Comic #2726: 2012-11-03

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Description

Comic Description

Panel 1:

• Setting: A conversation takes place in what appears to be a casual environment, likely a university or school setting.
• Characters:
  • An older man with glasses, wearing a gray blazer over a white shirt.
  • A young woman with dark hair, wearing a yellow top and a purple backpack.
• Text:
  • Older man: “Good luck in college, kiddo. You know, I actually had more trouble in basic physics than most of the later stuff.”
  • Young woman: “Huh. I wonder why?”

Panel 2:

• Scene Transition: The word “SOON…” indicates a time skip.
• Characters:
  • Same young woman from the first panel.
  • Another character, a woman with short blonde hair, wearing an orange shirt, appearing to explain a concept.
• Text:
  • Blonde woman: “Now, this all makes sense if we assume the spring is a ball on a pendulum with its mass at a point at its center suspended in mid-air. But there’s no air and no gravity and the pendulum spring has no mass and no friction. I believe the other unstated assumptions are obvious.”