Recent content by thecolor11

Icebreaker, math existed before we discovered it, and it will exist long after we're gone.

If you're not interested in a highly mathematical treatment, I might suggest Kuhn's Laser Engineering. There is very little quantum as this book is tailored for engineering applications. It is easily accesible, and provides a nice overview. TOC: 1.) Introduction to Lasers 2.) Energy States...

I thought we already knew that rats are secretly using us as an organic computer.

At my university, it's hard to organize SPS events because all of the members are friends anyway. So if we're going to do something together, we just do it. This makes organizing SPS events pretty much pointless. Being a student organization is nice at times though (like when you need money)...

The market doesn't have much choice with the DeBeers cartel holding ~90% of the diamond market. There was a story on one of the network news mags(I think it was 60 Minutes) on these manufactured diamonds. One of the techniques uses nitrogen to accelerate the crystal growth and results in...

I'm a fan of big romantic era music. Beethoven, Wagner, Haydn, Brahms, etc.

For escape velocity, you only need enough speed so that you escape the gravitational potential of the object. Therefore, any kinetic energy at infinity would be wasteful. So K2 = 0. U2 = 0 because the gravitational potential falls off like 1/r which goes to zero at infinity. So we have...

I'm glad the winds aren't blowing south as well. Sorry for all you suckers in SE Washington and NE Oregon.

I just prefer Beethoven's other stuff to the sixth.

Anybody have any favorites? I like to listen to some classical or classic rock. Vivaldi - Four Seasons, Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Beethoven - 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, Bach - Well Tempered Clavier Led, Who, Kansas, CCR, Bob Seger, Eagles

Having just had my hard drive crash on my laptop, I would suggest you immediately back up anything important on your computer, and look into getting a new hard drive just in case. I would also suggest looking for programs on the internet for HD diagnostics. When my HD was having trouble, I...

Here's a link to one of my professor's description. You can click the link to some papers. http://www.physics.orst.edu/~tevian/octonions/