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How many colors in a rainbow?



 
 
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Old March 27th 06 posted to sci.physics,alt.religion.asatru
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How many colors are in a rainbow? 3 or 7?
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Default How many colors in a rainbow?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows

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Old March 27th 06 posted to sci.physics
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tadchem wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows

Certainly better than the article on Prussian Blue. It was a trick
question, however. See _The Feynman Lectures on Physics_ Vol 1, Chapter
35. But that won't tell you the trick.
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"hetware" wrote in message
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How many colors are in a rainbow? 3 or 7?


Do you think if you post a million messages it will improve the Google page
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T Wake wrote:


"hetware" wrote in message
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How many colors are in a rainbow? 3 or 7?


Do you think if you post a million messages it will improve the Google
page rank for your websites?


I don't know how that would be, there is no way google could associate my
websites with anything I've posted. Furthermore, I really don't have any
websites that are of public interest.
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Old March 27th 06 posted to sci.physics
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Default How many colors in a rainbow?


"hetware" wrote in message
t...
T Wake wrote:


"hetware" wrote in message
...
How many colors are in a rainbow? 3 or 7?


Do you think if you post a million messages it will improve the Google
page rank for your websites?


I don't know how that would be, there is no way google could associate my
websites with anything I've posted. Furthermore, I really don't have any
websites that are of public interest.


Ok, I was mistaken. I assumed that the barrage of one line questions was to
gain publicity for the websites in your signature.

Sorry for the confusion.


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Old March 27th 06 posted to sci.physics
hetware
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Default How many colors in a rainbow?

T Wake wrote:


"hetware" wrote in message
t...
T Wake wrote:


"hetware" wrote in message
...
How many colors are in a rainbow? 3 or 7?

Do you think if you post a million messages it will improve the Google
page rank for your websites?


I don't know how that would be, there is no way google could associate my
websites with anything I've posted. Furthermore, I really don't have any
websites that are of public interest.


Ok, I was mistaken. I assumed that the barrage of one line questions was
to gain publicity for the websites in your signature.

Sorry for the confusion.

If that were my objective, could I not have asked much more mudane
questions?
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Old March 27th 06 posted to sci.physics
T Wake
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Default How many colors in a rainbow?


"hetware" wrote in message
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T Wake wrote:


"hetware" wrote in message
t...
T Wake wrote:


"hetware" wrote in message
...
How many colors are in a rainbow? 3 or 7?

Do you think if you post a million messages it will improve the Google
page rank for your websites?

I don't know how that would be, there is no way google could associate
my
websites with anything I've posted. Furthermore, I really don't have
any
websites that are of public interest.


Ok, I was mistaken. I assumed that the barrage of one line questions was
to gain publicity for the websites in your signature.

Sorry for the confusion.

If that were my objective, could I not have asked much more mudane
questions?


Well, maybe.

However the number of colours in a rainbow is an odd one to ask. Especially
as you limit the choices to seven. Surely the answer has to include the
whole visible spectrum?


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Old March 27th 06 posted to sci.physics
Gregory L. Hansen
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Default How many colors in a rainbow?

In article ,
hetware wrote:
How many colors are in a rainbow? 3 or 7?


All of them.

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education he is receiving in college is not a medical course but a life
course for which the work of a few years under teachers is but a
preparation." -- Sir William Osler
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Old March 27th 06 posted to sci.physics
Richard Tobin
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Default How many colors in a rainbow?

In article ,
Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
All of them.


Not by any means!

-- Richard
 




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