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Why does light travel so quickly?
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Pengwuino
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russ_watters said:
HAHAHHAHAHAHA SCORE! Merry Christmas!
Put a thread up for it!
Saladsamurai
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russ_watters said:
Thank you for doing this Russ! I wanted to but I am on a mobile device. Hahaha!
rbj
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so i wonder what lesson(s) should be drawn from this?
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rbj said:
That the speed at which light travels is juuuust about right...
Newai
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I don't get it. Please slap me silly and make me understand.
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Newai said:
Did you click on the thumbnail
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Dr Lots-o'watts
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I love it!
Newai
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lisab said:Did you click on the thumbnail
Doh! I did, but I only noticed part of it.
lisab said:
Now we need a thread in Quantum Physics that asks why this. By a user named G. Locks.
Char. Limit
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"Why does light travel so just right?"
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Char. Limit said:
That's what I've always wanted to know!
HeLiXe
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lolzruss_watters said:
drizzle
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Pengwuino
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It makes me look like I may have posted a silly thread though :(
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Pengwuino said:
I know, lol...
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Good find, Russ!
Evo
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Poor Pengwuino.
Blenton
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The real question is why is light even moving at all?!
Proton Soup
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Blenton said:
obviously because the vacuum is rigid
HeLiXe
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Electrolux is good.
OmCheeto
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Blenton said:
I would attempt to describe the Inuit Planck length poly dimensional theorem of how if one moves too slowly or too quickly, the yo-yo, and therefore the universe, would collapse if not maintained at the correct speed, but I do not know a single word on Inuit.
Sorry.
Jimmy Snyder
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More to the point, why doesn't my wife travel light?
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Proton Soup said:
Turgid-Vacuum-Theory went out with the 'Aroused-God' conjecture! Man my mind is in the gutter today...
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OmCheeto said:
Are you sure? I think "Inuit" is an Inuit word...
FlexGunship
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russ_watters said:
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING! NEITHER THREAD CREATOR USED ADVERBS TO DESCRIBE A VERB?
"Why does light travel so quickly."
"Why does light travel so slowly."
FlexGunship
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lisab said:
Woah... that was very "Yo Dawg."
nismaratwork
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lisab said:
I think, "Igloo" must be... and I remember that the curved blade they use as a multitool is an, "ulu"... or "ooloo"... *sp?*. A psychotic social studies teacher made us watch the folks kill and butcher a seal (on video)... at a young age. Practically everyone was crying, "the poor seal!", and the girls were just weeping.
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DevilsAvocado
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Shame on you all jesters!
STOP LAUGHING and realize that this very profound question was brought forward by *ONE* ENLIGHTENED USER!
Christmas Revelation...
(
)Honestly, I think I was... well, how should I put it... (just to a minor degree
) "somewhat guilty" in "convincing" physicsnoob12 that the speed of light is VERY slow... WHAT DID I DO??
FtlIsAwesome
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w00t
Ok.Next we need to orchestrate "Why is Earth so big?" and "Why is Earth so small?"Newai said:
nismaratwork
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FtlIsAwesome said:w00t
Ok.
Next we need to orchestrate "Why is Earth so big?" and "Why is Earth so small?"
Ha! 'Brought To You By Lewis Carrol, of Alice In Wonderland Fame!'