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russ_watters reacted to weirdoguy's post in the thread Just a computer programmer that enjoys physics with
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For the same reason that no one wants to have a surgery performed by "independent surgeon". Besides, AI lies a lot about physics... -
russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Just a computer programmer that enjoys physics with Like.
Although you won't want to hear this, we get lots of computer programmers here who believe they can publish physics research papers...
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread B Can Light Speed Be Increased by Straightening Its Wave Path? with Like.
The waves are variations in the field vectors, not wiggles in the position. It travels in a straight line already
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russ_watters replied to the thread B Can Light Speed Be Increased by Straightening Its Wave Path?.Can you do that with sound, or any wave? Sorry, but the idea doesn't really make sense (and light isn't really a wave anyway).
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From today's Tom the Dancing Bug:
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russ_watters reacted to ShadowKraz's post in the thread B Is space stretching or is new space being created? with Like.
No, when you increase the resolution, you, of necessity and by definition, increase the number of pixels. Not a good analogy anyway...
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russ_watters reacted to Bandersnatch's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
While the SKA does list search for alien signals as one of its projects, I'd wager my hat on it being there mainly as a media angle. It...
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russ_watters reacted to fresh_42's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
I got the impression that you think radio astronomy is meant to listen to alien radio shows. This is not even close to what it is meant...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Cantilever help.A 17' span is pretty big too. This sounds to me like something that's illegal to do without a licensed structural engineer. So I'm...
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russ_watters reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
At the present time, yes. But there could be lots of radio waves from previous ones. And the area of search isn't just our galaxy. It's...
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russ_watters reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
That's not science. That's technology. As far as I can tell, it doesn't even depend on any discoveries at or near the frontier of...
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russ_watters reacted to Cerenkov's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
One might well ask, does it make any sense to build new optical telescopes like the EELT? Or new space-based telescopes like the JWST...
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MysteryMen (1999). (highly underrated film). Invisible Boy can only go invisible when no one is looking at him. An apparently useless...
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russ_watters reacted to jbriggs444's post in the thread I 1:1 versus 2:1 Mechanical Advantage debate with Like.
Are we arguing about the definition of "mechanical advantage" or are we nattering about a choice of reference frame and where to draw...
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russ_watters reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread I 1:1 versus 2:1 Mechanical Advantage debate with Like.
The steps are irrelevant to the mechanical advantage. You can replace the human with a motor that continuously pulls itself up by...