Today we are going to apply Pingieking's Equation in conjunction with Relativity to the video games disparity problem.
Consoles vs PC is the same question as console gamers vs PC gamers, and can therefore be answered using the same theory. Consoles are specilized PCs that can provide approximately 80% of the gaming capabilities that regular PCs can (that number changes depending on the game). It is then trivial to derive that console gamers are people who want 80% of the features that PC gamers want (again, this changes with the game).
A very simple derivation. Yet, like Thermodynamics, is an extremely powerful theory. It answers multitude of questions and provides great reasoning for several senarios, such as;
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2)
We can now see that both of these example questions are actually the same question asked from a differing reference frame. From the PC reference, a machine that can do 80% of what a PC can do is simply an inferior machine. Extending that logic, a gamer content with 80% of what PC gamers get is easily pleased. From the other frame of reference, a console gamer will deem a PC gamer to be elitist and entitled because a PC gamer asks for 125% of what a console gamer wants. Neither side is right or wrong, they're simply interpreting their measured values in their own frame. Since there is no absolute reference frame, the frame can be chosen at convenience. I generally suggest students to choose a frame that they can most easily relate to.
Thus what some may see as an extremely difficult question is actually very simple to solve; simply apply Galilian Relativity and the results are easily calculated. Remember that Einstein's Special Relativity is unnecessary in this case, since the electrons in the current are not flowing as a speed comparable to c, and the application of special relativity would only further complicate the calculations. Since this is an intro class, we would like to keep the number of Greek letter variables to a minimum.
Consoles vs PC is the same question as console gamers vs PC gamers, and can therefore be answered using the same theory. Consoles are specilized PCs that can provide approximately 80% of the gaming capabilities that regular PCs can (that number changes depending on the game). It is then trivial to derive that console gamers are people who want 80% of the features that PC gamers want (again, this changes with the game).
A very simple derivation. Yet, like Thermodynamics, is an extremely powerful theory. It answers multitude of questions and provides great reasoning for several senarios, such as;
1)
Because they're not console gamers, and they want their machines to perform up to its potential.MetaKnight19 said:
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The first question is obvious using the theory. Become from the PC gamer frame of reference, the console is inferior. The second question is basically a refined version of the first, and therefore is answered in the same way.SantoUno said:
We can now see that both of these example questions are actually the same question asked from a differing reference frame. From the PC reference, a machine that can do 80% of what a PC can do is simply an inferior machine. Extending that logic, a gamer content with 80% of what PC gamers get is easily pleased. From the other frame of reference, a console gamer will deem a PC gamer to be elitist and entitled because a PC gamer asks for 125% of what a console gamer wants. Neither side is right or wrong, they're simply interpreting their measured values in their own frame. Since there is no absolute reference frame, the frame can be chosen at convenience. I generally suggest students to choose a frame that they can most easily relate to.
Thus what some may see as an extremely difficult question is actually very simple to solve; simply apply Galilian Relativity and the results are easily calculated. Remember that Einstein's Special Relativity is unnecessary in this case, since the electrons in the current are not flowing as a speed comparable to c, and the application of special relativity would only further complicate the calculations. Since this is an intro class, we would like to keep the number of Greek letter variables to a minimum.
