tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6776580916171962920..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Things I didn't know I wanted:Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29828692013150423602010-06-16T07:02:23.339-04:002010-06-16T07:02:23.339-04:00And, surfing out from it lead to Roy Batty's f...And, surfing out from it lead to Roy Batty's final words, which I hadn't heard since I saw the movie way back then.<br /><br />"I've seen things you peole would never believe....".<br /><br />"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain".Ed Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71182234148761710362010-06-16T01:59:30.754-04:002010-06-16T01:59:30.754-04:00I have a theory that the only thing faster than th...I have a theory that the only thing faster than the speed of light is the expansion rate of the universe, or else light would pass beyond it, which would mean there was something else beyond the confines of our universe, and that would mean that our universe is bigger than estimated, or there's an adjoining universe. But if there was an adjoining universe, would the light from that universe reach us and what would it look like? If not, what happens to light escapes our universe's confines if it isn't traveling faster than the speed of light? Oh, my head hurts...OrangeNeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155086699188282321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2961120006221578242010-06-15T23:49:10.295-04:002010-06-15T23:49:10.295-04:00I wonder how they came up with 50nm for UV? Odd.
...I wonder how they came up with 50nm for UV? Odd.<br /><br />All kinds of neat-o, that aside.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14453025163246543742010-06-15T15:05:39.632-04:002010-06-15T15:05:39.632-04:00Yup.
One of the hardest things to wrap my head ar...Yup.<br /><br />One of the hardest things to wrap my head around is that "solid" matter has not all that much more "stuff" in it than does empty vacuum...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11272869510115049092010-06-15T14:51:40.358-04:002010-06-15T14:51:40.358-04:00Even cooler was the difference between the small s...Even cooler was the difference between the small side of the scale was larger than the difference between a meter and the top end.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40165519564949734822010-06-15T14:48:38.944-04:002010-06-15T14:48:38.944-04:00That'll be house arrest for you, then, Mr. Gal...That'll be house arrest for you, then, Mr. Gallileo. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23717552968023125482010-06-15T13:06:38.802-04:002010-06-15T13:06:38.802-04:00Yeah, but Chalkie, due to the Expanding Universe, ...Yeah, but Chalkie, due to the Expanding Universe, things are 'way beyond what we can see, even if we <i>were</i> at the center of the 'Verse. Which we are not.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49960440411587208542010-06-15T12:48:43.002-04:002010-06-15T12:48:43.002-04:00Minor point, we can actually see more than 14 bill...Minor point, we can actually see more than 14 billion light years away (more distance than you would expect given the age of things). I don't fully understand it, but people smarter than me say it's due to expansion.<br /><br />This comic sort of describes it. http://xkcd.com/482/Chalkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34365500296557157402010-06-15T10:45:39.051-04:002010-06-15T10:45:39.051-04:00Heady stuff. Bravo.Heady stuff. Bravo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67887866573519269702010-06-15T09:32:59.093-04:002010-06-15T09:32:59.093-04:00Okay, that is damn cool.Okay, that is damn cool.Bramnoreply@blogger.com