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- From: dvs@soda.berkeley.edu (Doug Simpkinson)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: TIME HAS INERTIA - A challenge for Abian
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 22:21:18 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
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- Summary: QUANTIFY!!!!
- Keywords: TIME HAS INERTIA, i.e., TIME IS MATTER NOT!!!!
-
- Dear Mr. Abian: Please quantify ANYTHING with your theory. Please do not
- use any of the "noises" of famous bravo-sierra purveyors such as Newton,
- Einstein, Hamilton, et al. Among the problems you may wish to address:
-
- Compute the trajectory of a particle of mass m in a uniform gravitational
- field (or the Abian equivalent) equal to earth's at sea level given an
- initial velocity, neglecting air resistance. Simplifying, How high will a 1
- kg ball go if I throw it straight up at a velocity of 20 m/s? Where will it
- land if I throw it at a 45 degree angle to the vertical?
-
- What is the kinetic energy of the muon in the rest frame of the pion in
- the decay
- pi+ -> mu+ + neutrino
- given the following masses:
- Mpi+ = 139.5675 MeV/c^2
- Mmu+ = 105.658387 MeV/c^2
- Mnu ~ 0
-
- What are the energy levels of the Hydrogen atom? This one took my QM
- professor many months to calculate in class (3 hours per week), I'm sure
- that with your new theory it should take a few minutes.
-
- Design a nuclear weapon and calculate its yield. Make sure to mention
- Hitler at least 3 times.
-
- Design and build a working computer from scratch - and I do mean
- scratch. Abandon the silly noises of traditional engineering.
- Transistors? I don't got to show you no STEENKING transistors. Start with,
- say, sand, and end with something with at least 20 MIPS.
-
- How many people will Ted Bundy kill when provoked with a Marilyn
- Monroe-type temptress?
-
-
- As you can see, the scope of your magnificent theory is very broad. In
- fact, of the above questions, the last does not fall into the scope of
- physics, and thus should not be addressed in this newsgroup. Is there
- perhaps a sci.psychology group you have yet to enlighten?
-
- Awaiting a quantitative answer with baited breath,
-
- Doug Simpkinson
- douglips@ocf.berkeley.edu
- dvs@soda.berkeley.edu
-