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Title: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Techno on 07 November 2013, 06:00:02 PM
Don't know why I came up with this today.....(Just one of those things...and the way my mind often goes off on a tangent, I suppose.)
If you could see one end of a rainbow (obviously at a certain distance) and you could travel at the speed of light.....Could you actually get to the end of the rainbow and it still be there ?
Cheers - Mr Barking-Mad of Wales.
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Fenton on 07 November 2013, 06:02:53 PM
Over to you Magnus Pike
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 07 November 2013, 06:08:25 PM
No, because rainbows are actually circular, therefore have no beginning or end!  :P

A Full-Circle Rainbow
Added by Amythest444
If you could get up high enough in the sky, then you'd see that some rainbows continue below the horizon. That's because when the sun and rain combine to make a rainbow, they really make a full-circle rainbow. We can't see all of the circle, because the horizon blocks it from our view. Pilots high in the sky do sometimes report seeing genuine full-circle rainbows.
The only way to see the full circle of a rainbow in the sky is to be above the raindrops and have the sun behind you.
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Fenton on 07 November 2013, 06:12:49 PM
Thanks Magnus
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 07 November 2013, 06:42:37 PM
I resemble that remark!  :D
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: ronan on 07 November 2013, 06:47:45 PM
er... what do you smoke guys ?   :-\
( may I have some ? )  ;D
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: petercooman on 07 November 2013, 06:58:36 PM
Phil, you hust wanted the pot o' old didn't ya?
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: get2grips on 07 November 2013, 07:43:38 PM
Quote from: Techno on 07 November 2013, 06:00:02 PM
Don't know why I came up with this today.....(Just one of those things...and the way my mind often goes off on a tangent, I suppose.)
If you could see one end of a rainbow (obviously at a certain distance) and you could travel at the speed of light.....Could you actually get to the end of the rainbow and it still be there ?
Cheers - Mr Barking-Mad of Wales.

I don't know what's worse...the fact you asked this or the fact it was answered :-\

This forum CANNOT get any weirder :o
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Orcs on 07 November 2013, 07:49:28 PM
Quote from: get2grips on 07 November 2013, 07:43:38 PM
I don't know what's worse...the fact you asked this or the fact it was answered :-\

This forum CANNOT get any weirder :o

You must know better by now - Yes it can
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Orcs on 07 November 2013, 07:51:33 PM
When I went to the Victoria Falls in Zambia many years ago we walked across the Knife Edge Bridge over one of the gorges.  Because of the huge volume of spray and the sun you get a full curcle of rainbow around the bridge.
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: get2grips on 07 November 2013, 07:52:32 PM
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 07 November 2013, 07:49:28 PM
You must know better by now - Yes it can

;D ;D ;D

To (mis)quote Douglas Adams:

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what this forum is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened."  ;)
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Fenton on 07 November 2013, 07:57:03 PM
I think this forum exists in 100's of different realities...In one of them FSN didnt want a Centurion...I know its madness but its a theory
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Last Hussar on 07 November 2013, 07:58:47 PM
Quote from: Techno on 07 November 2013, 06:00:02 PM
Don't know why I came up with this today.....(Just one of those things...and the way my mind often goes off on a tangent, I suppose.)
If you could see one end of a rainbow (obviously at a certain distance) and you could travel at the speed of light.....Could you actually get to the end of the rainbow and it still be there ?
Cheers - Mr Barking-Mad of Wales.

No.

The rainbow effect is caused by the diffraction of light, thus what you see and the way you see it depends on there being distance between you and the prism.  No two people see the same rainbow, because they are standing in different places.
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Fenton on 07 November 2013, 08:00:06 PM
Quote from: Last Hussar on 07 November 2013, 07:58:47 PM
No.

The rainbow effect is caused by the diffraction of light, thus what you see and the way you see it depends on there being distance between you and the prism.  No two people see the same rainbow, because they are standing in different places.

My head hurts now
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: get2grips on 07 November 2013, 08:01:47 PM
Quote from: Fenton on 07 November 2013, 07:57:03 PM
I think this forum exists in 100's of different realities...In one of them FSN didnt want a Centurion...I know its madness but its a theory

Ridiculous ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: fsn on 07 November 2013, 08:28:20 PM
There are universal constants you know!
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: get2grips on 07 November 2013, 08:46:25 PM
Quote from: fsn on 07 November 2013, 08:28:20 PM
There are universal constants you know!

=O =O =O
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 08 November 2013, 09:30:45 AM
Quote from: fsn on 07 November 2013, 08:28:20 PM
There are universal constants you know!

Yes FSN demanding centurions, and Fierce Kitty wanting Aztecs

IanS  :D
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Hertsblue on 08 November 2013, 11:00:51 AM
Quote from: Fenton on 07 November 2013, 07:57:03 PM
I think this forum exists in 100's of different realities...In one of them FSN didnt want a Centurion...I know its madness but its a theory

It's the word "reality" that bothers me. I'm still convinced that you are all a figment of my imagination and that I shall wake up soon in the matrix.  :-\ :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Techno on 08 November 2013, 11:23:41 AM
You mean you haven't yet Ray ?  ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Hertsblue on 08 November 2013, 11:28:15 AM
Quote from: Techno on 08 November 2013, 11:23:41 AM
You mean you haven't yet Ray ?  ;)
Cheers - Phil.

