3am. I turned on the lights in the kitchen and opened a random page of the book next to me:”New ton’s first law of motion: The velocity of a body remains constant unless the body is acted upon by an external force.” So ideally an object would continue with a constant speed forever, in an environment where neither friction nor other force exist. It hardly ever happens in the real world, even if you take away the “other force”, where in a natural world to experience the absolute lack of friction? Thus this (moving) object always risks a full stop before arriving at the destination -- no wonder after starting a project, I usually feel the need to pump more and more motivation into the project. Unless my original force was strong enough to push my object all the way through breaking all the barriers and survive all the side blows (which hardly ever happens in my life), I am more restless and mood swingy after signing up for a project. It can be a beeping job at a supermarket, or an academic program that requires the proper usage of brain. According to Newton’s second motion law: The acceleration a of a body is parallel and directly proportional to the net force F and inversely proportional to the mass m, i.e., F = ma. Given the mass “m” being constant (unless you are splitting a hair), how fast I you go would totally depend on the angle and the force you apply to the object. This would be the moment where I visualize me stepping on a banana peel and slip into my goal -- wouldn’t it be nicer if we count the accidents, surprises or a polster between your feet and the floor to ease the friction? Would it be nicer if I get a bad grade, I could have something else to say besides:hey, I probably didn’t push hard enough?
3am. This is the best I can do. I turned to another page:”The mathematical equation for Boyle's law is:
p denotes the pressure of the system. V denotes the volume of the gas. k is a constant value representative of the pressure and volume of the system.” I remember using this formula in the high school to calculate the water pressure and understand buoyancy, substituting the gas environment to a water environment. Slightly different from the linear motion of Newton’s above laws, when an object in the water, there is force coming from all possible dimensions. We usually used a block of wood or plastic in the lab, because we assumed the object wouldn’t be something spongy that would soak up water and sink in no time. We weren’t far enough to consider the variety of materials -- which has big influence, if you try to figure out how fast it’d sink. So sometimes how fast you get soaked through in your current surroundings determine how fast you’d “sink” or being in a state of floating? It depends on your material (density), so let’s say your personality and character? I am not saying being in and out soaked is a bad thing though -- someone takes a leap of faith and lands in a completely different culture, it’s probably a good thing to know how to get around as soon as possible.
p denotes the pressure of the system. V denotes the volume of the gas. k is a constant value representative of the pressure and volume of the system.” I remember using this formula in the high school to calculate the water pressure and understand buoyancy, substituting the gas environment to a water environment. Slightly different from the linear motion of Newton’s above laws, when an object in the water, there is force coming from all possible dimensions. We usually used a block of wood or plastic in the lab, because we assumed the object wouldn’t be something spongy that would soak up water and sink in no time. We weren’t far enough to consider the variety of materials -- which has big influence, if you try to figure out how fast it’d sink. So sometimes how fast you get soaked through in your current surroundings determine how fast you’d “sink” or being in a state of floating? It depends on your material (density), so let’s say your personality and character? I am not saying being in and out soaked is a bad thing though -- someone takes a leap of faith and lands in a completely different culture, it’s probably a good thing to know how to get around as soon as possible.
See? Here is my problem -- it doesn’t have a correct answer. I suppose I am a bit sick of arguing for both sides, afterwards end up with lots of words and little to say. I miss having a correct answer sometimes. Like in completely fictive math or other science problems -- there are many different ways to solve it, but there is a correct answer. Something tangible.
4am. I am going to close the book and crawl back to bed.
(Tut mir Leid, dass ich diesen Blog doch nicht in Deutsch geschrieben habe. Ich traue mich noch nicht zu.)
