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Post by Inu-papa on Mar 4, 2009 17:22:23 GMT -5
Aand after much deliberation, I realized that the shape, and thus weight, of the spearhead area was solely a factor of the length of the claw blades. Meaning with only one variable in play, I can express the weight of the entire thing as a single equation.
Length of the claw blades is L. Their width is 1/5L. Their thickness is a set 2cm. So the volume of a claw blade can be given by L*W*T, or L*L/5*.02. There's two of them, so this would be 2(L*L/5*0.2) for both.
The claw blades extend out to form a semicircle, with the tip extending as far as necessary to reach the same distance away from the base of the blades. Therefore, the tip is always going to be of a length of 2L/pi (ie, the radius of the circle). I express this piece as a sphere with half that diameter, which would be L/pi. The radius of that sphere would then be L/2pi. Therefore, the volume of that sphere would be 4/3*pi*(L/2pi)^3.
So, add both those volumes together, then multiply the whole thing by 8000 to get the mass of the entire set. Add 10 for the mass of the handle and 1 for the mass of the pommel (which don't change), and tada, total mass of the spear for any length blade. Summarized:
M = 11 + 8000(2(L*L/5*.02) + 4/3*pi*(L/2*pi)^3)
or, simplified:
M = 11 + 8000(L^2/125 + L^3/(6*pi^2))
A blade length of 0.5m gives a mass of 43.9kg/96.5lbs (I rounded numbers in the original calculation while this is more exact, so it'll be a tad different). A blade length of 1m gives a mass of 210kg/462lbs (damn, what a difference a little rounding error makes).
I am such a math geek. Someone stop me.
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Post by puppykinns on Mar 4, 2009 17:48:31 GMT -5
*gently nips him on the hand* Easy there boy, eeeeeeeeasy. While I find it fun to watch people extrapolate on equations, this is getting a bit out of control. So! Put down the calculator and step away from the scrap paper! Or else Ill have to let me rats crawl around in your sleeves.  |
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Post by ladyjanegrey on Mar 4, 2009 23:50:07 GMT -5
Ugh. Was never very good at math. Although, how much would one of those "hammers" that athletes throw in Track and Field weigh? Considering they practice lifting and "spinning" it around it would be similar movements, maybe? But, jeez, If Sango can toss Hiraikotsu around, what problem a little spear? The boomerang is bigger and bulkier. *gently nips him on the hand* Easy there boy, eeeeeeeeasy. While I find it fun to watch people extrapolate on equations, this is getting a bit out of control. So! Put down the calculator and step away from the scrap paper! Or else Ill have to let me rats crawl around in your sleeves. I don't know. Wouldn't that be uncomfortable............., for the rats?  |
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Post by puppykinns on Mar 5, 2009 23:04:01 GMT -5
Nah they'd love it; Inu-Papa would basically become their play ground. Especially if they could get in his sleeves or his pants, lord knows their favorite pass times are being exceedingly cute and crawling in places that make you squeal.
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Post by Inu-papa on Mar 10, 2009 10:58:30 GMT -5
Since I know people are going to be asking, and explaining the jokes in-chapter would be awkward:
"Yarisugi" is a compound word made of "yaru" (to do) and "sugiru" (too much), and basically means "overkill". "Yari" also means "spear". Therefore, "yarisugi" can mean both "overkill" and "an excessive spear".
"Wan" is the Japanese sound effect for "woof", and "Wan-chan" is a very generic, cutesy name for a dog.
"Unyaa" is the Japanese sound effect for a baby crying.
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Post by ladyjanegrey on Mar 10, 2009 18:47:41 GMT -5
I suspect that the real joke is that the "Monster" turns out to be Hisui-chan's father.  Akagane sure is a ........, well I don't know. After all, you helped him with the bandits! You could have just looked for the Jewel and then run off out of danger. Oh MY!!!! What Next?  ;D |
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Post by ladyjanegrey on Mar 19, 2009 19:37:27 GMT -5
Oi, yoi! What a downer!  I still think that the Dogs at the temple where the Shikon no Tama was, might be relatives. |
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Post by Sayuri on Mar 19, 2009 19:45:21 GMT -5
Why do you say that?
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Post by ladyjanegrey on Mar 22, 2009 17:27:52 GMT -5
Why? I really don't know. Just a feeling I have. Sorry it took me awhile to get back. Haven't been feeling so good. (no pun.) |
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Post by ladyjanegrey on Mar 24, 2009 18:37:21 GMT -5
Oh, more mysteries! "Mother where are you? Did you do those terrible things?? Do You Love ME??? Oh, woe is I!" Well, well. I wondered if she would show up again. What does she have up her pretty pink sleeve? I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her.  Hey! Do you think that EIKA was the one who stole Kogane's soul? Oh, boy! that would be a nasty coincidence! |
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Post by puppykinns on Mar 24, 2009 19:42:20 GMT -5
Hhmmm where to start where to start...
Well, I'm not going to lie...the whole "MEH MAH BF IN TEN YRS!! <3<3" bit reminds me of those creepy older guys/girls who "fall in love with" a teenager whose about 8 years their junior, and insist that it'll all be okay because "They'll wait for them"; but at the same time being a demon generally provides you with a longer life span and time is relative anyway.... Hell, all that really means is for creatures who rely on time, the idea is frikken creepy!! ><! Eika's a pedo!! (had to get that off my chest)
I must also say that I am beyond intrigued about your mother; while I want to go back and read the first few chapters over again to double check my original impressions of her, I want to stay in a similar befuddled state as your character to keep it relate-able.
