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Anonymous Fri Sep 23 00:44:24 2011 No.3785419 [Reply] [Original]

i have little knowledge of science, but i make webcomics and i'm making one about neutrino and light. the idea is that neutrino is getting first place in a race, with light getting second, my question is what would be in third place?

and i've heard that tachyons move faster than light, but they have no mass correct? so i was thinking of having a tachyon on the sideline being disqualified for having no mass, would that be accurate?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 00:47:24 2011 No.3785434 bump

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 00:51:24 2011 No.3785448 "Currently there is research from CERN suggesting the existence of tachyonic neutrinos. More information will be provided in the coming days." this shit is literally unfolding right now, wouldnt be surprised if your comic will be outdated in a week

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 00:52:24 2011 No.3785453 Sounds good. The first time we discovered tachyons travel ftl was when observing a supernova back in the 80's and the light took longer to arrive than the tachyons. Go on.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 00:54:24 2011 No.3785462 >>3785453 so just to clarify tachyons have no mass? and my other question is still what would be in third place behind light?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 00:54:24 2011 No.3785463 At least wait until this is confirmed, OP. It'll be embarassing if you make this comic and it turns out to be bullshit a few days later.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 00:55:24 2011 No.3785474 >>3785463 but at the same time, makely really timely comics can generate a lotta traffic because everyone is still a buzz about it, iid still like to make the comic, even if it proves false in a couple days

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 00:57:24 2011 No.3785481 >>3785462 Correct, no mass. Third place: a particle with very little mass. Make it a proton or neutron in a particle accelerator, or something.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 00:58:24 2011 No.3785489 >>3785481 Eh, make it an electron (far less mass).

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:01:24 2011 No.3785506 >>3785481 No tachyons have imaginary mass. Also, the whole faster than light thing is hogwash, if you look at the paper there is a huge margin of error.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:02:24 2011 No.3785516 >>3785481 >>3785489 alright cool, i'll go with an electron. btw if anyone wants to see the finished comic it'll be on endlessorigami.com later tonight i dont make very many science jokes, we'll see how this goes over. thanks for you help /sci/

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:03:24 2011 No.3785521 >>3785506 imaginary mass >i dont even- what?

Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:08:24 2011 No.3785542

>>3785521
>The first time we discovered tachyons travel ftl was when observing a supernova back in the 80's and the light took longer to arrive than the tachyons.

derpety derp

>>3785521
it means that their mass would be a multiple of the square root of negative one if they existed

you can get this very easily (like highshool algebra easily) from relativity>>3785453

>>	almostphysicist Fri Sep 23 01:08:24 2011 No.3785544 >>3785521 >>3785521 Physics gets really crazy once you make it past the first 2 or so years of college. Although personally I haven't encountered imaginary mass after 4 years. We'll see what grad school has to offer me.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:10:24 2011 No.3785554 >>3785521 See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyons#Mass

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:13:24 2011 No.3785569 OP again, just wanted to say i'm so tempted to just draw a black person in 3rd place behing light and nuetrinos

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:16:24 2011 No.3785587 >>3785569 ha! do it

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:23:24 2011 No.3785605 If not having mass can get you disqualified, what about light? Also, I wouldn't use tachyons because they have never been observed, measured, or demonstrated to exist.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:24:24 2011 No.3785615 >>3785605 >implying light exists

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:30:24 2011 No.3785650 >>3785605 yeah im taking the tachyon part out, cant really work it into the comic without it being making sense, almost done. im making the nuetrino black ive decided

almostphysicist Fri Sep 23 01:32:24 2011 No.3785671

>>3785650
>>3785650
It could kind of work. You could draw it as going backwards from the finish line or something.

Or if you really want to get fancy, draw the tachyon as on a beach somewhere relaxing while simultaneously the race starts, and then declare the tachyon the winner in the end, since he traveled time and won.

I dunno.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:44:24 2011 No.3785729 File: 37 KB, 626x547, 2011-09-23-faster_than_the_speed_of_light.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3785671 decided to keep it simple, so more people would get it, here it is, thanks again for the help /sci/

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:47:24 2011 No.3785741 File: 76 KB, 528x673, fastest man alive.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] ZZzzzzzoooooooooommmmm

>>	almostphysicist Fri Sep 23 01:52:30 2011 No.3785762 >>3785729 >>3785729 >>3785729 The only salvation for that horrible comic is to make the middle one more obviously a nigger.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:54:24 2011 No.3785768 File: 10 KB, 493x402, 12301713491145.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3785729 I like it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:56:24 2011 No.3785773 >>3785729 OP delivers! not bad btw

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 01:56:24 2011 No.3785774 >>3785762 >if the middle character hadn't been black I would suck your dick because it's so awesome fix'd

>>	almostphysicist Fri Sep 23 01:58:30 2011 No.3785784 >>3785774 >>3785774 Nah bro. If he's not a nigger, it's just a boring abstraction about a recent discovery. There is no joke, there is nothing to get. If you make him black, it's funny, on a couple of levels.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 02:01:24 2011 No.3785791 >>3785784 The joke is that light is obviously pissed that he's been dethroned and the neutrino is rubbing it in his face. Electron is just a retard happy to land on the podium. It works.

>>	almostphysicist Fri Sep 23 02:02:24 2011 No.3785795 >>3785791 >>3785791 >rubbing it in his face I think you took some creative liberty there. Either way, only uncool people like clean jokes. You're not uncool, are you?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 02:07:24 2011 No.3785817 >>3785791 OP here, thats exactly what i was going for >>3785762 he's black, what else more do you want lol

almostphysicist Fri Sep 23 02:11:24 2011 No.3785839

>>3785817
>>3785817
I want some vulgurness so that I can really appreciate the joke.

I mean, if you're going to make him black, at least don't half ass it. Right now it looks like you innocently did it for political correctness, just to include a black guy. He's not even obviously black, just dark skinned. It doesn't seem obvious that you colored him because of the stereotype that blacks are faster than whites. I think the solution is to make him more black.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 23 02:13:30 2011 No.3785849 make light a nigger and the neutrino an obviously french white guy.

>>	almostphysicist Fri Sep 23 02:15:24 2011 No.3785855 File: 43 KB, 626x547, goodjoke.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This should do.

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