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To: spunkets

You are having a tough "time" making the quantum leap in understanding. There is no such thing as "time" as distinct from kinetic energy, they are one and the same thing. You refer to "dark" KE which I presume you just mean uploading energy, ie, acceleration energy going INTO a system. Of course one can NEVER "see/observe" that because it would violate the first law of thermodynamics, you can only "see/observe" the downloading of KE, at some rate, from a higher PE level to a lower PE level. Or as Einstein put it : you can either have your money in your pocket or in the bank, but you can't have it both ways; there is no free lunch, you can't get something for nothing. That's one of the first great lessons of physics, although there are better buys...consider the woefully inefficient otto cycle engine in your car vs electric vehicles... As to "delta momentum" being an oxymoron : delta means a rate of CHANGE of something, momentum means NO CHANGE of state. Review Newton's First Law. Thus "delta momentum" literally means "rate of change of no change of state", see how ridiculous that sounds? Thus Heisenberg got it WRONG, momentum is NOT a determinant of the quantum area(h), it is a RESULT of balanced Wave energy = Particle energy, or W=P; whereas mass is W>P(deceleration) or W<P(acceleration). Normally you think of momentum as a ball rolling around in a cup, finally coming to rest, au contrare, the momentum-ball is VERY delicately balanced on a needle point, the slightest dWs or dPv kicks it off into mass-land... Got it? W=P


144 posted on 10/05/2005 1:45:52 AM PDT by timer
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To: timer
momentum means NO CHANGE of state

In football, yes, but not in physics.

147 posted on 10/05/2005 5:55:54 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: timer
"There is no such thing as "time" as distinct from kinetic energy, they are one and the same thing."

I wrote the relationship in the last post. t != E. I don't know where you got that. Here's the eq. for the E of a photon, E = f. Frequency is 1/t. Same as the Uncertainty Principle.

"delta means a rate of CHANGE of something,

Delta is simply a difference. Rate is a difference per time. Delta and rate do not mean the same thing.

" momentum means NO CHANGE of state."

No it doesn't. I gave it in the last post. p = E. Showing c explicitly gives, p = E/c. The wavelength of a massive particle is 1/p, or showing h explicitly, "h/p".

148 posted on 10/05/2005 6:29:53 AM PDT by spunkets
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