Rate of bounce of the bouncing smilies
 

It occured to me that the :hello: smilie might be bouncing at a different rate to the :colour: smilie.

Is that the case ?

If not, suppose with these two side by side
:hello::colour:

If they commence to bounce as soon as this page is loaded, how long before they have a synchronised bounce. What would be the time interval between synchronised bounces ?

It reminds me of something we used to do in A Level Physics called Beat Frequency which occurs when you have two slightly dissimilar tones sounding close to each other. They interfere with one another and a separate wave form is created called the beat frequency. This would be observed as a sinosoidial increase and decrease in the volume of the two tones as they cancel and reinforce each other.

I wondered if it would be the case with :hello::colour:

In other words I need to get out more :laugh:

The little chap on the left seems to be struggling a bit.

:hello::bawling:

:spin:

Or to put it more simply, Sticks:

When two sound waves of different frequency approach your ear, the alternating constructive and destructive interference causes the sound to be alternatively soft and loud - a phenomenon which is called "beating" or producing beats. The beat frequency is equal to the absolute value of the difference in frequency of the two waves. :laugh:

:colour::hello:

I'm well impressed:shocked:

:dazzler::dazzler:

:spin:

Or, to put it yet another way, Steve, the little chap on the left seems to be struggling a bit. :laugh:

:hello::colour:

Come clean now, Sticks. :laugh:

The only reason you've posted up this thread is that you secretly enjoy using the :hello: :colour: smilies far more than the :mad: :bawling: ones, isn't it?

Go on, you can telll me. I can keep a secret - no-one else need ever know. :laugh:

I can't believe we're even discussing the way smilies bounce up and down!! How funny!:laugh:

You sure do! Bless your cotton socks. What would we do without you Sticks :-)

I wonder if the dancing red blob :dance: dances at the same rate as the pink elephant :elephant:

Try comparing

:elephant::dance:

how about these two sticks:joker::laugh:

How about this little bloke:colour:bouncing higher than this little fella. :bouncy:

:colour::bouncy:

:spin:

We could compare these doggies!!!

http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/mica/MiscDog.gif http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/mica/Miscrun_still.gifhttp://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/mica/MiscDogrun.gifhttp://www.smilies.org/basesmilies3/1038162458.gif

I'm getting a headache staring at these daft smilies jumping up and down and wiggling their eyes about etc....

I need a lie down!


:shocked::hugesmile::shocked::hugesmile::shocked:: hugesmile:

Aw, I love the doggies Mairi.

Thank you, Lee :love:

Here's another one, then, just for you.

http://sscorer.co.uk/Gifs/Doggie.gif

Here one for Janette

http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/bluegrab.gif

:thumbs:

Well it appears I am bored, so I thought I'd work out this problem lol

The jump heights of the smileys (in pixels) are:

:hello: = 3
:colour: = 8

So if my maths is right, they bounce on the same spot 1/24 times

The interval time between synchronised bounces - hmmmm, Ill get back to you on that one :wavey:

- Mark

How desperate are we for something to talk about?!!!:laugh:

How many splats does this baby:
http://www.yatoula.com/gif/bebe/enfant_76.gif get in per minute, and does this boy ping more pellets with his catapult?
http://www.yatoula.com/gif/bebe/enfant_83.gif

What do we come up when we are really bored? I dread to think.:conf::conf:

Here's another one:laugh:do ROBS goldfish swimming around there bowl remember if they've done this a few million times before when they complete a lap.:thumbs: That's another post to the thousand.

:dance::dazzler::dance:

I seem to remember that, like all animals, fish have their own particular memory span, in their case I think it is between 0 and 4 seconds. So if one times a lap round the bowl he may just forget if he has been here before.................

Glad others also understand the theory on complex harmonics.................:colour:

:colour::colour::colour::colour::colour:
:colour::colour::colour::colour:
:colour::colour::colour:
:colour::colour:
:colour: