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Light is so fast it goes backwards.
Strange, discovery? Or, just over hyped scientific experiment?
http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot?m=5428 If, you want to confuse yourself alot, go ahead and read it. |
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Thats done it.
now i need to look for a site that explains why the earth is flat |
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Thanks for the link..... |
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Very interesting.
I guess all have heard this scenario: If your ship/car is traveling at the speed of light and you turn on your headlights, will the beam of light actually show? And if you are traveling faster than the speed of sound and you blow your horn, does it make a noise you can hear? I guess it all has to do with relativity. If you are on the ground and see a jet plane, the higher up it is, the slower is appears to be moving. Now the people on the plane have no feeling of moving at all unless they look out the windows. And while you are flying at 500 MPH and you drop a book, does it fall straight down to the floor or does the speed of the plane have any influences of where the book lands. Crazy enough for you? Ok. Absorb that for a while and don't stress. |
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I was going to answer the questions, but oracle128 beat me to it. Good explanations & link.
I suggest reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. It's a very good introduction to physics (mostly theoretical and astrophysics). If you've already read it, read it again. Edit: online version here. Last edited by Pi rules; May 22nd, 2006 at 11:37 PM. |
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If you're going to be bored, don't visit the blatant science-related thread...
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"blatant science".... the worst kind.
Stephen Hawkings did the undoable for me - made Physics sound boring. This particular book of his is the most boring scientific (pseudo ?) tome I have ever cast an eye between the covers of. It did for physics for me what the DaVinci Code drivel did for thrillers. It's also (by Hawkings own admission) a bit off the mark in several areas. Ora, I was not saying science is boring, or the topic was boring, just that two of the threads before mine were exceedingly so! (Runs and puts flameproof vest on). Last edited by Snurfen; May 23rd, 2006 at 01:28 PM. Reason: just one little "not" can make all the difference :p |
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Anyone ever thought if you put a pendulum on a train and, while it goes backwards and forwards, is it going faster and slower then the train at the same time?
Hint: Gravity has a lot to do with this one. |
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Does the missing odd socks theory fit into this thread i wonder?
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