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Sorry, to be more precise. With the original file - i mean the track file of the song which is saved to its location (or the music location or whatever) on the HD, after its opened...

I was wondering, in transferring music (on a mac), from your itunes library onto a HD and then using the HD to transfer the music to another mac and putting them into the itunes of the new mac. Can your simply copy the music in the original itunes straight from the playlist(s) itself onto the HD or do you have to actually copy the original file for each individual song in order for the tracks to be recognized and able to play in the new itunes...

I was wondering, if you impregnated an organism with foreign genes - that is genes which are not known or recognized by that organism (its genome). Would the developed embryo (later on) contain DNA with no function within its genome, in other words 'junk DNA'. And would this be true due to the foreign DNA literally having no role to play within the organism for which it has no (natural) function...

I was wondering, if you impregnated an organism with foreign genes - that is genes which are not known or recognized by that organism (its genome). Would the developed embryo (later on) contain DNA with no function within its genome, in other words 'junk DNA'. And would this be true due to the foreign DNA literally having no role to play within the organism for which it has no (natural) function...

what is 'gauge' in physics, or a least in the sense that it is being used...

well timo, the theory of parallel universes or the multiverse is at the frontiers of cosmology and theoretical physics. The multiverse is based on elegant mathematics such as m-theory - which states that, from an extension of string theory, whereby all string theories are unified that membranes can exist or 'branes' if you like to call them. And these branes come in different shapes and sizes according to their dimensional status if you like to call it. Basically, the theory states that the strings in string theory can propagate through multiple dimensional space to actually become one of these branes. The conclusion of m-theory is that we may actually be inside one of these enormous membranes floating around in a much larger hyperspace with many other membranes in a megaverse of membrane universes. So, in a sense string theory and m-theory are interchangeable - kind of like the mass/energy relationship with E=mc(squared). And with quantum mechanics, i meant quantum theory. Quantum mechanics is the 'mechanics' of the quantum world, so basically the workings and operations of mass and energy at the atomic and subatomic level. Whereas quantum theory revolves around the idea of quantised matter and energy and when this applied to the universe as a whole, the idea of the multiverse is encountered. All of this is top end physics and is always being mathematically research etc.. hope this helps

No. timo i mean, in physical, theoretical and or hypothetical terms.. not merely a notion of the mind.

I was wondering, if you exclude m-theory and quantum theory, do you still have a multiverse...

I was wondering, is supergravity the result of adding supersymmetry to the graviton...

But how can string theory be anomaly free. Wouldn't that mean that research into the theory is unnecessary...?

I was wondering, would string theory be a perfect theory if there were no divergences.. and are the divergences of string theory sort of anomalies/holes in the dimensions of the theory or in the symmetry.. also, are there divergences in all string theories... just one more thing, (my apologies). Are there divergences in M-theory at all ? note - i do apologize if divergences aren't actually associated with the above, as im just trying to refresh my memory

I was wondering, with AC, if the charges are constantly changing direction, wouldn't that mean the current would move slowly, create vast amounts of heat energy and overall wouldn't be very effective/efficient... So how exactly is it better than DC and how does a step-up transformer with AC allow it to be transfered long distances without loosing as much energy ? Also, do power lines have periodically set up step-down transformers which aid the transformation of AC and if so why can't it be done with as much efficiency with DC ? thanks.

Hi, i was wondering if the right-hand rule - as in the one where your fingers are the field, the thumb is the current and the palm is the force, can only be applied to anything involving electricity or can it just be anything involving fields ?

ajb, what exactly do you mean by simply connected ?

Hi, i was thinking, that if we change the state of something simply by consciously interacting with it via the observer effect and so forth in quantum physics. Doesn't that mean that everything we know is not correct in actuality because it has all come from observation and measurement which is conducted through consciousness.. And wouldn't this also mean that stuff like mathematics etc is not actually the correct or true description of reality, only how 'we' describe what 'we' perceive. And so couldn't this be applied a theory that ultimate reality is impossible to describe in terms of scientific methods like maths, simply because its literally out of the reach of consciousness, which distorts reality.. And so then couldn't you say that, everything we create is in fact not real in terms of it being separate from reality due to conscious intervention. And then couldn't you bring in wheelers 'it from bit' theory and say that not only are we sculpting reality as we know it but that nothing exists in terms of reality until we observe it in the first place. So, in conclusion, couldn't you say that we are literally pulling the ultimatum of what is, what exists from the absolute fundamental...

