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Originally posted by hoppy1
reply to post by IsraeliGuy
Please tell me how you have verified the speed of light if you would be so kind.
The setup as used by Fizeau consists of a beam of light directed at a mirror 8 kilometres (5 mi) away. On the way from the source to the mirror, the beam passes through a rotating cogwheel. At a certain rate of rotation, the beam passes through one gap on the way out and another on the way back, but at slightly higher or lower rates, the beam strikes a tooth and does not pass through the wheel. Knowing the distance between the wheel and the mirror, the number of teeth on the wheel, and the rate of rotation, the speed of light can be calculated.[92] The method of Foucault replaces the cogwheel by a rotating mirror. Because the mirror keeps rotating while the light travels to the distant mirror and back, the light is reflected from the rotating mirror at a different angle on its way out than it is on its way back. From this difference in angle, the known speed of rotation and the distance to the distant mirror the speed of light may be calculated.[93] Nowadays, using oscilloscopes with time resolutions of less than one nanosecond, the speed of light can be directly measured by timing the delay of a light pulse from a laser or an LED reflected from a mirror. This method is less precise (with errors of the order of 1%) than other modern techniques, but it is sometimes used as a laboratory experiment in college physics classes.[94][95][96]
I'm sorry for that.
I guess I shouldn't point out how radars work either then, eh?
Or Propagation delay......
or any of the other practical effects of finitness.
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
What I would like to know is if there are really people who actually believe the Earth is Flat?
How can this be even possible that there are people who would believe that?
There is a Speed of Light though. We can calculate it. It is approx. 186,300 Miles per second. It takes about 8 Minutes for our Suns Light to reach Earth. Radio Waves are on the EM scale and also travel at about the same speed. That is why when we send a Radio Signal to a Space Craft...there is a Delay in the Time Response as the further away from Earth they are...the longer the delay. Split Infinity
Originally posted by gravitor
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
What I would like to know is if there are really people who actually believe the Earth is Flat?
How can this be even possible that there are people who would believe that?
There is a Speed of Light though. We can calculate it. It is approx. 186,300 Miles per second. It takes about 8 Minutes for our Suns Light to reach Earth. Radio Waves are on the EM scale and also travel at about the same speed. That is why when we send a Radio Signal to a Space Craft...there is a Delay in the Time Response as the further away from Earth they are...the longer the delay. Split Infinity
We meet again sweety.
There is no speed of light, that which is ASSUMED as a speed is the local( to earth) switching rate.
You OK?
gravitor
gravitor
Originally posted by FlyingCow
reply to post by gravitor
Shouldn't i be able to see tall landmarks and buildings from where i live considering i live on the highest elevation above sea level in my state?
How does the atmosphere stay connected to the earth if there is no gravity as there would a lot less on a flat earth?
Why is the moon moving away from the earth? Is the hologram just getting smaller?
Are you over 12 years old?
Originally posted by eriktheawful
Originally posted by gravitor
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
What I would like to know is if there are really people who actually believe the Earth is Flat?
How can this be even possible that there are people who would believe that?
There is a Speed of Light though. We can calculate it. It is approx. 186,300 Miles per second. It takes about 8 Minutes for our Suns Light to reach Earth. Radio Waves are on the EM scale and also travel at about the same speed. That is why when we send a Radio Signal to a Space Craft...there is a Delay in the Time Response as the further away from Earth they are...the longer the delay. Split Infinity
We meet again sweety.
There is no speed of light, that which is ASSUMED as a speed is the local( to earth) switching rate.
You OK?
gravitor
gravitor
Again, this is NOT Skunk Works.
You've made a claim that goes against established scientific fact (not theory, not a hypothesis, it's been proven again, and again through repeatable experiments by many people and peer reviewed).
So back up your claim and prove the entire world wrong.
Else, as people on here say: Your claim = Epic Fail
Originally posted by CoherentlyConfused
reply to post by gravitor
Einstein's theory of relativity.
Here you go:
Relativity For Dummies
I take it YOU have absorbed such???
I most certainly have not, thankfully.
gravitor
Next.
edit on 14-9-2012 by CoherentlyConfused because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by CoherentlyConfused
reply to post by gravitor
Maybe you want to read up some. This isn't hocus-pocus magical nonsense. This isn't some blog with some guy rambling on about whatever, spouting out his opinions as though they are fact. "Well, the earth is flat because it looks flat!" LOL Really, now. This isn't the dark ages.
Believe it or not, there are many, many people out there with a love of science and they don't work for the government or NASA. They actually perform tests and experiments on their own, which prove exactly what has been proven by others.
You can be a "free thinker" and still understand and agree with elementary school science. Back in the day, it was people like Newton and Galileo who were the free thinkers for their time and they were ostracized by the churches and public for going against popular opinion. The difference between them and you, well, they actually proved their cases and changed the world. Can you do the same?
As a matter of fact, if you really want to change the world and prove your case, understanding the fundamental principals of science and math isn't just necessary, it's crucial.
edit on 14-9-2012 by CoherentlyConfused because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by skalla
reply to post by gravitor
and in trying to be open minded, you have blotted out reason behind some obsessive curtain that you are actually unable to coherently explain. you have taken it to a psychpathic extreme and deserve congratulations for your blind commitment - i really quite admire people who have the gusto to refuse to think critically, partitioning part of their brain and reality and ignoring the possibility to learn something (ref the wish to ignore einstein 2 posts ago) or at least critically examine all possibilities
Originally posted by gravitor
Originally posted by CoherentlyConfused
reply to post by gravitor
Maybe you want to read up some. This isn't hocus-pocus magical nonsense. This isn't some blog with some guy rambling on about whatever, spouting out his opinions as though they are fact. "Well, the earth is flat because it looks flat!" LOL Really, now. This isn't the dark ages.
Believe it or not, there are many, many people out there with a love of science and they don't work for the government or NASA. They actually perform tests and experiments on their own, which prove exactly what has been proven by others.
You can be a "free thinker" and still understand and agree with elementary school science. Back in the day, it was people like Newton and Galileo who were the free thinkers for their time and they were ostracized by the churches and public for going against popular opinion. The difference between them and you, well, they actually proved their cases and changed the world. Can you do the same?
As a matter of fact, if you really want to change the world and prove your case, understanding the fundamental principals of science and math isn't just necessary, it's crucial.
edit on 14-9-2012 by CoherentlyConfused because: (no reason given)
You are a BELIEVER, Your religion is called SCIENCE.
As any believer You are fighting to try and get everyone else into the church of Your belief.
You are acting as any fundementalist does.
I thankfully do not believe the nonesense called science.