03-17-2009, 07:46 PM | #3541 |
Gone and done
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 4,808
|
I delayed light by 127 microseconds. It was all worthwhile.
__________________
per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not. |
03-17-2009, 08:19 PM | #3542 |
Looking forward to open mic night.
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 5,148
|
Me too. It's called the snooze button....uuugh.........
__________________
Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung |
03-17-2009, 08:19 PM | #3543 |
Gone and done
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 4,808
|
__________________
per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not. |
03-17-2009, 09:45 PM | #3544 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
my life
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
03-18-2009, 08:53 AM | #3545 |
Only looks like a disaster tourist
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: above 7,000 feet
Posts: 7,208
|
Did you delay the light by making the photons pass through a spiral tunnel coiled outside the radius of capture of the atoms in the glass?
|
03-18-2009, 09:11 AM | #3546 |
dar512 is now Pete Zicato
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chicago suburb
Posts: 4,968
|
Heavy breathing at the creek?
__________________
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller |
03-18-2009, 09:59 AM | #3547 |
Gone and done
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 4,808
|
4 spiral tunnels, but I think you sussed it. I also dispersion-compensated it for a NRZ-10Gbit signal and provided only 16.84dB of loss. Not too shabby, considering the DCM had an insertion loss of 6.3 dB!
__________________
per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not. |
03-18-2009, 12:23 PM | #3549 |
I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
Posts: 30,852
|
Sprials are making me happy too. I passed my backwards inside edges on a line and all 4 forwards spirals on an edge.
__________________
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart |
03-18-2009, 12:32 PM | #3550 |
Only looks like a disaster tourist
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: above 7,000 feet
Posts: 7,208
|
How much did that delay the light?
|
03-18-2009, 12:50 PM | #3551 |
dar512 is now Pete Zicato
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chicago suburb
Posts: 4,968
|
Well, the delay was actually due to heavy traffic in the third bend of the spiral. (Due to a Critical Mass wavicle ride)
Protons were still getting through on the express lanes, however.
__________________
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller |
03-18-2009, 12:53 PM | #3552 |
is fleeing the scene
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Beautiful CO
Posts: 1,510
|
"Cleanup on aisle eight: QotR's brain just exploded all over the canned goods."
__________________
Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six. |
03-18-2009, 12:59 PM | #3553 |
Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
|
Now, if you could only get light to speed up, that'd really be something! Work on that one for next week.
|
03-18-2009, 01:03 PM | #3554 |
™
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
|
Just by a few nanoseconds, even. Shouldn't be that hard.
|
03-18-2009, 02:11 PM | #3555 |
Resident Denizen
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: O'ahu, Hawaii
Posts: 63
|
If the speed of light is the fastest velocity attainable, making light faster will certainly give "Y'all better get your asses moving at LIGHTSPEED" a whole new definition... and less attainability
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 230 (0 members and 230 guests) | |
|
|