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I'm enjoying these physics-related threads so...
Ask a physicist anything .
Ask a physicist anything .
I can't for the life of me think of the name of that law that is broken by the Trinity.I'm enjoying these physics-related threads so...
Ask a physicist anything .
It breaks the definition of equality (namely, it violates the reflexive property, "A=B=C, but A=/=C"), so yea, I'd say Non-Contradiction.I can't for the life of me think of the name of that law that is broken by the Trinity.
Is it the Law of Non-contradiction, or what?
Depends on how you define the terms, but it's a solid. It's an urban legend that it's a just very viscous liquid, and some people even point to medieval glass that bulges at the bottom. Truth is, that was just the style at the time.Is glass a solid or a liquid?
I've read that it is an amorphous solid, and I've read that it is a liquid.
I can't for the life of me think of the name of that law that is broken by the Trinity.
Is it the Law of Non-contradiction, or what?
It this new mole that appeared on my back cancerous?
Am I weird because I bop along to the LHC rap song?
And if the LHC does not find a Higgs-Boson what is next?
Is glass a solid or a liquid?
I've read that it is an amorphous solid, and I've read that it is a liquid.
It's a sign from God to go to your GP.It this new mole that appeared on my back cancerous?
Yes, most definitely.Am I weird because I bop along to the LHC rap song?
The scientists at CERN have a backup plan: we give helicopters cancer.And if the LHC does not find a Higgs-Boson what is next?
Urban legend is... urban . You made me doubt myself, so I invoke the mighty powers of the Straight Dope. Who weren't too helpful. But these sources were .(This is only from a quick wiki skim-read, I don't claim to be an expert on this, but...)
It's an amorphous solid. Old glass appears thicker at one end because old glassmaking techniques often involved spinning it, essentially.
Urban legend is... urban . You made me doubt myself, so I invoke the mighty powers of the Straight Dope. Who weren't too helpful. But these sources were .
Basically, it's an amorphous solid, in that it has no well-defined melting point. It's molecules are arranged as if they were liquid, but they don't move, like a solid. So it's a solidy liquidy blur.
For all intents and purposes, though, it's a solid. It's hard and shatters when I hit it.
1. Why do stagecoach wheels turn backwards in movies?
2. Does a vacuum cleaner work in a vacuum?
It's a sign from God to go to your GP.
Yes, most definitely.
The scientists at CERN have a backup plan: we give helicopters cancer.
Our eyes can't keep up with the speed of rotation - us seeing the wheel appear to slow down and change direction is our eyes lagging what's really happening.
Not according to What Einstein Told His Barber, by Robert L. Wolke.Our eyes can't keep up with the speed of rotation - us seeing the wheel appear to slow down and change direction is our eyes lagging what's really happening.
Isn't it also a relic of the "sampling rate" of the film? At something like 24fps it's like strobing a water droplet at the wrong frequency and it looks like its running backwards. Am I completely off on this?
Not according to What Einstein Told His Barber, by Robert L. Wolke.
Urban legend is... urban . You made me doubt myself, so I invoke the mighty powers of the Straight Dope. Who weren't too helpful. But these sources were .
Basically, it's an amorphous solid, in that it has no well-defined melting point. It's molecules are arranged as if they were liquid, but they don't move, like a solid. So it's a solidy liquidy blur.
For all intents and purposes, though, it's a solid. It's hard and shatters when I hit it.
I'll see if I can explain this w/o quoting the book itself.Great. Which was?
Is their a simple way to explain spin of sub atomic particles ?
I'll see if I can explain this w/o quoting the book itself.
It has to do with camera speed.
Say you had a wheel with only one spoke (humor me here for a sec).
The camera snaps when the spoke is at 12:00, then again when the spoke advances to 11:00, 10:00, etc.
Creating the optical illusion that the wheel is turning backwards.