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remmers
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The Speed of Light
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May 6 18:51 UTC 2006 |
We all speak of the speed of light
(At least those who are somewhat bright),
But none talk of the speed of dark.
This is a thing that bears remark,
And so I ask you, plain and stark,
Just what *IS* the speed of dark?
(Theorize, if you must,
But it is *FACTS* that we most trust.)
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rcurl
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response 1 of 26:
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May 6 19:32 UTC 2006 |
http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/science/darksucker.html
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mcnally
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response 2 of 26:
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May 6 19:39 UTC 2006 |
re #0:
Before we find the speed of light in space
We first must needs agree about "time" and "place".
And is the universe a spinning bucket?
Until agreement's reached I say we chuck it.
So kindly please (in rhyme) define your terms
Before opening up a giant can of worms..
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bru
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response 3 of 26:
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May 6 19:59 UTC 2006 |
We deal then with time and space
Of where light goes and in its place
The nothingness, the empty black
This is what you seek to track
I do not think dark faster still
Than light, so test it if you will
The self same test that shows lightspeed
Will work with dark the same, take heed.
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nharmon
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response 4 of 26:
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May 7 20:02 UTC 2006 |
Is light energy or does it have mass
Questions like these we pondered in class
We measured its effect on a metal plate
Electrons those photons did create
But how we wondered could it be true
that by light's momentum they did flew
Nonesense said we, light is energy
For it arrives in waves we see
Which is it we asked inquisitively
Is light matter or energy
Then came Al and to our surprise
Said it was both and won a prize
For everything in the universe that we know
Moves in waves no matter how slow
And it was this idea by which we came
To never think of things the same
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edina
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response 5 of 26:
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May 8 16:38 UTC 2006 |
Whenever I read this, I start going..
"The naming of cats is a difficult matter...."
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jadecat
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response 6 of 26:
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May 8 18:02 UTC 2006 |
well it is!
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bru
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response 7 of 26:
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May 8 22:28 UTC 2006 |
do you have any idea how long it took us to figure out Mughi's name?
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edina
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response 8 of 26:
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May 8 22:39 UTC 2006 |
With mine, they just came to me. Guinness and Murphy just seemed
right (and now Guinness proudly lives up to her stout description),
Gizmo (Gizzy) has big ears and Cotton is all white. I mean, they all
have not so nice nicknames too, but we won't talk about that.
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jadecat
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response 9 of 26:
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May 9 00:28 UTC 2006 |
Hey now, Little Bastard can be said with love and affection. ;)
Sasha's name just came to me as well- she just looked like a Sasha
(after all, she looked like a long-haired Russian Blue). Leo did come
named, but as I cannot have a pet with that short of a name= I
lengthened it to Leopolde.
Then there are the nicknames... Sasha's- Boosh, Shimi, Monster, Grey
Beast... Leo's LeoBeo, Bobblehead, Danger Boy!!, and so on... It's
amazing they actually respond to their 'real' names.
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nharmon
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response 10 of 26:
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May 9 00:42 UTC 2006 |
Hey, we need more physics poetry!!!
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kingjon
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response 11 of 26:
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May 9 13:03 UTC 2006 |
/cues Flanders & Swann "First and Second Law" [of Thermodynamics]
http://nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fas/anotherhat_first.html
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albaugh
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response 12 of 26:
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May 11 22:20 UTC 2006 |
"And call him by his name!"
"Now this is this, and that is that..."
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naftee
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response 13 of 26:
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May 12 03:42 UTC 2006 |
":unb;lkcy " unlucky
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wilt
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response 14 of 26:
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May 16 23:46 UTC 2006 |
HACKED BY GNAA LOL JEWS DID WTC LOL
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wilt
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response 15 of 26:
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May 17 00:02 UTC 2006 |
HTTP://WWW.GNAA.US/
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jesuit
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response 16 of 26:
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May 17 02:13 UTC 2006 |
TROGG IS DAVID BLAINE
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jesuitx
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response 17 of 26:
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May 18 02:27 UTC 2006 |
http://www.jewsdidwtc.com/
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tarbaby
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response 18 of 26:
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May 18 23:18 UTC 2006 |
TROGG IS DAVID BLAINE
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garyn
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response 19 of 26:
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May 19 23:42 UTC 2006 |
this board is impossible to trlol
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tod
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response 20 of 26:
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May 20 00:25 UTC 2006 |
Efter sanering har vi nu ntligen ftt tillbaka frodo.
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gaynigger
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response 21 of 26:
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May 21 02:48 UTC 2006 |
this board is impossible to trlol
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camwhorejax
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response 22 of 26:
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May 22 07:56 UTC 2006 |
hi it's me i'm a camwhore
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gayniggerassociation
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response 23 of 26:
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May 23 20:50 UTC 2006 |
GNAA GNAA GNAAGNAA GNAA GNAAGNAA GNAA GNAAGNAA GNAA GNAAGNAA GNAA GNAAGNAA
GNAA GNAA
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tsty
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response 24 of 26:
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May 27 02:52 UTC 2006 |
speed of light is medium-dependent.
read recently that some scientist created a medium in which
teh speed of light was measured at .... <fact> 38 miles per *hour*.
now *that* is some thick soup, eh?
Putting the Brakes on Light
Light travels 186,000 miles per second in a vacuum;
in Lene Hau's lab, it ambles at 38 miles an hour
By John P. Wiley, Jr.
Related links
http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/1999/june/phenom_jun99.php
So I'm readin' the paper and see where this Danish woman has slowed light
down to 38 miles per hour. It takes a bit for that to sink in. But yes,
that's per hour, and that is 38 miles. Right there in print. Now we have
all known all our lives that in a vacuum light travels 186,000 miles per
second and not all that much slower — for our purposes — when it is moving
through air, say, or water. Light from the sun takes only eight minutes to
reach us, some 93,000,000 miles away. If light dawdled along at 38 miles
per hour, it would take approximately 275 years for a photon to move from
the sun to the earth. Horses can run faster than 38 miles per hour, for
goodness' sake. If you'll allow a little poetic license about light sources
and whatnot, this woman has figured out how to catch a sunbeam.
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