I'm guessing your thinking that acceleration means the speed of light must change, contrary to relativity. Just because something accelerates doesn't...
One would think so, but somehow I wonder. I'm thinking perhaps the group really didn't care much what the copywrited version was, just what the...
Turpentine- it's the Brittish pronunciation, turpenteen. They call methane meethane too. ;) According to the liner of the "Greatest Hits" cd. Freddie...
Yes! Of course. My swiss cheese memory kicked in helped by your hint. Many thanks!
Exactly so. Gunpowder gelatine is on every lyrics site I have checked, and it is _wrong!_ The correct lyric as Freddy sings it in the original...
This is annoying because I know I used to know this but for the life on me I can't remember.:mad: And I'm not sure what to google for. What is the...
As to your first question, it can be explained as a fundamental property of mathematics. Specifically calculus. Maxwell's equations, which govern...
Hi all. I need to vent a pet peeve a little. To get started, consider the chorus to the Queen song "Killer Queen". Killer Queen <line in...
Argueably, The ITER has already failed. That is to say that the ITER and its predicessors have shown that "tokomak" type machines will never produce...
In electronics it is common to speak of "conventional current". This is simply an acknowledgement of the fact that positive charge carriers moving...
Sorry to have to tell you, but the simple fact is your thinking about electromagnets all wrong. Look at it this way. The current in the coils of a...
I have no personal experience with sputtering. I do know that it goes back to at least the 1940's and before. That it predates vapor depositation and...
There is a very simple reason for the meter and the second. The meter is apprx. the length of a human step and the second is roughly the length of a...
No! The reason being that which pole is closer has no effect on whether the coils of the inductor are wound clockwise or counterclockwise. I assume...
Sputtering is a very old (nearly obsolete) method of depositing thin coatings (on lenses and the like). It has largely been replaced by vapor...
Getting back on topic, of course you could see a nuclear detonation on the Earth from the moon, and vice versa. For a second or so, an area on the...
This sound file comes with the kernel src code: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/swedish.au Edit- Fairly closely translated:...
This site may help, especially for those on a budget, athough I agree a good introductory text on mathematics is a very good idea....
Somewhere on the net (I have no idea where atm) there exists or did exist audio file of a radio broadcast of this story. Possibly the funniest thing...
A word of warning about a potential hazard. In aqueous solutions (particularly alkaline and at elevated temperature) a couple of unexpected reactions...
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