https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Laden 2026-04-16T17:21:55Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:815:_Mu&diff=25743 2013-01-19T03:07:16Z

<p>Laden: </p> <hr /> <div>I don't understand the max. Do chair-sitters decrease in productivity as mu increases because they are trying in vain to spin difficult chairs? In the limiting case of a rigid chair, do chair-sitters vainly attempt to rotate their chairs anyways?<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br /> I think a difficult-to-spin chair just feels uncomfortable, so it kind of subconsciously affects your productivity. In fact most people never sit completely still and often you have to turn to get something from next to your desk or move around... That can be pretty annoying to some people. The way I imagine it, this would not apply to an &quot;infinitely&quot; rigid chair (a simple one with four legs), because you don't expect it to move so it would still feel &quot;right&quot;, if it's sufficiently comfortable in the other regards (softness, angle of the backrest, ...). Maybe productivity would not be as high as with an optimal spinning chair, since it would not be as much fun, but that's not in the picture anyway.<br /> [[User:Laden|Laden]] ([[User talk:Laden|talk]]) 03:07, 19 January 2013 (UTC)</div>

Laden https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:812:_Glass&diff=25737 2013-01-18T18:36:40Z

<p>Laden: I see...</p> <hr /> <div>Hi, everyone!<br /> <br /> I just added a link to a youtube-video and wanted to give a little disclaimer:<br /> <br /> I'm in no way affiliated with that person, this is not intended to be advertisement or anything, just a random video I found that illustrates the effect that water in a glass changes it's resonance frequency.<br /> If that's not allowed, please remove the link.<br /> <br /> [[User:Laden|Laden]] ([[User talk:Laden|talk]]) 18:30, 18 January 2013 (UTC)</div>

Laden https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:812:_Glass&diff=25736 2013-01-18T18:30:32Z

<p>Laden: video-disclaimer</p> <hr /> <div>Hi, everyone!<br /> <br /> I just added a link to a youtube-video and wanted to give a little disclaimer:<br /> <br /> I'm in no way affiliated with that person, this is not intended to be advertisement or anything, just a random video I found that illustrates the effect that water in a glass changes it's resonance frequency.<br /> If that's not allowed, please remove the link.<br /> <br /> Also, what's up with the &quot;dagger&quot; after the second bullet-point?<br /> [[User:Laden|Laden]] ([[User talk:Laden|talk]]) 18:30, 18 January 2013 (UTC)</div>

Laden https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=812:_Glass&diff=25735 2013-01-18T18:24:01Z

<p>Laden: /* Explanation */ Fix typos, better use of paragraph-tags and add an example of the effect that water changes resonance frequency</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 812<br /> | date = October 29, 2010<br /> | title = Glass<br /> | image = glass.png<br /> | titletext = I read in this one article that the breaking of electroweak symmetry is the reason we have SOULS. This guy with a degree said so!<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> &lt;p&gt;In the beginning of the comic, Megan is trying to break a wine glass like an opera singer. This is a rather famous trick where the vocalist sings at the resonant frequency (or natural frequency) of the glass and cause it to resonate more and more until it can no longer handle the stress and breaks (for more info, watch the Mythbusters episode about the Earthquake Machine). If the resonant frequency of the glass is outside of the singer's range, then putting some water in the glass will lower its resonant frequency. (This effect can be used to play different notes on the rim of a glass by varying the amount of water in it. For example, see this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULiNR-k4m70 video])<br /> &lt;/p&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;p&gt;The term &quot;God Particle&quot; was coined by 1993 by physicist Leon Lederman to describe the Higgs boson because it is &quot;so central to the state of physics today, so crucial to our final understanding of the structure of matter, yet so elusive.&quot; Many people misinterpret the name to be some kind of link between physics and religion, so physics is getting back at them by playing pranks that resemble famous miracles from Christian mythology:<br /> * Jesus turned water into wine at the marriage in Cana.<br /> * At the last supper, Jesus turned wine into his blood. &amp;dagger;<br /> &lt;/p&gt;<br /> <br /> The title text references to the fact that people would believe anything that comes from someone with a college degree, since the degree implies that he was highly educated, thus very knowledgeable.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Woman is singing, man is staring at a glass of water on a table.]<br /> :Woman: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE... Anything break?<br /> :Man: No, but the water in the glass turned to wine.<br /> :[Man picks up glass]<br /> :Woman: Weird.<br /> :Man: No, wait. This is blood.<br /> :Woman: Okay, Physics, quit fucking with us.<br /> :Physics: You stop looking for the higgs boson and we'll talk.<br /> &lt;!-- The transcript can be found in a hidden &lt;div&gt; element on the xkcd comic's html source, with id &quot;transcript&quot;.<br /> -- Tip: Use colons (:) in the beginning of lines to preserve the original line breaks. <br /> -- Any actions or descriptive lines in [[double brackets]] should be reduced to [single brackets] to avoid wikilinking<br /> -- Do not include the title text again here --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}} <br /> &amp;dagger;Author's note: please please please don't let this turn into a flame war on whether or not this happened figuratively or literally...<br /> &lt;!-- Include any categories below this line--&gt;<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Physics]]<br /> [[Category:Religion]]</div>

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