I also really want to see what happened to Eika from the time she recovered enough to leave you and Yachouon at the temple to the present chapter, and I'm at least kinda hopeful that I'll get to know because you're good at filling in the plot holes that need to be filled.
And at this moment in time this is about all the review I can get done >.o. People keep interrupting me left and right so I can't collect my thoughts enough to keep going. I will continue this though!
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Post by Inu-papa on Mar 29, 2009 2:16:44 GMT -5
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Post by puppykinns on Mar 29, 2009 19:56:05 GMT -5
I know this isn't anything new, but: YOU'RE FRIKKEN ADORABLE AS A KID! I MEAN REALLY! JUST! CUTE! THAT'S YOU!! YOU'RE CUTE!!
that about covers it.
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Post by puppykinns on Mar 31, 2009 21:35:53 GMT -5
Another good chapter I must say. The beginning didn't really interest me too much, and I'll admit that you *suddenly* mastering the bells as soon as you thought about it more was a bit of a turn off. However I got to thinking that with Yachouon's essence inside of you, and the explanation that you've gained his abilities because of that, you weren't so much as learning something new as...remembering it in a way. I equate it a bit to the 1994 film version of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (the only movie to do SOME justice to the book) in which the Monster says that he wasn't quite learning how to read, write, and speak so much as his eyes, hands, and mouth were slowly remembering that they could do these things. Not a perfect analogy maybe, but its the one that just kind of leaped out at me because it took Chibi-Papa from prodding the Gary-Stu line, put him on a bus, and carted him off back into the realm of enjoyable main character.
I also enjoy that you don't leave abilities unexplained. So many people would leave their story characters at a "They can do this, this, and that." and hell if we'll ever know why. Granted, if the story is good enough I'll enjoy reading it so much I don't notice the obvious plot holes; which holds true for your Memoirs, I enjoy it so much I don't need things to be explained, so their explanation is a nice little glob of chocolate syrup at the bottom of my Sundae (if you will). And not only do you explain how things work, you do it so we know what the hell you're talking about x3! So, you get kudos for good descriptions.
Loved the end of the chapter! I wish that I felt a bit more horrified when I reached the end of the page, I was affected by what happened but I wasn't internally feeling it. Then I thought about it a bit more...and yes what happened was in fact horrifying, it was just very subtle. Where as in past chapter's I've related well to Chibi-Papa's emotion and current mind set, I didn't relate that much to the girl's until I started thinking about it more...and to die afraid and alone is a very sad thought to me.
But when you think about it she, in a way, didn't die alone because you were there and knew of her suffering because her suffering was also your own. (kinda).
Still dying to know what is going on with your mom!
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Post by Inu-papa on Apr 1, 2009 8:16:14 GMT -5
Another good chapter I must say. The beginning didn't really interest me too much, and I'll admit that you *suddenly* mastering the bells as soon as you thought about it more was a bit of a turn off. However I got to thinking that with Yachouon's essence inside of you, and the explanation that you've gained his abilities because of that, you weren't so much as learning something new as...remembering it in a way. I equate it a bit to the 1994 film version of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (the only movie to do SOME justice to the book) in which the Monster says that he wasn't quite learning how to read, write, and speak so much as his eyes, hands, and mouth were slowly remembering that they could do these things. Not a perfect analogy maybe, but its the one that just kind of leaped out at me because it took Chibi-Papa from prodding the Gary-Stu line, put him on a bus, and carted him off back into the realm of enjoyable main character. And is this any different from Inuyasha randomly learning to use Kaze no Kizu or Bakuryuuha in the middle of a battle on the first try as soon as he noticed something to cut? "Hey, now that I'm blinded, I can smell where my and Sesshoumaru's youki collide! I'll just cut there! Oh, hey, that amazingly made an awesome attack!" Or when Toutousai asked him how he figured out how to use Bakuryuuha, he's just like, "I cut where it smelled like it would explode." I mean, given that, and given that I'm infinitely more amazing than my kids, is this any stretch? I mean, as stated in the chapter, the only reason Eika took so long to learn it was because she was doing it wrong. It's like if the task was copying the contents of one text file to another text file, Eika's technique was to have both files open and read and re-type the whole thing into the new file, whereas I actually bothered to figure out Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V. That and I just didn't want to spend a whole lot of time on this like Inuyasha's frikkin' YEAR of Tessaiga upgrades that in the end did jack squat. Yeah, I'm the kind of person who, while I can enjoy fantasy and magic, have a limit to how much disbelief I can suspend. And if there's one thing I want to avoid in this story, it's someone whipping something out of their ass with absolutely no explanation. I actually almost had that problem a few chapters ago with the bandit attack, and was wondering how the hell Akagane was going to get out of the situation I'd put him in. I was mulling the idea of, "Maybe he randomly has l33t karate skillz," but since there had been absolutely no hint of this until now, it was just too unbelievable and would put him even further onto the Gary-Stu boat. Yeah, I did feel like the end bit went a bit fast and there wasn't much time to take in what precisely had happened. The little girl was looking for her mother, and so was I, it just happened that I found my mother, and then she... killed me. Which is a bit unnerving. Heh, I can give you the only hint I've given Sayuri so far, in that if you think you know what's going on with my mom but it doesn't prompt an "Oh my god, that's effed up" reaction, you're probably wrong. Or have no heart. Thanks for the review, though. I'm definitely trying to watch out for making characters' abilities too unbelievable, but please continue to point anything out as you see it. |
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