Originally Posted by MediaCenterJunkie (Post 5816386)

Another thing...wouldn't the mere action of observing either ball bearing affect the outcome????

Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 5816382)

The light rays propigate forward at . . . . the speed of light.

Originally Posted by nstygma (Post 5816403)

explain why two identical atomic clocks will not read the exact same time after a year if one is at sea level and the other is elevated, say, in denver.

Originally Posted by nstygma (Post 5816403)

explain why two identical atomic clocks will not read the exact same time after a year if one is at sea level and the other is elevated, say, in denver.

Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 5816398)

Here's a good one that those who know, know. And those who don't it's as obtuse as **** to figure.

If you plug the horizontal velocity into the quadratic formul ie -b+/-sqrtb^-4ac/2a, you get two values, one positive and one negative.

What's the significance of the negative value.

Originally Posted by Buehler445 (Post 5816410)

Time zone.
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Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 5816398)

Here's a good one that those who know, know. And those who don't it's as obtuse as **** to figure.

If you plug the horizontal velocity into the quadratic formul ie -b+/-sqrtb^-4ac/2a, you get two values, one positive and one negative.

What's the significance of the negative value.

Originally Posted by notorious (Post 5816413)

Because the one in the mountains is traveling slightly faster then the one at sea level. The faster an object travels, the more time "slows down" for it.

Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 5816360)

Not quite.
A bullet starts to drop the moment it leaves the barrel. Because of that the sites are adjusted so that the barrel is actually aimed higher that what the sites indicate so that the bullet “falls” into the target at the point predicted by the sites.
The sites are also aimed slightly to the right, IIRC, because the bullet comes out spinning and will move slightly from left to right as it travels.

Originally Posted by nstygma (Post 5816403)

explain why two identical atomic clocks will not read the exact same time after a year if one is at sea level and the other is elevated, say, in denver.

Originally Posted by MediaCenterJunkie (Post 5816418)

For the n00bs

http://trevorpythag.files.wordpress..../02/qdrtc2.gif

Originally Posted by nstygma (Post 5816419)

yeah too easy