[Rictor]

The Justin Moore-Minutes Theory of General Sleepiness

s_(a) = Sleepiness, actual
s_(p) = Sleepiness, percieved
w = warmness of bed
t = time previously spent in bed
P = proximity in hours to work/school obligations
l = lightness of sky outside window

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s_(a) ≠ s_(p)
s_(a) ∝ t ^-1
s_(p) ∝ p
s_(p) ∝ l ^-1
s_(p) = [(t × w) ÷ l] ÷ p

solve for s_(p)


erm, off to bed

[CP5670]

That is pretty accurate, except for the time previously spent part. I find it much easier to wake up if I have already been sleeping for a while (four hours or so).

[Galemp]

For the less mathematically inclined of us, you'll have to explain what ∝ means.

[CP5670]

I don't like that symbol because it means very different things in math and in physics and other sciences. In physics it's "is proportional to" and in math is generally used to mean "is the asymptotic series expansion of".

[FireCrack]

Yeah, i prefer using my good ol' friend K, for reasons including i find the bloody thing hard to draw.

[kasperl]

I don't like that symbol because it means very different things in math and in physics and other sciences. In physics it's "is proportional to" and in math is generally used to mean "is the asymptotic series expansion of".

That still doesn't tell me anything, uness he means the physics definition....

[Night Hammer]

yeah...math and exciting in the same sentence, unless theres strippers involved its not happening

[CP5670]

That still doesn't tell me anything, uness he means the physics definition....

I thought that would be obvious enough. Of course it's the physics definition. It's just that I personally am used to seeing that symbol used for the other one.

[General Freak]

I like it. I understood them all, but the last equation made too much sense to be satire, heh.

[Goober5000]

That still doesn't tell me anything, uness he means the physics definition....

I thought that would be obvious enough. Of course it's the physics definition. It's just that I personally am used to seeing that symbol used for the other one.

You must regularly use higher-level stuff then. In all my math courses, we only used that symbol for proportions.

Incidentally, CP, you haven't solved the equation for s_(p) yet.

[FireCrack]

Hmm.. donst smoe of those contradict others?

[Corsair]

I assumed it meant proportional... I think that's the only way I've ever seen it used but I've only seen it in math, not physics. Probably because I've onlly been taking physics for ten weeks.

So do we assume that the proportionalities here are all related by the same constant, k?

[Kosh]

I am disappointed. I expected you to say something like "2+2 really does equal 5".

[Rictor]

That is pretty accurate, except for the time previously spent part. I find it much easier to wake up if I have already been sleeping for a while (four hours or so).

Ah, yes, that. There have been numerous high-level discussions among my colleagues and I recently, with one proposal suggesting that, due to certain theoretical problems with meta-subjective non-integer numerology, the t variable should be replaced with c, denoting the presence of KitKat or some other form of chocolatey foodstuff. We feel that the integrity of the equation can be maintained with such a substitution, and we thank you for your interest.