I think you are getting your boats mixed up.
The weight was added to the three AC45 boats, managed by OTUSA, not the AC72.
The AC45 is a non-foiling, one design, manufacturer supplied class.
I thought it sounded wierd, but heres the quote from the article:
Because these two photons are entangled, the act of detecting the second as either a wave or a particle should simultaneously force the other photon to also change into either a wave or a particle. But that would have to happen to the first photon before it hits its detector -- which it will hit 50 microseconds before the second photon is detected.
And before that, the article states:
In that final phase, one of the entangled photons will be sent through a slit screen to a detector that will register it as either a particle or a wave -- because, again, the photon can be either. The other photon will be sent toward two 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) spools of fiber optic cables before emerging to hit a movable detector, he said.
Adjusting the position of the detector that captures the second photon (the one sent through the cables) determines whether it is detected as a particle or a wave.
You have the two twins mixed up.
According to the article, the first photon goes trough a slit screen to a dector which detects whether it was a particle or wave. The second photon hits a movable detector 50 ms later. Apparently the movable detector can be moved, forcing the photon to be either a wave or particle. They want to check, that the position of the second detecor decides the outcome of the detection of the first photon 50 ms earlier.
In your analogy it is the equivelent of checking which of Freds eyes are sore when he arrives. Then poking Bruce in one of his eyes two minutes later. which of bruces eyes, that you choose to poke, should decide which of Freds eye's was sore. Strange.
What i don't understand is the two detectors they intend to use. Why does the one after the slit screen not force the photon to be either a particle or wave?
This may be due to the fact, that most of the lead officials (Sheriff, Attorney General, etc.) in the US are elected.
Besides doing their jobs, they have to continually inform the public, that they are doing it well. They have their reelection to worry about.
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Damn, now i have to transfer my stocks in rubber sheet companies from my "Technology" portfolio to my "Recreational" portfolio.
The full jury decision (including details of the modification) can be found here: http://noticeboard.americascup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JN117.pdf
I think you are getting your boats mixed up. The weight was added to the three AC45 boats, managed by OTUSA, not the AC72. The AC45 is a non-foiling, one design, manufacturer supplied class.
They are using rocket engines.
The engines are supplied by Armadillo Aerospace.
John Carmack posted news about the deal a while back: http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home/News?news_id=358
And before that, the article states:
You have the two twins mixed up. According to the article, the first photon goes trough a slit screen to a dector which detects whether it was a particle or wave. The second photon hits a movable detector 50 ms later. Apparently the movable detector can be moved, forcing the photon to be either a wave or particle. They want to check, that the position of the second detecor decides the outcome of the detection of the first photon 50 ms earlier. In your analogy it is the equivelent of checking which of Freds eyes are sore when he arrives. Then poking Bruce in one of his eyes two minutes later. which of bruces eyes, that you choose to poke, should decide which of Freds eye's was sore. Strange. What i don't understand is the two detectors they intend to use. Why does the one after the slit screen not force the photon to be either a particle or wave?
This may be due to the fact, that most of the lead officials (Sheriff, Attorney General, etc.) in the US are elected.
Besides doing their jobs, they have to continually inform the public, that they are doing it well. They have their reelection to worry about.