I normally don't post on slashdot. I just read it.
Personally, I think the best part of having SCO destroyed will be not having articles about SCO posted on slashdot everyday. I love slashdot and hate SCO, but come on... Even the +4 and +5 comments are bound to repeatedly rehash the same stuff by virtue of the volume of discussion on the subject. I give slashdot a -2 for redundancy.
-Norm
3 Angstroms?... errr... that's like 6 bohr. That's a bit on the big side...but if you include all the super heavy atoms (with d anf f electrons and-the-like), it may not be TOO far off.
For something like carbon and silicon, look for *bond lengths* between 1.5 and 2.5 angstroms.
How big is an atom?
How does one define the edge of the atom? This is a topic of sometimes ehated debate. The electrons of an atom don't really stop existing anywhere (other than that place which is infinitely far apart from the nucleus). How does one partition space and electrons between several atoms? It's debatable.
Well... a 3 dimensional system. Now you have to consider how the atoms are _packed_ together. You can fit different numbers of the same atom in the same space depending on how they are packed. Do the atoms really take up more/less space or is it just a packing effect and how do you decide how much of the space is those of the atoms in an ideal packing environment?
It's a more involved question than perhaps the author intended it to be.
Norm
Just to let you know... the extended edition of the 1st film has interviews with scholars regarding the interpretation of The Ring and the actions of the characters and how these metaphors relate to Tolkien and the events he experienced in his life. Unfortunately, the discussion is far too involved to be concisely repeated here - so if you are interested, I suggest visiting the extensions of the DVD.
-Norm
I'm not sure, but if they are sampling a regular frequency, they may be able to make a measurement through the "effective interference distortion". It is in quotes because I made up the term. More generally, I'm thinking about the examination of the interference pattern of two regular plane waves - the frequency of one is known and the other is two be determined.
On the other hand, I think about the digital sampling of audio and the problem of aliasing when the sound frequncy reaches the theoretical limit of proper sampling (1/2 the sampling frequency). So... maybe the question is, how is a frequncy sampled unless the sampling frequncy is twice that of the frequency being sampled?
So the only other thing I can think of is interaction with light. Maybe they can perform some sort of absorption spectrum?
I honestly have no clue, but I hope I brought up some issues for those with more knowledge than I to discuss.
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I normally don't post on slashdot. I just read it. Personally, I think the best part of having SCO destroyed will be not having articles about SCO posted on slashdot everyday. I love slashdot and hate SCO, but come on... Even the +4 and +5 comments are bound to repeatedly rehash the same stuff by virtue of the volume of discussion on the subject. I give slashdot a -2 for redundancy. -Norm
3 Angstroms?... errr... that's like 6 bohr. That's a bit on the big side...but if you include all the super heavy atoms (with d anf f electrons and-the-like), it may not be TOO far off. For something like carbon and silicon, look for *bond lengths* between 1.5 and 2.5 angstroms. How big is an atom? How does one define the edge of the atom? This is a topic of sometimes ehated debate. The electrons of an atom don't really stop existing anywhere (other than that place which is infinitely far apart from the nucleus). How does one partition space and electrons between several atoms? It's debatable. Well... a 3 dimensional system. Now you have to consider how the atoms are _packed_ together. You can fit different numbers of the same atom in the same space depending on how they are packed. Do the atoms really take up more/less space or is it just a packing effect and how do you decide how much of the space is those of the atoms in an ideal packing environment? It's a more involved question than perhaps the author intended it to be. Norm
Just to let you know... the extended edition of the 1st film has interviews with scholars regarding the interpretation of The Ring and the actions of the characters and how these metaphors relate to Tolkien and the events he experienced in his life. Unfortunately, the discussion is far too involved to be concisely repeated here - so if you are interested, I suggest visiting the extensions of the DVD. -Norm
I'm not sure, but if they are sampling a regular frequency, they may be able to make a measurement through the "effective interference distortion". It is in quotes because I made up the term. More generally, I'm thinking about the examination of the interference pattern of two regular plane waves - the frequency of one is known and the other is two be determined.
On the other hand, I think about the digital sampling of audio and the problem of aliasing when the sound frequncy reaches the theoretical limit of proper sampling (1/2 the sampling frequency). So... maybe the question is, how is a frequncy sampled unless the sampling frequncy is twice that of the frequency being sampled?
So the only other thing I can think of is interaction with light. Maybe they can perform some sort of absorption spectrum?
I honestly have no clue, but I hope I brought up some issues for those with more knowledge than I to discuss.
-Norm