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An example problem
Well done, but probably a waste of time....
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9/24/2006 10:59:30 PM
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Just ghosting- Kudos, anyway...
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E=M*(C^2) question?
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Michael Gmirkin
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9/23/2006 8:30:21 PM
re: E=M*(C^2) question?
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Johannes
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9/27/2006 4:11:05 AM
Are you SURE you're not the Techmeister incognito?
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ER
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9/27/2006 11:30:38 PM
re: Was my explanation incomprehensible?
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Johannes
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10/1/2006 3:26:52 AM
Incomprehensible? No, it was impenetrable!
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ER
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10/1/2006 1:03:32 PM
re: Sorry about that,
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Johannes
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10/2/2006 3:37:59 AM
To restate a bit...
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/2/2006 11:01:47 PM
re: Like a time bubble?
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Johannes
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10/5/2006 3:19:03 AM
re: Like a time bubble?
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 5:02:01 PM
re: E=M*(C^2) question?
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ER
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9/24/2006 1:10:56 AM
An example problem
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ER
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9/24/2006 3:13:54 PM
re: An example problem
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Michael Gmirkin
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9/25/2006 4:17:19 AM
mass and matter
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ER
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9/25/2006 10:27:00 AM
Interesting... I think I get what I was trying to articulate now... ;o]
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Michael Gmirkin
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9/28/2006 12:25:40 AM
Mass & Energy, Planet size, etc.
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/28/2006 1:29:28 AM
re: Mass & Energy, Planet size, etc.
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Michael Gmirkin
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9/28/2006 5:59:46 AM
Fields, waves, mass, acceleration, etc.
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/5/2006 8:59:23 PM
re: Fields, waves, mass, acceleration, etc.
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 11:35:39 PM
Minor clarification...
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 11:48:18 PM
Thank you. :)
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 10:50:43 PM
Score one for Wikipedia...
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Michael Gmirkin
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9/28/2006 6:55:30 AM
re: Mass & Energy, Planet size, etc.
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Michael Gmirkin
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9/28/2006 5:46:53 AM
You've lost me.
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ER
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9/28/2006 1:26:41 AM
Like car keys, you're always in the last place I look... =o]
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Michael Gmirkin
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9/28/2006 8:08:36 AM
Of course they are...
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Lee
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9/30/2006 5:27:54 AM
Exactly...
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Michael Gmirkin
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9/30/2006 3:13:51 PM
This is not the place...
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ER
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9/28/2006 2:27:30 PM
This is as good a place as any. ;o]
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Michael Gmirkin
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9/30/2006 11:37:09 PM
re: This is as good a place as any. ;o]
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ER
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10/1/2006 2:40:43 PM
Thanks for the comments. :)
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/2/2006 8:41:22 PM
re: Good explanations and questions, thank you Michael.
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Johannes
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10/1/2006 1:58:33 AM
The answer is, you can't.
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ER
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10/1/2006 8:21:08 PM
Ohh, sure you can... You just have to be creative. =o] (I think I get it now, BTW; read on)
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/2/2006 5:55:00 PM
Probably going to regret this.... for Johannes, Gmirkin, SDAI etc etc: Math, Science, Reality and Language
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DL
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10/5/2006 6:37:03 AM
Well done, but probably a waste of time.
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ER
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10/7/2006 3:22:30 AM
hehehe
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YetiKnight
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10/9/2006 1:01:01 AM
Reality.
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/5/2006 9:45:36 PM
re: God in science?
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Johannes
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10/6/2006 9:34:36 PM
Happy endings...
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/6/2006 12:48:14 AM
re: It's been real. It's been fun
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Johannes
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10/6/2006 9:21:16 PM
No need for regrets. Just defintion.
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 5:46:57 PM
To clarify...
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 6:14:52 PM
Then you need to study the quantum world
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alcaray
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10/5/2006 6:50:18 PM
re: Then you need to study the quantum world
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/6/2006 12:55:15 AM
I don't believe that this disputes what you say.
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alcaray
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10/5/2006 3:56:00 PM
No, it doesn't- it perfectly illustrates it!
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DL
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10/5/2006 7:07:20 PM
re: I don't believe that this disputes what you say.
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 5:08:26 PM
I know I'm not qualified
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alcaray
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10/5/2006 6:12:58 PM
I won't dispute that.
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 7:43:36 PM
You know,
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alcaray
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10/5/2006 8:59:09 PM
Heh. Yeah, I know.
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 10:00:58 PM
Read DL's post again, sleep with it under your pillow for a few weeks.
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Tony
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10/5/2006 5:31:51 PM
I've read it.
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 7:37:28 PM
I've printed this, and saved it elsewhere. Thank you, Davin.
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Mary Anne
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10/5/2006 3:34:16 PM
Archived here, too
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Fox
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10/8/2006 5:08:58 PM
and thank you, MA
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YetiMaster
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10/5/2006 8:54:00 PM
mass is that which resists accelleration
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alcaray
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10/3/2006 10:30:27 PM
re: mass is that which resists accelleration
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/3/2006 10:53:30 PM
re: mass is that which resists accelleration
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alcaray
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10/4/2006 9:15:27 PM
re: mass is that which resists accelleration
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/5/2006 9:10:16 PM
The same body can do many things at once
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alcaray
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10/5/2006 9:55:57 PM
Fair enough...
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/6/2006 12:42:56 AM
You are certainly allowed to divide by zero.
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alcaray
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10/6/2006 2:30:18 PM
Thick as a brick
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ER
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10/2/2006 9:29:32 PM
Good examples. Thx. :)
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Michael Gmirkin
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10/4/2006 12:31:21 AM
You are asking all the questions backwards.
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ER
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10/4/2006 4:18:29 AM
Well done, but probably a waste of time....
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Boo!
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9/24/2006 10:59:30 PM
re: An example problem
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Bowser
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9/24/2006 6:22:10 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.