Editing Talk:815: Mu

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? {{unsigned ip|75.145.95.201}}

: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 "infinitely" rigid chair (a simple one with four legs), because you don't expect it to move so it would still feel "right", 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. [[User:Laden|Laden]] ([[User talk:Laden|talk]]) 03:07, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

:I would think that the function approaches a fixed chair production coefficient ( ;) A set number for that chair subject to other variables which are being kept constant [as Laden pointed out]) as Mu approaches infinity. 
:It's most likely a peicewise function with a different value @ infinity--granted truly rigorous analysis would conclude that all chairs no matter how "rigid" would experience microscopic torques from people turning and shifting in them.  

:But this doesn't affect the psychology of being frustrated in a sticky swivel chair. As such that productivity would likely be higher than the CPC, which I would expect as Laden does would be to be lower than the max CPC of a swivel chair (which if I could would by now be denoting as C sub-S and rigid chairs as C sub-R)

:A similar graph could likely be made for a chair which has a certain maximum "reclination"

:Apologies for lack of formatting I've never commented before, and clearly was completely backwards from what I intended when i originally commented. Whoops
:--Rick 20:18:~45  13-4-13 [[Special:Contributions/67.182.93.204|67.182.93.204]] 03:06, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

::Rick, I hope you don't mind, I've come through and indented your comment the way I think you intended. If this is incorrect, feel free to correct it. [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]]<span title="I'm an admin. I can help.">_a</span> ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 22:33, 14 April 2013 (UTC)


;Title of the comic
The title of the comic, mu (μ), is a symbol that is commonly used to denote the coefficient of friction. Posted by [[User:Irino.]].
:Mu is not μ, which just means micro (one per Million). I can't see the link.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 17:58, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
::[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(letter) Mu, or μ], is a Greek letter. It is often used a an abbreviation of the prefix [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro- micro-], but can also be used as a variable for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction#Coefficient_of_friction coefficient of friction]. [[Special:Contributions/24.41.66.114|24.41.66.114]] 23:04, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
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 ::Rick, I hope you don't mind, I've come through and indented your comment the way I think you intended. If this is incorrect, feel free to correct it. [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]]<span title="I'm an admin. I can help.">_a</span> ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 22:33, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
-;Reference to electrons
-I cannot shake the feeling that this comic makes a reference to the spin of electrons. However, not being a physicist, I cannot quite place the implications. Also, the graph looks quite familiar to me. --[[User:Alfons|Alfons]] ([[User talk:Alfons|talk]]) 09:50, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
-:Now I know, where I know this graph from: It is an inversed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_potential Morse potential]. Does anybody know, whether it might have something to do with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franck%E2%80%93Condon_principle Franck-Condon principle]? --[[User:Alfons|Alfons]] ([[User talk:Alfons|talk]]) 14:56, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
-::First time commenting, apologies if I'm doing it wrong. Anyway, the graph is also shaped much like the [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/NucEne/imgnuk/bcurv.gif binding energy] for elements (minus the negative part). Coincidence maybe?
 ;Title of the comic
 The title of the comic, mu (μ), is a symbol that is commonly used to denote the coefficient of friction. Posted by [[User:Irino.]].
 :Mu is not μ, which just means micro (one per Million). I can't see the link.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 17:58, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
-::[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(letter) Mu, or μ], is a Greek letter. It is often used as an abbreviation for the prefix [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro- micro-], but can also be used as a variable for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction#Coefficient_of_friction coefficient of friction]. [[Special:Contributions/24.41.66.114|24.41.66.114]] 23:04, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
+::[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(letter) Mu, or μ], is a Greek letter. It is often used a an abbreviation of the prefix [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro- micro-], but can also be used as a variable for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction#Coefficient_of_friction coefficient of friction]. [[Special:Contributions/24.41.66.114|24.41.66.114]] 23:04, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
-;Quantum mechanics
-As Alfons did mention above, the graph is related to quantum mechanics. But the spin of an electron is not correct, but maybe a hint. It belongs more to this: {{w|Probability amplitude}} or {{w|Quantum tunnelling}} (the latter because of the negative values on the left.) Further investigations are needed.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:41, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
-;{{w|Classical mechanics}}
-Ohh, this is a very ''classical mechanics'' comic. I must have been blind. Shame on me. Look at this angular momentum wheel: {{w|Reaction wheel}}. One wheel moves its momentum to an other wheel (the spacecraft in this case). This is just simple classical physics, which also not easy to understand without knowing the basics of classical mechanics. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:49, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
-What is the full form of "CoKF" (in the title text)?
-"Coefficient of ___ Force"?
-[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.181|108.162.245.181]]
-:I suppose they mean '''c'''oefficient of '''k'''inetic '''f'''riction.  They should really spell these things out; I have a degree in physics and I had to think twice.
-:[[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.60|172.68.65.60]] 23:23, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
-We should do a formal double-blind trial.
---[[User:Blacksilver|Blacksilver]] ([[User talk:Blacksilver|talk]]) 13:13, 3 October 2016 (UTC)