Recent content by brettjor

The philosophy is fascinating. The QM physics theory, solves several problems. It works for what we need it to do. We can launch a rocket to the moon with Newtons brilliance. We could launch a spaceship to the moon with Einsteins brilliance. But why would you want to? Use the simplest...

Right, but without capturing those photons you don't know what happened. All you have is a particle/wave.

I'd think of it as a triangle. You have the speed across (8.2 m/s), the base 477 m and the speed along the short side 4.5 m/s. That's the geometry answer, but it's simple. Of course, in the real world you just keep adjusting the boat to get to the point you want to go. You start off...

I also have never figured out why people feel they need to disseminate in an anonymous environment either. Me, I'm a science hack. Love it, but spent my youth being afraid of math. Trying to fix that now. Anyway, I'm out. Seriously though Sam, go look up pingos.

Unless there is permafrost, at which point it becomes a closed hydrostatic system. It's not what he's getting at, but it's a valid point.

Yup, I screwed that up. Of course the boats were already there. Of course they will accelerate the water. I let my incredulity get in the way. And of course, my incredulity got in the way of the obvious fact that this will make no difference. Oops, there it is again. ( I was thinking about...

I don't think there is enough information to answer your question. Where does the question come from? That might help make it answerable.

I'm thinking the anchored boats will also slow the flow of the river. 40 small hulls?Subtract that from the process. What is the efficiency of a boat motor? I'm sure they all have differences. Friction from the hull, turbulent flow displacement of the water with the additional friction...

Put the liquid in a sealed container wait for it to stop moving from your lifting it and drop it from a height.

Ack, I lost my post (I think.) Several questions: q1: the ice temp at the top or the air temp at the top? q2: what is the temp gradient of the ice? q3: Fresh water or salt water? q4: Is there permafrost under the lake? If there is then the water is under pressure and it throws off the...

Interesting, this isn't a physics question. Personal opinion, follow your bliss. Damn the money. Professional opinion, make them a counter offer 15% more than they offered. Settle for 10% less than they offered, unless you simply love the work and the location. In that case damn the money!

It's not a dimension per say. It's an unconstant constant constant.

It's the thing that keeps everything from happening all at once.

A vacuum pulled train is an interesting idea. Set the center of gravity so that the train could freely orient "down" with one G turns. Fun! Perfect for the next Sci-Fi movie. Then again, it would probably be cheaper to rebuild the old steam locomotives and run them on the surface. (That's...

In a perfect world, no bouncing, just diminished G's. In the real world, imperfections in the hoop and "road" surface could easily create bouncing. Isn't this why we balance rotational bodies?