Distance from main frame

[RTHolmes]

However when you go deep under the ocean the pressure gets very light, because you are so far from the sky.

nice

[canacka]

"Stay in school kids!"




This public service announcement has been brought to you by Mensa.

[groundfeeder]

"number 23, put down the sledge and report to the head office. you have been warned about this before. Thank you."


Mensa, if they cant see the genius of your theories then let them be ignorant. It happens to all the great minds, the new ideas scare people. Light speed scares people.

I wasnt afraid of light speed before....should i be?    Warp factor 9 captain! lets get out of this thread!

[IrishOne]

186,000 miles per second.   no faster, no slower.  that is light speed.  ok, 186,282 and some change, but u get the picture 

[mechanic]

technically light can be slowed down, google metamaterials  for a start and then search for the guy who has managed to stop light particals for brief moments using lazers and gasses in a lab.

[IrishOne]

technically light can be slowed down, google metamaterials  for a start and then search for the guy who has managed to stop light particals for brief moments using lazers and gasses in a lab.

you guys are too damn smart!!      so much for my archaic high school science memories 

[FireDrgn]

Geeeeze Mesa got 5 pages with a guy that lives under a bridge and a really tall car jack.

[mechanic]

you guys are too damn smart!!      so much for my archaic high school science memories 

school, no no i learnt this with youtube

[Viperius]

You can slow down a photon by shooting it into a Bose-Einstein condensate.

As for travelling faster then light, we would have to shift our craft into a higher dimension where the rules are different. Hyperspace anyone?  

[4deck]

As a side note, I believe physicists have succeeded in bringing light to a stop.

Not a complete stop, but yes, they slowed down so much u can actually watch it move. Ill look for the link. Can't get in game right now.

[lulu]

At the end of lessons pupils go out of school faster then anything   

[lulu]

For strong stomachs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagnac_effect



P.S.: 

On this there is not a clear understanding among physicists

[dedalos]

The distance between Boise and Grapevine adds to some 20 milliseconds to your latency. Think about us here at the other side of the Atlantic, adding 1 millisecond for every 100 km/62 miles. IMHO you should consider your connections as platinum. If you have problems with your connections, it's not because of the distance. 

You should upgrade to light made in the US.  It travels the 100km/62milles in 330 microseconds 

[druski85]

Well played, Mensa.  It never ceases to amaze me how much some fail to grasp simple humor.   

[W7LPNRICK]

WOW! Did I start this thread?