Well, here goes my physics teaching certificate out the window!

[Duty]

dZeus - but windows already does that .


Jeff

[Duty]

I am a smart monkey... egnore last post...

Smart Monkey Jeff

[Nuno]

dZeus: Win2k, please It doesn´t crash! (well, kinda)

But maybe MS would have to release a time/space disruption patch in windows update...

[bacon]

The use of scientific method to emphatically prove the mechanism of time and space, or for that matter anything else, is a false assumption. Science works by proving theories experimentally until a new theory comes along and that is then proved. Only this way can a coherent picture of our reality be built up. So apparently ever theory is wrong till someone unequivocally,most certainly without a shadow of doubt in their mind, able to sleep at night with the satisfaction of a job well done says nothing else can ever be proved.
By which time we will speak to each other telepathically, forget what TV and computers are forget Einstein, Bohr and Plank, genenetically engineer millions of real life Jar Jar Binks so we can all kill it over and over again until we are thoroughly satisfied George Lucas has got the message......doh forgot what I am talking about blah blah blah.

'I denied the world exsisted and died in the cold vaccumm of space'

Or would it be hot?

[bacon]

Oh by the way never trust scientific interest articals in newspapers, they are often written by no mark journalists who lack the education or intelligence to comprehend the actual methodology or conclusions produced by a high energy physic experiment. Unless of course it was reported in THE SUNDAY SPORT.

[Gurm]

There are certain things that we CAN prove. The Heisenberg (sp?) uncertainty principle, for example, can be PROVEN. How so, you ask? By observing the Einstein-Plank plasma solid (or is it the Einstein-Bohr plasma solid? *shrug*)

Basically, Heisenberg says that we can know a particle's speed, or its location, but never both. If we know the speed, we can only make generalizations based on a probability curve of where the particle could be.

So, Einstein and Whichever Other Dude (tm) proposed that if we could somehow guarantee the speed of a particle or two... then if Heisenberg was correct then something would have to happen to prevent us from finding out where the particle was.

Their theory was that the particle would then simultaneously be EVERYWHERE. Or at least everywhere inside of its probability curve.

Now, how can we guarantee a particle's speed? Cool it to absolute zero. As it approaches absolute zero, it will get slower and slower. When it reaches that temperature, it will just stop.

But when it gets really close, it will be traveling slow enough that its speed can be accurately measured.

So a couple years back they finally had the technology to do the experiment. And what happened was FASCINATING. For a split-second as the particle approached absolute zero, it coalesced into a jello-like blob called a "plasma solid", the size of its primary probability curve!

This solid promptly collapsed, since as it got a fraction of a degree colder the particle just stopped.

But that PROVES the Heisenberg principle, or at least a specific case of it.

However, there are lots of things that we CAN'T prove. We can't see inside an atom, so we can't PROVE that it's built how we think it's built. We're pretty sure that we're more accurate now than we were before, but...

- Gurm

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Listen up, you primitive screwheads! See this? This is my BOOMSTICK! Etc. etc.

[SCompRacer]

I have a friend that worked at Fermilab building targets. He brought me some sub-atomic particles home for pets, but I can't find them anymore. Can anyone tell me where they might hide? I looked by all the magnets already.


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[Paddy]

Dont mock the Sunday Sport!

Everybody reads that for the intellectual stimulation!

[agallag]

Didn't anyone tell you. You're supposed to keep your sub-atomic particles in the fridge. Sure, the SPCSP (society for the prevention of cruelty to sub-atomic particles) will get on your back about the confined space, but it's better then having them run out into traffic and getting hit by a bus... sorry for your loss by the way.

--
Andrew

[merchant2112]

BEER GOOD!

SCIENCE BAD!

[SCompRacer]

Thanks agallag for that info. But I keep the beer and cheese in the fridge. Won't it change their properties if they consume alcohol?