Einstein on the train

[tillingborn]

This is the direct link if you want a better look.

http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u60 ... 73b9aa.jpg

[Bill Wiltrack]

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Even with the link I could not make out detail.


Could you give me a Cliff Notes version?








...and um, could you make some sort of thesis for me too?







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[tillingborn]

.Even with the link I could not make out detail.

I'm surprised at you, of all people. The point about the link is that you can zoom in.

Could you give me a Cliff Notes version?

I have no idea what you are talking about.

...and um, could you make some sort of thesis for me too?

It's not really my thesis. Einstein tried to explain time dilation, the fact that time slows down the faster you go, by describing how different people will see things differently depending on how they are moving. He insisted though that, regardless of how you are moving, you will measure the speed of light through a vacuum as 186 000 miles per second (roughly 7 1/2 times round the world in one second.) This contrasts with everyday experience in which two cars travelling at 30mph will have an impact velocity of 60mph should they collide head on, light always hits you at 186 000miles per second. He used the example of the light clock on a train, the point being that since both observers see light travelling at 186 000 miles per second, to the person on the platform the light must take longer to go up and down, because it has further to go. It is sometimes described as weird that the person on the train doesn't notice anything odd, but when you consider that everything that happens on the train, or any inertial frame, depends on interactions between particles that ultimately have to follow the same path as the light beam it seems less counter-intuitive.

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OK. I got it this time. Thank you.



...and ah, you smacked it dead-on with the Cliff Notes thingy.









I appreciate your civility and patience.







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[Cerveny]

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Even with the link I could not make out detail.


Could you give me a Cliff Notes version?









...and um, could you make some sort of thesis for me too?







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I always believed a dog is a best man's friend

[tillingborn]

These are old, but might help.

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...help?


Sure. Only if by as help you mean utterly fucking confuse me - then yeah, it helps.












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[Bill Wiltrack]

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I think dogs are man's best friend.



Here's mine. I call him Dick.




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[tillingborn]

...help?


Sure. Only if by as help you mean utterly fucking confuse me - then yeah, it helps.

Oh, well. In that case pretend I never submitted it.

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Hey...wait a minute...



Don't go.




How?...How were you able to post an image OVER 600 pixels?








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[Cerveny]

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I think dogs are man's best friend.

Here's mine. I call him Dick.

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It was Chico: http://cerveny.in/pic/CIKO.JPG or (with his "wife") http://cerveny.in/pic/CIKO_C.jpg I am not able to find the same now :( When I retire I'll find similar at least ):

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GREAT pics!



Thank you for sharing...






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