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From: ltn@lems.UUCP (Les Niles)
Newsgroups: net.analog
Subject: Re: Speed of dark- really oddball question
Message-ID: <152@lems.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 10:32:47 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 10:32:47 1984
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In article  jj@alice.UUCP writes:
>...
>I hereby propose that the threshold of "darkness" is calculated
>in the following manner:
>
>Consider a spherical shell, of interior radius 1 meter, with the
>interior of the shell representing a perfect black body.  Consider
>that that shell is at exactly 373 degrees K. Measure, with a
>probe that has no effect on the EM radiation, ...
>
Sorry.  Ever hear of quantum mechanics?  There is no such thing as a probe
that has no effect on the thing being measured.

-les niles