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Old December 9th, 2004, 10:29 PM   #21
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[offtopic]Wow so there is 3 of us now, idletask, chade, and I images/smilies/lol.gif images/smilies/lol.gif I'm a software engineer myself with BSc degree in Computer science, very nice to meet u guys[/offtopic]
I'm a software developer too (engineer sounds too geeky to me images/smilies/lol.gif ) .
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Old December 10th, 2004, 12:16 AM   #22
 
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I always liked you ESPNSTI, now I know why images/smilies/tongue.gif
hehe yeah well, that's the title where I work right now, there seems to be tons of titles for the very same job we do images/smilies/smile.gif
And MS uses a similar title for developers, SDE (Software Design Engineer) I never felt it geeky but I do prefer developer
we should start our own thread for this kinda talk now I guess images/smilies/smile.gif
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Does anyone know the Cd (or Cx, whatever) of an angled square by any chance?
Cd of a cube is about 0.8, found here: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/21_627.html
So a cube has lower Cx than a sphere?

whats the difference in Cx between a cube and a "stretched cube", or a "compressed cube" with the cubic end towars the airflow?
(It's kind of hard to discuss things like this in english, since I don't know all proper geometric terms... )

[Offtopic]I think I'll start a "copmuter geek / software developer" thread in the Off Topic-forum... images/smilies/wink.gif [/Offtopic]
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Wow... That math must be tough.
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Cool, Very Interesting idletask.
I never really look at a cars coefficient of drag before a purchase or even out of interest. But I thought (like most people I guess) that that's a good indicator of how it slips through the air. A Roller less than a VX, wow images/smilies/eek.gif

Good to know dude. images/smilies/clap.gif
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