Archive for September, 2006
Why Light Has Mass – And Why It Doesn’t
September 14th, 2006 / Old Blogs / 11 Comments »
Something we know for certain about light is that it is an electromagnetic wave. Another reasonable assumption, corroborated by experimental results, is that this wave has a dual nature – it behaves as a particle wave under some circumstances, and as an energy (or pure) wave under others. The adoption of the dual theory resulted [...]
Time Travel – Possible, but How?
September 10th, 2006 / Old Blogs / 1 Comment »
Caution: Long post below. Read only in the presence of ample time.
It is relatively more difficult to prove that time travel is not possible than to prove that it is possible. Before I move on to the idea of How, I will try to prove the possibility of the radical concept of twisting our fourth [...]
Windows Woes + The Day’s Happenings
September 8th, 2006 / Old Blogs / 3 Comments »
Today, I woke up feeling pretty well after a 3-day period of illness-due-to-throat-infection. First thing I wanted to do was check my mail. Sadly, windows disagreed with me. All went well upto the Windows XP startup screen, after which there was an inexplicable restart – same story in safe mode.
I am currently using my laptop [...]
Point & Click – Literally
September 7th, 2006 / Uncategorized / No Comments »
How many times have you wished to turn on/off the lights without moving a muscle? Many, I’m sure. Of course, it is absolutely impossible to do it without moving at least one muscle somewhere in your body (besides, muscles like those in the heart are always moving), but it can be made far easier than [...]
Teachers’ Day & Other Stuff
September 5th, 2006 / Old Blogs / 6 Comments »
Today, teachers’ day was officially celebrated in the school, but by the children this time. One thing I would like to say is that mimicry has been overdone. Sure, it’s still funny, but I aint exactly on the floor.
I had to videotape the whole thing, it wasn’t bothersome except for a bee which kept landing [...]