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To: Telepathic Intruder

What the f**** is the Casimir Force? A Polish plasma?


16 posted on 06/06/2008 4:24:06 PM PDT by pankot
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To: pankot
It's what you get when you play Led Zep too loud.

*Budump!*

17 posted on 06/06/2008 4:34:10 PM PDT by Othniel (Kirk: Don't trust them. Don't believe them. Spock: They're dying. Kirk: LET THEM DIE.)
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To: pankot

I think its a negative pressure force caused by quantum uncertainty when two objects are very close together. I should probably look it up first but that’s the best I can recall.


18 posted on 06/06/2008 5:03:39 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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Yeah, I had to look that up, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect

Darn sure wasn't covered in any physics course I ever took, at least not that i can remember.

23 posted on 06/07/2008 1:41:12 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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