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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:36 AM Original message |
Think about it: If light had mass... |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I tried but you people just don't understand the danger of light. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. If light had mass it wouldn't be able to travel at the speed of light |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And then we could conceivably outrun it. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. What if I went back in time and killed my Grandfather when he was a child? |
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Squeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yeah, but |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. That reminds me of one of the best lines in Futurama |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. So what about that Einstein thought experiment... |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. yes, well, if food did not have mass |
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jukes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. AND |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Even Babs can't alter the physical laws of the universe... |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. ...it would be Catholic |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. You preempted me, sort of |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Yours is funnier.. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. ... |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. ....we'd be on our ass. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. It does, if it didn't, it would not be affected by gravity. |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Applauds the first smart poster |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Dudes on a physics forum say it DOESN'T have mass |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. A box of light has more mass than a box of dark. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Not the same as a proton or a neutron though |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. "So it depends what the definition of "mass" is"--isn't that |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. And look at all the trouble he got into |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yep, right after Monica showed him her |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Think again |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. When I asked a physics major once... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. That is true |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. That's hot |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. The priests would read from Genesis: "Let there be us" |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. Love it. nt |
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