Save all important documents and bookmark essential web pages, because this might crash your computer. But don't worry, a reboot will fix it.
Go here, click "here" and then stay there for the whole thing. You will need about two minutes.
Have duct tape (or as we call it in Minnesota, Duck Tape) handy.
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I had the first lab of the term yesterday in my introductory E&M class.
Yes, I am going to talk about the MythBusters latest duct tape episode. A couple of pre-post points:
In addition to making a toy model to show the tipping-point behavior of charged pieces of sticky tape, I spent some time on Tuesday trying to do something quantitative with this.
UPDATE: grrrrrrrrrr.....
The original story, now retracted, is below the fold.
i am from minnesota. i don't think i have ever heard duct tape called "duck" tape.
of course, we play "duck duck grey duck"--not "duck duck goose."
maybe we should rename it "goose tape?"