If a tree falls: TF2 edition

#1

flippers

9 Frags – +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFMqWpfZUSw

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#2

milo

15 Frags – +

old

#3

messiah

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fukin british einstein

#4

Not_Matlock

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Fucking owned.

British motherland FTW.

Fucking owned.

British motherland FTW.

#5

Cocoa

4 Frags – +

No one ever expects that answer.

#6

slide

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LionxNo one ever expects that answer.

Man I wish I was British. :(

[quote=Lionx]No one ever expects that answer.[/quote]

Man I wish I was British. :(

#7

Thomas

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slideLionxNo one ever expects that answer.
Man I wish I was British. :(

You're Britain's sketchy cousin.

[quote=slide][quote=Lionx]No one ever expects that answer.[/quote]

Man I wish I was British. :([/quote]
You're Britain's sketchy cousin.

#8

basshead

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Being a Brit is OK.

#9

the301stspartan

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The brit should've addressed the metaphorical meaning of the question that refers to quantum mechanics and the behavior of particles under observed and unobserved circumstances.

But the round didn't last long enough :(

The brit should've addressed the metaphorical meaning of the question that refers to quantum mechanics and the behavior of particles under observed and unobserved circumstances.

But the round didn't last long enough :(

#10

Setsul

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the301stspartanThe brit should've addressed the metaphorical meaning of the question that refers to quantum mechanics and the behavior of particles under observed and unobserved circumstances.

But the round didn't last long enough :(

Let's add some Schrödinger: The tree is in a superposition between falling and not falling, what happens to the sound?

And even more important: What is the trees spin/Does it's spin change before/while/after falling?

[quote=the301stspartan]The brit should've addressed the metaphorical meaning of the question that refers to quantum mechanics and the behavior of particles under observed and unobserved circumstances.

But the round didn't last long enough :([/quote]
Let's add some Schrödinger: The tree is in a superposition between falling and not falling, what happens to the sound?

And even more important: What is the trees spin/Does it's spin change before/while/after falling?

#11

RawrSpoon

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Setsulthe301stspartanThe brit should've addressed the metaphorical meaning of the question that refers to quantum mechanics and the behavior of particles under observed and unobserved circumstances.

But the round didn't last long enough :(Let's add some Schrödinger: The tree is in a superposition between falling and not falling, what happens to the sound?

The energy has both propagated through the air and hasn't until the wavefunction is collapsed.

And even more important: What is the trees spin/Does it's spin change before/while/after falling?

Spin exists solely in the realm of quantum particles and does not exist in classical mechanics.

[quote=Setsul][quote=the301stspartan]The brit should've addressed the metaphorical meaning of the question that refers to quantum mechanics and the behavior of particles under observed and unobserved circumstances.

But the round didn't last long enough :([/quote]
Let's add some Schrödinger: The tree is in a superposition between falling and not falling, what happens to the sound?
[/quote]
The energy has both propagated through the air and hasn't until the wavefunction is collapsed.

[quote]And even more important: What is the trees spin/Does it's spin change before/while/after falling?[/quote]
Spin exists solely in the realm of quantum particles and does not exist in classical mechanics.

#12

Setsul

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#11
You got the first one right but you missed the joke on the second one.

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All of the described behavior only applies to quantum particles/waves (most appropriate use of "/" ever), to complete the analogy the tree has a spin or all of it doesn't apply here because IT'S A TREE.

EDIT: You might have missed the hidden "wave" joke aswell.

#11
You got the first one right but you missed the joke on the second one.
[spoiler]All of the described behavior only applies to quantum particles/waves (most appropriate use of "/" ever), to complete the analogy the tree has a spin or all of it doesn't apply here because IT'S A TREE.[/spoiler]

EDIT: You might have missed the hidden "wave" joke aswell.

#13

RawrSpoon

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Setsul#11
You got the first one right but you missed the joke on the second one.

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All of the described behavior only applies to quantum particles/waves (most appropriate use of "/" ever), to complete the analogy the tree has a spin or all of it doesn't apply here because IT'S A TREE.

EDIT: You might have missed the hidden "wave" joke aswell.

If you hold a radioactive atom in a box with a detector on it, which triggers a chainsaw which makes the tree fall; which is essentially Schrodinger's cat with a completely different mechanism, it'll work as well.

