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    Does anybody really know the speed of light.

    They talk about light being a wave, a photon with no mass... It's makes no sense.. but herein lies the Theory of Everything...

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    Originally posted by K_Freddie:
    Does anybody really know the speed of light.
    Really (to the power of ten) fast.

    Really
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    Originally posted by K_Freddie:
    Does anybody really know the speed of light.
    Yes. Because it can be measured.

    And in a vacuum, that speed is 299,792,458m/s.
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    Originally posted by K_Freddie:
    Does anybody really know the speed of light.

    They talk about light being a wave, a photon with no mass... It's makes no sense.. but herein lies the Theory of Everything...
    Wait... does a photon really have no mass? How does a solar sail work?

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    Originally posted by K_Freddie:
    a photon with no mass...
    Nope. No dice. Can't be possible.

    Why? Because everybody knows that when a photon torpedo hits anything, it wrecks it! ...Although maybe it has something to do with the antimatter whatchacallit that makes it heavy.

    To hell with it! I say use the old tried and true 16" guns, like they got on the Missouri when they finally get to installing offensive weppinzez on spaceships.


    That'll definitely clear the Klingons off of Uranus!
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    Surely only Catholic photons would have mass.


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    Originally posted by Low_Flyer_MkIX:
    Surely only Catholic photons would have mass.


    And the important ones really (to the power of 15) like electrons.

    Really
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    Originally posted by VW-IceFire:
    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by K_Freddie:
    Does anybody really know the speed of light.

    They talk about light being a wave, a photon with no mass... It's makes no sense.. but herein lies the Theory of Everything...
    Wait... does a photon really have no mass? How does a solar sail work? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Photons have no mass but they have momentum:

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    Light doesn't have speed, it's the universe that moves around the light. I discovered this by crossing eyes in front of a pink mirror.

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    Originally posted by DuxCorvan:
    Light doesn't have speed, it's the universe that moves around the light. I discovered this by crossing eyes in front of a pink mirror.
    Been over to raaaids house again eh?
    "The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.[Europe], under pretence of governing they have divided their nations into two classes, wolves and sheep. If once [the people] become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, judges and governors shall all become wolves. " - Thomas Jefferson
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