Well, I just walked out of my statistical thermodynamics final and unfortunately, I'm not sure that I can help you out any. I won't claim to be an expert in the field, but the general consensus seems to be that the universe as a system should follow the laws of thermodynamics. That being said, I'm not sure how you handle an real infinite system in regards to any of the thermodynamics laws. I mean, sure I pull spheres from infinity all the time, but really it's just a convenient cheat for us lazy physicists.
Alternatively, I think that it doesn't make much sense to think about space in terms of space. That's kind of like thinking of lollipops in terms of lollipops. I mean, sure, they're delicious. If I tell you about lollipops, you may think, "Mmm, those are delicious." But I don't know that I could say anything useful to you about lollipops strictly in the language of lollipops, whatever that means. Frankly, there's a lot of ways to mess with space (dilation, anyone?), and it doesn't seem as static a thing as I once thought it was. What happens when you stretch out space? Hmmm, more space.
My gut intuition (not that it means much) makes me think that the universe is closed and probably looped back into itself. The main reason is that it seems like a weird concept to have space just "end". If it were shaped like a balloon, for instance, maybe there's a way to avoid some disturbing delta functions of vacuum to nothingness.
Oh yeah, sorry I couldn't help. I'm done rambling now.
I saw this guy lecture at Fermilab two years ago... it was sort of the buzz around the office, and I don't think he was greeted very warmly. Some of the talk was above my head (being a lowly undergrad at the time) but I do very distinctly recall a few instances where physicists stood up, asked a question, and then walked out before the question was completely answered.
I think my position on this would change depending on the job. If he agreed to be investigated for a position requiring a security clearance, I would say that he's basically opened himself up to this kind of thing. I didn't have time to RTFA but in skimming through it, I think this might not be the case, otherwise I don't think the Patriot Act would have to be invoked.
Either way, as my 8th grade English teacher once wrote on a printed email that I accidentally sent to him instead of my girlfriend, "Never put anything on the internet that you wouldn't want your mother to read."
You have to understand that to a theoritician, having a "basis in reality" is a vague phrase. We have these equations, and they work really well for certain things that have been troubling the physics community for quite some time. They happen to require more than 4 dimensions. The theoretician says, "Oh well, find the other dimensions!"
It's not a strange concept to make up new physics to "make the math work out". Quarks were hypothesized, then as each quark pair was discovered, we knew how many pairs of quarks there should be and knew roughly where we needed to look for the rest of them. You could say someone "made up" the top quark to "make the math work". But it turns out that it worked pretty well.
Also, don't even get me started about the Schrodinger equation... ever seen the derivation? Yeah... it's more of a "here's a couple theoretical ways the equation _could_ be derived... maybe...
When I was studying at Fermilab, Osheroff [link to:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_D._Osherof f] gave a lecture about the Space Shuttle Columbia. He was selected to head up the review panel, and I'm pretty sure that I remember hearing that the foam was almost certainly the cause of the explosion.
Seems like an unwise decision to let it run without repairing it even if it is unlikely that anything will happen, no?
This system wasn't put in place to restrict the amount of time people play. Blizzard could care less how much time someone puts into a game. The rest system in WoW and Vitality system in EQ2 is in place so that casual gamers have some (albeit very small) chance of not falling behind power gamers in the XP grind.
And as the article mentioned, it's common place to hear (out of vit/rest, switching to my alt) so in reality the only thing it limits is the desire to grind a single character to max level without alts.
I've seen games that have messages that say, "You've been online for an hour now, please consider taking a break." But come on, do you think they really mean it?
I think you'd be surprised exactly how much manpower the intelligence community actually has. I'd back that up, but hey, I know how much manpower the intelligence community actually has.
When is the last time you told someone to google something (most likely to get them off your back) and they said, "Oh, I don't use that interweb thing."
I suspect that the two main reasons for any increase in the number of people using the internet in the US at this point is due to the fact that more people are being born than dying, and likely also has to do with the number of immigrants.
Coincidentally, the numbers on the CIA Factbook give me 1% when taking these things into consideration.
Alienware support??? You're kidding, right? Have you ever spoken to Alienware support? Over the 15-16 times I had to call up (my video card on my desktop replacement heated to the point of bubbling) I found myself wishing I could deal with Dell.
When 2 of my keys fell off on the 4th day I owned the laptop, the CS Rep (Juan) informed me that he couldn't replace the keyboard because it was more than 3 days old, but he "off the record" suggested superglue to me.
