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I think its just two different ways of explaining the same thing, friend. Though the speed of light is constant. The red shift experiments demonstrated that. I think You see if I were moving forward and I throw a ball forward, the ball will have my original speed plus its own speed, relative to a stationary person. To me, the ball will just appear to have its own speed. However with turned on a flashlight, the speed of the light would we the same, whether its measured by me (I'm moving

I think this was covered earlier but how is disposal a problem?. Either dump it on the ground to get collected by our current sewer system and put back into the environment, fillin gup our resiovoirs and lakes (drought prevention any one? Autrialia, South East US?) or pump it out of the car when you refill. The station can take the water and turn it back into hydrogen. That way, if there are safety concerns about the water being dirty having gone through a machine, all the water is now in a clos

I remember watching a special on National Geographic about the formation of the universe, where they explained how Gravity of a body, say a sun, is essentially a distortion of space time around it. This way it explained how objects would intereact with gravitational forces but not break any of Newtons laws. That would acount for the redshift and the fact the light "bends" around large solar bodies, I would presume.

Been Trying the demo for the 1st game. It's pretty fun, and I really like the deep aspect of it. Its easy to jump into, but there is definitely a lot of subtlties to master

The marriage section is really funny too. [quote]cops wear latex gloves now[/quote] FYI there's quite a market for [link="http://www.galls.com/category2.html?assort=general_catalog&cat=3189"]"Cut resistant"[/link] gloves. They are essentially armored gloves. I'm not much of a fan of them (little too bulky, can't really feel anything) I feel that latex gloves are needed in Law enforcement. I have no problem wresting with someone and getting a cold or a flu. Its more fo

Thanks Dystopic! I'm definitely gonna have to check it out. It sounds pretty sweet.

[quote]For instance, ever since they redid the site, in Opera every other post topic is highlighted in a Blinding White Box that is hideous, but Ive somehow gotten used to.[/quote] You can workaround this: Tools> Quick Preferences > Edit site Preferences..... Click on the network Tab and Set the Browser ID to "Mask as Firefox" This will fix the fourm lists. However, the Icons in the text box where you type to reply to a post will no longer be centered properly

[quote]to put my preponderance another way, why is there a speed limit on mass at all? and why is it that limit, and not something else[/quote] In P-chem, a long time ago, our prof was sick, so a Guest prof came in and lectured about quantum aspects of the existance of molecules, or something like that. Now I won't pretend to remember or understand all of it, but one thing did stick out in his lecture, and your question reminded me of it. According to this dude, Using E=mcc as

Considering this "energy" is capable of accelerating galaxies, I would what it could do to a ship if we ever discovered enough about it to harness it? That would be one fast ship.... although prolly a little too out there for the premise of your story Now back to organizing my duty bag, woooo

Plank Time YaY! Also in the same realm, The Plank Constant, which was the bane of my existance in chem class and hence why it has been purged out of my memory! Mystikmind; The "ruler" anolgy falls apart as you just compared the universe to a number line, which is, by definition, measurable. The size of the universe is infinitely defined by semantics. The universe, to use a slightly non-scientific definition, is essentially everything. All matter, energy, everythin

A lot of them are older games that are no longer in production. Sacrifice is Circa 2001/2002 and I recognize a few of the games that are from that era. I like the idea, but I think I would like to see TG also get newer releases like Bioshock (and others) for example.

[quote]on a somewhat related note, i've been reading Asimov's Foundation trilogy, in which "nuclear" technology plays a major role of the science side of his fiction[/quote] Personally, although some of his references we're clearly dated (miniature nuclear devices), I thought Asimov did a wonderful job creating a "plausible" future without getting bogged down in Scientific or technical details. He keeps the story upfront and center which I think is the great strength of his trilogy. The

ShadowWorrior; Very true. I agree it'll put a nice dent in the eletrical needs of the world. Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like I was jumping all over your idea. I was kinda just playing devil's advocate and looking at what solar might be like as a global solution. Not to sound all political or anyting, but it seems to me that a lot of, shall we say "Faith", is being put into new fuel/energy sources being able to cure our energy woes, especially by the leaders (and prominent members) of

I think the problem with Solar as it stands now compared to other power sources, is that it isn't very efficient when taking into account the pure eletrical output compared to the relative size (or number) of solar panels needed. For example, solar cars have been produced, but they have limited abilities (speed, cargo capacity, power) compared to typical Gas (or hybrid) cars. The University I graduated from has a coal power plant. The entire facility's foot print is about the size of 2

