"Think the real world isn't as exciting as fantasy? Well you're stupid and you're wrong! The daily grind of human society may feel bland and tedious, but there's a whole universe of bizarre, even disturbing lifeforms battling for survival day and night, all around us...and sometimes inside of us. From shape-shifting molluscs to ants that explode, the following pages will fill you in on a variety of creatures you may have never even realized you share a world with."
man anyone who thinks that some stupid octopus that looks like a greasy polyp is more exciting than a human is a dumbyhead
Some guy at work was talking to me, telling me gravity is a wave, and he seemed so sure of it. He said light is susceptable to the gravity of the sun, and of Earth, and therefore the speed of light was relative to the gravitational waves of surrounding objects, and light could move faster some places, and slower others, and then told me that if he banged on an object and matched or negated the gravity "frequencies" of Earth, he could produce anti-gravity.
I just asked him if he just wanted smokes that day or if he wanted to buy anything else.
Yea, I didn't know what to say. He seemed to be on the ball, but negating gravitational frequencies with such a method seems kind out of there to me, even for theoretical physics. I think he was just offering an example of how one could conceivably produce vibrations, though.
High end science. Thanks to the fact that we're living in the future, you can do coolass shit like download remotely sensed information from Mars. Want a surface point map of Mars? Can do - you can download the data from the Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter. You want that in shapefile or e00? What resolution would you like it in? If you got the bandwidth, NASA got the data. I mean think about it - an object in orbit around Mars --> NASA --> your desktop.
When can we pilot Battlemechs is what I want to know.
Well, they got a monkey to make a robot walk remotely, and a Neuro-Interface of similar type is what Battlemechs use to maintain their balance, with the help of a gyroscope, of course.
Wave-particle duality:
Light usually behaves like a continuous wave, but it can also act as if it is composed of discrete particles of energy called Photons.
Light's wave-like nature can be revealed when light diffracts through two slits and shines onto another surface. Light passing through the slits acts as two waves that disrupt and interfere with each other. Where the wave' peaks and troughs overlap, they combine to produce a characteristic interference pattern of light and dark bands.
But when light of different wavelengths shines on a metal surface, the existence of the individuals photons becomes clear. If an electron in the metal absorbs more than a threshold amount of energy, it breaks free and zips away. Since shorter wavelengths contain more energy, a very bright but long-wavelength (think red) light will have no effect on the metal, while a very dim but short-wavelength (blue) light will release electrons. The energy of ejected electrons increases not with greater amounts light, but with more energetic wavelengths. This means each electron ejection depends on the energy of an indivudal photon.
Ah the double slit experiment, this guy seems to favour the copenhagen interpretation which i was taught (that the observer causes the collapse into one way for the electron to behave), what is now gaining popularity and i've only done a tiny but of reading on (and i think i prefer) is the many worlds interpretation which is basically that the electron does go through both slits but basically the universe (yes the whole universe) splits so that both events can occur in different universes, thus there are an infinite number of universes and whenever you do anything every other possible reality exists in a different universe.
I got some youtube videos because i'm such a nice guy
this is a nice little documentary which is presented by the theories originators son, who also happens to be E from the Eels
and here's a 2 minute little explanation from some chick who's doing a project for college for those of you who don't want to sit through an hour with E
Ah yea, the idea of every choice splitting reality, resulting in different universes for every possible reality that could have resulted from choice. Basically the entire universe being in super position.
ha ha ha ha
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quantum physics theory is pretty much just dudes on acid just saying shit like "no dude seriously what if everything happened!"
I did year of Quantumn mechanics taught by a borderline autistic lecturer. Basically it was a year of some horrible maths with zero explanation of what any of it meant, it's only now that i've gotten my degree that i'm starting to find out
High end science. Thanks to the fact that we're living in the future, you can do coolass shit like download remotely sensed information from Mars. Want a surface point map of Mars? Can do - you can download the data from the Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter. You want that in shapefile or e00? What resolution would you like it in? If you got the bandwidth, NASA got the data. I mean think about it - an object in orbit around Mars --> NASA --> your desktop.
When can we pilot Battlemechs is what I want to know.
Well, they got a monkey to make a robot walk remotely, and a Neuro-Interface of similar type is what Battlemechs use to maintain their balance, with the help of a gyroscope, of course.
I asked him 'cause his name is a Battletech reference, but I find your battle monkey mechs
intriguing and would like to subscribe to your ideas and/or newsletter.
How is Sword of Light a battletech reference?
Please keep in mind I'm familiar with Inner Sphere history from the Betrayal up to about 3066.
Waddyoukiddinme? Kurita sourcebook - the SoL are the elite battlemech regiments of The Draconis Combine.
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"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. "
Ah yea, the idea of every choice splitting reality, resulting in different universes for every possible reality that could have resulted from choice. Basically the entire universe being in super position.
also it makes me happy to know that there are an infinte number of universes where i'm boning Scarlett Johansen right now
as well as an infinite number of universes where Abe Vagoda is boning you....
Also an infinite number of universes where me and you are boning like a pair of knights jousting, as is my understanding of gay sex
care to make this one of those universes?
My wife would object. As, I'm sure, would Scarlette Johannsen.
Wait. Like knights jousting? Is that how they do it? Hmmmm. Maybe I should find a gay person and get some Medieval II tips, cause I cant get my cav to do a damn thing but get slaughtered by archers....
