Wed 15 Aug, 2007 09:56 am - Your first degree is usually just evidence to an employer that you can sit still long enough to master a subject and so, should be a reliable employee. Any job will require much more than can be... (view)
Fri 10 Aug, 2007 08:58 am - Fast Flashlight
The photons are going at C as soon as the light turns on. If you are accelerating the flashlight to near C then its mass will be increasing. I can see the analog of a star... (view)
Thu 5 Jul, 2007 03:01 pm - Paper or ribbon or whatever does not matter (I think). The mathematical answer will be extended to whatever material is at hand when I get to engineering. For now the infintesimal will do nicely,... (view)
Thu 5 Jul, 2007 11:37 am - The trick is that the periodicity is reduced by the thickness of the ribbon, say eta. As the points move from the outside to the center of the spiral the length of the tape is reducedby pi*r where... (view)
Tue 3 Jul, 2007 08:17 pm - Astonishing!
Wish I could say I wish I thought of that but that is monumentaly unlikely what with me all bound in this vocabulary thing. Now all I have to do is try to get Excel to plot an... (view)
Tue 3 Jul, 2007 12:10 pm - A flat ribbon (as opposed to?) is wound tightly in a roll. The flat side is cut to form a hemisphere with the center of the role at the top, and the equator at the outer end of the ribbon. This... (view)
