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Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by sokoloff on Monday September 02, 2019 @06:24AM (#20858085)
The next derivatives in the sequence of position, velocity, acceleration, and jerk are amusingly named “snap, crackle, and pop”, respectively.
Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by neohaven on Monday September 02, 2019 @08:32AM (#20858673)
Interestingly, they keep getting into "smaller" sounds. Snaps are kind of long-ish, potentially. Something can slowly snap (jerk primed) in two, it's not "as instantaneous a sound" as the two others. Compare to the pops (third) that are part of any crackle (second) you might hear. I always find it a little extra clever that they're ordered "like derivatives".
Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by sokoloff on Monday September 02, 2019 @08:44AM (#20858733)
Snap, Crackle, and Pop were three cartoon mascots of Rice Krispies cereal. (Mentioning only because non-US or "other generation" people might not get the reference.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap,_Crackle_and_Pop

Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by mrfusion on Monday September 02, 2019 @09:22AM (#20858957)
I always wondered if these were all movements through different higher physical dimensions.

I wonder if anyone has studied that.