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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th September 2014, 05:09 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 13,993
Posted By DeiRenDopa
A bit OT, perhaps ... My active...

A bit OT, perhaps ...


My active involvement here is almost exclusively physics and astronomy/cosmology, but I am an avid reader of biology/geology-related threads, especially concerning the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th September 2014, 07:13 AM
Replies: 1,071
Views: 94,369
Posted By DeiRenDopa
That would be the positron, right? As in PET...

That would be the positron, right?

As in PET (positron emission tomography), for example.


Isn't it more shades of grey?

For example, while there's no equivalent practical use of muons...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2014, 04:09 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 16,562
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Um, no ... just no. Here's what you wrote:...

Um, no ... just no.

Here's what you wrote: "Einstein wrote his greatest paper, not while working with conventional wisdom thinkers at a University, but on his own during the train ride home from...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2014, 02:04 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 16,562
Posted By DeiRenDopa
This has probably been answered, I'm late to this...

This has probably been answered, I'm late to this thread, but what do you, Senex, think Einstein's "greatest paper" is?

I hope you already know this, but in addition to his 1905 Special Relativity...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd September 2014, 07:14 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,915
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Thanks again! :) IIRC, Gauss in particular...

Thanks again! :)

IIRC, Gauss in particular was in the habit of not writing stuff down until he had it well thought-through, so even if he realized 'expanding, or contracting, space' was not...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd September 2014, 06:48 AM
Replies: 2,761
Views: 375,638
Posted By DeiRenDopa
How about Hossein Turner: Critical Issues for...

How about Hossein Turner: Critical Issues for Electric Universe Proponents (http://hozturner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/critical-issues-for-electric-universe.html). Here's the last para:
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd September 2014, 03:40 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,915
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Thank you W.D. Clinger! :) Would it be true...

Thank you W.D. Clinger! :)

Would it be true to say that, to at least Gauss (and perhaps Bolyai, Lobachevsky, Riemann, Christoffel, Levi-Civita, Ricci, and Poincaré; certainly Poincaré), the idea...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd September 2014, 03:27 PM
Replies: 2,761
Views: 375,638
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Not sure if I'm adding anything to answer the...

Not sure if I'm adding anything to answer the "why" question, but from my recent experience in a popular thread here, in this SMMT section, I think part of the answer is "because it's so incredibly...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd September 2014, 02:31 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
QSOs (quasars) are one kind of AGN; that you...

QSOs (quasars) are one kind of AGN; that you don't know the difference/distinction makes zero difference to the claim you made.

Of course, if you wish to careful define your terms, to remove...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd September 2014, 10:27 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,915
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Pre-Einstein concept of "Expanding space"

How far back can the concept of "expanding space" be traced? Not only in a physical sense (e.g. cosmology), but also a mathematical one.

The trigger for this thread comes from a recent post by...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd September 2014, 09:50 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
A few miscommunications which are worth...

A few miscommunications which are worth attempting to clarify ...




Ummm... the "objective evidence" is the black-body radiation. The atomic vibrations are the explanation. Do you mean other...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd September 2014, 09:15 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
A brief look at "Quasars" in that vixra document...

A brief look at "Quasars" in that vixra document (it starts on p37).

Here's the very first sentence:

:jaw-dropp :jaw-dropp :jaw-dropp

Um, had you done but the most cursory of searches CC,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st September 2014, 04:17 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Here's one: They are atoms that are...

Here's one:


They are atoms that are vibrating.


QM is a totally different regime, which treats the topic with abstractions instead of physical mechanisms.


Yes, I still haven't given up...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st September 2014, 02:17 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
This will be the first of a 'wrapping up' set of...

This will be the first of a 'wrapping up' set of posts; it's now clear (to me, at least) that CC and I almost certainly cannot agree on a minimal basis on which to build, to have a meaningful dialog...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st September 2014, 07:06 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Maybe you haven't looked hard enough? Or were...

Maybe you haven't looked hard enough? Or were looking in the wrong places?

Granted, nicely detailed reports of the design and operation of nuclear weapons - including modelling of fireballs,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st September 2014, 06:29 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Crossing posts ... The only sense in which QM...

Crossing posts ...
The only sense in which QM can account for BB radiation coming out of optically thick gases is that QM's first task was to rationalize BB radiation which Kirchhoff said could...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st September 2014, 06:05 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
A few words on a fundamental disconnect between...

