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no, and it's true, .999.... = 1

okay in America, where I live, mathematics is shortened math in England and elsewhere, it is maths get over it, it's different. I find myself switching between the two just because you're not used to it doesn't make it "simple"

but a distance of 2x reduces potential 4x, doesn't it?

I would say half as large, and not take the negative into account, as you would divide by two

wow, that flat earth stuff is hilarious they somehow decided that experiment (forget who it was) proved the existence of ether, only that we weren't travelling through it

nope. consider an infinite integral with a converging sum

the cat is supposed to make that sort of scenario easier to understand, though, as a thought experiment

I guess an anti-element would be composed of antiparticles (positrons etc.) I assume they would have basically the same properties of their respective elements, but I don't know. They would not be very stable in an environment of elements, though.

you know, I just didn't get it with the first and third pictures, but the second and fourth ones really cleared it up for me. I think you're really on to something here.

you are very loud

okay, I understand 90 + 45 = 135 > 100, but you knew that generalized... [math]S_{n}=\frac{a(1+r^{n})}{1-r}[/math] [math]r^n=\frac{S_{n}(1-r)}{a}-1[/math] [math]n=log_r(\frac{S_{n}(1-r)}{a}-1)[/math] I guess just round up. Haven't tried it, too tired

I'm not sure what you're looking for, the lowest possible value in the sequence? Because it would approach 0.

yes, linear algebra is mostly vectors and matrices, and is especially useful in defining light interactions, collision detection, etc.

if you plan to do some 3D graphics programming, linear algebra is helpful

Basically, there are six quarks: u up d down c charm s strange t top b bottom strange matter are particles which have a strange quark It is called this because, before the quark theory was developed, the interactions of these particles seemed very strange to scientists. That's because a principle called "strangeness" was conserved where every particle had a strangeness number, and in every reaction the number stayed the same. The quark theory tells us that's because the number of strange quarks is conserved. EDIT: oh yeah, and there is an antiquark for every quark too. the strange antiquark has a strangeness of -1

well, even if the inner parts aren't travelling near c the outer parts are and it would take infinite energy to accelerate Also, as swansont said no material is 100% rigid, in fact, information can only travel at c so maybe the inner part would rotate faster than the inner part

wow, I was gonna use the exact same example. Weird

me neither, or I wouldn't have said it

so... any more problems for us?

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well, I guess it doesn't make sense to make a definition because all photons share the same properties and are indistinguishable from eachother 5614 was just saying a photon doesn't become a proton, via my typo

also, when a photon is reflected from a mirror, it is not necessarily (and probably not) the same proton that hit the mirror

I think the schrödinger's cat example has more to do with a certain environment having communication or influence with another. From the point of view of outside the box, the cat's condition is indeterminate, but as soon as information flows between them the cat's condition is forced into a definate state. I don't really have a great understanding of this either, but that's how I think of it.

http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v12/i1/eve.asp I love it. hmm... evidence? oh, here we go! if it happens once, it must happen, oh, 20 times as much as those nasty evolutionists say!