Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site lems.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!wjh12!foxvax1!brunix!lems!ltn 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 Article-I.D.: lems.152 Posted: Mon Dec 10 10:32:47 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 07:34:20 EST References: <1715@wateng.UUCP>Reply-To: ltn@lems.UUCP (Les Niles) Organization: lems Lines: 15 [] 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