Guest guest Posted October 3, 2001 Report Share Posted October 3, 2001 Hi Bobby, I'm feeling that I was a bit glib in my answer to your question (I was just being silly, but I don't always come across as I wish). What I do think I remember correctly are these two ideas. 1) the twin paradox. If one fraternal twin gets on a space ship and accelerates to close to the speed of light, travels awhile, and then turns around, travels back and decelerates to try to hug his brother (or her sister), he or she may find out she or he has arrived too late. The twin who stayed behind aged more rapidly than the traveler. 2) certain particles that come from the sun and decay in our atmosphere (sorry, I forget which ones. muons, I think, but who knows?) appear to decay more slowly than one would expect them to, unless one takes into account how fast they are traveling and calculates the time dilation due to that speed. (so in their own reference frame, they are obeying the rules of quantum mechanics, but they seem slower than expected to us because of the relative motion.) I used these two "facts" to discuss my cheese problem. I think they are correct. Love, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2001 Report Share Posted October 3, 2001 Dear Mark: Thanks for the grandeloquent reply. I was giggling pretty good there. I know it was a cheesy question. You helped me work out a few things there. The idea is that an evil madman, the first attorney let's say, is speeding up the rate of change or accelerating time on Earth to keep from being bored and have his investments pay off quicker, and get his clients out of jail sooner. I need a way to explain the change of time thing so I was thinking about making the whole universe dissappear in Einsteinian theory. The hero has to die many times and catch the bad guy at the end of the universe before he leaps into the next universal incarnation and screws them up too. I haven't planned the sequel yet. Don't tell anyone about the plot. I'll have you in the story cutting and distributing the cheese a lot to pay you for helping and I'll promise not to name you as technical advisor. Have a good night. Love Bobby G. , "Mark W. Otter" <mark.otter@s...> wrote: > Hi Bobby, > > I'm feeling that I was a bit glib in my answer to your question (I was > just being silly, but I don't always come across as I wish). > > What I do think I remember correctly are these two ideas. > > 1) the twin paradox. If one fraternal twin gets on a space ship and > accelerates to close to the speed of light, travels awhile, and then > turns around, travels back and decelerates to try to hug his brother (or > her sister), he or she may find out she or he has arrived too late. The > twin who stayed behind aged more rapidly than the traveler. > > 2) certain particles that come from the sun and decay in our atmosphere > (sorry, I forget which ones. muons, I think, but who knows?) appear to > decay more slowly than one would expect them to, unless one takes into > account how fast they are traveling and calculates the time dilation due > to that speed. (so in their own reference frame, they are obeying the > rules of quantum mechanics, but they seem slower than expected to us > because of the relative motion.) > > I used these two "facts" to discuss my cheese problem. I think they are > correct. > > Love, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2001 Report Share Posted October 4, 2001 Muaaah! you guys...belly laughing here....TY!!!! , bgbbyg@a... wrote: > Dear Mark: > > Thanks for the grandeloquent reply. I was giggling pretty good > there. I know it was a cheesy question. You helped me work out a > few things there. > > The idea is that an evil madman, the first attorney let's say, is > speeding up the rate of change or accelerating time on Earth to keep > from being bored > and have his investments pay off quicker, > and get his clients out of jail sooner. > > I need a way to explain the change of time thing so I was thinking > about making the whole universe dissappear in Einsteinian theory. > The hero has to die many times and catch the bad guy at the end of > the universe before he leaps into the next universal incarnation and > screws them up too. I haven't planned the sequel yet. > > Don't tell anyone about the plot. I'll have you in the story cutting > and distributing the cheese a lot to pay you for helping and I'll > promise not to name you as technical advisor. > Have a good night. > > Love > Bobby G. > > > , "Mark W. Otter" <mark.otter@s...> wrote: > > Hi Bobby, > > > > I'm feeling that I was a bit glib in my answer to your question (I > was > > just being silly, but I don't always come across as I wish). > > > > What I do think I remember correctly are these two ideas. > > > > 1) the twin paradox. If one fraternal twin gets on a space ship and > > accelerates to close to the speed of light, travels awhile, and then > > turns around, travels back and decelerates to try to hug his > brother (or > > her sister), he or she may find out she or he has arrived too > late. The > > twin who stayed behind aged more rapidly than the traveler. > > > > 2) certain particles that come from the sun and decay in our > atmosphere > > (sorry, I forget which ones. muons, I think, but who knows?) appear > to > > decay more slowly than one would expect them to, unless one takes > into > > account how fast they are traveling and calculates the time > dilation due > > to that speed. (so in their own reference frame, they are obeying > the > > rules of quantum mechanics, but they seem slower than expected to us > > because of the relative motion.) > > > > I used these two "facts" to discuss my cheese problem. I think > they are > > correct. > > > > Love, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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