Re: ENERGY WITH Q

[Tom Wayburn <twayburn@WT.NET>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl E. Mungan" <mungan@USNA.EDU>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: ENERGY WITH Q


> I forgot to add in my comments about not altering the spirit of the
question:
> You may *not* use a point particle model for the block or table. It
> is a real block on a real table. I do not expect or require you to
> model the actual interaction between the block and table. This is why
> I only asked for the sign of the answer.
> --
> Carl E. Mungan, Asst. Prof. of Physics  410-293-6680 (O) -3729 (F)
>        U.S. Naval Academy, Stop 9C, Annapolis, MD 21402-5026
> mungan@usna.edu    http://physics.usna.edu/physics/faculty/mungan/
Hi Carl,

Well, I read the comments, and in a danggum granged spirit they be.
I can't do science without using equations, inequalities, and,
occasionally, my head. When I was  a student I was so lazy that rather
than get out of bed, turn on the lights, and find pencil and paper
(actually I used a pen, but that's bragging), I would take a Fourier
transform and integrate by parts in my head.   Nowadays, I wouldn't
count change in my head.   Well, maybe.)

I just wrote eight page (by hand) on your problem, which I have numerous
objections to.  For example, your system is an infinite heat reservoir,
which is used to solve problems not to be problems.
But, I shall reply, Deo Volente.

Regards / T