a horde of zombies(100 of them) coming at you, and all you have is an assortment of sawblades and the gravity gun.
So you figure, sure, I can do this. You sent a blade down the center of the group, killing half of them. It takes you 10 seconds to do this. So, now youve got 50 zombies left..
Yarr!
lets do it again
Now, with your 50 zombies, you pick up another blade and shoot it at them again. Since there arent so many, you only kill half of them, leaving you with 25 left. That took you another 10 seconds..
Now, every 10 seconds you can send a sawblade down the center mass, and kill half of them. Thus, the halflife of a zombie horde is 10 seconds.
 Originally by: CCP Shadow
Have you ever wished you could have prevented a train wreck before it actually happened? I need to stop this one before the craziness begins.
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Merenghi
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Posted - 2010.04.02 20:38:00 -
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This is actually a really good explanation, thank you 
But what I don't get is, what caused the zombies to become zombies in the first place? If you can put the answer in a zombie context as well, I will award you my full allocation of 27 internet points.
- Merenghi
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Kirra Liu
Echelon Holdings
Echelon.
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Posted - 2010.04.02 20:47:00 -
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Today I have learned something new. It feels strange and my head does hurt a little but that is a small sacrifice for knowledge, thank you. No really, thanks thanks. That was an awesome and simple explanation.
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Myxx
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Posted - 2010.04.02 20:49:00 -
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What, may I ask, is the half life of a cake?
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Originally by: CCP Mitnal
I can assure you I won't be keeping ferrets warm in my pants.
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Creepy Goat
Schindlers Ignore List
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Posted - 2010.04.02 21:26:00 -
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Originally by: Myxx
What, may I ask, is the half life of a cake?
There is no cake.
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Rawr Cristina
Caldari
Omerta Syndicate
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Posted - 2010.04.02 21:35:00 -
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Originally by: Creepy Goat
Originally by: Myxx
What, may I ask, is the half life of a cake?
There is no cake.
what are you trying to tell me, that the cake is a lie?
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Kirra Liu
Echelon Holdings
Echelon.
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Posted - 2010.04.02 21:38:00 -
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Originally by: Rawr Cristina
Originally by: Creepy Goat
Originally by: Myxx
What, may I ask, is the half life of a cake?
There is no cake.
what are you trying to tell me, that the cake is a lie?
Thats is correct, and the reason is because a spoon is needed to mix the cakes ingredients together. As there is no spoon the cake must be a lie.
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Rule 17
OOPE Sticky
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Posted - 2010.04.03 00:53:00 -
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Is the cake a sticky one? I like those kinds
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Doom Nightmare
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Posted - 2010.04.05 15:01:00 -
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Originally by: Rule 17
Is the cake a sticky one? I like those kinds
Dang you grabbed that name fast 
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Arvald
Caldari
The Lumberjacks
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Posted - 2010.04.05 15:03:00 -
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Rule 17, discussing non eve related products and or services, reported
Originally by: CCP Shadow
Arvald, carry on with imparting your pearls of wisdom.
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CCP Adida
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Posted - 2010.04.05 15:05:00 -
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Locked for trolling
Adida
Community Rep
CCP Hf, EVE Online
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Tallaran Kouros
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.04.07 12:02:00 -
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Originally by: Merenghi
Could someone please explain this concept to me?
It's very simple - half life is how long it takes for a sample to lose half it's radioactivity.
If you take a sample that has a half life of 1 week.
Currently the sample is putting out 10,000 units. One week from now (the half life) it will have lost half that activity and will now be putting out 5,000 units.
In another week's time it will be 2,500, another week again and it will be 1,250 and so on and so forth.
Does that make sense?
Radioactive waste produced by commercial nuclear reactors has an extremely long half life and that's why campaigners claim that it is "dangerous" for hundreds of years.
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Paknac Queltel
Standards and Practices
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Posted - 2010.04.07 12:07:00 -
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Originally by: Tallaran Kouros
Originally by: Merenghi
Could someone please explain this concept to me?
It's very simple - half life is how long it takes for a sample to lose half it's radioactivity.
If you take a sample that has a half life of 1 week.
Currently the sample is putting out 10,000 units. One week from now (the half life) it will have lost half that activity and will now be putting out 5,000 units.
In another week's time it will be 2,500, another week again and it will be 1,250 and so on and so forth.
Does that make sense?
Radioactive waste produced by commercial nuclear reactors has an extremely long half life and that's why campaigners claim that it is "dangerous" for hundreds of years.
I liked the zombie explanation better.
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Paknac Queltel
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Daphne Mezereum
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.04.07 17:38:00 -
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While half-life is mainly a radiological expression, it is also used in biology. For example, water has a half-life of 8 days in your body.
That is, if you drink one unit of water on day zero, you will have half of that water in you on day eight, and a quarter unit on day sixteen. This also applies to more complex molecules, and if the ingested material is radioactive, then the halflives are invertedly added (1/half life=1/hl radiological+1/hl biological).
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