Physics - August 2006

A train travels relative to the earth and thats how its velocity is calculated. The earth travels relative to the sun and the sun travels relative to something else. But what does speed of light travel relative to because it has to travel relative to something!

2006-08-16 23:16:54 · 20 answers · asked by Clarsair 2

(similar to other question but i need exact answers) can you explain where they aare acting because i have to do a diagram. & i know this may be a stupid question

2006-08-16 22:31:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. Can you articulate a lucid explanation of the role of quantum mechanics in your reply?

2. Can you do so without giving in to the temptation to twist it into some sort of a weak joke?

3. Where does God fit into your equation?

4. Do you realize that when the Rapture comes, you're going to burn in hell?

Please include reference to Book and Verse of the bible that substantiates anything you might say.

2006-08-16 22:19:56 · 5 answers · asked by beast 6

2006-08-16 21:59:47 · 7 answers · asked by the m 1

2006-08-16 21:31:07 · 3 answers · asked by shalfaras n 1

2006-08-16 21:21:14 · 7 answers · asked by Sosela 1

refercences helpful, i know this may be a really stupid question, but i have no clue :(. thanks to everyone

2006-08-16 21:11:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-16 21:08:34 · 10 answers · asked by yogen p 2

2006-08-16 20:12:02 · 7 answers · asked by jas 1

2006-08-16 20:09:28 · 10 answers · asked by chetfan2003 1

2006-08-16 19:58:31 · 9 answers · asked by nudz 1

2006-08-16 16:07:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-16 16:07:31 · 14 answers · asked by scootda2nd 2

I know that speed of light is 300,000,000 meters per second. Now, how did they measure this speed? What equipment did they use to measure the speed of light?

2006-08-16 16:06:42 · 22 answers · asked by alandicho 5

2006-08-16 15:39:14 · 8 answers · asked by goring 6

Consider Einstein's theory of relativity. Given that our planet, solar system, galaxy, etc are in motion, is it conceivable that time (at least on our planet) is not truly constant?

2006-08-16 15:17:35 · 17 answers · asked by X 2

If you bounce a laser beam off a surface at virtually 0 degrees and away from you, you will see where it hits the surface even though the light is going in the opposite direction and away from you. It would be the same as shooting a hose away from you, you dont get wet. In fact not one drop will reach you, so how can you see the laser light when not one single photon is reaching your eyes and there is no other light source around?

2006-08-16 15:16:56 · 14 answers · asked by ByeBuyamericanPi 4

2006-08-16 15:12:32 · 18 answers · asked by X 2

A satellite will only orbit the earth for a few years before it will be forced out of orbit but the moon has been orbiting for 15 billion years, so what prevents the earths gravity from pulling it in? What keeps it going and why doesnt the friction caused by the earths gravity(the force that prevents it from flying away) slow it down?

2006-08-16 15:08:19 · 14 answers · asked by ByeBuyamericanPi 4

magnet should be no more than 1" in diameter

2006-08-16 15:07:04 · 7 answers · asked by aspenzdad 1

2006-08-16 14:53:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anup A 1

2006-08-16 14:50:46 · 6 answers · asked by GMan 1

rotation when planning the flight path that you will take?

2006-08-16 14:43:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

1) Why are diode lasers superior for launching light into a fibre?

2) Are light-emitting diodes suitable for launching light into single mode fibres/

3) What is the relationship between 2 polarizer angles when the transmitted light intensity is
(a) maximum
(b) zero
?

4) When a polarizer is rotated in front of a light source, what is observed? why?

5) When a second polarizer is inserted, under what circumstance will the transmitted light intensity be zero?

6) When 2 polarizers are facing tghe same direction and looked into, we can see things. but when 1 of the polarizer is changed direction, nothing can be seen through both of them when together. then when another polarizer is put diagonally between the 2 polarizers, things can be see. Explain the paradox here.

2006-08-16 14:41:46 · 2 answers · asked by edwinvandesar 1

thanks in advance if anyone answers

2006-08-16 13:00:45 · 8 answers · asked by bossmaster5001 1

2006-08-16 12:25:42 · 3 answers · asked by ixat02 2

When the photon/partical two slit experiment is performed you get a pattern of alternating lines on the screen. I've read that in the dark area that's where the waves have cancelled each other out and in the light area is where the waves have peaked. So how can two photons or electrons cancell each other out and still not break the law of energy conservation?

What has happened to this energy?

2006-08-16 11:59:21 · 4 answers · asked by Hagen T 1

When the position and time move at a steady rate, the velocity is constant, and when it's a horizontal line the velocity is...?

2006-08-16 11:47:17 · 4 answers · asked by airbearfl 1

When a rocket is being propelled through space is there any limit to how fast it can go? Because the rocket is in a vacuum there should be nothing to slow it down, that being the case can the rocket increase in speed exponentially (or at least at a constant rate) as long as the thruster is activiated? It seems to me that a rocket with a continuous constant thrust would continue to increase in speed. That being said, it seems like space travel should be a lot faster. Does this have to do with the amount of fuel, or the rate of acceleration? Or can our rockets just not go that fast?

2006-08-16 11:46:19 · 16 answers · asked by Bryan Z 1

The branch is the root. Is the universe linear (flowing in time and space from beginning to end)? Can you go forward and backward in space and time? Can you step sideways out of the Universe and spacetime and look in? Yes, the Universe is all things, but what if "things" are not all there is? Is causality absolute? Does it have to be absolute if we hold that space-time is not linear? Could our universe be defined by causality and any a-causal arrangement be thought to be "outside" of the universe and outside of time? Wouldn't that be a great place for "God" to exist? How else do you create causality except from a state of non-causality? Where is the door? I want to step through.

2006-08-16 10:49:22 · 5 answers · asked by greeneyedprincess 6