Time

Xyzzy · 2008-01-12, 03:05

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/in-no-time

davieddy · 2008-01-12, 12:15

Physics is no clearer now than it was 100 years ago

Euler and Gauss plunderd the low-lying fruit in physics
as well as number theory. (See Fivemack's "Why do we bother"
thread).

rogue · 2008-01-12, 13:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by davieddy

Physics is no clearer now than it was 100 years ago

Euler and Gauss plunderd the low-lying fruit in physics
as well as number theory. (See Fivemack's "Why do we bother"
thread).

Do you have any clue to how ridiculous your statement is?

davieddy · 2008-01-12, 18:35

Alright - keep your hair on.
I was merely lamenting how far I am from understanding
what underlies the cited article. Perhaps you are closer?

rogue · 2008-01-12, 21:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by davieddy

Alright - keep your hair on.
I was merely lamenting how far I am from understanding
what underlies the cited article. Perhaps you are closer?

Not particularly. I know that there is far more that I don't understand than what I do understand so I find it ridiculous to think there is little left to learn.

davieddy · 2008-01-13, 00:14

It's ridiulous to think that is what I implied.

David John Hill Jr · 2008-01-13, 00:28

Don't want to give anyone a past||present|| future headache,
but you might begin an abstract analysis of time with the statement:
'time stands still', and go from there.

Uncwilly · 2008-01-15, 16:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by davieddy

Euler and Gauss plunderd the low-lying fruit in physics as well as number theory.

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

xilman · 2008-01-15, 20:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

Or, for our French readers,

Chronométrez-vous les mouches comme une flèche.

Paul

ewmayer · 2008-01-15, 23:14

I thought it was low-hanging fruit ... never considered that fruit might "lie low", like a hunted animal. Shows you how much I know.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

Time flies arrow-dynamically, fruit has banan-appeal?

Or in Teutsch:

Die Fliege zeigt, das Zeit fliegt.

Deep question: In the presence of a temporal banana peel, might time actually slip instead of flying?

Wacky · 2008-01-16, 00:00

I thought that it was a directive.

"Time flies" as (in the same manner that you would) an arrow.
So get out your high speed cameras, etc. and let's see just how fast they travel.

2008-01-12, 03:05	#1
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 3·2,741 Posts	Time http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/in-no-time

2008-01-12, 12:15	#2
davieddy "Lucan" Dec 2006 England 2·3·13·83 Posts	Physics is no clearer now than it was 100 years ago Euler and Gauss plunderd the low-lying fruit in physics as well as number theory. (See Fivemack's "Why do we bother" thread). Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2008-01-12 at 12:20

2008-01-13, 00:28	#7
David John Hill Jr Jun 2003 Pa.,U.S.A. 2²×7² Posts	Where to start? Don't want to give anyone a past\|\|present\|\| future headache, but you might begin an abstract analysis of time with the statement: 'time stands still', and go from there.

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davieddy "Lucan" Dec 2006 England 6474₁₀ Posts	Alright - keep your hair on. I was merely lamenting how far I am from understanding what underlies the cited article. Perhaps you are closer?

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Wacky Jun 2003 The Texas Hill Country 3²·11² Posts	I thought that it was a directive. "Time flies" as (in the same manner that you would) an arrow. So get out your high speed cameras, etc. and let's see just how fast they travel.