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fandomhigh2009-08-31 02:42 am
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Applied Science | Monday, 8/31 |Period 1
Oh, hey, a new semester! That meant Tyler was on time, actually put on a tie, and -- in honor of the early hour -- had a huge tank of coffee and stack of cups on a back table.
"Hi," he said as the class filed in, gesturing a little with the coffee mug that probably would not leave his hand in the next 15 classes. "Welcome to applied science. I'm Tyler Durden. Tyler works, Mr. Durden works ... not a big fan of 'hey you' in the classroom."
"Usually I make soap the first week, but this doesn't feel like a day for it." By which he meant he wasn't quite ready to repeat the class yet, and was saving it. "So today, we're talking about one of the most basic concepts in physics -- simple machines."
"Basically, a simple machine is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force -- the simplest mechanisms that use leverage to multiply force. A simple machine uses a single applied force to do work against a single load force. Ignoring friction losses, the work done on the load is equal to the work done by the applied force. They can be used to increase the amount of the output force, at the cost of a proportional decrease in the distance moved by the load. The ratio of the output to the input force is called the mechanical advantage."
"Six things are classically considered simple machines." He moved over to stand in front of a counter of such, holding each up as he talked. "The lever, like this hammer. The wheel and axle. The inclined plane, or ramp. The screw. The wedge. The pulley."
The lecture continued for a while, then: "Today we're going to introduce ourselves -- name, grade, and who you would fight if you could fight anyone, living, dead or imaginary -- then try to see how each of these simple machines are useful by trying to build something." He nodded to a student in the first row. "You first. And I need a TA or two." Not looking at Inoif she was there, there. "Talk to me during the introductions or after class if you're interested."
[OOC: TAs have been chosen OOCly.]
"Hi," he said as the class filed in, gesturing a little with the coffee mug that probably would not leave his hand in the next 15 classes. "Welcome to applied science. I'm Tyler Durden. Tyler works, Mr. Durden works ... not a big fan of 'hey you' in the classroom."
"Usually I make soap the first week, but this doesn't feel like a day for it." By which he meant he wasn't quite ready to repeat the class yet, and was saving it. "So today, we're talking about one of the most basic concepts in physics -- simple machines."
"Basically, a simple machine is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force -- the simplest mechanisms that use leverage to multiply force. A simple machine uses a single applied force to do work against a single load force. Ignoring friction losses, the work done on the load is equal to the work done by the applied force. They can be used to increase the amount of the output force, at the cost of a proportional decrease in the distance moved by the load. The ratio of the output to the input force is called the mechanical advantage."
"Six things are classically considered simple machines." He moved over to stand in front of a counter of such, holding each up as he talked. "The lever, like this hammer. The wheel and axle. The inclined plane, or ramp. The screw. The wedge. The pulley."
The lecture continued for a while, then: "Today we're going to introduce ourselves -- name, grade, and who you would fight if you could fight anyone, living, dead or imaginary -- then try to see how each of these simple machines are useful by trying to build something." He nodded to a student in the first row. "You first. And I need a TA or two." Not looking at Ino
[OOC: TAs have been chosen OOCly.]
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And no, he didn't think it needed explaining, why this was odd, but he wouldn't mind being asked. He just skipped on ahead.
"And who I would fight? Er."
Ask him who he'd see dead, that was simple enough. Who he'd be able to kill: that was a short list and one he knew well enough. But who he would fight?
...Liir had some issues with physical attack.
"Someone trying to kill me when I had absolutely no other option."
There.
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"I wouldn't say I'm a pacifist," which he left at that since it was one thing to think it but quite another to admit out loud that you were literally more comfortable with the idea of introducing the machinations of someone's death than striking them.
For one, it was cowardly (which he knew himself to be) and for another, it just sounded unpleasant, mostly because it was.
"And I usually marvel at the fact that I'm still around. It never really ceases to amaze me."
Between the fact that he lived perpetually in fear of being asked to leave since he paid no tuition that he knew of and the varied horrors and dangers the island presented (not to mention those waiting back for him in Oz) his continued survival and education was something of a miracle.
"Glad though, to be here I mean."
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