I have no way of knowing.  :o :o :o
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Techno on 08 November 2013, 11:30:42 AM
Ah...Hadn't thought of that....Good point ! :-\
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: get2grips on 08 November 2013, 05:29:25 PM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 08 November 2013, 11:00:51 AM
It's the word "reality" that bothers me. I'm still convinced that you are all a figment of my imagination and that I shall wake up soon in the matrix.  :-\ :-\ :-\

If your imagination created this, and by proxy all of us, you have SERIOUS issues :o
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Fenton on 08 November 2013, 05:39:15 PM
Becoming more like the the Numskulls minute by minute
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Techno on 08 November 2013, 06:56:58 PM
Fun though !!  ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: fsn on 08 November 2013, 07:04:03 PM
As far as my imagination is concerned, you're still all bikini clad totty.
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Techno on 08 November 2013, 07:10:32 PM
Don't you start that again !....I do NOT look like the Borg Queen.
Cheers - Seven of Nine
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: get2grips on 08 November 2013, 07:15:19 PM
Quote from: Techno on 08 November 2013, 07:10:32 PM
Don't you start that again !....I do NOT look like the Borg Queen.
Cheers - Seven of Nine

Prove it... :D

I DARE you to post a photo and we'll all judge ;D ;D ;D

We will be kind(ish) =O
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: sebigboss79 on 08 November 2013, 10:16:41 PM
Seconded. Seven of Nine was the only two reasons to watch Voyager :P  :-\
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Fenton on 08 November 2013, 10:18:54 PM
Quote from: get2grips on 08 November 2013, 07:15:19 PM
Prove it... :D

I DARE you to post a photo and we'll all judge ;D ;D ;D

We will be kind(ish) =O

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,6575.0.html
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: get2grips on 08 November 2013, 10:41:32 PM
Quote from: Fenton on 08 November 2013, 10:18:54 PM
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,6575.0.html

BORG QUEEN, BORG QUEEN, BORG QUEEN!!!

=O =O =O =O =O
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Orcs on 08 November 2013, 11:12:38 PM
Quote from: Fenton on 08 November 2013, 10:18:54 PM
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,6575.0.html
I am still sure there is a more than passing resemblance to Top Gears James May  ;D
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: fsn on 08 November 2013, 11:41:00 PM
Obviously Photoshopped. I found this un-modified photo taken at the same time.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yEo7fph6ipo/Ti3XFm5mjBI/AAAAAAAABVE/uE4WiwJmGWs/s1600/girls-beach-bikini-dog-yeah-12785364950.jpg)
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: howayman on 09 November 2013, 07:54:28 AM
So is everybody else shouting at that picture "Go on SNIFF" or is it just me  :(
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: get2grips on 09 November 2013, 09:00:42 AM
Quote from: howayman on 09 November 2013, 07:54:28 AM
So is everybody else shouting at that picture "Go on SNIFF" or is it just me  :(

Possibly...I'm only thinking: "turn round...turn round" :D

No Fenton...not the dog :P
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Hertsblue on 09 November 2013, 09:36:33 AM
Who's SNIFF?  :)
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Fenton on 09 November 2013, 09:45:23 AM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 09 November 2013, 09:36:33 AM
Who's SNIFF?  :)

Wasn't he in the Bash St Kids? ;)
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 09 November 2013, 09:53:26 AM
Danny, Toots, Smiffy, Plug, Sydney, Herbert, Spotty, Fatty, Cuthbert Cringeworthy.

Not Sniffy.
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Fenton on 09 November 2013, 09:58:25 AM
Ah probably smiffy I was thinking of...getting old now
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Techno on 09 November 2013, 12:34:51 PM
Quote from: get2grips on 08 November 2013, 10:41:32 PM
BORG QUEEN, BORG QUEEN, BORG QUEEN!!!
=O =O =O =O =O
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 08 November 2013, 11:12:38 PM
I am still sure there is a more than passing resemblance to Top Gears James May  ;D

Bog off, the pair of you ! :P ;)
I'll go and find the Bren.
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: get2grips on 09 November 2013, 01:51:52 PM
Quote from: Techno on 09 November 2013, 12:34:51 PM
Bog off, the pair of you ! :P ;)
I'll go and find the Bren.
Cheers - Phil

Quick, Just A Few, run...he's going to assimilate us :'(
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Techno on 09 November 2013, 06:21:01 PM
Wrong....I'll use this.
I don't do assimilation.....I use the vermin control gun.
www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,5810.15.html  :P
Cheers - Phil (AKA James May)
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Kiwidave on 09 November 2013, 07:55:28 PM
The Bren has to be the coolest light MG ever made :D
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Orcs on 09 November 2013, 11:43:24 PM
Quote from: get2grips on 09 November 2013, 09:00:42 AM
Possibly...I'm only thinking: "turn round...turn round" :D


Nope I am quite happy with the view in the picture  :)
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: get2grips on 10 November 2013, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: Techno on 09 November 2013, 06:21:01 PM
Wrong....I'll use this.
I don't do assimilation.....I use the vermin control gun.
www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,5810.15.html  :P
Cheers - Phil (AKA James May)

Why is James May holding a Bren Gun? :D
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: fsn on 10 November 2013, 09:16:15 AM
Because Jeremy Clarkson claimed the Sten?
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: howayman on 10 November 2013, 09:50:46 AM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Physics (?) question.
Post by: Techno on 10 November 2013, 03:07:59 PM
Hah !!
More abuse !! ;) ;D
Cheers - Phil