A few words on a fundamental disconnect between CC's views and those of the mainstream (caveat: it is, of course, my own summary; those with considerably greater subject matter expertise - ben m,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 31st August 2014, 03:56 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
:confused:When I get a chance I'll post more, for...

:confused:When I get a chance I'll post more, for now: CC, ben m was partly correct, it seems your physics got stuck in the past, but ~1915, not ~1850. "Planckian oscillators"? QM-based understanding...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 31st August 2014, 06:11 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
I must be missing some really big aspects of this...

I must be missing some really big aspects of this ...

In your model (where is it published, by the way, your ""current-free double-layer" (CFDL) model"), how many double layers are there, in the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2014, 06:37 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Can't resist; must be missing something crucial...

Can't resist; must be missing something crucial ...


Charles Chandler, may I introduce you to Charles Chandler?

According to Charles Chandler, hydrogen *can* be supercritical at ~6000K and ~8...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2014, 05:47 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Wow, a total of 1 equations (relating to the...

Wow, a total of 1 equations (relating to the solar oblateness).
There is nothing there which actually descibes the the liqiud plasma model, apart from that the plasma is an incompressible fluid, and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2014, 05:16 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Just one quick response, for now ... So,...

Just one quick response, for now ...


So, solid objects with no crystal lattice do not produce BB radiation? You know, glasses, amorphous solids, that sort of thing.

And the radiation solids -...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2014, 08:36 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
I'm glad I asked! :D Who knows what sort of...

I'm glad I asked! :D

Who knows what sort of meaning-free dialog would have followed if I hadn't.

I acknowledge the problem. Another approach would be to go with fewer (or no) reflections, and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2014, 05:23 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Am gonna do some backtracking, because I think CC...

Am gonna do some backtracking, because I think CC and I are not speaking the same language ...

In what I'm quoting I have restored the original, and also left re-statements; the order has been...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th August 2014, 12:55 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Attempt to at least understand one fundamental,...

Attempt to at least understand one fundamental, um, disconnect in CC's basic understanding of some relevant physics (Part I)

With perfectly reflecting walls, and no absorbers/emitters within the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th August 2014, 12:36 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Thanks, CC. It is clear, to me at least,...

Thanks, CC.

It is clear, to me at least, that there are quite a few, quite fundamental, flaws (let's say) in your understanding. And I think there's no point continuing to try to have a discussion...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th August 2014, 05:34 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
You could. So why not write up a proposal for...

You could. So why not write up a proposal for such an experiment? According to you, the result will be revolutionary, no sign of anything like a blackbody (but see below)


I was trying to see if...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th August 2014, 05:46 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
@W.D. Clinger: thank you. So a circle is the...

@W.D. Clinger: thank you. So a circle is the 1-sphere surface of a 2-ball? Is there a term for a 'thick circle', in this case an annulus? One that generalizes to at least 3 dimensions?


Now that...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th August 2014, 08:55 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Second point ... Thanks for this. As W.D....

Second point ...
Thanks for this.

As W.D. Clinger has noted, it seems you do not understand the concept of optical depth, even though you claim you do. And that illustrates, in a concrete way,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th August 2014, 08:19 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
One point at a time ... Hmm, let's see now ......

One point at a time ...
Hmm, let's see now ... laboratories (on the surface of the Earth) in which columns 700 km long, of 6000 K hydrogen at 7608 Pa, have been investigated ...

Not exactly a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th August 2014, 05:51 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
A couple of clarifications: A. I do not...

A couple of clarifications:

A. I do not intend for the 'optical depth' example to be followed through on; you've already said you have abandoned this whole area of inquiry

B. If, however, you...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th August 2014, 05:37 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
OK, let's try that. With one teensy modification:...

OK, let's try that. With one teensy modification: if it seems - to me - that you have failed to grasp something fundamental, some foundational aspect which is crucial to understanding the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th August 2014, 11:45 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Why would you expect that? In light of...

Why would you expect that?


In light of what you wrote next, I - for one - wouldn't be the least bit surprised if edd decides to pass up the opportunity to enlighten you ....


Let's recap. ...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th August 2014, 07:42 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
FTFY. OK, so I'm happy to keep discussing...

FTFY.


OK, so I'm happy to keep discussing this, but you did say you'd abandoned it ...

I'll suggest an alternate explanation: you are projecting your - qualitative - understanding of the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th August 2014, 06:04 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
So, what models are you talking about? ...

So, what models are you talking about?

