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84 pts ยท May 2, 2013


"All I know is my gut says "maybe"." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpaQpyU_QiM

the arms stretch during the passage of a particular photon is negligible.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

so the frequency at which the light is recycled is much higher than the frequency of the waves being detected. That is, the amount that

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes, but an insignificant amount. Each photon spends a tiny fraction of a second in the arms: (more)

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You can get OP and OP2 at outpost2.net. Comes with new missions added by fans.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But (16M deg * 730 J/kg/deg * 0.000011 kg) / 0.001 seconds = 128.48MW, and MW != MWh (MW is a unit of power, MWh is a unit of energy).

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

lost to warming up a large bubble of air around the grain, and you might not get any explosion at all.

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Anyhow, it remains to check the penetration depth of gamma radiation in air. Above ~2 meters I think the vast majority of the energy gets

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So I estimate if you can hear a lightning bolt from 10 km, then this amount of energy could be heard from about 50 meters; a decent pop.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's 35 grams of TNT equivalent. Compare to a lightning bolt with 5 billion J (although spread out over a larger region).

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm not sure how you are equating a power to an energy, those are different units. 0.011g of sand at 16M degrees C has 146 kJ of energy.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It would certainly not fuse. As for the surrounding air, I estimate you'd get at best a modest pop. It's hard to calculate, though.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Right. I didn't do any calculations but a quick estimate suggests you'd have to be within about 10 meters to even notice the heat.

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 4

Half right. Increasing sulfur emissions (volcanos + humans) in the 40s caused a temporary cooling. El Nino in 1939 contributed to spike.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Also Newton used infinitesimals, not limits. The limit definition came much later.

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

We already do, a ninth planet was discovered a few months ago! (Unless that's what you're referring to...)

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Posts like these are exactly what I come to imgur hoping to see. Thank you for sharing!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It looks like it is designed specifically to market to people unfamiliar with robotics/programming, which makes me believe it is 100% meh.

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Now you too can know this reference! http://bash.org/?top (currently top all time)

11 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

No problem, I did it to show some friends and afterwards decided that I might as well stick it in the gallery as well.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Good idea, I just put them up.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Glad to see somebody recognized Tokyo!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's number 18.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Not bad! Try again on number 13? (or check my other comments for hint or answer)

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

24. Brussels 25. Amsterdam 26. Berlin 27. Washington DC 28. Zurich

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1. Mumbai 2. Mexico City 3. Sao Paulo 4. Dubai 5. Shanghai 6. Los Angeles 7. Tokyo 8. San Francisco 9. Beijing 10. New York 11. Chicago

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Hope you enjoyed seeing these cities from above! Answers are here:

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

New Delhi, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Vienna, Washington DC, and Zurich.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kolkata, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai,

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