insane_alien

the photons moved at c, they just got absorbed and remitted so often the speed AVERAGED to about 17m/s.

so how do you explain why different masses even if they are equal in all other dimensions produce different gravitational field strengths? and can you prove that a vacuum actually sucks? because they don't, rather it is the matter that pushes. you can even prove this by blowing on your hand. does it feel like your hand is being pushed or does it feel like it is being sucked?

nobody is saying gases won't disperse in a vacuum. what we are saying is that they will not disperse by the mechanism you propose but rather the well tested and observed mechanism, namely gas molecules tend to travel in straight lines unless 1/ they bump into something or 2/ there is an external force field acting on them such as gravity it which case the trajectory will be an orbit, either elliptical or hyperbolic.

are you being deliberately dense? please, go look up why gases tend to expand. it is not due to external forces but simply due to the fact that the molecules are moving, and, inless there is something to stop them, such as a container wall or gravitational force then they will move apart. also, are there any experiments you can do that would prove this? and why is there negative vacuum force only around planets?

bumping into each other and the balloon. i think you need to look up kinetic theory of gases. molecules want to travel in a straight line. and pressure doesn't make much sense at a molecular level.

no, the pressure inside the balloon is caused by molecules in the balloon bumping into them. the balloon does not have to be in a vacuum for this pressure to be there though. when the balloon is in a vacuum it would burst because you have removed counterpressure from the outside. now, it is perfectly possibly to inflate a balloon in a vacuum and not have it burst. similarly, if you filled a balloon with air at a normal balloons pressure plus atmospheric pressure then it would pop as quickly. you fall down by assuming the force comes from the outside where in reality it is from the inside.

don't forget that the assumptions can be checked by analysing what the sample was found in. enough so it is possible to tell whether there was any severe contamination that would through the calculation way out of whack. not only that but there are more methods than C-14 dating with which the results can be checked.

yes, the you can pretty much ignore the mass above you as that all cancels out so its only the sphere below your point that pulls you down.

well, gravity isn't anything like pressure really. and gravitational field strength decreases as you approach the core, roughly linearly from the surface. pressure on the other hand rises as you approach the center.

explosives, pools of acid, convert my working model volcano into a lava cannon. also bump up its production so i can have a lava moat i suppose.

well, one way to improve your yields would be to apply less heat. sure it will take longer but you will lose less.

a bit of pipe/toilet roll(whatever suits your diameter needs better) and an electric drill. remember to wear some gloves to prevent friction burns on your hands.

perhaps he emits a field that can allow him to use other objects at a distance to provide inertia(like charged particles being moved by magnetic fields) so he could use the earth or even the sun and the rest of the universe?

infinity minus 1 is still infinity for a start. also, they do not accelerate. the can't go at any other speed.

well, capn answered that bit, there are pits on the disk. light will reflect off the disk surface well if there is no pit and if it has a pit then it will not reflect so well. now, there are two signals that can be coming from the sensor, pit or nopit which corresponds with 0 and 1. which is binary. and binary information can be 'read' by pretty much any electronic device with a transistor in it. there are integrated circuits in a dvd player specifically to decode the video stream and handle the menu functions, they are not very powerful but they could be classed as computers.

yep, same thing as happens in CD's pretty much. you have a big long stream of binary information. the laser refelcts off the disk and onto a sensor which converts it into an electrical signal which a program on the pc/dvdplayer/whatever interprets into video and sound.

fool, i'm planning on being to tanked to remember it.

well, if it is able to accelerate then it has mass and if it has mass it will not reach c. a better approximation would be to calculate the acceleration of a neutrino if you were to dump the entire energy of the universe(minus that of a neutrino of course) into that neutrino in plank time.

from talking with you on the IRC as well, i have thought of a good analogy for you. think of it like lego, using only a few different types of bricks(or even only the classic 2*4 brick) i can create fantastically complex models(see lego world for examples of such) but each little block is simple. computer programs are much the same. the have lots of little blocks(instructions) that perform simple boolean logic operations, OR, AND, NOR, XOR and so on.

Of course you don't see any sporks in the trailer, you won't even see any sporks in the film. but like ninjas, they are there, hidden in the shadows, waiting to strike when the moment is right. infact, on S-day(spork day) you probably won't even see sporks then as they will take you in your sleep.

there is no theoretical limit to its acceleration but there are many practical limits.

do you also need them to sacrifice a goat? seriously, if you sent a letter off to a peer review journal saying ' i have a theory of everything that works in all cases, but i'm not going to tell you it' you'll just be laughed at and likely not even get a response. there is a very simple rule which should be applied to cases like this the rule is as follow: Put up or Shut up.

replication of what? is the first question that springs to mind.

isn't there a legal limit to the amount you can pay with pennies alone? for instance, here in the UK 1p and 2p coins can only be used to purchase something up to a value of 20p 5 and 10p coins for values up to £5 20p and 50p up to £10(and 25p coins but those are commemorative and hence extremely unlikely to be used as tender but legal none the less) £1, £2 and £5 coins are unlimited is there not a similar thing in the states?

in a perfect society this would be true, unfortunately we do not live in a perfect society.