as i was sitting in my math class i overheard a discussion between two of the biggest geeks known to mankind.. actually they were really pondering, not discussing, because they both seemed to agree lol. the main point of the whole conversation was that if you expand a circle into eternity, will it become a straight line the closer to being eternally big it comes?
granted, i see the point of their discussion. people who are familiar with graphs and functions know that one way to find the acceleration of a graph at one certain point is taking a little piece of the graph, a piece so little that it is actually a straight line and not a curved one, and then calculating the acceleration. basically, if you take out a small part of a big circle, it will look like a straight line. it might not be 100% straight, but as the circle becomes bigger and bigger, you will be able to take bigger and bigger pieces out of the circle, and they will be straight lines. this picture demonstrates it:
and this is the shit i have to put up with
granted, i see the point of their discussion. people who are familiar with graphs and functions know that one way to find the acceleration of a graph at one certain point is taking a little piece of the graph, a piece so little that it is actually a straight line and not a curved one, and then calculating the acceleration. basically, if you take out a small part of a big circle, it will look like a straight line. it might not be 100% straight, but as the circle becomes bigger and bigger, you will be able to take bigger and bigger pieces out of the circle, and they will be straight lines. this picture demonstrates it:
and this is the shit i have to put up with


