How Soon Is "soon"?

[Samuian]

has ever anybody come across a proper answer to this often used term?

[neverdie]

I will let you know the answer to that question, as soon as I find out.

[zzaa09]

Your frame for time persepectives is different. Just go with it without the needed analysis.

[bojo]

has ever anybody come across a proper answer to this often used term?

Anybody over 6 foot.

Regards Bojo

[Samuian]

well, well.... nothing more convincing?

a building which is half way in construction, is earmarked as "soon be ready"...

so an aircraft carrier...

and "yes sir, you meal will be served soon - are certainly very different timeframes where the same term is used for...so I really wonder!

Edited July 25, 2009 by Samuian

[mauGR1]

Soon?Well,not my mother language,but,i guess..within your lifetime?

[Samuian]

Soon?Well,not my mother language,but,i guess..within your lifetime?

limited to a lifetime?

What about "foreseeable future"?

Looks like a highly expandable time frame....and it might not bee "soon" at all!

[krading]

She "When you buy house for me?"

Me "Soon"

[G54]

An ex said she would wait for me as she said I would soon find out I missed her too much and learn what a good thing I had lost..

When I asked how long 'soon' was, she reckoned on 4 years.

[473geo]

Somewhere between immediately and never

[Benjie]

Soon = Not Yet

[suegha]

I'll tell you tomorrow!

Mañana!

Edited July 25, 2009 by suegha

[IMA_FARANG]

has ever anybody come across a proper answer to this often used term?

No. "Soon" means different things in different countries. The best you can say is it means "sometine between now and when you die".

When I worked in Saudi Arabia, we said everyting worked according to IBM. That's Inshallah, Bukra, Maleesh...or God Willing, Tomorrow, Don't worry.

"Soon" means a different thing here in Greece than in England.

It means something else in Thailand also.

Just learn not to worry about it. "Soon" will be soon enough, if it is before you die.

[SanSaiExPat]

has ever anybody come across a proper answer to this often used term?

No. "Soon" means different things in different countries. The best you can say is it means "sometine between now and when you die".

When I worked in Saudi Arabia, we said everyting worked according to IBM. That's Inshallah, Bukra, Maleesh...or God Willing, Tomorrow, Don't worry.

"Soon" means a different thing here in Greece than in England.

It means something else in Thailand also.

Just learn not to worry about it. "Soon" will be soon enough, if it is before you die.

It's no accident that the sound for (0) Zero in Thai is "Soon"

[njpski]

if the result will be bad, soon = immediately

else, whenever!

[ThaiBasil]

if the result will be bad, soon = immediately

else, whenever!

I do get the occasional "later" ....... also not sure what is exactly meant by that

[Samuian]

I know "Manãna", Amanhã, "Domani" and I know in those

countries it isn't taken for tomorrow but any time, not now!

Well, I love it, so "soon" doesn't necessarily express "never",

but it leaves it open space for the experience and interpretations.

So someone who had a "Grand" birthday party these days,

in using this term, isn't so sure himself when "soon" is going to be.

Ah' well.... so what, guess it won't be to soon and that is for sure!

[njpski]

if the result will be bad, soon = immediately

else, whenever!

I do get the occasional "later" ....... also not sure what is exactly meant by that

later is now used as farewell (short for "see you later")

but later in this context is a time frame greater than soon

again it is indeterminant

[Birdman]

Soon is the product of force and the distance over which it moves.

Imagine someone is pushing a heavy box across the room. The more you move the sooner it will be done! If S is soon, F the force acting at an angle ? and s the distance then.

S = FsCos?

that angle represents the local circumstances

Edited July 27, 2009 by Birdman

[njpski]

Soon is the product of force and the distance over which it moves.

Imagine someone is pushing a heavy box across the room. The more you move the sooner it will be done! If S is soon, F the force acting at an angle ? and s the distance then.

S = FsCos?

that angle represents the local circumstances

Glad to see someone is taking this seriously. However, I am wondering if you could express your formula in terms of quantum mechanics and the special theory of relativity.

[BEENTHEREDONETHAT]

Soon = not long

Just ask my wife that question and her response was.

Soon for going to the bank is most likely today sometime.

Soon for going to singapore could be in the 3 months.

She also said she would give me a more definitive response soon.

[Birdman]

Soon is the product of force and the distance over which it moves.

Imagine someone is pushing a heavy box across the room. The more you move the sooner it will be done! If S is soon, F the force acting at an angle ? and s the distance then.

S = FsCos?

that angle represents the local circumstances

Glad to see someone is taking this seriously. However, I am wondering if you could express your formula in terms of quantum mechanics and the special theory of relativity.

Quantum mechanics: Soon = Expectation Values and Operators

ˆp = −i¯hr

ˆ E = i¯h

ˆH= −¯h22mr2 + V ®

½(r, t) = |ª|2 = ª¤(r, t)ª(r, t)

hfi =Z8Vª¤(r, t) ˆ f ª(r, t) dV = hª| ˆ f|ªi

stor: we can use the binomial theorem:

(1+x)^n = 1 + n x + (1/2)n(n-1) x^2 + ... = 1 + n x (approximately) if x<<1

with x = -v^2/c^2 and n = -1/2 , so that gamma = (1+x)^n , giving

K = (1 + nx - 1) m0 c^2 = (nx) m0 c^2 = (-1/2) (-v^2/c^2) m0 c^2 = (1/2) mo v^2

ok cigarette

[njpski]

Soon is the product of force and the distance over which it moves.

