I just like making up answers :) :D :banana:
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I just like making up answers :) :D :banana:
Pretty sure this isn't what this forum is for.
Pretty sure thats not a question...ruuhh..roohhh!!
But ill work with it...
This forum was made for people to exchange real life ideas in order to disseminate otherwise unknown information. The supplied form is: ask/tell question/me about.
Perhaps you have yet to fully grasp my idea...I will answer any question, about any subject regardless of topic. You might not know where my answers come from, but they will arrive no doubt. :banana:
Ask/tell question/me about anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Ok, I'll bite. Tell me about trains.
Why does existence exist?
Good topic!Quote:
Originally Posted by Supernova
The essential idea behind a train is to transport a large amount of material at once. This cuts costs in many areas because energy consumption is reduced. Before there were trains on rails, people would make wagon trains also known as caravans. Traveling in these trains had several advantages. There was increased protection, help in case of injury or mechanical failure, and the payload could be redistributed if needed.
In the 18th century in Europe, the industrial revolution was getting underway. People began using rails and horse drawn cars to transport goods short distances. At the tail end of the 18th century the steam engine was developed. It was then fitted onto a carriage to be used in the Scottish mining industry.
"On 21 February 1804 the world's first railway journey took place as Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren ironworks, near Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales."
In contrast to the independent steam engine, this used a railway system in conjunction with the steam power.
By the mid 19th century, rail transport had become the ideal means by which to move about goods. In just 60 years from the locomotives invention, Britain had constructed over 10,000 miles of railway. In the USA, the story was the same just with longer distance. By 1890, the USA had built over 160,000 miles of railway.
As time progressed, so did the rail transportation industry. Despite some initial setbacks mostly in construction costs, and logistical troubles, rail transport has become a leading economic driver.
"In the 1950s, the U.S. and Europe moved roughly the same percentage of freight by rail; but, by 2000, the share of U.S. rail freight was 38% while in Europe only 8% of freight traveled by rail.[3] In 1997, while U.S. trains moved 2,165 billion ton-kilometers of freight, the 15-nation European Union moved only 238 billion ton-kilometers of freight."
When I was younger, my parents wouldn't let me watch "secular movies" so I was only allowed to watch "inspirational or educational" material. So, I had my mom buy me a bunch of documentaries. Some on WWII, some on nature, and even some on trains. :)
I remember one video saying that critics of trains initially thought the metals wheels would just spin on the metal tracks. That was until they realized that trains are uber beasts and the sheer force of weight keeps the wheels spinning.
It does tend to happen when the train is first starting...as seen here: Oliver Cromwell (wheel spin ) & moveing out of Bedford Midland Road Station - YouTube
New technology has replaced the old steam engine, although it dominated all of industry for the good part of a century. First, diesel engines were developed, then electrically powered locomotion was invented. After that, magnetically power trains were built. Each variation has its advantages and disadvantages, yet they continue to improve.
Some trains in Europe, Japan, and China run on maglev tracks.
"With maglev a vehicle is levitated a short distance away from a guideway using magnets to create both lift and thrust. Maglev vehicles are claimed to move more smoothly and quietly and to require less maintenance than wheeled mass transit systems.The highest recorded speed of a maglev train is 581 km/h (361 mph), achieved in Japan by Central Japan Railway Company's (JR Central) MLX01 superconducting maglev in 2003,[5] 6 km/h (3.7 mph) faster than the conventional wheel-rail speed record set by the TGV.[6]"
This seems to be the future of passenger train travel. In the USA, there are plans underway to build a trans-continental high speed railway. At 300mph, you could cross the country in a single days ride. It is somewhat slower than air travel but much, much more sensible and cost effective.
File:High-Speed Rail Corridor Designations.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TRAINS ROCK
This is very similar to a philosophical argument made for god. It goes like this: By definition, god is perfect, then he would naturally possess all the qualities that make something perfect. Existence is a quality that must be had to be perfect. Therefore, god exists....Quote:
Originally Posted by Universal Mind
To exist is to say that there is a possibility of non-existence. Basically, we must define existence because if it means being aware of being, then we can easily answer the question.
On the other hand, if we are speak as if there is no possibility of non-existence, for which I think an argument can be made; then we can get somewhere.
Short Answer: Because there are two opposing forces in the universe which create all subsequent opposing forces. This separates the unity, effectively creating existence. Without another, one would not have anything with which to compare itself; therefore, one would not exist because non-existence would not be an option.
fun fun fun :)
also
be yourself is all that you can do...Quote:
Ask/tell question/me about anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
I think the true answer to my question is somewhere in your part about nonexistence not being a possiblity. It has something to do with that. The problem with answering the question is that cause is a form of existence, so any cause you can suggest raises the question of what caused it. The impossiblity of nonexistence, because nonexistence by definition doesn't exist, doesn't have to have a cause. It is the one place I think clearly qualifies as at least the foundation for the answer. My brain continues to be tied in knots over this after decades of it. I love the issue, though.
The only problem is that one can come to the conclusion that reality is all in our head. And it is true that it is subjective but reality has been here longer than us. :)
or maybe cause and effect is just an illusion?
