Comments on: The History Channel Joke http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-103405 Clifford Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:14:18 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-103405 Hi, There are no dead comment sections. Or, better put, they are all equally dead, or equally alive. And the answer to your question is: No. The total mass energy in the universe has not changed in that process. The mass has just been moved around, as happens in ordinary mechanics. Best, -cvj Hi,

There are no dead comment sections. Or, better put, they are all equally dead, or equally alive.

And the answer to your question is: No. The total mass energy in the universe has not changed in that process. The mass has just been moved around, as happens in ordinary mechanics.

Best,

-cvj

]]> By: jpd http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-103399 jpd Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:03:46 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-103399 Hi, this is probably a dead comment section, but heres a worm hole question: if mass leaves time A and appears at time B isn't that a violation of conservation of mass/energy ? thanks jpd Hi,
this is probably a dead comment section,
but heres a worm hole question:
if mass leaves time A and appears at time B
isn’t that a violation of conservation of mass/energy ?
thanks
jpd

]]> By: Correlations http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-98941 Correlations Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:58:12 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-98941 <strong>A Black Hole Death Ray?...</strong> ...... A Black Hole Death Ray?…

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]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-96032 Clifford Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:02:46 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-96032 Ryan, that's not really correct. You can go in both directions. So it depends upon when and how the time machine was made. If someone had (somehow) made such a time machine back then (you know, a friendly alien species with extraordinary technology did it and left it lying around in the back of an old wardrobe or something for us to find), you'd be able to pop back to that period. Cheers, -cvj Ryan, that’s not really correct. You can go in both directions. So it depends upon when and how the time machine was made. If someone had (somehow) made such a time machine back then (you know, a friendly alien species with extraordinary technology did it and left it lying around in the back of an old wardrobe or something for us to find), you’d be able to pop back to that period.

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: Ryan Elastaire http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-96003 Ryan Elastaire Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:26:19 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-96003 Stricly speaking, the only time period you would be able to get to through a wormhole would be the future, as through a wormhole, in theory, time would slow down for the people inside, but carries on at regular speed for everything outside the wormhole, and so when the people inside arrive, many thousands or even possibly millions of years might have passed since the wormhole was entered. But also i thought the joke was hysterical Stricly speaking, the only time period you would be able to get to through a wormhole would be the future, as through a wormhole, in theory, time would slow down for the people inside, but carries on at regular speed for everything outside the wormhole, and so when the people inside arrive, many thousands or even possibly millions of years might have passed since the wormhole was entered.

But also i thought the joke was hysterical

]]> By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-95980 Mary Cole Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:02:08 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-95980 'Making History' by Stephen Fry is a great read on precisely this theme. ‘Making History’ by Stephen Fry is a great read on precisely this theme.

]]> By: Cosmic Holey Moley! - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-95894 Cosmic Holey Moley! - Asymptotia Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:04:18 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-95894 [...] Last night’s “Cosmic Holes” episode on the History Channel (part of their new science series “The Universe” - see here and here) apparently had an unusually huge audience. Word must be getting around that the History Channel’s got this fun and informative new series, and it is spreading beyond their standard viewers it seems. Apparently the episode’s first showing at 9:00pm got well over a million viewers, which I’ve heard the Channel was rather pleased about. [...] [...] Last night’s “Cosmic Holes” episode on the History Channel (part of their new science series “The Universe” - see here and here) apparently had an unusually huge audience. Word must be getting around that the History Channel’s got this fun and informative new series, and it is spreading beyond their standard viewers it seems. Apparently the episode’s first showing at 9:00pm got well over a million viewers, which I’ve heard the Channel was rather pleased about. [...]

]]> By: Jackson http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-95700 Jackson Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:04:41 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/04/the-history-channel-joke/#comment-95700 Yes, I got the joke. Good one. Yes, I got the joke. Good one.

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