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# Incorrect
I study physics, e does in fact equal mc squared in general relativity, but due to noise it is rarely perfectly accurate.
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 7:59, archived)
# isn't there a momentum term?
I'm pretty sure there is.

Please tell me the equation, I don't feel like digging through my books :)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:01, archived)
# I'll have a quick dig
bloody uni...hang on...
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:02, archived)
# ah yes :)
E^2 = p^2c^2 + (mc^2)^2


:)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:05, archived)
# so E does equal mc squared
as long as the particle is weightless (like a photon) or perfectly still

(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:06, archived)
# Aha
I'm doing a masters, so I'd be pretty upset if what they're teaching me is wrong ... e=mc squared is the rest energy of a particle, so therefore no momentum factor is in it. Momentum when it's moving, obviously. Yeah, therefore the p :-)

EDIT: e=mc^2 for a photon ; wouldn't that be zero?
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:06, archived)
# hooray
we were both right :)

I'm doing a master's in electrical engineering. :)

edit:
I think that's why they're trying to come up with quantum relativity

neither works in the other's domain
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:07, archived)
# Masters
in astrophysics for me :-)
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:14, archived)
# I know a lot more about quantum
than I do about relativity
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:16, archived)
# other way round for me
actually, the thing uni's taught me most profoundly is:

1) long-distance relationships do not work
2) take full advantage of student bar prices
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:18, archived)
# hehehe :)
I haven't learned either of those

of course the second isn't applicable...
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:19, archived)
# When you say noise I take you mean Quantum Fluctation
- being as Quantum Physics seems to be the presiding order of things thesedays, then even an atom is not just an atom it is much more than that. I love the subject but I've never studied it, I read a book called Shrodiger's Cat or something like that and that was very informative.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:08, archived)
# that's a very good book
I never finished the last couple of chapters

If I wasn't taking a quantum mechanics class at the moment, I'd be tempted to go dig it out and read the rest
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:10, archived)
# I could chat all day about the subject
however I'm already late for work.
Thanks for keeping me in the know.
bye.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:14, archived)
# bye
:)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:14, archived)
# Well...
yes, but it's simpler than that - recording equipment is never perfectly accurate, hence noise.
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Mon 1 Dec 2003, 8:10, archived)