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2017-05-01 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Gravity Claims Another Victim as Graduate Dies Trying to Climb MIT Dome

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-01 02:28|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 So, smart can be stupid too.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-05-01 05:44|| 2017-05-01 05:44|| Front Page Top

#2 But gravity doesn't exist, just ask your friendly neighberhood Flat Earther. And no, I'm not.

Posted by Cheaderhead 2017-05-01 06:07|| 2017-05-01 06:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I was always told you had to be smart to go to school there...

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-05-01 07:29|| 2017-05-01 07:29|| Front Page Top

#4 I got thrown out of the on-campus pub there in 1992.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2017-05-01 07:38|| 2017-05-01 07:38|| Front Page Top

#5 As has been frequently stated; "It's not the long fall, it's the sudden stop at the end."

Posted by ed in texas 2017-05-01 08:07|| 2017-05-01 08:07|| Front Page Top

#6 "Here. Hold mah beer"

Posted by Frank G 2017-05-01 08:51|| 2017-05-01 08:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Sweet incense, burnt offerings: Aromas
That draw us from domus to comas.
The oculus mundi
Winks down at Al Bundy
Declaring, "Dude, hold my diplomas!"

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2017-05-01 11:31|| 2017-05-01 11:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Did he forget his physics course or did he believe in quantum gravity's indeterminacy?

Charles Darwin to the white courtesy phone.

Posted by AlanC 2017-05-01 13:40|| 2017-05-01 13:40|| Front Page Top

#9 "had graduated in 2015 with "degrees in computer science & engineering and physics,""

I think MIT needs to tighten its requirements for a physics degree. Especially the part about gravity.

Posted by Frozen Al 2017-05-01 13:44|| 2017-05-01 13:44|| Front Page Top

#10 L = Distance
dL/dT = velocity
dl/dt^2 = change of velocity, or acceleration
dl/dt^2 = change of acceleration or the Jerk

It's the jerk what kills ya.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-05-01 17:34|| 2017-05-01 17:34|| Front Page Top

#11 dl/dt^3 = change of acceleration or the Jerk
PIMF

Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-05-01 17:35|| 2017-05-01 17:35|| Front Page Top

#12 d^2l/dt^2 = change of velocity, or acceleration
d^3l/dt^2 = change of acceleration or the Jerk

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-05-01 17:43|| 2017-05-01 17:43|| Front Page Top

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