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BlueOrb
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Where have my words gone?
#3255678 - 10/20/04 11:08 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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When I speak, where do all the words/sounds/noises go to? Surly they just don't vanish?
Any thoughts?
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Diploid
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Re: Where have my words gone? [Re: BlueOrb]
#3255738 - 10/20/04 11:25 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well, I'm not sure what you're looking for but maybe this will help: There are two sides to the answer. Physics: The vibrations you impart onto the air are a form of energy. Eventually, those vibrations will be reduced to heat as the sound dissipates into the surrounding air, heating it and the objects immersed in that air until the magnitude of the energy in any given volume of space becomes small enough such that it's lost below the heat noise floor of the environment in which you're speaking. Metaphysics: The words you speak cause certain mind-bogglingly unlikely events involving chemistry, electricity, mathematics, and quantum mechanics to occur in the brain of your audience. This, in turn, triggers a cascade of additional (and equally unlikely) events which appear to give rise to ephemeral results such as comprehension, thought, and sometimes a verbal response.
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BlueOrb
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Re: Where have my words gone? [Re: Diploid]
#3256512 - 10/20/04 02:37 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks
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Gomp
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Re: Where have my words gone? [Re: BlueOrb]
#3256622 - 10/20/04 03:02 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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echo
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deff
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Re: Where have my words gone? [Re: Gomp]
#3256648 - 10/20/04 03:09 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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What's neat is that the sound never truly dies.
It just decreases past our level of precision in detecting the energy transfers.
Kind of a neat thought
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jux
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Re: Where have my words gone? [Re: deff]
#3256904 - 10/20/04 03:55 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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neat, but kinda makes me paranoid
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deff
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Re: Where have my words gone? [Re: jux]
#3256943 - 10/20/04 04:03 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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the aliens are just now hearing voices from the 80's.
we still have time to build the mothership, don't worry
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Gomp
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Re: Where have my words gone? [Re: deff]
#3256946 - 10/20/04 04:03 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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haha
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