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« on: January 26, 2015, 01:47:44 PM »

If Celtic were made of glass, would it take light longer to pass through him or go around him? (I agree that both are daunting tasks)
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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2015, 02:19:49 PM »

The speed of light in a vacuum is a constant, so if it passed through his head there'd be no loss of speed.
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« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2015, 02:21:19 PM »

As an aside Tom, have you seen: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ ?

There's a book he's published as well: https://whatif.xkcd.com/book/ - well worth reading.

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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2015, 02:30:35 PM »

Like that link Dan!
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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2015, 03:45:07 PM »

The speed of light in a vacuum is a constant, so if it passed through his head there'd be no loss of speed.

Your knowledge about the speed of light is nearly 2 weeks out of date buddy...

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/speed-light-not-so-constant-after-all
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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2015, 04:53:36 PM »

The speed of light in a vacuum is a constant, so if it passed through his head there'd be no loss of speed.

Your knowledge about the speed of light is nearly 2 weeks out of date buddy...

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/speed-light-not-so-constant-after-all

Kinboshi lives three light-weeks away though, so the news hasn't reached him yet.
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« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2015, 05:31:41 PM »

The speed of light in a vacuum is a constant, so if it passed through his head there'd be no loss of speed.

Your knowledge about the speed of light is nearly 2 weeks out of date buddy...

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/speed-light-not-so-constant-after-all

Cool, ain't science brilliant!  The speed limit's still there, but it can go slower if the pulses are different.  Thanks for the link.
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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2015, 05:33:16 PM »

The speed of light in a vacuum is a constant, so if it passed through his head there'd be no loss of speed.

Your knowledge about the speed of light is nearly 2 weeks out of date buddy...

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/speed-light-not-so-constant-after-all

Kinboshi lives three light-weeks away though, so the news hasn't reached him yet.

It had to go round celtic.
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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2015, 06:11:04 PM »

As an aside Tom, have you seen: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ ?

There's a book he's published as well: https://whatif.xkcd.com/book/ - well worth reading.




Cool!

I wonder if Mr Munroe has an American version of Celtic to work with?
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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2015, 11:31:56 PM »

The speed of light in a vacuum is a constant, so if it passed through his head there'd be no loss of speed.

Your knowledge about the speed of light is nearly 2 weeks out of date buddy...

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/speed-light-not-so-constant-after-all


Lol. UL Boshi. I mean, how often will anyone be able to pull you up there?
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« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2015, 12:27:59 AM »

The speed of light in a vacuum is a constant, so if it passed through his head there'd be no loss of speed.

Your knowledge about the speed of light is nearly 2 weeks out of date buddy...

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/speed-light-not-so-constant-after-all

Cool, ain't science brilliant!  The speed limit's still there, but it can go slower if the pulses are different.  Thanks for the link.

i read today that this entire experiment started by two guys having a beer and deciding that it would be cool if they could show c(vacuum) was a limit, not a constant. 2 years later they demonstrated it. pretty cool!

also - re xkcd book. It's my current toilet reader. Excellent value for money!
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