wel, I dont know about all that
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:25:21 -0800 (PST) "Tim C." wrote:
Craig wrote:
As a Ph.D. physicist,
After I just speculated that smart people stay off the lists.* ;)
Do you brush your hair and comb your teeth regularly?
Yes, and I ev
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:25:21 -0800 (PST) "Tim C." wrote:
> Craig wrote:
> > As a Ph.D. physicist,
>
> After I just speculated that smart people stay off the lists.* ;)
>
> Do you brush your hair and comb your teeth regularly?
Yes, and I even look like a normal person. :-) Ask Kaleb, John Robb
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:14:48 -0800 Tyler wrote:
> It's awesome to have an actual professional physicist weigh in on the
> discussion! What is your specialty?
Atomic and molecular optics.
> I was amazed and disappointed to find that most PhD Physicists and
> professors do not understand, an
Mitch Haley wrote:
Probably somebody with a BS in fundamental sciences can do just about
anything in grad school if he decides what he really wants.
I work with a guy who just graduated with a masters in electrical
engineering and has a physics undergrad.
John
_
I knew a fellow who graduated with a BS in physics and enrolled in
grad school majoring in physics. 2nd week of grad school, a mutual
friend told me that he decided he didn't like physics. My first
thought was that he'd just wasted a lot of time and effort. I always
wondered what he ended u
Tyler wrote:
Physics wasn't quite what I expected, and although I learned a lot
> I wish I had done engineering from the beginning. Sounds like you
> are/were in a very similar situation!
I knew a fellow who graduated with a BS in physics and enrolled in grad school
majoring in physics. 2n
Get over the "make a difference" real quick - it ain't gonna happen.
Well, in very small ways it happens, I guess - but not to too many
people - your kids, if you get to have kids.
Here's something I wrote a few months ago regarding "making a
difference" in response to a comment similar to you
Tyler wrote:
> Mostly I want to do something that makes a difference...
Get over the "make a difference" real quick - it ain't gonna happen.
Well, in very small ways it happens, I guess - but not to too many
people - your kids, if you get to have kids.
> What do you mean by "defeat the practical
On Jan 14, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Mountain Man wrote:
Tyler wrote:
I finished an undergrad degree in physics last year, but I can't
really call
myself a physicist since I haven't worked professionally as one
(and don't
plan to).
I was where you are - but 30 years ago, and haven't worked in phy
Tyler wrote:
> I finished an undergrad degree in physics last year, but I can't really call
> myself a physicist since I haven't worked professionally as one (and don't
> plan to).
I was where you are - but 30 years ago, and haven't worked in physics
ever. It has provided a bit of panache into th
OK, phasers on stun then.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:02:06 -0600 "Kaleb C. Striplin"
wrote:
I only have 2 questions for you, have you figured out how to build a
warp drive yet,
Nope.
and have you figured out how to build a transporter so I can just have
myself beamed a
Mao,
Here is an interesting article which shows the experimental basis for
special relativity:
http://www.edu-observatory.org/physics-faq/Relativity/SR/experiments.html
In particular, take a look at the section on "Tests of the Twin Paradox"
which shows experimental verification of relativist
Craig wrote:
> As a Ph.D. physicist,
After I just speculated that smart people stay off the lists.* ;)
Do you brush your hair and comb your teeth regularly?
-Tim
*guess that only applies to list-member me. I hear intelligence skips a
generation so maybe my kids have a shot. :)
__
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:42:24 -0600 "Mountain Man"
wrote:
OK Don wrote:
> Doesn't mass increase as you approach the speed of light also,
> according to the theory?
That is the theoretical reason it takes so much energy to bring a
quark up to the speed of light. The theory also says that at tha
It's awesome to have an actual professional physicist weigh in on the
discussion! What is your specialty?
I finished an undergrad degree in physics last year, but I can't
really call myself a physicist since I haven't worked professionally
as one (and don't plan to).
I was amazed and disa
> > "Mountain Man"
> > Theoretically. However, we are not doing anything more than
> > sub atomic pieces at LHC or FermiLab, etc
>
> Craig wrote:
>
> Actually, they will doing lead atoms at the LHC.
> See
> http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1092437/files/CERN-Brochure-2008-001-Eng.pdf
> But we do hav
Matter is matter for the most part, what holds true for that little
bit of matter holds true for the rest of you - just a larger
collection of those little bits. I don't accept that current science
is any less than historical science. It's just that you and I can't
reproduce the experiments and obs
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:37:11 -0600 "Mountain Man"
wrote:
> Craig wrote:
> > As a Ph.D. physicist, I guess it's time I weigh in here.
>
> Thank you Dr. Craig - you're the guy at Los Alamos?
Yup.
> My point about theory addressed the issue that someone made - if a
> human body could approach th
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:02:06 -0600 "Kaleb C. Striplin"
wrote:
> I only have 2 questions for you, have you figured out how to build a
> warp drive yet,
Nope.
> and have you figured out how to build a transporter so I can just have
> myself beamed all over the country instead of driving.
Now wo
Craig wrote:
> As a Ph.D. physicist, I guess it's time I weigh in here.
Thank you Dr. Craig - you're the guy at Los Alamos?
My point about theory addressed the issue that someone made - if a
human body could approach the speed of light. The energy to bring
that quark to that speed is huge. The
I only have 2 questions for you, have you figured out how to build a
warp drive yet, and have you figured out how to build a transporter so I
can just have myself beamed all over the country instead of driving.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:42:24 -0600 "Mountain Man"
wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:42:24 -0600 "Mountain Man"
wrote:
> OK Don wrote:
> > Doesn't mass increase as you approach the speed of light also,
> > according to the theory?
>
> That is the theoretical reason it takes so much energy to bring a
> quark up to the speed of light. The theory also says t
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