[Tycho?]

I've never heard anything like this inward and outward wave stuff, it obviously doesn't work too well, since like charges always repel, and opposite charges attract. A particle at rest does not emit waves period. EM radiation is caused by occsilating magnetic fields, or and change in velocity of an electromagnetic field (like an electron). So if you have an electron moving back and forth, it will be emmitting EM radiation on a certain frequency. If it is still, or moving at a constant velocity, it emmits no waves. Waves are not required for particles to attract or repel eachother. I hope this helps, since I'm not really sure what the problem here is.

I'm not entirely sure what you are asking, but no I dont think so. No type of spring made from known materials would be able to do this.

Consider this. The walls of the box will be radiating photons, probably in the infrared spectrum (that of "heat"). So I think you can have a temperature just from the photons that are in the box, in the same way the cosmic background radiation has a temperature only slightly above 0 kelvin for even deep space. Uh, I think.

If I had to guess I'd say it would be signifigantly beyond melting, undergoing nuclear reactions seems more likely to me. I think this depends on the definition of "noticable increase" however. Lets just say that mr spring would cease being a spring before this occured, assuming it is made out of any known substance.

If I had to guess I'd say it would be signifigantly beyond melting, undergoing nuclear reactions seems more likely to me. I think this depends on the definition of "noticable increase" however. Lets just say that mr spring would cease being a spring before this occured, assuming it is made out of any known substance.

A google search for theraputic index of plutonium yields you asking this exact questuon on discovery channel forums. Otherwise I can find no mention of such a thing for plutonium.

A google search for theraputic index of plutonium yields you asking this exact questuon on discovery channel forums. Otherwise I can find no mention of such a thing for plutonium.

Uh, I dont even know what a theraputic index is. So no.

Uh, I dont even know what a theraputic index is. So no.

Well, space isn't empty, but for other reasons. Even out in intersteller space there is an atom of hydrogen every cubic meter or something like that. Plus no matter where you go there will always be photons moving around. There are also virtual particles that are created then destroyed constantly. These are not the results of GR however. If truely empty space were to exist, I'm pretty sure it would still be curved though, I can't really think of a reason why it wouldn't be. edit: Ok, I thought about this a little more, and I'm going to say I dont know. This is a good question I think, and just because it doesn't seem likely to me doesn't mean its not true. Keep looking and asking and reading, there are people on here with a great deal of knowledge on the subject, I'm sure they'll be able to help you out.

Well, space isn't empty, but for other reasons. Even out in intersteller space there is an atom of hydrogen every cubic meter or something like that. Plus no matter where you go there will always be photons moving around. There are also virtual particles that are created then destroyed constantly. These are not the results of GR however. If truely empty space were to exist, I'm pretty sure it would still be curved though, I can't really think of a reason why it wouldn't be. edit: Ok, I thought about this a little more, and I'm going to say I dont know. This is a good question I think, and just because it doesn't seem likely to me doesn't mean its not true. Keep looking and asking and reading, there are people on here with a great deal of knowledge on the subject, I'm sure they'll be able to help you out.

Do you mean that space must be... something? Because if there is nothing there then what are you warping? Does this bear any resemblance to what you're talking about? I dont really understand what you're asking.

Do you mean that space must be... something? Because if there is nothing there then what are you warping? Does this bear any resemblance to what you're talking about? I dont really understand what you're asking.

Meh. He said: "So the conlusion has to be that the need of probability calculations and matter/wave dualism is just a consequence of the fact that our atomic/wave view of the world is flawed, a conspiracy to allow people preach metaphysical crap." My critisism was not constructive, but then neither was his comment. I have a low tolerance for this sort of thing, sorry.

Meh. He said: "So the conlusion has to be that the need of probability calculations and matter/wave dualism is just a consequence of the fact that our atomic/wave view of the world is flawed, a conspiracy to allow people preach metaphysical crap." My critisism was not constructive, but then neither was his comment. I have a low tolerance for this sort of thing, sorry.

Yeah. I can say that the statement "the big bang came about because of a large sheep burping" is wrong. This does not mean that I know what caused the big bang.

Yeah. I can say that the statement "the big bang came about because of a large sheep burping" is wrong. This does not mean that I know what caused the big bang.

Ok, say the forces are all pushing on something, a ball lets say, from different directions. Its in equilibrium, meaning its all balanced out so the ball isn't moving. The 3 things pushing on the ball keep it in one place. If you take out one of thosee forces, it would no longer be in equilibrium and the ball would move. Since those two forces can be cancelled out by the third force, it means the two of them added together must be equal and opposite to the third. This works no matter which one you take out. Uhh, I havn't really done much with vectors, and while I can picture and explain this in my head, im not so sure about words. This may be innacrurate on some level.

Ok, say the forces are all pushing on something, a ball lets say, from different directions. Its in equilibrium, meaning its all balanced out so the ball isn't moving. The 3 things pushing on the ball keep it in one place. If you take out one of thosee forces, it would no longer be in equilibrium and the ball would move. Since those two forces can be cancelled out by the third force, it means the two of them added together must be equal and opposite to the third. This works no matter which one you take out. Uhh, I havn't really done much with vectors, and while I can picture and explain this in my head, im not so sure about words. This may be innacrurate on some level.

Right, Newtonian mechanics work at relativistic speeds, except the quantities are always changing. So, it doesn't work, which is why we have relativity. I think a better conclusion would be that you have no idea what you are talking about.

Right, Newtonian mechanics work at relativistic speeds, except the quantities are always changing. So, it doesn't work, which is why we have relativity. I think a better conclusion would be that you have no idea what you are talking about.

Well since we (probably) mostly know how supernovae work, we would know how to trigger one. This is one of the things that is inconcievably beyond our reach. You'd probably have to do something like throw in a big chunk of mass, which would take an insane amount of energy for us to do. This is in the same catagory as manipulating a black hole so you are able to fly through it and test some time travel theories...

Well since we (probably) mostly know how supernovae work, we would know how to trigger one. This is one of the things that is inconcievably beyond our reach. You'd probably have to do something like throw in a big chunk of mass, which would take an insane amount of energy for us to do. This is in the same catagory as manipulating a black hole so you are able to fly through it and test some time travel theories...