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Half life no longer constant.
Marlin:
--- Quote from: RDTroja on Aug 25, 2010, 08:37 ---We are just beginning to scratch the surface of the world of quantum physics. Once we really start to unlock subatomic mysteries we will see an explosion of technology that will dwarf everthing we as a species have discovered to this point.
We ain't seen nothin' yet.
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I watched a show last night that talked about time travel [hypno] and one of the scientists predicted that it may be viable in a hundred years :o . This was the realm of SciFi and fantasy when I was a boy just imagine what we will know and do in my grandchildrens time. Interdimensional travel, instantaneous travel without regard to time or distance, greatly extended lifespans, cyber people, and debunking "Manmade Global Warming" 8) .... and even more unlikely "PEACE".
HydroDave63:
Doubt time travel will ever be real, otherwise they'd be popping up all the time as it got cheaper/easier.
With all other technologies, they will eventually be used first for wunderwaffens
Marlin:
--- Quote from: HydroDave63 on Aug 25, 2010, 11:34 ---Doubt time travel will ever be real, otherwise they'd be popping up all the time as it got cheaper/easier.
With all other technologies, they will eventually be used first for wunderwaffens
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They explained that away in that you could only travel back to a tme in which the time machine existed because of the "loop" nature of the machine as they visualize it. Only by encountering a very old advanced civilization out in space (or other dimension)that has had time travel for many thousands (eons) of years could we come back to our present or past.
"I believe"... X-Files
Rennhack:
--- Quote from: HydroDave63 on Aug 25, 2010, 11:34 ---Doubt time travel will ever be real
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Time travel is real. We do it every day. However, its only in one direction.
JsonD13:
Hate to be the one to bring this back on topic, as it is starting to get good.
But, here's what I get out of it.
In 2006, some guys were measuring half lives (by using a radiation detector)
The sun drops its X-ray emission rate for a little bit
And now for some reason, their half life verification is off (probably low)
I would be willing to bet that they measured background once that day, or just prior to a measurement, and did not account for instantaneous changes in background which could adjust their recorded data slightly, and thus change the half life measured by a small amount.
Remember, nothing is hard and fast in our field and just about every number has statistical variability.
Jason
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