Are the heads reality is in real?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chimpertainment
Maybe the only cause that is real is the cause of the illusion of cause and effect.
Yeah, and god put fossils on earth to test our faith...
He also made Earth appear to be spherical and seem to revolve around the sun to test our faith.
What are your spiritual beliefs?
Do you think we can progress enough technologically to achieve interstellar travel (and thus populate/terraform viable planets) within the next 50-1000 years?
Do you think we can achieve it before earth is rendered inhabitable (either in changes of temperature, nuclear war, zombie apocalypse ect.)
Which will come first: Us discovering intelligent alien life, or them discovering us?
We all have a choice, between fear and love. Everything else is just icing on the cake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seroquel
1. yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klikko
"The World in 2030" by Dr. Michio Kaku - YouTube
Technology is expanding at an unbelievable rate. Many of the problems we have created with our old technologies can and will be fixed by new technologies.
2. Alien life has already discovered us. Our solar system is much much younger than most of our galaxy. Even if they haven't landed here, they have probably been listening from afar. The building blocks for life on earth were transported by space objects outside our solar system. The possibility for life in other places is astronomically high.
What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Are you some kind of wizard? And if so, prove your wizardness!
"Swallowing is a complex mechanism using both skeletal muscle (tongue) and smooth muscles of the pharynx and esophagus. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) coordinates this process in the pharyngeal and esophageal phases."Quote:
Originally Posted by Burke
Assuming that the swallow is in fact unladen, about 11ft per second... :cheeky:
In the words of the one and only, Hey Effin Zues: "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it"Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltyseedog
proof, you .seek. answers, you must.
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I don't think you understood the question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chimpertainment
http://the-big-bang-theory.com/image...26d1c6123a.jpg
Also, I will of course have to point out that this set of statements ultimately boils down to "god is real because I said so".Quote:
Originally Posted by Chimpertainment
What do you mean? African or European?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burke
:cheeky:Quote:
Originally Posted by burke
lol, yeah...god works in mysterious ways.. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Supernova
Quantum physics. What is it?
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Originally Posted by tommo
In 1 Sentence: The mathematics of probability...
Its based upon the observation that light is both a particle and a wave. Light produces a wave field of infinite possibility until observed. At that point, the light is a particle with a determined destination.
The ocean creates infinite wave patterns as the water sloshes onto the shoreline. However, while there are infinite wave patterns in the ocean, the result of those patterns can only be observed when the wave interacts with the shoreline. Before that, its just probability...and that is life... :)
Tell me what you like most about catgirls.
The ears or the tail?
What percentage of space does Earth take up?
With that in mind...
What is 1 minus 0.9999...(infinitely repeating)?
The tail, as long as its going out the back. Cats usually dont sit on their tails :PQuote:
Originally Posted by slayer
Space is relative. There is a certain percentage of the solar system is fills. This is a very small percentage as well. So, a dot on a dot on a dot, you get my drift...Quote:
Originally Posted by Universal Mind
1 - .99 repeating = .11 repeating
Wouldn't the second answer be .000(repeating)1? 1 - .9 = .1, 1- .99 = .01, 1 - .999 = .001, etc. However, there are proofs that prove the answer is 0. That suggests infinite smallness and 0 are the same. It seems to me that Earth takes up an infinintely small percentage, .000(repeating)1%, of space. That would mean Earth takes up 0% of space, which would mean Earth does not exist as an object. Perhaps this proves that Earth exists only in the mind? You are dreaming. Float out of your chair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chimpertainment
ya got me....I suppose it would depend on when it stopped repeating...space is relative...Quote:
Originally Posted by Universal Mind
That was obviously tongue in cheek, but just coz it's smaller on the Universal scale doesn't mean anything.
Unless you (or your measuring tools) can't observe Earth if you're bigger than space, but you can if you're not. Likewise maybe we can't observe things smaller than whatever the smallest sub-atomic particle we've discovered is unless we built smaller machines somehow.
But, math is also not reality.
Oh and chimpertainment your explanation of Quantum physics was laughable.
Where are the toilets?
Why did you quadruple post?Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
?Quote:
Originally Posted by Universal Mind
You posted in this thread 4 times in a row. Didn't you?
I did not. At least not on my end.
How many in a row showed up on your computer?Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
One. One in a row.
This shows that you believe there is a difference between one and four and one realistically applied to a real situation while four did not. Doesn't that show that you believe math is reality?Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
how will you know you already found your soulmate????
I know you were going to say this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Universal Mind
It's still not math.
Math is symbols used to describe reality. Not reality itself.
There is a big debate on that. What do ou call the reality?Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
Debate? It's not up for debate, it's a fact. Show me these numbers floating around.
I don't call reality anything except reality. It's just.... this. Chemicals. Atoms. Energy.
What do you think of tommo and UM arguing in your thread?