And I feel awful I didn't get the joke the first time around, seeing as I'm a physics major and all @_@

[quote=Setsul]#11
You got the first one right but you missed the joke on the second one.
[spoiler]All of the described behavior only applies to quantum particles/waves (most appropriate use of "/" ever), to complete the analogy the tree has a spin or all of it doesn't apply here because IT'S A TREE.[/spoiler]

EDIT: You might have missed the hidden "wave" joke aswell.[/quote]

If you hold a radioactive atom in a box with a detector on it, which triggers a chainsaw which makes the tree fall; which is essentially Schrodinger's cat with a completely different mechanism, it'll work as well.

And I feel awful I didn't get the joke the first time around, seeing as I'm a physics major and all @_@

#14

Setsul

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Yes, that would work. That would make the wave joke reality instead of a joke. The sound is a mechanical wave whose starting time and therefore the wave function itself is determined by a quantum wavefunction (mathematician at heart, if you haven't noticed yet).
Who said you couldn't connect classical mechanics and quantum physics?

#15

RawrSpoon

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SetsulYes, that would work. That would make the wave joke reality instead of a joke. The sound is a mechanical wave whose starting time and therefore the wave function itself is determined by a quantum wavefunction (mathematician at heart, if you haven't noticed yet).
Who said you couldn't connect classical mechanics and quantum physics?

Stop it, you're getting me all hot and bothered.

[quote=Setsul]Yes, that would work. That would make the wave joke reality instead of a joke. The sound is a mechanical wave whose starting time and therefore the wave function itself is determined by a quantum wavefunction (mathematician at heart, if you haven't noticed yet).
Who said you couldn't connect classical mechanics and quantum physics?[/quote]

Stop it, you're getting me all hot and bothered.

#16

the301stspartan

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RawrSpoonSetsul#11
You got the first one right but you missed the joke on the second one.

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All of the described behavior only applies to quantum particles/waves (most appropriate use of "/" ever), to complete the analogy the tree has a spin or all of it doesn't apply here because IT'S A TREE.

EDIT: You might have missed the hidden "wave" joke aswell.
If you hold a radioactive atom in a box with a detector on it, which triggers a chainsaw which makes the tree fall; which is essentially Schrodinger's cat with a completely different mechanism, it'll work as well.

And I feel awful I didn't get the joke the first time around, seeing as I'm a physics major and all @_@SetsulYes, that would work. That would make the wave joke reality instead of a joke. The sound is a mechanical wave whose starting time and therefore the wave function itself is determined by a quantum wavefunction (mathematician at heart, if you haven't noticed yet).
Who said you couldn't connect classical mechanics and quantum physics?RawrSpoonSetsulYes, that would work. That would make the wave joke reality instead of a joke. The sound is a mechanical wave whose starting time and therefore the wave function itself is determined by a quantum wavefunction (mathematician at heart, if you haven't noticed yet).
Who said you couldn't connect classical mechanics and quantum physics?
Stop it, you're getting me all hot and bothered.

I would like to add that your envisioned apparatus would also, in fact, make the tree spin.

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while falling

[quote=RawrSpoon][quote=Setsul]#11
You got the first one right but you missed the joke on the second one.
[spoiler]All of the described behavior only applies to quantum particles/waves (most appropriate use of "/" ever), to complete the analogy the tree has a spin or all of it doesn't apply here because IT'S A TREE.[/spoiler]

EDIT: You might have missed the hidden "wave" joke aswell.[/quote]

If you hold a radioactive atom in a box with a detector on it, which triggers a chainsaw which makes the tree fall; which is essentially Schrodinger's cat with a completely different mechanism, it'll work as well.

And I feel awful I didn't get the joke the first time around, seeing as I'm a physics major and all @_@[/quote]
[quote=Setsul]Yes, that would work. That would make the wave joke reality instead of a joke. The sound is a mechanical wave whose starting time and therefore the wave function itself is determined by a quantum wavefunction (mathematician at heart, if you haven't noticed yet).
Who said you couldn't connect classical mechanics and quantum physics?[/quote]
[quote=RawrSpoon][quote=Setsul]Yes, that would work. That would make the wave joke reality instead of a joke. The sound is a mechanical wave whose starting time and therefore the wave function itself is determined by a quantum wavefunction (mathematician at heart, if you haven't noticed yet).
Who said you couldn't connect classical mechanics and quantum physics?[/quote]

Stop it, you're getting me all hot and bothered.[/quote]

I would like to add that your envisioned apparatus would also, in fact, make the tree spin. [spoiler]while falling[/spoiler]

#17

Setsul

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#16
You've found the mechanical layer of the joke.
Yes, i've planned the both jokes, the references and all these layers.
But hey, it was raining outside and i had nothing to do...