A war would be a good excuse for the US to finally proceed with it's annexation of Canada. But war between Russia and Canada would be a pretty one-sided affair, or lead to WWIII.
A war would be a good excuse for the US to finally proceed with it's annexation of Canada. But war between Russia and Canada would be a pretty one-sided affair, or lead to WWIII.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...cispeed116.xmlA pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light - an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time.
According to Einstein's special theory of relativity, it would require an infinite amount of energy to propel an object at more than 186,000 miles per second.
However, Dr Gunter Nimtz and Dr Alfons Stahlhofen, of the University of Koblenz, say they may have breached a key tenet of that theory.
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The pair say they have conducted an experiment in which microwave photons - energetic packets of light - travelled "instantaneously" between a pair of prisms that had been moved up to 3ft apart.
Being able to travel faster than the speed of light would lead to a wide variety of bizarre consequences.
For instance, an astronaut moving faster than it would theoretically arrive at a destination before leaving.
The scientists were investigating a phenomenon called quantum tunnelling, which allows sub-atomic particles to break apparently unbreakable laws.
Dr Nimtz told New Scientist magazine: "For the time being, this is the only violation of special relativity that I know of."
Pretty damn crazy, combine this with the news about the earthlike planet 20 lightyears away.....
Are you saying the earth-like planet 20 ly's away is actually our earth in the future?Originally Posted by darkshadow
I'm just kidding... But if you combine that with the 10th dimension thing, who knows.
[21:48] * DO furiously masturbates to #gotwoot
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Dude, a light year is a measure of distance, not time, so it has nothing to do with the future. 20 LYs is too far away for humans to travel there, unless they develop cryogenics further, like in "Forever Young".
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
In cosmic terms, 20 light years is right next door. In human terms, yeah, umm ... a full human lifespan at 0.3c (discounting the effects of special relativity)
The whole point of the post was faster then light travel, traveling at lightspeed it would take 20 years, with FTL-travel it would be around the corner, since you would "arrive before you leave" AKA teleportation.
but quantum tunneling is a loooong way from moving objects larger than leptons.
Einstein Strikes Back
I believe this article was written in response to the experiments referenced in the article DS posted. Basically it says the Germans aren't really doing anything special or unprecedented.
This article on the other hand really made me scratch my head...how did they get that effect with just tubes?!?!
Last edited by Yukimura; Fri, 08-17-2007 at 10:34 AM.
continuing on the stock market dip from last week and the article I posted about the U.S. and world governments funnelling money into the broken systems: first articles here
US Federal Reserve announces cut in interest rates
Essentially, although the Fed and other monetary policy makers were originally trying to prevent inflation (as the dollar continues to drop in worth...- many small articles over the past month have detailed how prices of certain individual goods are rising- it was milk this wednesday, up 20%), they've decided that continuing economic growth is a more immediate priority. Much insecurity about interest/loan companies have seen lenders bottom out, and a rush away from the real estate market, which is essentially built off of borrowing money. The Fed is probably hoping that this interest rate cut will show investors that they can have faith in the dipping market since the government is apparently unwilling to let things deteriorate... Many expect a further cut in interest rates.
I see it as using clay to plug a small hole in the bottom of the a boat adrift on the ocean. It'll help for the time being, but people are still spooked about drowning and question the entire structure. Plus, you're going to eventually run out of clay...
also:
Full transcript of yesterday's Democratic Debate in Iowa
For anyone who cares about the Dems or would like to hear what's being said to the voting public.
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
I should've posted this the first time Masa posted about the Fed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWksEJQEYVU
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
^^ That guy needs more chocolate pudding.
"we have armaggedon"
...well, i wouldn't say it's that bad. like i say, it's a broken system by nature, so there's no surprise with problems like this popping up occassionally, and sometimes people are gonna get burned because they're gambling on borrowed money... I think Bernake has done a good job and that all we'd have would be nepotism and blatant corruption if Cramer and his buddies ran the show like they seem to want to...
in short, yes, he needs more pudding
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
On the financial system crisis: Yes boys and girls, we are all in for on truly awful ride in the not to distant future IMO. The good times have lasted too long and, as masa said, since the current financial system is inherently unstable, we are headed for the flipside of the coin. From my perspective things look as though they are going to screw up ala 1929 style, and not just a "minor recorrection" as all the lying bankers/ paid up 'analysts' are suggesting.
lol I read that this morning on the way to work... me and my mate named the camel "Humpy"
Some coworkers got mad at me for laughing at how the woman died. I had read out loud to them an earlier version of the article that did not suggest the camel was trying to mate with the woman, just that it had crushed her to death. Shitty way to go, but worth laughing at.
Wow, nice time for strife in the US economy. Good thing we have wars in the middle east and probably North Korea to get the economy back on track. Nothing like a nice war to get America running on all cylinders.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Mike Vick agrees to plea guilty to dogfighting charges.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2983121
I hope they give him the chair.
Useless.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
death for killing dogs?
k.
he should just get a fine, he did nothing serious.
personally, I'm quite tired of hearing about him. He got just what he wanted: publicity.
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