rain Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) A bit today learning that Dr. Lene Hau stopped the light in 1999..! and I didn't know this until today. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1124540.stm maybe detrimental to all searching for illumination.. or not perhaps? Edited March 16, 2009 by rain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted March 17, 2009 That's cool how light responds differently to different medium Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rain Posted March 18, 2009 That's cool how light responds differently to different medium yeah..like atom clouds.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted March 18, 2009 It doesnt seem to have much of an impediment in the atom cloud we walk around in every day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rain Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) ok. Edited March 18, 2009 by rain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted March 18, 2009 I'm curious as to the particulars of how this happens...I will investigate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smile Posted March 18, 2009 A bit today learning that Dr. Lene Hau stopped the light in 1999..! Can he figure out how to stop the darkness as well? That thing with the White House is getting out of control... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rain Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) Can he figure out how to stop the darkness as well? That thing with the White House is getting out of control... I dont even think SHE regocnizes the implications yet (quoting tv.. ) but maybe all our brrains can come up with something? btw doyou lknow that google owns your ass? Edited March 18, 2009 by rain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smile Posted March 19, 2009 If Google owns my ass, how come it sends me a paycheck every month? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rain Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) If Google owns my ass, how come it sends me a paycheck every month? exactly...addictive isn't it? (see I knew he'd get it) lol Edited March 19, 2009 by rain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smile Posted March 20, 2009 I like when you talk like that, dear... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Owledge Posted March 20, 2009 What I often find amazing is how the human mind of some scientists can worship Einstein's theory of relativity as still rock-solid and valid and at the same time acknowledge that the light speed is not constant. That light is slowed by water has been known for so long now. To recognize a genius, you have to be a genius yourself. Or: Genius lies in the eye of the beholder. Einstein himself said that everybody likes him, but nobody understands him. If people would just drop the misunderstanding of relativity, they would have a purely mechanical explanation for a lot of things. They would see energy as matter in motion, and the speed of light would be no more special than the speed of sound. Light speed is the speed of common radiation, but this just means that the physical process that creates radiation accelerated it to that speed. Two hundred years from now scientist may be using machines to accelerate various particles to 2, 5, or 100x light speed by using a force that can supply this speed and laugh about the quackery of our time. There are no mysteries in science. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mal Posted March 25, 2009 I need to check out off topic more often, I had no idea about this Journal here http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v409/...l/409490a0.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
