The ever rare double face palm moment

[venkman]

I was asked "What color is ultraviolet light?"

When I heard the question, I assumed it MUST be a trick question and had absolutely no idea how to respond to that. When I finally figured out the guy was asking me a serious question;

/facepalm

Later that day, I relayed that story to someone else and she commented, "Well, OBVIOUSLY it's violet. That guy was an idiot."

/double facepalm


yay public education.

 

[Nik]

Ultraviolet means light that extends down the spectrum beyond violet. Infrared is light in the other direction, farther down the spectrum than red. Nobody knows what color ultraviolet is because the human eye can't see it. If it were violet, we would be able to see it. It's not violet.

/facepalm x3

 

[rudeguy]

you live in MI. I would be impressed that someone knew a word with more than 3 syllables.

 

[Newbian]

Triple /facepalm if you count the time warp.

 

[tasmanian]

Obviously it's a ultra version of violet. So one would have to conclude that it is in fact violet.

 

[venkman]

Originally posted by: Nik
Ultraviolet means light that extends down the spectrum beyond violet. Infrared is light in the other direction, farther down the spectrum than red. Nobody knows what color ultraviolet is because the human eye can't see it. If it were violet, we would be able to see it. It's not violet.

/facepalm x3

Thank you captain science.

 

[Cabages]

I had a customer get mad at me because I assumed she had done a rebate before.

Fuck people.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: tasmanian
Obviously it's a ultra version of violet. So one would have to conclude that it is in fact violet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_(color)

Violet is in the 380?450 nm range.

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

Ultraviolet is 10 nm to 400 nm, and energies from 3 eV to 124 eV. It is so named because the spectrum consists of electromagnetic waves with frequencies higher than those that humans identify as the color violet.

Not sure how this can be correct since ultraviolet is a frequency higher than humans can identify, but wiki shows the two wavelengths overlapping 😕

 

[tasmanian]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: tasmanian
Obviously it's a ultra version of violet. So one would have to conclude that it is in fact violet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_(color)

Violet is in the 380?450 nm range.

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

Ultraviolet is 10 nm to 400 nm, and energies from 3 eV to 124 eV. It is so named because the spectrum consists of electromagnetic waves with frequencies higher than those that humans identify as the color violet.

Not sure how this can be correct since ultraviolet is a frequency higher than humans can identify, but wiki shows the two wavelengths overlapping 😕

Dont worry, I am smart enough to know that wavelengths outside of the visible spectrum, are just that, not visible, hence no color.

 

[Kirby]

At least is wasn't ultraviolent light! :Q

 

[Nik]

Hehe. I went to look up the wavelengths, found that little overlap, and posted to pose the question. I'm sure you're perfectly intelligent 😛

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Nik
Not sure how this can be correct since ultraviolet is a frequency higher than humans can identify, but wiki shows the two wavelengths overlapping 😕

I think different people have different cutoffs, just like with sound frequencies. Some people might be able to see 400nm light, others may be able to see 350nm light, just like how some people can hear sounds up to 21 kHz while others can only hear up to 17 kHz or less.

 

[venkman]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
At least is wasn't ultraviolent light! :Q

It was pretty close to be since I was about to beat him over the head with the UV light source.

 

[Evadman]

I can see 10nm light. It looks really freaky; kinda like the color nurbelwerfur.

 

[venkman]

Originally posted by: Evadman
I can see 10nm light. It looks really freaky; kinda like the color nurbelwerfur.

that sounds like something a german would call a crappy Counterstrike player.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: venkman
crappy Counterstrike player.

Mexikanische jüdische eidechse.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
At least is wasn't ultraviolent light! :Q

That would be the pew pew lasers the US Airforce is testing right now.

 

[venkman]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: nkgreen
At least is wasn't ultraviolent light! :Q

That would be the pew pew lasers the US Airforce is testing right now.

They really need to add that sound effect to the laser guns.

 

[Jeff7]

Kind of like the one customer who asked me where the zero-watt nightlights were. I tried to kindly explain that the only way a nightlight would consume zero watts was if it were either off or burned out. They said they'd keep looking.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: Evadman
I can see 10nm light. It looks really freaky; kinda like the color nurbelwerfur.

Nebelwerfer?

 

[zinfamous]

the UV box in our lab outputs a rather intense deep blue/purple...if I had to call it something. Sure appears...violet.

One thing I do know is that it can leave a hell of a sunburn after ~1 min exposure....