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bennyboy2606 · 27 May 2008 at 12:02

Quantum Mechanics.

Yes i established that, but what does it do etc? :S

Ben M · 27 May 2008 at 12:03

bennyboy2606 said:
Yes i established that, but what does it do etc? :S

How long have you got?

To really learn about it, you need to do a degree in physics.

bennyboy2606 · 27 May 2008 at 12:03

How long have you got?

Erm im off school untill september and no plans so start whenever

Visage · 27 May 2008 at 12:05

bennyboy2606 said:
Yes i established that, but what does it do etc? :S

The essential problem is that for a mirror to be perfect you need to be able to say that any photon incident on its surface will be absorbed and re-emitted identically, and you can never have a system that has a zero percent chance of photon absorption/tunnelling.

therealnerd2 · 27 May 2008 at 12:05

It's basically just the study of what happens to stuff in very small scales, when normal "classical" physics breaks down.

Mat · 27 May 2008 at 12:05

bennyboy2606 said:
Erm im off school untill september and no plans so start whenever

Lol... get yourself a large cup of tea and a packet of biscuits, you'll be here for a while

Le_Petit_Lapin · 27 May 2008 at 12:05

so theres this aeroplane on a treadmill....

Mat · 27 May 2008 at 12:06

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
so theres this aeroplane on a treadmill....

Does it have sandwiches on board?

Greenlizard0 · 27 May 2008 at 12:06

Ben M said:
How long have you got?

To really learn about it, you need to do a degree in physics.

bennyboy2606 said:
Erm im off school untill september and no plans so start whenever

Bet you weren't expecting that reply.

InvaderGIR · 27 May 2008 at 12:06

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
so theres this aeroplane on a treadmill....

OH god, please no!

InvG

Ben M · 27 May 2008 at 12:07

Greenlizard0 said:
Bet you weren't expecting that reply.

The reply came before I edited in the part about the need for a physics degree

bennyboy2606 · 27 May 2008 at 12:07

Bet you weren't expecting that reply.

Well i sort of understand its minute physics

Le_Petit_Lapin · 27 May 2008 at 12:07

Mat said:
Does it have sandwiches on board?

Yes. But some people might count them twice.

Ben M · 27 May 2008 at 12:09

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Yes. But some people might count them twice.

And you can't know where they are if you know how much filling (read:energy) they have.

Also, they will have infinate mass once you get up to speed.

Some will be older than the others, which were made at the same time but left behind, provided that you never turn around.

etc etc

therealnerd2 · 27 May 2008 at 12:10

the plane WONT take off

Mat · 27 May 2008 at 12:10

Ben M said:
provided that you never turn around.

Eh? Why is that? Whats happens if you turn around?! :eek:

Ben M · 27 May 2008 at 12:11

Mat said:
Eh? Why is that? Whats happens if you turn around?!

Special relativity BREAKS and the universe ends.

Solari · 27 May 2008 at 12:11

therealnerd2 said:
the plane WONT take off

That Aeroplane/Treadmill idea is the dumbest thing I ever heard....

Although with the room of mirrors, I wonder if it would be at least observable over a period of micro/milliseconds even without perfect mirrors. I'd be surprised if there haven't been experiments... *goes off to google*

InvaderGIR · 27 May 2008 at 12:13

Solari said:
That Aeroplane/Treadmill idea is the dumbest thing I ever heard....

And you are in GD on OcUK. :eek:

What if the treadmill goes the other way...al-la lazy floors they have in some airports.

InvG

therealnerd2 · 27 May 2008 at 12:13

Solari said:
That Aeroplane/Treadmill idea is the dumbest thing I ever heard....

Although with the room of mirrors, I wonder if it would be at least observable over a period of micro/milliseconds even without perfect mirrors. I'd be surprised if there haven't been experiments... *goes off to google*

it broke my mind