Specifically, what model codesets have you examined, to confirm that those models do, in fact, have such laws 'built into them'? (edd has asked you about...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th August 2014, 05:55 AM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Thanks for taking the time to respond. Which...

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Which is interesting, but not what I was asking about (later).


You said you've abandoned this line of inquiry, which is probably just as well ... it...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th August 2014, 07:11 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Charles Chandler, I don't want to derail your...

Charles Chandler, I don't want to derail your investigation, but a while ago - a bit over a year ago in fact - you all of a sudden stopped posting to this thread. After you did, there was some...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th August 2014, 12:33 PM
Replies: 444
Views: 59,556
Posted By DeiRenDopa
FTFY :) Oh? Is "Bowers & Deeming -...

FTFY :)


Oh? Is "Bowers & Deeming - Astrophysics I & II" rhetorical argumentativeness?

You have a strange idea of "rhetorical argumentativeness", Charles Chandler; I could have sworn they were...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th July 2014, 07:59 AM
Replies: 4,176
Views: 328,449
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Thank you for telling us all that you have not...

Thank you for telling us all that you have not published your ideas on vixra, liquidspacetime.

I have had one conversation with a physicist who performed a delayed choice quantum eraser experiment...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th July 2014, 05:17 AM
Replies: 4,176
Views: 328,449
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Bump. Have you, liquidspacetime, written up...

Bump.

Have you, liquidspacetime, written up your ideas and published them on vixra (http://vixra.org/) ("An alternative archive of 8285 e-prints in Science and Mathematics serving the whole...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd July 2014, 05:42 AM
Replies: 4,176
Views: 328,449
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Thank you. Different question, if I may:...

Thank you.

Different question, if I may: have you written up your ideas and published them on vixra (http://vixra.org/) ("An alternative archive of 8285 e-prints in Science and Mathematics serving...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd July 2014, 05:49 PM
Replies: 4,176
Views: 328,449
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Thank you. Have you been in contact with...

Thank you.

Have you been in contact with just one (experimental physicist, or team)?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd July 2014, 10:53 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 5,584
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Question for those who regularly receive, um,...

Question for those who regularly receive, um, this sort of stuff: how often do you suggest - gently or otherwise - that the author(s) might consider writing up something and publishing it on vixra...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd July 2014, 10:46 AM
Replies: 4,176
Views: 328,449
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Yes, they are the one who told me it would be...

Yes, they are the one who told me it would be $100k and 1 man year of effort. Their "delayed choice quantum eraser" experiment was different than the one I am basing my experiment on.[/QUOTE]Thanks....
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th July 2014, 08:23 AM
Replies: 4,176
Views: 328,449
Posted By DeiRenDopa
Yes, they are the one who told me it would be...

Yes, they are the one who told me it would be $100k and 1 man year of effort. Their "delayed choice quantum eraser" experiment was different than the one I am basing my experiment on.[/QUOTE]...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th July 2014, 07:21 AM
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Views: 328,449
Posted By DeiRenDopa
I always felt it would be better if an existing...

I always felt it would be better if an existing "delayed choice quantum eraser" experiment was modified and executed by the physicists themselves. Then they would have the baseline associated with...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th July 2014, 07:13 AM
Replies: 3,951
Views: 618,059
Posted By DeiRenDopa
This IS relevent tusenfem and on topic imo. ...

This IS relevent tusenfem and on topic imo.

Electric comets make themselves visible in the electrical envirment of our Electric Sun but that happens in an Electric Universe.
[/QUOTE]Let me see...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th July 2014, 08:24 AM
Replies: 4,176
Views: 328,449
Posted By DeiRenDopa
I would read up on the components used in the...

I would read up on the components used in the articles I linked to and buy them.[/QUOTE]
Thank you.

My next question assumes the following is accurate:


Spread over 30 years, $100k is just...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th July 2014, 07:58 AM
Replies: 4,176
Views: 328,449
Posted By DeiRenDopa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_choice_quantu...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_choice_quantum_eraser#The_experiment_of_Kim_et_al._.282000.29

http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9903047[/QUOTE]
Hmm ... that doesn't seem to answer my question at...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th July 2014, 07:24 AM
Replies: 4,176
Views: 328,449
Posted By DeiRenDopa
I think a coincidence counter is $25k.[/QUOTE] ...

I think a coincidence counter is $25k.[/QUOTE]
Thanks.

You didn't answer the question ... or perhaps you did (the answer is "I, liquidspacetime, did not independently verify the estimate.")
...
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