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2011-04-30 21:05:54

#751

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6862|Canberra, AUS

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/augu … 82310.html

It's a mystery that presented itself unexpectedly: The radioactive decay of some elements sitting quietly in laboratories on Earth seemed to be influenced by activities inside the sun, 93 million miles away.

Is this possible?

Researchers from Stanford and Purdue University believe it is. But their explanation of how it happens opens the door to yet another mystery.

There is even an outside chance that this unexpected effect is brought about by a previously unknown particle emitted by the sun. "That would be truly remarkable," said Peter Sturrock, Stanford professor emeritus of applied physics and an expert on the inner workings of the sun.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-04-30 21:42:16

#752

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6959|PNW

I say we investigate.

For science.

2011-04-30 22:19:11

#753

mcjagdflieger: Champion of Dueling Rectums; +26|6498|South Jersey

well, see for yourself. antimatter emitted from thunderstorms? exciting
http://www.space.com/10602-antimatter-b … -nasa.html
dunno if its been brought up, tried searching

2011-05-01 02:42:36

#754

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6788|132 and Bush

wow
http://skysurvey.org/

The Photopic Sky Survey is a 5,000 megapixel photograph of the entire night sky stitched together from 37,440 exposures. Large in size and scope, it portrays a world far beyond the one beneath our feet and reveals our familiar Milky Way with unfamiliar clarity. When we look upon this image, we are in fact peering back in time, as much of the light—having traveled such vast distances—predates civilization itself.

Seen at a depth thousands of times more faint than the dimmest visible star, tens of millions of other suns appear, still perhaps only a hundredth of one percent thought to exist in our galaxy alone. Our Milky Way galaxy is the dominant feature, its dusty arms sweeping through the frame, punctuated by red clouds of glowing hydrogen. To the lower right are our nearest neighbors, each small galaxies themselves with their own hundreds of millions of stars.

Interactive

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2011-05-03 22:13:30

#755

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6788|132 and Bush

Voyager 2 is on the verge of leaving our solar system (relatively speaking).. leaving behind the solar wind. And even at that great distance it is currently only 13 hrs 09 mins 20 sec of light-travel time away.

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2011-05-03 22:15:57

#756

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5446|foggy bottom

7 804 560 000 miles away?

Tu Stultus Es

2011-05-03 22:20:22

#757

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6788|132 and Bush

did you do the mathz?

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2011-05-03 22:22:12

#758

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5446|foggy bottom

yeah but i suck at math. 186000*41940 seconds?

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2011-05-03 22:28:28

#759

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6926|Toronto | Canada

1.4208×10^10 km is what i got

2011-05-03 22:34:31

#760

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6788|132 and Bush

eleven bravo wrote:
7 804 560 000 miles away?

I got 8,823,470,929 miles.

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2011-05-03 22:35:07

#761

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5446|foggy bottom

186000*41940?

Tu Stultus Es

2011-05-03 22:36:18

#762

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6788|132 and Bush

Winston_Churchill wrote:
1.4208×10^10 km is what i got

that looks right

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2011-05-03 22:38:29

#763

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6926|Toronto | Canada

except you used a shitty system of units

youre using your time calculation wrong eb
(3600 x 13 + 9 x 60 + 20)s x 3 x 10^5 km/s

Last edited by Winston_Churchill (2011-05-03 22:38:44)

2011-05-03 22:39:44

#764

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6788|132 and Bush

Winston_Churchill wrote:
except you used a shitty system of units

youre using your time calculation wrong eb
(3600 x 13 + 9 x 60 + 20)s x 3 x 10^5 km/s

I know. And NASA doesn't. I was responding to gs .

oh looky here
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/where/index.html
yep

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2011-05-03 22:41:05

#765

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5446|foggy bottom

I suck at math

Tu Stultus Es

2011-05-03 22:42:26

#766

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6788|132 and Bush

eleven bravo wrote:
I suck at math

Well, considering it been at least 12 years since I used anything but RE math I'd say I didn't do too bad .

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2011-05-10 09:43:36

#767

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6959|PNW

26-year-old Dallas Wiens appears in public for the first time after receiving new nose, lips, skin, muscle and nerves from an anonymous donor

2011-05-10 11:22:57

#768

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6148|Places 'n such

The guy looks pretty normal considering.

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2011-05-10 11:25:39

#769

Shocking: sorry you feel that way; +333|6186|...

how did his face hit a power line

inane little opines

2011-05-10 11:26:43

#770

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6148|Places 'n such

Painting a church... roof?

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2011-05-10 17:57:58

#771

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6959|PNW

I'm not entirely sure, but one of the first things I wondered was if anybody thought "praise the Lord" when they saw the surgery's success.

2011-05-11 11:59:56

#772

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6148|Places 'n such

Good point, I doubt we'd have got very far in the research of immuno-suppressive drugs if it wasn't for the theory of evolution either. I really don't want this discussion in this thread but it seems a bit ironic that he thanks his faith for motivation.

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2011-05-11 15:03:08

#773

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6959|PNW

"That he" or "if he?" I didn't see if he said anything about it. I just thought it would be ironic if anybody did.

2011-05-12 16:00:14

#774

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6148|Places 'n such

Sorry, I'm using a different sauce and I suppose kinda inferring it from his words and how some other articles have commented on it.

"credited his faith with giving him the courage to undergo the surgery."
""Even though I'm in amazing hands here, I'm also in God's hands, and that alone has been a vast help to me," he said."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13339512

Seems strange that something which is a leap forward for modern medicine and presumably a bit of a contradiction to religion would be related back to it.

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2011-05-13 09:47:36

#775

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6186|Vortex Ring State

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13359064

rather interesting

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