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  1. Adrian Baker

    Can Quanta Change Color?

    Thanks for a a great discussion about something that has puzzled me for such a long time. I get it now! (I think). I really hadn't thought about the frame of reference properly and this is, as is made clear, why I just didn't get it. Thanks! :smile:
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    The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

    An English bird - a member of the Crow family. http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/jackdaw_tcm3-21010.jpg I love the call they make.
  3. Adrian Baker

    How Many Balloons Can a Helium Tank Fill?

    Try using PV = a constant, rather than PV = nRT
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    Can Quanta Change Color?

    I still think not. If you look at line spectra from distant Galaxies, all of the spectral lines are at lower frequencies than they should be. As these Spectral lines correspond to energy levels between atomic orbitals, either the atoms are lower in distant galaxies, OR the photon frequencies...
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    Can Quanta Change Color?

    But the photons we receive DO have lower frequencies than when they set out... otherwise we couldn't measure red shift! If the frequency is lower, the energy is lower... How does your reply explain this? :confused:
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    What's the Most Bizarre Thing You've Seen on eBay?

    No, she understands a guy's Psyche Evo.. Sellling it for a decent price would be bad, but selling a petrol-head's pride and joy for 50p would hurt oh so much... The humiliation! The shame! :cry: :cry: It would be absolutely unbearable...
  7. Adrian Baker

    Can Quanta Change Color?

    It has been top of my list for a long time RandallB. Glad I'm not on my own! :smile:
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    Is the Speed of an Anti Photon Really -186,000 Miles/Second?

    The positron IS an antiparticle - the antiparticle of the electron. Are you getting positrons and photons mixed up?
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    Is everything we're doing wrong or useless?

    True, but I'm not looking forward to the bit that says: "Game Over" "Insert coin to play again..." :eek:
  10. Adrian Baker

    Where Did My Jump-Drive With All My Code Go?

    I lost a wallet like this... It fell out my pocket getting in the car. I found it a week or two later under the car seat! (Of course, I'd canceled all my cards by then :rolleyes: )
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    What's the Most Bizarre Thing You've Seen on eBay?

    Check out this link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2192&item=4556985749&rd=1 Look at the price and read the sellers blurb below the item details Do I detect a slight marital dispute here? :rolleyes:
  12. Adrian Baker

    What happens when you give an engineer a well

    Ivan - that is the best bit of home-made kit I've seen in years. Great stuff!
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