I love people who have no idea what they're talking about. Makes, well, my head explode.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
What an idiot.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
I find this truly amusing. In one breath he's objecting to the quantum picture of photons as waves and particles, insisting that they be only waves like in classical physics. In the next, he's claiming that Maxwell's equations got it all wrong. What exactly does he think the classical picture of light is?
My favorite bit is in the Maxwell's laws section, on the "inductions laws" when he objects to the concept of a derivative. I can forgive someone for objecting to General Relativity's notion of curvature; it is annoyingly abstract (though correct). But refusing to believe that a derivative can have physical significance is just bizzare. Does he object to the concept of velocity too?
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The Induction laws suffer from the inconsistency that the expressions for the induced fields depend on the time derivatives dE/dt and dB/dt. This violates the causality principle as these quantities can only be defined at the time instant t by knowing the field value at the later time t+dt. Although the induction equations in their known form may be sufficiently accurate to deal with practical problems in electrodynamics, they do not provide a satisfactory explanation on a fundamental level.
[ 11-14-2003: Message edited by: Chalesm ]
In the beginning the Universe was created.Douglas Adams, 1952-2001
Somehow, I'm inclined to doubt this claim to the superiority of Classical physics. 
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In many Physics books, it is claimed (on the basis of Bernoulli's Equation) that an increased speed of airflow parallel to a surface would lead to a reduction of pressure and therefore an aerodynamic lift. This view is incorrect, because a pressure change can only be achieved by a (normal) momentum transfer to the surface.
And suddenly ALL THE WORLD'S AIRPLANES FELL OUT OF THE SKY!!
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Bloodsage was naked while typing this:
Intergalactic plasma?
What exactly do you propose that space vampires eat, hmmm?
Now it's been a while but it is disruptive interference he is talking about and the energy isn't lost, the two waves are working against each other right? Like if you had a rope and your Evil goateed twin came up and started to pull on the other end, your not moving each of and looks like you not doing anything, but you are still exerting the same energy/force one each other
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Pvednes impressed everyone with:
The author of this webpage needs a good hard smack upside the head. Then compulsory physics lessons. Which he cannot leave until he is no longer an idiot.
Sadly, it appears this Guys Has a Doctorate in Astronomy and a Masters in Science from Here and has published a few books.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Pyscho_Pike wrote:
Sadly, it appears this Guys Has a Doctorate in Astronomy and a Masters in Science from Here and has published a few books.
I wonder, if it's possible that this page is a tasteless joke, and we've all been had?
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Pvednes had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
I wonder, if it's possible that this page is a tasteless joke, and we've all been had?
or maybe he just a hard working idiot
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Maradon! thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
or maybe he just a hard working idiot
Perhaps I'm too open with benefit of the doubt. I agree with you.
