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Today I was sitting at my desk where I volunteer and it was kind of slow so I started messing with my desk lamp. I wondered how fast light travels from the bulb to the desk surface, but I didn't know. What I want to know is about how fast does the light travel to hit the desk when the light...

The bartender says, "We don't serve tachyons here". A tachyon walks into a bar.

More sad news from the music industry... Justin Beiber was found alive in his apartment today.

Hahaha I lost it at the Paranoid one ! :D

Jbunni: Thanks for your input! Definitely makes me feel better to know that someone somewhere (esepcially sil. val.) excludes these charges. Jbrussel 93: Thank you for sharing your story! I'm glad you were able to turn your situation around. Hopefully I'll get to the same point you're at.

OP, here's my two cents though it might be worth less than that ha. First off, from what I understand, there is no "nothingness". We cannot understand "nothingness" because we have found that "nothingness" actually has physical value. In fact "empty space" is not so empty. It is a cauldron of...

Astronuc and Physics_UG; thanks guys! For your inputs. Seriously. I appreciate it. Lisab: You guise are my dorky science friends now haha. Well yeah I guess so. Maybe I'll find some new ones that can lecture me on things they find interesting and instill that fascination in me. Or I'll just...

Jarfi, egavnov, Zapperz; Thank you all for your inputs !

Student100: Thanks for your input ! And yeah, I guess you are right. I do tend to make excuses and I rarely catch myself doing that. I will definitely work on that.

You're right, my apologies. Well, as a student I have always been ahead of my class apropiate peers. Since 3rd grade my reading level has always been 2 or more grade levels of my respective grade. Except 2nd grade, I was reading at a 3rd grade level. I also maintained a higher level of concept...

Here's the abridged version; I'm young, 18. I've recently found the true value of education and the amazing world of learning. Problem is, I may be too late. I want to pursue a degree in physics and eventually have a stable job and life. During my pre-17 years I accumulated 3 drug charges...