The Air Ministry was the name of the ministry which controlled the British Royal Air Force. In 1963 the independent War Office, Admiralty and Air Ministry were joined to create the Ministry of Defence which controls all of the British Armed Forces.
Karmacoma
"Karmacoma" is a song by trip-hop band Massive Attack. It was released in 1995.
Luminiferous aether
Luminiferous aether is a substance once believed to fill the Universe and explain how the transmission of waves of light can happen. People believed that light was a kind of wave. Waves travel over the surface of water in a pond, through the air in a room, etc. All waves that people had studied before had travelled through a medium. The speed of sound through steel is much higher than through air, so people imagined that light must travel through a similar medium too. Since light travels faster than anything else, light should travel through something more rigid (like steel) faster than anything else. But at the same time this substance must have a very low viscosity so that it would not slow down the movements of planets and cause them to eventually fall into their suns. The people coming before Albert Einstein believed this substance to exist, and they called it the "Luminiferous aether."
If an observer was to travel on a boat moving through an ocean current, then they could observe changes in the rate that waves appeared to travel depending on the relationship of the observer to the current.
Physicists conducted experiments to attempt to make this question become clear. The Michelson-Morley Experiment showed that there was no medium through which light travelled. It showed that there is no Luminiferous aether.
The easiest way to see the general idea is to imagine a very fast spaceship moving at one half the speed of light from one star to another. The spaceship has two light-speed meters, one pointing backward and one pointing forward. Since the spaceship is moving away from the photons given off by the yellow star, and running toward the photons given off by the blue star, our ordinary experience leads us to expect that we would measure the speed of the yellow photons as 150,000 kilometres per second, and the speed of the blue photons as 450,000 kilometres per second. However both photons are measured at 300,000 km/sec. Thereby this result indicates that speeds do not change relative to the movement of the spaceship.
A recent study is much more precise than the one by Michelson and Morley, but it still shows that the speed of light is constant no matter which direction one is moving in.
Live with Me (song)
"Live with Me" is a song by trip-hop band Massive Attack. It was released in 2006 for their compilation album "Collected".
Singles 90/98
Singles 90/98 is a compilation album by trip-hop band Massive Attack. It was released in 1998. It has all songs that were released until 1998, when it was released. It also has b-sides and remixes. It has a total of 63 tracks.
Collected
Collected is a best-hits album by trip-hop band Massive Attack. It has material on CD and DVD.
Danny the Dog
Danny the Dog is the soundtrack for the movie "Unleashed". It is by trip-hop band Massive Attack. It does not include the track called "Aftersun" featuring Dot Allison, that sounds on the credits at the end of the movie.
Chief of the General Staff
The Chief of the General Staff is the most senior officer of the British Army. The current holder of the post is General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, appointed in June 2018.
For many years, until after World War II, the title used was Chief of the Imperial General Staff. This was supposed to show that all of the armies of the British Empire were united under one command. As countries gained independence, this was not the case.
I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)
"I Want You" is a song by Marvin Gaye. It was released in 1976. It was covered in 1995 by trip-hop band Massive Attack and Madonna.
DJ-Kicks: Daddy G
DJ-Kicks: Daddy G is a DJ mix by Daddy G of Massive Attack. It was released in 2004.
Shara Nelson
Shara Nelson (born 1965) is an English singer. She is known for singing in the Massive Attack song "Unfinished Sympathy".
Massive Attack discography
Massive Attack is a British trip-hop group. It was started in 1988 in Bristol by Robert Del Naja, Grantley Marshall, and Andrew Vowles. They made 5 studio albums, 2 extended play (EP), 3 compliations, and 16 singles.
I The "Massive Attack" EP and "Splitting the Atom" EP charted on the UK Singles Chart and Swiss Singles Top 100, despite being extended-play length releases.
My Bologna
"My Bologna" is a single by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "My Sharona" by The Knack. It was released in 1979. It was Yankovic's first single. It was re-recorded and added to Yankovic's self-titled debut album.
Lorentz contraction
The Lorentz contraction, also called Length contraction, Fitzgerald contraction or Lorenz-Fitzgerald contraction, is the phenomenon that a moving object becomes shorter than it was when measured in its rest frame. This is because of relativistic effects seen between observers moving toward or away from one another. The size of one object as seen by someone moving toward or away from it it is decreased along their line of movement by an amount mathematically related to their speed and the speed of light.
In his book, "One, Two, Three...Infinity," physicist George Gamow quoted a limerick (a kind of poem) that is said by some to have been changed from a more naughty poem. There are several other cleaned up versions:
There once was a young man named Fisk,
Whose fencing was extremely brisk,
So fast was his action,
The Lorentz contraction,
Foreshortened his foil to a disk.
Another One Rides the Bus
"Another One Rides the Bus" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen. It was released in 1981 on Yankovic's first EP. It was also released on Yankovic's self-titled first album in 1982.
Ricky (song)
"Ricky" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Mickey" by Toni Basil. It is about the television show "I Love Lucy". It was also the first song Yankovic made a music video for.
I Love Rocky Road
"I Love Rocky Road" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "I Love Rock 'n Roll" by the band Arrows. It is about how the singer is obsessed with rocky road ice cream.
Eat It
"Eat It" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of the song "Beat It" by Michael Jackson. It was released in 1984 for the album "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D". A music video was made for the song that is a direct parody of the "Beat It" video.
King of Suede
"King of Suede" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "King of Pain" by The Police. It is on Yankovic's second album, ""Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D". The lyrics are a long advertising monologue for the singer's suede clothes.
I Lost on Jeopardy
"I Lost on Jeopardy" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Jeopardy" by the Greg Kihn Band. It was about the singer's experience losing on the game show "Jeopardy!". It was released for the album "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D". The music video featured Yankovic and original "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming and announcer Don Pardo. It also featured "Jeopardy" artist Kihn and Yankovic's mentor Dr. Demento.
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is an animated cartoon series produced by Warner Bros. It was Warner Bros.' first animated cartoon series, preceding the "Merrie Melodies" series. The name of the series is a variation on "Silly Symphonies", the name of Walt Disney's concurrent series of music-based cartoon shorts. From 1942 until 1969, "Looney Tunes" was the most popular series of cartoon shorts in theaters, even more popular than any Disney films.