You are refering to , is the defined lenght of the standard meter, derived from the wavelenght of light, think you can find it on wiki. its standardised, cannot change
2010/9/19 ADRIE KINTZIGER <[email protected]> > I think he is pointing out towards experiments in regard of the waveform > collapse, invoked by measuring a wave physikally. > The wave collapses , if you do.There are lots of ways around this problem, > workarounds.Its solvable in most cases. > > The standard lenght you a > > 2010/9/19 Magnus Berg <[email protected]> > > Hi Mark >> >> No sarcasm at all. >> >> What does a weighing scale do? >> It shows the effect gravity has on a mass. >> >> What does a speedometer do? >> It shows the effect of turning a magnet around inside a cup. >> >> What does a light sensor do? >> It changes resistance as an effect of incoming photons. >> >> I really don't know if there are *any* measurement instruments that >> doesn't show some effect it feels. >> >> But when you're measuring a length, you might be using some kind of ruler >> to compare the length you want to measure with the markings on the ruler. >> But I'm not sure that really counts as measuring, it's rather comparing the >> length to some kind of standard length. Hmm... >> >> Magnus >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2010-09-19 19:54, 118 wrote: >> >>> Thanks, sometimes thought experiments are fun in the world of >>> metaphysics, >>> sometimes they lead somewhere. sometimes not. Not sure if you are >>> sarcastic >>> about the feeling but not measuring, if not, I agree. It may be >>> difficult >>> to measure Quality through physics, however there are physics analogies >>> that >>> sometimes help me Quantify it. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Mark >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Magnus Berg<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Mark >>>> >>>> Great stuff, thanks for posting. >>>> >>>> I was especially intrigued by your thoughts about the speed of light. >>>> I've had similar thoughts about c and time and how they're >>>> interconnected. One idea I had was that reality is rushing through time >>>> at (in some sense) the speed of light, dragging mass behind it. This >>>> could explain why there seems to be only matter and not any anti-matter. >>>> Anti-matter would be pushed forward by the time, just as matter is >>>> dragged behind it. Mainly layman thoughts, but it got me approaching it >>>> from another direction and that's always fun. >>>> >>>> >>>> You also said: >>>> >>>> While we can never ever measure the >>>>> graviton, we can feel its affects. So, we can feel the effects of >>>>> things that we will never be able to measure. Happens all the time. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> "Measure" vs "feel the effect". >>>> >>>> Are they different? Isn't "feel the effect" what all measurements do? >>>> >>>> Interesting. >>>> >>>> Magnus >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>>> Archives: >>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >>>> >>>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>> Archives: >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >>> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> > > > > -- > parser > -- parser Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
