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Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 853 | Subject: question If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work? | ||
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Plankowner Posts: 9165 Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: question .....................Damn you! | ||
Tom McNulty |
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Master and Commander Posts: 1455 | Subject: RE: question Sure they would. You'd just not be able to see them. | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 2490 Location: East Coast of Wisconsin | Subject: RE: question Certainly don't know but would appear that the speed of the vehicle would be additive to the speed of the headlight beam. Like the velocity of a plane fired bullet would be additive to the velocity of the projectile. Problem with that is. Nothing travels faster than the speed of light. Edited by Holland Club 2019-06-12 5:21 PM | ||
JrKrup, Skimmer |
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Master and Commander Posts: 1323 Location: Oxnard, CA | Subject: RE: question Actually, it's all relative. Just ask Albert Einstein. Edited by JrKrup, Skimmer 2019-06-12 6:10 PM | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 1890 Location: Patterson, New York | Subject: RE: question The headlights on the Enterprise work when traveling art warp speed. | ||
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Senior Crew Posts: 130 Location: Kennewick, Washington | Subject: RE: question Had this discussion many times sitting in Maneuvering on patrol while punching holes in the ocean. Those discussions focused on what you would see in your rear view mirror as you approached the speed of light. The basic nuke logic determined that the speed of light would be gradually overtaken by the speed of darkness and therefore you wouldn't see anything. Hope this helps answer your question. | ||
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Historian Posts: 190 | Subject: RE: question For an observer outside the car the lights would not appear to be on because the speed of the photons could not exceed the speed of light RELATIVE TO THAT OBSERVER. For an observer inside the car the light would appear to be on and illuminate as normal because the photons would not be exceeding the speed of light RELATIVE TO THAT OBSERVER. Note that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant but that it is measured relative to some observer at rest. As one starts to examine the effects of approaching the speed of light things like time dilation and dimensional contractions become very complex. Note also that mass increases as one approaches the speed of light such that at the speed of light the object appears to have infinite mass relative to an outside observer. This is known as the 'thousand canaries flying inside a semi-trailer' weight change trim manifold operator qualification question. The Star Trek and Star Wars folks use a different light and their space has taken on some different attributes than what we see now. This is another effect of global warming. One interesting attribute is the ability of their interstellar space to transmit noise such as the firing of phasers and explosions. It is also interesting to note that all combats can only take place at close range. Ok, time for me to go back down the worm hole. Be Well Oldsubs | ||
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Historian Posts: 190 | Subject: RE: question With regard to Dantini's post. Nothing can ever exceed the speed of dark. This is a result of the dopeller effect where ideas are better and better the faster they come at you. Oldsubs | ||
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Plankowner Posts: 5024 Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: RE: question No such thing as "speed of darkness"... what we refer to as darkness is actually just the absence of light. | ||
Runner485 |
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COMSUBBBS Posts: 2672 Location: New Jersey | Subject: Correct answers are Only 2 guys got the rights answers...McNulty and Pig...All you other nuke smart asses are confused because warp speed is not related to speed of light. it's related to tv ratings...And that's that! And I know nothing about math... | ||
Gil |
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Master and Commander Posts: 1605 | Subject: RE: question Edited by Gil 2019-06-13 5:59 PM | ||
Gil |
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Master and Commander Posts: 1605 | Subject: RE: question I'm flabbergasted my shipmate Scrivener didn't respond. As the founding member and president of the Pickerel debate team and philosophy club George probably still has his dissertation on this exact subject - I just hope mama bear was too busy preparing for hibernation. | ||
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Admin Posts: 2297 Location: Renton, WA | Subject: RE: question Well done Mr. Christley - but your dissertation smells of bulls**t - RELATIVE TO THIS OBSERVER | ||
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Historian Posts: 190 | Subject: RE: question Mr Gentry--Only a little bit, perhaps -- maybe -- a very little bit. | ||
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