physics and applying it to programming

[Tony]

waves are kinda useless to programming unless you're modeling their behaviour

[BlAcK TuRtLe]

forces in grade 11 we're doin right now. We just did gravitational forces. Its not that hard reall just alot of crummy formulae

[Tony]

haha, just wait till physics 12 we get to calculate forces between quontum electrical charges in magnetic fields and such

[Homer_simpson]

for a good physics based program... u probably should know oop...
for example let's say u wanna make simple physic world with simple laws of physics on it...
now first u gotto create a world... in that world u can have ground,gravity,wall,etc...
then u need some objects,and objects have properties like position,angle,mass,velocity,energy,etc...
after that comes the physics engine... the physics engine is the part where u start applying rules of physics to yer object like:collision detection,gravitational pull,etc...

and finally u can draw yer world and object...

i had a physics particle engine posted here somewhere, check that out it's the perfect example for what i'm talking about...