[quote]It seems as though most people are answering the question of the meaning of life, with the processes of life itself?[/quote] I think that is the Key difference. We define our own lives, not by living, growing, and reproducing, but by our experiences and roles in society. While a yeast only lives to grow and reproduce, Humans beleive that their life has meaning; probably a result of our advanced intelligence and socialization (compared to other organisms) Humans think tha

I thought it was ok. I'm not a huge beatles fan, but I did think that the movie was very well done. The montage for "Let it Be" was totally amazing. Supposedly most of the music was sung on the stage, so it is really the actors singing, not lip syncing. I thought that was pretty impressive in a day and age where some musicians lip sync thier live concerts. There was one scene (the circus) that totally confused me (perhaps I needed to be on LSD, lol), but I really didn't get it's purpose

A) I can't tell, but is Lego Selling that thing? Cause I want one B) I wish I had time for legos. They are soo sweet! I had a bunch of the old school space ones. Like when they were just called "Space" (I think that was it - the old white ones)

Dyspotic; Stay safe. I hope your home lasts the fires. All of us here will keep you and everyone else in California in our thoughts and prayers. [quote]would you consider Data from star treck to be alive? ever see Bicentennial Man?[/quote] No clue. If they could reproduce (ie build an offspring or copy), I would suppose so. If you think about it, I think insect colonies like ants only have a few sexually active members of the colony right? I guess this could be analogu

[quote](viruses, for example)[/quote] Viruses arn't alive as they don't fufill 3 of those requirements. They can't grow, reproduce or metabolize on their own. They have to hijack a cell's machinery to do it. Also if something doesn't die naturally (no aging) that doesn't mean it will never die. It can still take critical damage. With out the ability to ensure the survival of its species, its ultimately doomed. Also with reaction to stimuli, its implied that it can react to either in

[quote]so i'm still curious about ammonia[/quote] I read the article. It mentioned some of my concerns. The oxidation cycle didn't occur to me (and it should have), but it does make sense. The ammonia and Nitrogen dioxide atmospheres make the most sense and I could see that working with a planet that has liquid ammonia. The one problem mentioned is the Cold temperatures. That would reduce reactivity and solubility. Also, if its that cold out there, I would wonder if enough solar radiati

[quote]so to make this more general, one factor is a liquid solvent of some sort[/quote] Just for clarification, carbons in water are not dissolved. It more of a suspension. There are some exceptions, and some of these execptions can be rather important in biology and medicine (alcohols, lipid, etc). For the most part, our organics are hydrophobic. Liquid Water is a very unique molecule. The current belief is that its presence was essential for life to form. This is mainly due

I read some onesnote about needed a significant human population for gene diversity and I though of an idea. Why send everyone at once? In terms of logistics (and history), we could send a boat load of colonists (with specializations in construction, farming etc) with the materials to jump start the colony. Once its up and running another ship would arrive with more colonists and supplies. Earth could send out say 10 ships, 1 every two years, after the colony ship. It would take some of the prob

Unfortunately, there's not a lot of info beyond speculation on how life developes in other planets from scratch or even this one (if you subscribe to Evolution). Some key experiments have been: -The discovery of self assembling lipid bilayers (simple cell membranes) under certian conditions that may have been similar to early earth. -The discovery/presence of prions on Earth. Essentially really simple self replicating amino acid chains (not complex enough to be a protein) -T

[quote]the brain is powered by chemicals. but the cells communicate with electric.[/quote] The brain is power by chemicals, that is true. The cells do not communicate with "electric". Nerve cells communicate via neurotransmitters, more chemicals. The electrical pulses simply occur across 1 cell from dendrite to axon(or do I have that in reverse? Sorry sleep medicine kicking in). Essentially it works like this: 1-Nerve cell recieve a stimulus (a chemical) 2-The chemical bind

I think too little is known about the brain to really say anything for certian. When I was thnking about it today, I noticed something about the Brain/Size theroy. I think it can only apply to similar animals. You see, a fly's and and an Elephant's brains might not be even comparable even in ther terms of organization and functionality. Dytopic brought up a good point with his Eye examples. The needs of the organisms would dictate how its brain would function. For example, most insects