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Professor Smarmiarty 01-09-2011 09:35 AM

Bamboozled!
 
Crazy Man: I work on attosecond spectroscopy. How cool is that? You can't make lasers that small
SMB: Attoseconds are small but not like supersmall. Gary Coleman not hte smurfs
CM: There are more attoseconds in a single second than seconds in the history of the universe.
SMB: BAMBOOZLED!

Melfice 01-09-2011 10:07 AM

I'm not entirely certain how small an atto- is, but sure Crazy Man IS out of his mind.

Unless he's one of those people who believe the Earth was created at the year 0. (And even then it's stupid-talk depending on how small an atto- is.)

Krylo 01-09-2011 10:08 AM

Nope. Crazy man is right.

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche 01-09-2011 10:39 AM

Attoseconds in a second: 1×10^18 (A billion billion) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
VS. Seconds in the universes history: 4.32×10^17 seconds 432,000,000,000,000,000

Professor Smarmiarty 01-09-2011 10:52 AM

The plot thickens
 
Crazy Man: Look the sun is about to set
SMB: Not for a while yet
Crazy Man: No, because of light bending in the atmosphere the "setting sun" has already set. The bending is coincidentely the width of the sun itself so when the botom of the sun first appears to hit the horizon the sun has already set in actuality.
SMB: BAMBOOZLED!

Geminex 01-09-2011 10:54 AM

This thread has the wrong tag.

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche 01-09-2011 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants (Post 1099147)
Crazy Man: Look the sun is about to set
SMB: Not for a while yet
Crazy Man: No, because of light bending in the atmosphere the "setting sun" has already set. The bending is coincidentely the width of the sun itself so when the botom of the sun first appears to hit the horizon the sun has already set in actuality.
SMB: BAMBOOZLED!

Pretty sure that's true too.

Bard The 5th LW 01-09-2011 12:43 PM

Tell us more about the exploits of yourself and crazy man in your heated debate of sciencez.

Azisien 01-09-2011 12:55 PM

Aren't we onto femtosecond spectroscopy yet? Crazy Man is so behind the times.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk 01-09-2011 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants (Post 1099147)
Crazy Man: Look the sun is about to set
SMB: Not for a while yet
Crazy Man: No, because of light bending in the atmosphere the "setting sun" has already set. The bending is coincidentely the width of the sun itself so when the botom of the sun first appears to hit the horizon the sun has already set in actuality.
SMB: BAMBOOZLED!

Clearly someone has been watching QI.


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