--intellectual entrepreneurs--

   something i wrote down yesterday, while sipping coffee, at my favorite
spot( i have been rolling this idea around awhile)--



  intellectual entrepreneurs(a problem solving company)--


      we solve problems, by providing good solutions, in a timely manner, for an
appropriate amount...from small issues, to serious problems, we will prevail...for you--
( there is a small fee for "the initial consultation", or a flat-rate, for "think-tank time" and a solution, w/presentation...laser-pointer and projector supplied)--


   lost your dog?...we will research the breed, their tendencies, and correlate the
landscape of your neighborhood, to provide good insights on the "where-abouts" of
the beast--


  need to know how to build a bridge across the english channel?...we will find a britt
that lives there, and research the weather, sea conditions, and the price of fish-n-chips( on
both sides of the bridge you are trying to build), as well as deriving bridge construction
options/viability of project--

                --we are serious, and we work for you--

best wishes, john kruschke--

--et's cell phone( bill past due)--

    ET...proof that if you call with the right phone, not only does someone answer,
but they show up...

 ET's phone--

   i viewed the one at the "museum of science and industry" awhile back, as i remember, it was the satellite dish ET constructed, in the film about him...it was made with a record player, umbrella, saw-blade, and some silverware...there was also a green rubber-looking string( a paddle-game's rubber cord, that retracted the arm that moved the saw blade, the strap went from the record-players arm, to the tree branch, and also around the back of the player, to provide a retract system for turning the saw blade)--

   so, the tree branch turned the record-players turn-table with the fork, that was retracted out of the way, instantly, by the green paddle-game cord, the saw blade was painted blue, to insulate the steel of the blade in areas other than where contact was desired, to bridge the two contacts held against the blade, these wires went to the keypad of the "speak-and-spell", the pattern of unpainted areas on the saw-blade, were "contact areas" for the wires held against the saw-blade, that went to the keypad of the "speak-and-spell", for simulating a person typing the letters in, over and over( automated input)--

    next, the "speak-and-spell's" speaker was taped to a walkie-talkie, to covert the audible, repeated, message, to one that was an "R-F signal", by the two hand-held walkie-talkies, the second walkie-talkie, went to an old tv receiver, for the "UHF band", this was then affixed to a tin can, that sent the "R-F radio waves" downward, to the umbrella, that was covered in tin-foil, to reflect these waves outward, into space...
 
  the bottom line...what was the message he sent??

  answer--   "send help"( "HELP" )...and they did...


note--

  i believe the modern system of bouncing the signal going in/out, to a light-weight reflector, suspended in front-of the center of the dish, came from the same person that built this first device...( allowing less expensive, and smaller/more powerful dishes to exist...since the signal goes from the center of the dish, to the reflector suspended in front of it, and is then bounced backwards, to the large reflector of the dish, containing the receiver/transmitter...and then on into space)--

  best wishes, john kruschke

--baseball-bat sweet-spot/performance factors--

   my last post got me thinking, about the "sweet-spot" of a bat, when hitting a ball out-of-the-park...here is how i feel this relates to my last post( "leaning tower of pizza")...



the skinny--

     at the end of the bat, the speeds are highest, and the most leverage is present...or is it??...yes, the speeds are the highest there, but at the veery end of the bat, there is no weight, or mass, for the ball to react to, both equally, and oppositely--

the point--

 i suggest, that this is the reason the "sweet-spot" of a bat, is not at the exact end of the bat...but lies a bit closer to the handle--

conjecture--

   there are also "harmonic flex-factors" in the bat( a known topic of discussion), but the exact location of the best "flex-spot", that yields the greatest force on the ball being struck, is not...i suggest, this "sweet-spot"on the bat, could be the area that is most equal, in mass/force, to the weight/speed, of the ball being thrown, for the bat/batter to hit, and that the "sweet-spot" on the bat, is a slight distance from the end( but not at the tip)--

summary--

     no numbers yet on this one( i feel they are in this blog though), the "prop", and "lateral tork" calcs, have the type of math needed to predict the ideal "sweet-spot" of a bat, from the weight of ball/bat/speed of throw, and swing...as well as the distance a ball will travel, from a hit( depending on angle)...

    i may crunch this one "long-hand" in this post at a later date...

   best wishes, john kruschke--

--the leaning tower of pizza--

    the "archimedes post" the other day, got me thinking about the leaning tower of pizza...i believe the math for that post can be used to crunch the numbers that structure is experiencing, here goes--


the skinny--

    tower weight, + angle of lean( derive angle from height/distance off-center), % 2, = pounds of force in the direction of the lean, minus 1 = foot-pounds in the direction of the lean...


  the numbers--

    32,000,000 pounds  + 3.9984 degrees = 32,000,003.9984

    32,000,003.9984  % 2 = 16,000,001.9992 pounds of force in the direction of the lean

    16,000,001.9992 - 1 =  16,000,000.9992 foot-pounds of force in the direction the structure is leaning--


  so, that's the news, the leaning tower of pizza has 16,000,000.9992 foot-pounds of force trying to knock it over...
 

    the other side( trailing-side of tilt)--

    on the other side( the trailing-side of the tilt), different math is needed,  if the tower were exactly straight, there would be 16,000,000 pounds, or 15,999,999 foot-pounds( of force), pushing away from the center of the tower, in all directions, however, once the tower begins to tilt, the weight shifts, to the tilting side, from all the other directions, until there is no weight on any sides, but the tilting side--

 calc for trailing side--
 
    the trailing side has -3.9985 pounds( -3.9984 foot-pounds) pushing away from the lean, and + 3.9985 pounds( or, +3.9984 foot-pounds) pushing in the direction of the lean--

cumulative lateral tork calc--

    by combining the totals( 16,000,000.9992 foot-pounds + 3.9984 foot-pounds), pushing in the direction of the lean, from both sides, we get 16,000,004.9976 foot-pounds of "lateral tork", trying to tip the structure over--

     ciao, john kruschke--