(who pissed in your cornflakes there, little fella?)
Posted on 06/30/2005 8:58:05 AM PDT by PatrickHenry
Please explain how your inane post, attached to a serious topic, furthers the cause of Free Republic.
Although most people can recognize the familiar E=mc^2 equation. c is itself the result of the permeability (mu) and permittivity (epsilon) "constants" of free space where c=1/sqrt(mu*epsilon). In other words E=mc^2 is not just the equation of rest mass to energy but the m is the actual mass of a given particle. Since m=mo/sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2)), an equation which relates the relativistic mass of a particle to its rest mass, it follows that E=mc^2=(mo*c^2)/sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2))=mo/(mu*epsilon*sqrt(1-(v^2*mu*epsilon))). c is itself subject to this background, and not a constant in and of itself (as seen in its absence in the latter equation). This gives rise to the question...what are the permittivity and permeability fields all about?
Good article....
Thus the quest goes on.... Wonderful article, Patrick! Thank you so much for posting it.
I celebrate the Mysteries of Mass and the Eucharist each Sunday.
The mystery to me is where the unit "slug" came from.
from the state that birthed the honourable John Adams, I never could figure out where they lost their moorings.
All comes from observation. We would not have a clue how reality works if we didn't take a look. Not that we can know the ultimate reality anyway.
I thought this was going to be a good Catholic thread =(
You're serious? I thought his post was fair play. And what a flattering picture of Teddy!
Thanks for your 2D/3D projection post: most intriguing thing I've read today.
Is a Higgs boson a particle or a wave? (Or both?)
How lonely he who thinks to vex
With bandinage the Solemn Sex!
Of levity, Mere Man, beware;
None but the Grave deserve the Unfair.
-Percy P. Orminder
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"Thus, about 4 to 5 percent of the entire universe--almost all the familiar matter around us--comes from the energy of motion of quarks and gluons in protons and neutrons."
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Now, that (if I understand it correctly) is one startling statement! Only 4 - 5 percent?
(who pissed in your cornflakes there, little fella?)
*snort*
We have a winner.
"Please explain how your inane post, attached to a serious topic, furthers the cause of Free Republic."
I've read that some people with autism have a difficult time understanding humor, sarcasm, irony, things of that sort. If your having trouble maybe you could post a pretend "LOL".......like "LOPL."
It's usually thought of as a particle but will display wavelike properties if it's setup in the right situation, just like other particles do.
At this point there isn't a Higgs particle generator to use to set that up.
*bows*
Since I am really "into" this particular aspect of Physics, I can see your point.
OTOH, since this is a political forum, (where plays on words are a common mode of expression) -- and since I had the distasteful experience of living in Massachussetts -- I see (and appreciate) the value of martin_fierro's comment as well.
Chill out -- you are not the only one here...
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