buttershug
26th June 2008 - 08:21 PM
QUOTE (midwestern+Jun 25 2008, 08:41 PM)
Nice lesson gmilam, but completely wrong. Wavelength has varied speeds and the speed of light is not one of them. Sorry for messing up the lesson.
You are not confusing frequency speed with distance speed are you?
Or are you thinking of prisms which don't apply to this conversation.
Light is radio waves.
midwestern
26th June 2008 - 08:24 PM
We resolved the problem buttershug. Wave and wavelength are totally different in interpretation.
gmilam
26th June 2008 - 08:28 PM
QUOTE (midwestern+Jun 26 2008, 12:10 PM)
Old enough to launch counters.
You work behind a lunch counter?
midwestern
26th June 2008 - 08:29 PM
gmilam
26th June 2008 - 11:47 PM
Thank you, thank you! Two shows a night at 8 and 10.
Bringer-of-Light
27th June 2008 - 04:22 AM
Why am I not shocked that you loons believe in aliens?
midwestern
3rd July 2008 - 04:48 PM
Go to the alien thread and find out.
wcelliott
7th July 2008 - 06:16 AM
Sorry guys, radio waves are electromagnetic radiation, which does travel at the speed of light, regardless of wavelength (or frequency).
midwestern
7th July 2008 - 08:01 PM
True wcelliott.
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/...emspectrum.htmlThanks for clarifying a twisted subject matter.
aarons
7th July 2008 - 08:27 PM
okay so i guess our first radio signals have traveled 100 light years through space.
Q1. roughly how large is our universe in light years
Q2. do u think any e.t would be able to hear our radio signals?
midwestern
7th July 2008 - 08:29 PM
The first question answered is 'your guess is as good as mine' and the second one is a 'no'.
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