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Re: The Design Decisions Behind Amazon’s Strange-Looking Delivery Drone

blockdor — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:31:14 -0000

It's almost like it has been designed to put a box shaped item on it...

Re: Stonehenge Might Have Been First Built In Wales

blockdor — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:24:34 -0000

It doesn't & they didn't. There's no direct line of sight between america and the uk due to the curvature of the earth.
If you mean both monuments have a specific similar shadow on the solstice it's pretty easy. They wait for the solstice then put the stones up so it happens.

Re: Researchers Image Wave-Particle Duality Light For The First Time Ever

blockdor — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:00:42 -0000

Yep, they're measuring the wave pattern not the wave function of a single photon. Miss out "for the first time ever" and it' almost accurate.

Re: Researchers Image Wave-Particle Duality Light For The First Time Ever

blockdor — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:59:01 -0000

Thinking on it more.
The standing wave they set up is an interference pattern, not a single light wave. We already can "photograph" interference patterns (double slit experiment).
I suppose it's clever that they used electrons to measure the distribution of photons, but they're not measuring a single light wave, i.e. one photon acting as a wave.
It does imply wave particle duality, but so does the double slit experiment. I don't see how it's any different to that.

A better title, "Researchers cleverly measure a standing wave interference pattern of light for the first time"

The researcher's video is misleading too, they must realise that and as such i'm slightly annoyed.

Re: Researchers Image Wave-Particle Duality Light For The First Time Ever

blockdor — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 09:12:06 -0000

"Because the wave is really a succession of distinct particles."
Nope. Each particle is a wave all on it's own, hence the duality

Re: i can smell video games

blockdor — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:02:30 -0000

When i played FFXI online i lived on a specific diet of mini scotch eggs.
Even now a mini scotch egg will harken me back to the endless (*wasted) hours i put into that shithole of a game.