Hi, i was wondering if the multiverse (in theory) still exists if we don't consider m-theory and quantum theory..

I was wondering if it is at all possible, revolving around Maxwells equations merging with multiple dimensions, that the photons which make up light are actually the quantized energy created from a rippling effect of the 5 dimension i believe... For example, like the idea revolving around colliding 3-branes in M-theory, whereby the ripples in the branes produce clumps of matter/energy etc.

I was wondering, with time dilation. If it occurs when an object is moving, no matter how fast, wouldn't that mean that as we ourselves are moving including other objects, everything is constantly being/getting jumbled around in time, That nothing is in phase.. And for my next question, which may be a little philosophical (for this section). If such things as ourselves, 'conscious' beings, perceive "time" and its effects within the context of existence. Could that mean relativity is only accountable for things such as ourselves, since, as 'time' is conveyed through us, in terms of the river of time, its effects can only be interpreted via the system for which it is perceived..

I was wondering with the SO(32) (i think it is) for the heterotic string theory/model. Is that the resultant of 2 different string theories/models, in terms of the math or from 2 different string theory/model symmetries..

I was wondering, with Einstein's equations. Are they just like (basic) algebraic equations in maths, where you solve for the unknown variable, hence the "solutions" to Einstein's equations. Except that they are very complex and solutions for them revolve around (frontier) theoretical concepts in physics.. But why would Einstein have not worked it all out when he was doing them.. or is it that there are variables for which we are only now discovering and accounting for that he didn't.. etc

oh yeh sorry, my bad severian, of course were not in a period of inflation now, what am i talking about. i've lost track of what i was going to ask now, don't worry. cheers anyway.

I was wondering why space-time is foaming or bumpy at the microscopic level or plank scale ?

Hi, I was thinking, could it be that existence is consciousness or at least conscious.... This would possibly explain how we ourselves as conscious beings are able to view and experience the world. As perhaps consciousness can only see and interact with consciousness itself, whereby we cannot see atoms, for arguments sake, not because they are too small but because they are not conscious. However, their system or the 'matrix of matter' as i've heard it called is conscious, therefore they can be observed. Now you might say, well, when we get down small enough to the microscopic level, atoms and their constituents can be observed. But, perhaps, we are just observing something like a quasi-particle. Whereby, we are observing the manifestation of a non-conscious system... So, in other words, existence is like a system, whereby what is not consciousness, naturally/automatically becomes adapted to its locality and function within the system. For example, like when you cut a normal bar magnet in-half, the other (cut) end becomes the opposite pole. Also, could it be that in the context of the multi-verse, that the conscious system which governs and manifests everything, perhaps due to something rather than nothing, is and has been trying to conjure up the ultimatum of everything. And this is being attempted through what we know as chaotic inflation, with an infinite number of universes. 'The' experiment of everything, one which has ultimate intention of creating an omni-verse, for which contains the 'perfection'. Or could it be that this perfection presented/manifested via the omni-verse is created in order to upgrade consciousness itself, whereby it then becomes everything. But through this experiment, some universes give rise to intelligent life and others have very short life spans. The Unified field as we call it is perhaps present in every universe, but until all everything fits, the omni-verse cannot be created. For example, like how something cannot be put together and become right in its structure with-out all the pieces being correct. Also, just to add to this thought. Could it be that conscious 'existence' arose, from an omni-verse perhaps and when it did, the fabric of consciousness came to. This in turn linked and links everything conscious to what seems like forever. The oscillating universe may be the answer this, however, this is perhaps the true nature of the multi-verse. To bring about what is. In turn, isn't it possible that consciousness is...

Severian, i'm not pointing to any specific symmetry. In fact, forget symmetry breaking. Could inflation, alone be responsible for the accelerated expansion..? by the way, severian, does itself (always) cause symmetry breaking...

Severian, in physics, spontaneous breaking is a tool used to describe the splitting of forces (of nature) from their period of coexistence. So, what im saying is, could this be used to explain the current accelerating expansion of the universe. It being due to inflation's of some sort, which give rise to this breaking (of the forces)...