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Alternatively, I think that it doesn't make much sense to think about space in terms of space. That's kind of like thinking of lollipops in terms of lollipops. I mean, sure, they're delicious. If I tell you about lollipops, you may think, "Mmm, those are delicious." But I don't know that I could say anything useful to you about lollipops strictly in the language of lollipops, whatever that means. Frankly, there's a lot of ways to mess with space (dilation, anyone?), and it doesn't seem as static a thing as I once thought it was. What happens when you stretch out space? Hmmm, more space.
My gut intuition (not that it means much) makes me think that the universe is closed and probably looped back into itself. The main reason is that it seems like a weird concept to have space just "end". If it were shaped like a balloon, for instance, maybe there's a way to avoid some disturbing delta functions of vacuum to nothingness.
Oh yeah, sorry I couldn't help. I'm done rambling now.
Oh, sorry. I should have made that more clear. I cross canceled the zeros!
Surely this is a valid technique!
Working from his proof:
0^0 = 0^(1-1)
0^0 = 0^(1)*0^(-1)
0^0 = (0/1)*(1/0)
0^0 = 1
Therefore 0^0 = 1, or what I'll call Uniplex, which coincidentally will look like a capital phi.
Please contact me for information on where to send my Fields Medal.
The only kind of physics homework that I do anymore is the kind where I don't understand the underlying theory. Is that bad? :0
I saw this guy lecture at Fermilab two years ago... it was sort of the buzz around the office, and I don't think he was greeted very warmly. Some of the talk was above my head (being a lowly undergrad at the time) but I do very distinctly recall a few instances where physicists stood up, asked a question, and then walked out before the question was completely answered.
s /Colloquium/040714Taleyarkhan/index.htm] go back and watch it again.
Still interesting stuff... mayhaps I'll [http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lecture
I think my position on this would change depending on the job. If he agreed to be investigated for a position requiring a security clearance, I would say that he's basically opened himself up to this kind of thing. I didn't have time to RTFA but in skimming through it, I think this might not be the case, otherwise I don't think the Patriot Act would have to be invoked.
Either way, as my 8th grade English teacher once wrote on a printed email that I accidentally sent to him instead of my girlfriend, "Never put anything on the internet that you wouldn't want your mother to read."
You have to understand that to a theoritician, having a "basis in reality" is a vague phrase. We have these equations, and they work really well for certain things that have been troubling the physics community for quite some time. They happen to require more than 4 dimensions. The theoretician says, "Oh well, find the other dimensions!" It's not a strange concept to make up new physics to "make the math work out". Quarks were hypothesized, then as each quark pair was discovered, we knew how many pairs of quarks there should be and knew roughly where we needed to look for the rest of them. You could say someone "made up" the top quark to "make the math work". But it turns out that it worked pretty well. Also, don't even get me started about the Schrodinger equation... ever seen the derivation? Yeah... it's more of a "here's a couple theoretical ways the equation _could_ be derived... maybe...
When I was studying at Fermilab, Osheroff [link to:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_D._Osherof f] gave a lecture about the Space Shuttle Columbia. He was selected to head up the review panel, and I'm pretty sure that I remember hearing that the foam was almost certainly the cause of the explosion.
Seems like an unwise decision to let it run without repairing it even if it is unlikely that anything will happen, no?
This system wasn't put in place to restrict the amount of time people play. Blizzard could care less how much time someone puts into a game. The rest system in WoW and Vitality system in EQ2 is in place so that casual gamers have some (albeit very small) chance of not falling behind power gamers in the XP grind. And as the article mentioned, it's common place to hear (out of vit/rest, switching to my alt) so in reality the only thing it limits is the desire to grind a single character to max level without alts. I've seen games that have messages that say, "You've been online for an hour now, please consider taking a break." But come on, do you think they really mean it?
I think you'd be surprised exactly how much manpower the intelligence community actually has. I'd back that up, but hey, I know how much manpower the intelligence community actually has.
When is the last time you told someone to google something (most likely to get them off your back) and they said, "Oh, I don't use that interweb thing."
I suspect that the two main reasons for any increase in the number of people using the internet in the US at this point is due to the fact that more people are being born than dying, and likely also has to do with the number of immigrants.
Coincidentally, the numbers on the CIA Factbook give me 1% when taking these things into consideration.
QED???
Alienware support??? You're kidding, right? Have you ever spoken to Alienware support? Over the 15-16 times I had to call up (my video card on my desktop replacement heated to the point of bubbling) I found myself wishing I could deal with Dell.
When 2 of my keys fell off on the 4th day I owned the laptop, the CS Rep (Juan) informed me that he couldn't replace the keyboard because it was more than 3 days old, but he "off the record" suggested superglue to me.