Well, I'm pretty bored right now, and I got an idea. I'll let you ask me any question about me that you want, and I'll answer it, as long as it is not overly personal or suggestive.

Ask away.

What program did you edit (not make :P ) your avatar in?

Paint.

Here's a riddle for you:

If you shoot a rifle completely horizontal to a completely flat ground, and the shell casing pops out the instant the bullet is fired, which one will hit the ground first assuming that the bullet doesn't hit another object?

If the force is that great, then the shell casing will hit first, wouldn't it?

Now, if you shot VERTICAL...

Simple, The casing.

You know, I could redo it for you if you wish. ^_^

You both fail. Assuming the casing is ejected IN A HORIZONTAL trajectory at the same height as the barrel of the gun, then the bullet and the casing will hit the ground at the SAME TIME.

This is due to the fact that motion in the X, Y, and Z axes have NO EFFECT on each other. A very simple experiment can be done to prove this: take a .22 rifle and a rock, go out to a lake, and fire the rifle. At the same time, drop the stone from the same height as the barrel. You will see the bullet splash as you hear the rock hit the ground.

Yes, but what if the casing isn't ejected at a horizontal angle? Some guns eject their casings with a Z component to the vector, do they not?

Great way to repel me from the forums.^^

Then the following two cases occur:

1. If the casing's angle of ejection, Θ, is greater than 0 and less than 180 degrees above the horizontal plane, then the bullet will land first, as the casing must complete it's upward arc before it can being moving downwards.

2. If the casing's angle of ejection, Θ, is greater than 180, and less than 360 degrees above the horizontal plane, then the casing will land first, as it is ejected with some initial vertical velocity component, whereas the bullet begins at rest within the y-axis of motion.

Another way of looking at this is simply "What forces are present on the object at the moment of firing?"

It's simple Newtonian mechanics. Third week of 1st semester college physics if your class is lagging behind.

This is fun. I should think about opening a tutoring forum or something.

I wonder what happened to red? This was ask HIM, not the engineers...even though that was interesting. ^_^

Note that I said "about me". This means things related to me. (i.e. "Why did you choose your username?", etc.) I don't want this turned into a trivia thread. =_=

Anyway, @Manny, thanks for offering to redo my avvy. That'd be great. Though I have photoshop, I haven't had the time to really learn how to work it that well.

If you duplicate yourself, and kill yourself to save yourself, is it murder?

Another question: What about being a blue bipedius? Or a octagon bipedius?

dont forget to factor in "what if the casing hits the cheek guard and which way does it go after that?"

Choose your poison. The first one is simply a colorization of the original green one, where the second one has been modified to look more like your current avatar.

With all this talk of rifles, shell casings, and murder, I'm tempted to ask you your opinion on the death of a 90s musician, but I have no clue how old you are... So, how old are you?

It's too bad that I know the answer (and it sure ain't what his profile says :P ), because this is redbipedicus' topic to be giving the answers, not me. :lol:

Ha ha, yeah... currently Red is our forum's oldest member. (Congrats to him!) :P

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? :P

The chicken of course.

The fact that you are correct does not excuse the fact that you answered for redbipedicus. :P

Heh...

Alright, let's try again. A train left Chicago at 7:15 AM carrying 100 gallons of ice cream. If the refrigerator broke after the train had gone 1/4 of the distance, and the ice cream's melting rate became 1 gallon per half hour, how fast would it have to travel to reach New York before half the ice cream melted? The distance between the cities is 912 miles.

For the last time, this isn't a trivia thread!! It's supposed to be quesions about me!

It's not a trivia question, it's a simple math problem! :P

Well, red, can you solve it? And I to, would like to know your age (braincandy) and what other games do you play?

We should ask questions that are NOT trivia. So red, who is the most stupid person you have ever encountered and why?

I am 15. I like to play Mario, Sonic, and Kirby (Mostly the classic ones.) I also like to play Pokemon from time to time. The dumbest person I ever met is in my science class. All he does is sleep in class and text on his phone. He has less than a 9% in the class, and he can't figure out why!

Whats your favorate food?

Question: What does the 87 indicate at the end of your normal username "redchaos?" I've seen it around on the net.

Favorite food: Spaghetti

The "87": No reason in particular. My brothers, hooligans87 and knails87 also have it. It's like "our number" or something.

That happened to me once. My previous usernames always had 13 or 7 after it.

Hey, hows about...do you have any pets?

Yep. Two Labadors and a miniature poodle.

Why do fools fall in love?!?!?! :D

I am not a fool, nor am I currently in love. :P

I wasn't calling YOU a fool. I was just jokingly asking your thoughts on that. :lol:

I know. That answer was a joke.

What's your favourite DooM engine?

Not sure. I haven't quite gotten into DooM modding yet.

how about your favorite SMW editor and snes emulator? (I think I know one of the answers)