Imagine someone is pushing a heavy box across the room. The more you move the sooner it will be done! If S is soon, F the force acting at an angle ? and s the distance then.

S = FsCos?

that angle represents the local circumstances

Glad to see someone is taking this seriously. However, I am wondering if you could express your formula in terms of quantum mechanics and the special theory of relativity.

Quantum mechanics: Soon = Expectation Values and Operators

ˆp = −i¯hr

ˆ E = i¯h

ˆH= −¯h22mr2 + V ®

½(r, t) = |ª|2 = ª¤(r, t)ª(r, t)

hfi =Z8Vª¤(r, t) ˆ f ª(r, t) dV = hª| ˆ f|ªi

stor: we can use the binomial theorem:

(1+x)^n = 1 + n x + (1/2)n(n-1) x^2 + ... = 1 + n x (approximately) if x<<1

with x = -v^2/c^2 and n = -1/2 , so that gamma = (1+x)^n , giving

K = (1 + nx - 1) m0 c^2 = (nx) m0 c^2 = (-1/2) (-v^2/c^2) m0 c^2 = (1/2) mo v^2

ok cigarette

The loud noise you just heard was my brain exploding!!!!!!!!

[AlexLah]

Maybe like this is more easy to understand?

(just partly)

Soon is very similar to: "One moment please"

Edited July 27, 2009 by AlexLah

[MZurf]

You're all wrong, with your fanciful mathematical explanations. The answer is much more mundane.

"Soon" is short for "monsoon". i.e. the rainy season!

Example:

Question: "When will the rains start?"

Answer: "Soon". Meaning: The rains will start during the monsoon.

QED!!!!

[snuggzzz]

Eve said to Adam,

if you eat this apple,

sooner or later......................

[ThaiBasil]

Soon is the product of force and the distance over which it moves.

Imagine someone is pushing a heavy box across the room. The more you move the sooner it will be done! If S is soon, F the force acting at an angle ? and s the distance then.

S = FsCos?

that angle represents the local circumstances

Glad to see someone is taking this seriously. However, I am wondering if you could express your formula in terms of quantum mechanics and the special theory of relativity.

Quantum mechanics: Soon = Expectation Values and Operators

ˆp = −i¯hr

ˆ E = i¯h

ˆH= −¯h22mr2 + V ®

½(r, t) = |ª|2 = ª¤(r, t)ª(r, t)

hfi =Z8Vª¤(r, t) ˆ f ª(r, t) dV = hª| ˆ f|ªi

stor: we can use the binomial theorem:

(1+x)^n = 1 + n x + (1/2)n(n-1) x^2 + ... = 1 + n x (approximately) if x<<1

with x = -v^2/c^2 and n = -1/2 , so that gamma = (1+x)^n , giving

K = (1 + nx - 1) m0 c^2 = (nx) m0 c^2 = (-1/2) (-v^2/c^2) m0 c^2 = (1/2) mo v^2

ok cigarette

The loud noise you just heard was my brain exploding!!!!!!!!

wasn't that loud ........ jk .. jk ....

[Datsun240Z]

Soon is the product of force and the distance over which it moves.

Imagine someone is pushing a heavy box across the room. The more you move the sooner it will be done! If S is soon, F the force acting at an angle ? and s the distance then.

S = FsCos?

that angle represents the local circumstances

Glad to see someone is taking this seriously. However, I am wondering if you could express your formula in terms of quantum mechanics and the special theory of relativity.

Quantum mechanics: Soon = Expectation Values and Operators

ˆp = −i¯hr

ˆ E = i¯h

ˆH= −¯h22mr2 + V ®

½(r, t) = |ª|2 = ª¤(r, t)ª(r, t)

hfi =Z8Vª¤(r, t) ˆ f ª(r, t) dV = hª| ˆ f|ªi

stor: we can use the binomial theorem:

(1+x)^n = 1 + n x + (1/2)n(n-1) x^2 + ... = 1 + n x (approximately) if x<<1

with x = -v^2/c^2 and n = -1/2 , so that gamma = (1+x)^n , giving

K = (1 + nx - 1) m0 c^2 = (nx) m0 c^2 = (-1/2) (-v^2/c^2) m0 c^2 = (1/2) mo v^2

ok cigarette

WOW! If that how you think of " soon "!

[njpski]

Quantum mechanics: Soon = Expectation Values and Operators

ˆp = −i¯hr

ˆ E = i¯h

ˆH= −¯h22mr2 + V ®

½(r, t) = |ª|2 = ª¤(r, t)ª(r, t)

hfi =Z8Vª¤(r, t) ˆ f ª(r, t) dV = hª| ˆ f|ªi

stor: we can use the binomial theorem:

(1+x)^n = 1 + n x + (1/2)n(n-1) x^2 + ... = 1 + n x (approximately) if x<<1

with x = -v^2/c^2 and n = -1/2 , so that gamma = (1+x)^n , giving

K = (1 + nx - 1) m0 c^2 = (nx) m0 c^2 = (-1/2) (-v^2/c^2) m0 c^2 = (1/2) mo v^2

ok cigarette

The loud noise you just heard was my brain exploding!!!!!!!!

wasn't that loud ........ jk .. jk ....

I resemble that remark deeply or should that be shallowly