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"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. "
also it makes me happy to know that there are an infinte number of universes where i'm boning Scarlett Johansen right now
as well as an infinite number of universes where Abe Vagoda is boning you....
Also an infinite number of universes where me and you are boning like a pair of knights jousting, as is my understanding of gay sex
care to make this one of those universes?
My wife would object. As, I'm sure, would Scarlette Johannsen.
Wait. Like knights jousting? Is that how they do it? Hmmmm. Maybe I should find a gay person and get some Medieval II tips, cause I cant get my cav to do a damn thing but get slaughtered by archers....
Maybe you'll get better results if you circle around behind the archers.
also it makes me happy to know that there are an infinte number of universes where i'm boning Scarlett Johansen right now
as well as an infinite number of universes where Abe Vagoda is boning you....
Also an infinite number of universes where me and you are boning like a pair of knights jousting, as is my understanding of gay sex
care to make this one of those universes?
My wife would object. As, I'm sure, would Scarlette Johannsen.
Wait. Like knights jousting? Is that how they do it? Hmmmm. Maybe I should find a gay person and get some Medieval II tips, cause I cant get my cav to do a damn thing but get slaughtered by archers....
Maybe you'll get better results if you circle around behind the archers.
I'm actually kidding - my cav only gets slaughtered when I sally out to wreck the enemy's siege artillery, and then only after they've decimated the artillery crew. This forces an assault on my walls, and if I dont kill 20% before they get inside, I concider it a bad fight. Otherwise, I'm pretty good with tactics when it comes to cav units, especially the missile units - I captured a half dozen territories as the Russians with an army made up entirely of cav, half heavies, half missile. I'd starve the defenders to attacking, then out-manuever them on the field.
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"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. "
This is my new favorite thread. But honestly guys, that jet pack thing is like the sexiest thing I've seen in a long time. I was watching that video and my jaw literally just dropped at about the 3-minute mark. I had no idea how to process it.
Man is not meant for flight according to orthodox theological belief systems. That "jet pack" is an affront to the Christian Gods and demi-gods.
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edited January 2008
The original 6th commandment was "thou shalt not pack jets" but everyone was like "wtf is a jet" and God was all "omg der all n00bz" so he had to make room for a rule about spawn killing.
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man anyone who thinks that some stupid octopus that looks like a greasy polyp is more exciting than a human is a dumbyhead
I just asked him if he just wanted smokes that day or if he wanted to buy anything else.
all of that stuff is on the level i think, not sure about his production method of anti-gravity, but this guy sounds smarter than me so who knows
monkey battlemechs
The remote monkey robot
The best science is the science of Robots destroying property.
They call 'em photons.
Wave-particle duality:
Light usually behaves like a continuous wave, but it can also act as if it is composed of discrete particles of energy called Photons.
Light's wave-like nature can be revealed when light diffracts through two slits and shines onto another surface. Light passing through the slits acts as two waves that disrupt and interfere with each other. Where the wave' peaks and troughs overlap, they combine to produce a characteristic interference pattern of light and dark bands.
But when light of different wavelengths shines on a metal surface, the existence of the individuals photons becomes clear. If an electron in the metal absorbs more than a threshold amount of energy, it breaks free and zips away. Since shorter wavelengths contain more energy, a very bright but long-wavelength (think red) light will have no effect on the metal, while a very dim but short-wavelength (blue) light will release electrons. The energy of ejected electrons increases not with greater amounts light, but with more energetic wavelengths. This means each electron ejection depends on the energy of an indivudal photon.
why would you build a robot to do something that gravity does so much better?
I got some youtube videos because i'm such a nice guy
this is a nice little documentary which is presented by the theories originators son, who also happens to be E from the Eels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx2zF8DB_U4
and here's a 2 minute little explanation from some chick who's doing a project for college for those of you who don't want to sit through an hour with E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KN6a8inOF8
ha ha ha ha
A universe?!?
Try infinity universes!
Seriously, that whole shit there just fucking reeks of some dude with a sweet new Graffix bong and his older brother's philosophy book.
Waddyoukiddinme? Kurita sourcebook - the SoL are the elite battlemech regiments of The Draconis Combine.
Dresden Codak is great.
as well as an infinite number of universes where Abe Vagoda is boning you....
science owns
*goes back to writing lab report on oscilloscopes*
*kills himself*
Also an infinite number of universes where me and you are boning like a pair of knights jousting, as is my understanding of gay sex
care to make this one of those universes?
My wife would object. As, I'm sure, would Scarlette Johannsen.
Wait. Like knights jousting? Is that how they do it? Hmmmm. Maybe I should find a gay person and get some Medieval II tips, cause I cant get my cav to do a damn thing but get slaughtered by archers....
Maybe you'll get better results if you circle around behind the archers.
I'm actually kidding - my cav only gets slaughtered when I sally out to wreck the enemy's siege artillery, and then only after they've decimated the artillery crew. This forces an assault on my walls, and if I dont kill 20% before they get inside, I concider it a bad fight. Otherwise, I'm pretty good with tactics when it comes to cav units, especially the missile units - I captured a half dozen territories as the Russians with an army made up entirely of cav, half heavies, half missile. I'd starve the defenders to attacking, then out-manuever them on the field.
It's a man... FLYING.
Man is not meant for flight according to orthodox theological belief systems. That "jet pack" is an affront to the Christian Gods and demi-gods.
WOO HOO! Jetpacks for me and mine!
Ha ha ha, that is great