There is a debate on it. There are even terms for the different positions on the topic. I'll try to hunt down a good video on it. What do you think is the appropriate word for what the symbols represent? You just illustrated that you think that whatever you call them are real. Otherwise, you might as well have said that you quadruple posted instead of saying you posted once in a row.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
glad I could put a smile on your face...Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
Exit, Stage Left....Quote:
Originally Posted by Nivv
Because you already found them...Quote:
Originally Posted by jetta86s
MehQuote:
Originally Posted by Burke
There is a lot more to the world than what you can sense...you are talking about less than 5% of the known universe...Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
Do you want me to explain everything in existence? The great minds of our species have been accumulating that data and knowledge for a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chimpertainment
UM - The problem is you're talking in symbols, we're talking in symbols. So when you say I quadruple posted, I can only say that I posted once.
We can't talk in non-symbols.
Say I did post four times. Why are those events connected? They're not in reality. Only in our minds they are. What makes it quadruple?
In reality some particles collided in a small section of existence.
I don't really think you quadruple posted. I was just illustrating a point. You said you posted once, as opposed to four times. You obviously believe that there is reality involved in the situation of how many times in a row you posted. What do you call that reality? In other words, what do you call the reality the symbols represent, if not math? I am only talking about the reality of how many times you posted, not what the posts are made of. You believe in that reality.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
I know you didn't think I actually posted 4 times. Read my posts or don't try to argue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Universal Mind
That is not reality, that is a construct of your mind.
I was just trying to be clear. You weren't. If it is just a construct of the mind, then why did you correct me when I said you quadruple posted? Could your mind have just as easily constructed that you posted 175 posts in a row?Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
What is the relationship between quantum mechanics and classical chaos?
Clarification: If quantum mechanics does not demonstrate an exponential sensitivity to initial conditions, how can exponential sensitivity to initial conditions arise in classical chaos, which must be the correspondence principle limit of quantum mechanics?
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Originally Posted by Universal Mind
Well, well, yes, of course that would make a difference, I once saw an african swallow carrying a coconut.
So the said Quantum mechanic does not demonstrate sensitivity? He learned that from his old man who was a marine. The classic chaos is just worn thin by people selling him short, true he is not even a machanic, but who wants greesy fingers all the time when you suffer from exponential sensitivity to intial conditions. Those inital conditions were likely an over pertective mother, who would not let him become a mechanic.Quote:
Originally Posted by nicromno
But we are talking about the realation between the two.You see classic chaos was raised by his single mom who had been dumped by a marine deisel machanic. The deisel mechanic got a young phyics teacher pregnent and they had quantum, who ended up also becoming a mechanic. That makes it clear :What is the relationship between quantum mechanics and classical chaos? A: They are half brothers on the fraternal side.
Your post just cheered me up. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by sivason
Does God have the power to make suffering unnecessary without there being a problem with doing so?
Wiki Quote on Chaos Theory:Quote:
Originally Posted by nicromno
"It can be difficult to tell from data whether a physical or other observed process is random or chaotic, because in practice no time series consists of pure 'signal.' There will always be some form of corrupting noise, even if it is present as round-off or truncation error. Thus any real time series, even if mostly deterministic, will contain some randomness."
In my estimation, Quantum Mechanics is interpreting the behavior of "chaotic" systems on a subatomic scale. Reducing the the quantum scale fleshes out the boundaries between deterministic systems...among other things..
yes...create a being more powerful than any other you have created...Then take everything that is bad about you and put it into him...Then send him to the same place you have created your favorite beings...humans...Remember to name him Lucifer, which being interpreted means light bringer...Make him more beautiful, and awe inspiring then anything else...Quote:
Originally Posted by UniversalMind
Then, when his "badness" begins to poison his "favored creation", blame it on him...the devil...
Suffering is not necessary anymore than eating is necessary. Its just a part of life.
Yeah I used to fret about this, too. Then I realised what was going on. Turns out it was also pretty much sorted out by Hume, 250 years ago. Bring it up in the philosophy board if you'd like, though I'm pretty sure I made a long post on it before and I'll probably just find that and copy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Universal Mind
Aha! Then suffering is unnecessary but he wants to play crazy games with it. Others claim that it is necessary for God to allow suffering to exist. The idea seems to be that God is infinitely powerful yet must follow certain rules of reality he created so humans can have free will, as if we actually do, because free will is so much more important than not burning forever, though burning forever involves not having free will. I think I get it! :yumdumdoodledum:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chimpertainment
All right. I started a thread on it a long time ago in Philosophy. I am not sure if I should necro it or start a new one. Maybe somebody else has started a thread on it in recent times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xei
Yes :) But remember, in this game your eternal soul is on the line...Quote:
Originally Posted by UniversalMind
God is in huge trouble for not believeing in Supergod. He claims that there is honestly not enough evidence. I'm afraid that just doesn't cut it. There is nothing more evil than being confused and unconvinced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chimpertainment
I mean I don't have a boyfriend right now and am still waiting for that "someone" so how will I know that it's "HIM"Quote:
Because you already found them...
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you want question^_^, this is really sincere question of mine
There is no such thing as soul mates...You have to give up on ideas of perfection and accept who you are. When you accept yourself, you will find the perfect person. This is why you have already found them. Everyone's soul mate is themselves, they just project that image onto another. Forget about finding them, just live your life and it will happen in good time.Quote:
Originally Posted by jetta86s
will we ever land on the sun???