Author Topic: Ask Chingon Science Qs Until He Has To Come Back And Correct Our Ignorance (Read 15814 times)

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #150 on:** August 03, 2015, 04:35:12 PM »

Quote from: puniraptor on August 03, 2015, 04:24:48 PM

Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on August 03, 2015, 04:18:41 PM
You know the term Mach number is how many times the speed of sound you are going. What is the similar term for how many times the speed of light?

c

Wrong.
First, I asked for a term, not a variable.
Secondly, c is the speed of light in a vacuum. I am talking about the speed of light of a given condition/environment.

The Big Train · « **Reply #151 on:** August 03, 2015, 04:39:36 PM »

she just #zapped your ass pretty good puni

Trogdor · « **Reply #152 on:** August 03, 2015, 04:41:40 PM »

voltage or amps?

puniraptor · « **Reply #153 on:** August 03, 2015, 04:43:13 PM »

The zapped zap back: c is not a variable

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #154 on:** August 03, 2015, 04:45:34 PM »

Quote from: puniraptor on August 03, 2015, 04:43:13 PM

The zapped zap back: c is not a variable

Are you sure about that?
http://www.livescience.com/29111-speed-of-light-not-constant.html

The Big Train · « **Reply #155 on:** August 03, 2015, 04:47:47 PM »

maybe you should just stick to food puni and leave the math to the professionals

puniraptor · « **Reply #156 on:** August 03, 2015, 04:49:30 PM »

Zapp not accepted

CNS · « **Reply #157 on:** August 03, 2015, 05:24:56 PM »

Space is pretty much a vacuum, btw.

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HerrSonntag · « **Reply #158 on:** August 03, 2015, 09:02:17 PM »

the term mach refers to the speed of sound relative to the atmospheric pressure and temperature of the local medium. So puni is right, apples to apples mach and c refer to the speed of sound and light respectively, relative to their local medium.

The Big Train · « **Reply #159 on:** August 03, 2015, 09:07:34 PM »

will we ever get back to the golden age when moore's law was actually feasible?

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #160 on:** August 04, 2015, 08:01:46 AM »

Quote from: HerrSonntag on August 03, 2015, 09:02:17 PM

the term mach refers to the speed of sound relative to the atmospheric pressure and temperature of the local medium. So puni is right, apples to apples mach and c refer to the speed of sound and light respectively, relative to their local medium.

Yeah puni would be right as long as the only medium you are talking about is a vacuum, but we're not.

GregKSU1027 · « **Reply #161 on:** August 04, 2015, 03:56:20 PM »

Quote from: Trogdor on August 01, 2015, 01:50:47 AM

how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

184 can confirm

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Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #162 on:** August 07, 2015, 10:22:45 AM »

Are we really in the Matrix?

http://moviepilot.com/posts/3446355-universe-could-be-fake-and-we-re-all-in-the-matrix-say-scientists?lt_source=external,manual

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #163 on:** August 21, 2015, 12:43:09 AM »

Okay, here's one that's been on my mind for a long time: Why does everyone assume that carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen are essential for life, even on other planets? Why would no one assume that on some other planet, every species evolved from something crazy like gold or titanium?

The Big Train · « **Reply #164 on:** August 21, 2015, 07:16:08 AM »

Quote from: Stevesie60 on August 21, 2015, 12:43:09 AM

Okay, here's one that's been on my mind for a long time: Why does everyone assume that carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen are essential for life, even on other planets? Why would no one assume that on some other planet, every species evolved from something crazy like gold or titanium?

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=35686.msg1404721#msg1404721

puniraptor · « **Reply #165 on:** August 21, 2015, 07:57:43 AM »

racism

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #166 on:** August 21, 2015, 10:18:46 AM »

Quote from: The Big Train on August 21, 2015, 07:16:08 AM

Quote from: Stevesie60 on August 21, 2015, 12:43:09 AM
Okay, here's one that's been on my mind for a long time: Why does everyone assume that carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen are essential for life, even on other planets? Why would no one assume that on some other planet, every species evolved from something crazy like gold or titanium?

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=35686.msg1404721#msg1404721

Great minds, etc.

mocat · « **Reply #167 on:** August 21, 2015, 11:54:37 AM »

are kids small, or just far away?

chum1 · « **Reply #168 on:** August 21, 2015, 12:12:15 PM »

Maybe gold is alive on our planet and we just haven't discovered it yet.

The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep · « **Reply #169 on:** August 21, 2015, 01:03:04 PM »

why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?

CHONGS · « **Reply #170 on:** August 21, 2015, 01:04:28 PM »

Quote from: Stevesie60 on August 21, 2015, 12:43:09 AM

Okay, here's one that's been on my mind for a long time: Why does everyone assume that carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen are essential for life, even on other planets? Why would no one assume that on some other planet, every species evolved from something crazy like gold or titanium?

Carbon is pretty special in ways that gold and titanium are not.

BUT FIRST you would have to define what you mean by 'life'.

mocat · « **Reply #171 on:** August 21, 2015, 01:07:24 PM »

Quote from: Stevesie60 on August 21, 2015, 12:43:09 AM

Okay, here's one that's been on my mind for a long time: Why does everyone assume that carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen are essential for life, even on other planets? Why would no one assume that on some other planet, every species evolved from something crazy like gold or titanium?

i am 100% with you on this one.

The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep · « **Reply #172 on:** August 21, 2015, 01:21:09 PM »

chingon, what if they were all made up of the element methane?

The Big Train · « **Reply #173 on:** August 21, 2015, 01:23:29 PM »

We'll find out when we go to Titan

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #174 on:** August 22, 2015, 01:23:41 AM »

Quote from: mocat on August 21, 2015, 01:07:24 PM

Quote from: Stevesie60 on August 21, 2015, 12:43:09 AM
Okay, here's one that's been on my mind for a long time: Why does everyone assume that carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen are essential for life, even on other planets? Why would no one assume that on some other planet, every species evolved from something crazy like gold or titanium?

i am 100% with you on this one.

I love you, mocat.