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You're misunderstanding me. Spatial motion is not always C. But the sum of all our motion is always C. This is why time contracts as motion through space(xyz coords) increases.

It must be handled differently because of its relativistic properties. Notice that time is handled differently in the 4-vector. This is straight out of physics books. Check out relativistic kinematics. This was einstein's idea, and lorentz also toyed with it. I can cite sources for all this.

Yea. This kid is missing out on "being a kid". I don't know about you, but I was more concerned with my new bicycle at age 5 then I was with photosynthesis. The thing is, most genius children generally grow up and do nothing special.

I looked around at the bookstore and asked around on this issue and I found out that I am right. We are always travelling through spacetime at C. The problem with your statement above is dt. dt with respect to who? According to einstein time is relative. We'll start with what you have: position in spacetime is p=(t, x, y, z) We'll denote p as the 4-vector position in spacetime and q as the 3-vector spatial dimensions (x,y,z). V is the velocity of the 3-vector (x,y,z) p = (t, q) In classical mechanics velocity would be the dertivative of q (x,y,z) with respect to time, v = dq/dt However, time is relative to so we need to use a time that everyone will agree on: :tau:. So now we have v = ( dt/:tau: , dq/:tau: ) We can establish a relationship between :tau: and the coordinate time with the time dialation formula.. dt/d:tau: = :gamma: = (1- (u/c)^2)^-1/2 where u is the classical speed. Now, applying the chain rule to the velocity formula yields: v = ( :gamma:, dq/dt * dt/d:tau: ) v = ( :gamma:, :gamma: * V ) The magnitude of a vector in relativity is given by p^2 = (ct)^2 - x^2 - y^2 - z^2 or p^2 = (ct)^2 - q^2 When applied to velocity we get v^2 = (c^2:gamma:^2) - (:gamma:^2 V^2) or v^2 = :gamma:^2 (c^2 - u^2) [where u is the classical velocity denoted by V^2] remember that :gamma: = (1- (u/c)^2)^-1/2 so substituting that for :gamma: yields: v^2 = ((1 - (u/c)^2)^-1/2) ^ 2 * (c^2 - u^2) v^2 = c^2 The square magnitude of the velocity vector is equal to c squared. See the attached image for Prof. Greene's explanation. His is a bit more complex, and makes assumptions that there are certain things you already know about the formulas. Motion through the three spatial dimensions takes away from our motion through the fourth dimension, time. However we are alway moving at C, split up among the dimensions. Its from this line of reasoning that when we're moving through space at C, theres no way we can be moving through time AT ALL without changing our velocity through spacetime (why the time dialation approaches :inf: as velocity approaches C). This is what prompted my statement about photons being ageless. ___________________________________________ sources: Hurkyl, dave, Briane Greene

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So I'm reading and I come across a post by sayonara. I look at his icon and its dancing to the beat of the music I had playing (highway to hell). That things the devil, I swear it!

I did! I'm 19 and the easter bunny still visits me. He must have lost track of my age

(for those of you who don't know, supercuts is a chain of haircut stores here in the states).

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2003-04-19-prodigy_x.htm "ASHLAND, Va. (AP) — He was solving math problems at 14 months, reading and correcting adults' grammar by 2 — the same age he decided to become a vegetarian. He was explaining photosynthesis to kindergarten classmates at 5. " He is the next stage in evolution! We have to get rid of him, now, before we are all slaves to Homo Superioritus!

Filipinos nailed to crosses Kinda interesting. Really doesn't have much to do with this topic, but on TV it was discussing how this is a part of their culture and that it is seen as an honor (even though "church" officials oppose it). I don't imagine anyone in our (american) society would subject themselves to this.

geez guys. he shared something he thought we'd find interesting and he gets pounded I'll read it later this evening

True, but the lethality of a handgun is limited to its magazine of maybe 7 shots. They cannot be "sprayed" into a large crowd of people to mow them down. The only reason you would need an automatic weapon is to mass kill. A pistol, on the other hand, is a single-shot weapon that is easy to aim and gets the job done. yep, and these are perfect for protection

Haha, its quite a real science. They're all just hiding away in the depths of their research labs analyzing rocks from the bottom of the ocean.

hehe. he's gone, thats the end of the story. try to restrain from personal attacks

rofl. giving a disgruntled employees a key to the safe is always good!

Very true.

Not sure exactly what the laws are. I'm pretty sure if you're over 21 you can walk down to your local walmart and pick up a shotgun or .22. I think we have some law that says you have to wait 7 days to pick the gun up though. This is supposed to deter spur of the moment "rage murders" by giving the person a chance to cool down. I know you need a permit to carry a concealed weapon, but I doubt its hard to obtain. Probably requires a background check and maybe a few safety classes at most.

Seems he got into to it with a couple of people who called him on the way he was treating another member.

I cast him into eternal paperclip hell. He was the devil himself!

haha, same here

I still think I'm right. I'll let some others respond before I post what I found when I checked up on it tonight.

How about posting something useful.. Faf|library> hey i heard that blike thinks time doesn't move and space is a scalar rather than a vector I don't think I need to comment. Its a simple rendition because you were having a hard time grasping it. <Faf|library> and for some reason thinks space-time has a velocity of 1/2c I know its a rough concept, but try reading first "We're always traveling through spacetime at C". The velocity on the graph is motion relative to the x axis (space).

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ahaha, it was me. I didn't intentionally select them that way, I just picked a few random ones. You're welcome to upload your own. no nudity though