Captain Robert Cox Apps
Spaceship Engineer 1.0
This is a simple "Maxwell's Demon" type ofgame.James Clerk Maxwell was a brilliant Scottish physicist andmathematician. His 4 equations of electromagnetism sum upeverything we know about the electromagnetic force, allowing us toexplain electricity, magnetism, and electromagneticradiation.In any given volume, some particles are moving faster than others,and the temperature of that volume is really only the AVERAGE ofeach particle's kinetic energy. Things are hot if they have a lotof fast moving (high energy) particles. And things are cold if theyhave a lot of slow moving (low energy) particles.In 1871, Maxwell asked the following question:Imagine you have a box which is partitioned down the middle. Thebox is filled with air at room temperature. (Of course, some airmolecules are moving faster than others.) If you could train amicroscopic demon to open and close the partition, in such a way asto separate the fast moving air molecules on one side of the box,and the slow moving molecules on the other side, then your boxwould have a hot side and a cold side. Now, with the difference intemperature, you can run a heat engine as the heat is allowed toflow from hot to cold. (Or, the demon could only allow molecules topass in one direction, creating a vacuum on one side of the box,and high pressure on the other, which could be use to drive apiston.)Maxwell knew this could NEVER happen. It would be a violation ofthe Second Law of Thermodynamics, and is therefore just asimpossible as a perpetual motion machine.In this game, you are an engineer on a spaceship working in theEntropy Potential Reclamation Division. As the ship's Bussardscoops capture elementary particles from space, the computercategorizes them as high energy or low energy. Then the 3DProjector displays a macroscopic image of the Nano-containmentfield and particles. You must open and close the separation field,separating the particles, which then provides more entropy to drivethe ship's heat engines.By about "Level 10", you will have first hand experience of thefutility of trying to fight the universe's tendency towardsdisorder. "Delta-S-universe" is always greater than zero.
Fast Amortization Calculator 3.0
An absolute must for realtors, loan officers,or car, pool, or luxury item salespeople!Simply enter a principal into the "principal" box (tap on the"Principal amount" box, then use the on screen number pad), thenuse the sliders to adjust the interest rate, term length, and eventhe principal amount.The monthly payment adjusts as you move the sliders!Also great if you are buying!Instantly converts any loan to its simple interest equivalent,so you can instantly see the lender's profit!Any loan that is determined to be equivalent to a simpleinterest loan of more than 25% causes the lender's profit to behighlighted in red, to warn you of the predatory lending potential,and to show you exactly how much money the lender is earning fromyou!Easily compare loans of 15, 20, or 30 year terms, simply bysliding the "years" slider!Easily compare monthly payments at 4% versus 5.5% in seconds bysimply moving the "interest" sliders! (One "interest" slideradjusts the integer portion of the interest rate, while the other"interest" slider adjusts the decimal portion of the annualinterest rate.Easily see if you should get the 6 year loan at 8%, or the 5year loan at 7.5%?Easily determine if an extra 5000 down would get the monthlypayment below 450.It takes longer to find the credit card advertisement's APR inthe fine print than to slide the "interest" sliders way up to25.99% and realize how much money they make from you!It only takes seconds to know if the customer can afford it!It only takes seconds to know if YOU can afford it!It only takes seconds to adjust the sliders and get the monthlypayment for any loan!And it only takes seconds to know if the loan is worth it!Save time!Save Money!Know instantly!Please try "Fast Amortization Calculator." I know you'll loveit!Thank you.
