Richard, should I explain here how light from your flaslight falls on the ground with the same acceleration 9.8 m/sec^2 as anything else and why you do not see it?

Ok, lets go back to basics. Suppose, you direct you flashlight horisontally. Photons (or waves - does not matter) leaving the bulb immediately start falling down in full agreement with the equation h=gt^2/2.

So in 1 nanosecond (1 foot from the flashlight) they will be 4.9x10^-18 m below horizontal, in 1 microsecond (984 ft from your flashlight) they will fall 4.9x10^-12 m down from horizontal, in 1 millisecond (186.3 miles away) photons will be 4.9x10^-6 m down and so on. Called parabolic trajectory.

Why you did not notice light bending down from your flashlight? I dunno, may be you have to look closer?

• Re: Re: Re: Deception of uneducated? - yanniru - February 15, 2001 - 14:43 UTC
  • Re: Re: Re: Re: Deception of uneducated? - alexander - February 15, 2001 - 16:36 UTC
    • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Deception of uneducated? - yanniru - February 15, 2001 - 17:12 UTC
      • Star wars sectrets? - alexander - February 16, 2001 - 12:47 UTC
        • Well I was involved with... - richard - February 16, 2001 - 13:00 UTC
          • Re: Well I was involved with... - alexander - February 16, 2001 - 13:11 UTC
            • I also know the secret as to why... - richard - February 16, 2001 - 18:27 UTC
              • Hush-hush. - alexander - February 17, 2001 - 10:21 UTC
            • Re: Re: Well I was involved with... - yanniru - February 16, 2001 - 18:40 UTC
              • May be you were not involved at all? - alexander - February 17, 2001 - 00:22 UTC
                • Re: May be you were not involved at all? - yanniru - February 17, 2001 - 20:16 UTC
  • Laser specialist? - alexander - February 16, 2001 - 12:14 UTC