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The REAL reason Columbia cracked-up
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| 2-5-03
| Fat Freddy's Cat
Posted on 02/05/2003 6:59:59 PM PST by Spellbinder
That's CNN for you. They must have thought it was the U.S.S. Enterprise.
TOPICS: Dimensional Doorway; Humor; Miscellaneous; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cnn; columbia; humor; photo; spaceshuttle
To: Spellbinder; Sir Gawain; dead
Geez, I missed the invention of warp technology? Man! I need to pay more attention to the news.
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posted on
02/05/2003 8:02:57 PM PST
by
Texaggie79
(seriously joking or jokingly serious, you decide)
To: Texaggie79
Anyone know the speed of light 'cause I've got a flashlight that I'm sure ain't keeping up?
To: budwiesest
Well, the light is probably slower from those cheapo kind of flashlights.
To: HairOfTheDog
What is the speed of dark? No one ever talks about that, do they.
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posted on
02/05/2003 8:57:58 PM PST
by
irishtenor
((I haven't evolved, I am the way God made me!))
To: irishtenor
Yeah - they don't talk about it, but I have seen some pretty fast darkness!
To: HairOfTheDog
I have a landing light from a C-5 (just the bulb) and hooked it up to a battery once, man, was it fast! Thought about building a bracket to hold it atop an off-road light bar. Problem is it's made to run on 24 volts.
To: HairOfTheDog
I feel that, if we cannot attain the speed of light, maybe we should pursue the speed of dark instead.
To: Spellbinder
"If you were travelling in a car at the speed of light, and you turned the headlights on --- would they work?" -- Steven Wright
To: martin_fierro; irishtenor
"If you were travelling in a car at the speed of light, and you turned the headlights on --- would they work?"Course not.. The dark is faster!
To: HairOfTheDog
The speed of light is relative. The speed of dark is an orphan.
To: Spellbinder
But, Captain, ye canna disobey the laws o' physics.
To: budwiesest
What if a car could go the speed of light.... what speed is the light travelling from it's headlights?
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posted on
02/06/2003 7:34:49 PM PST
by
Texaggie79
(seriously joking or jokingly serious, you decide)
To: budwiesest
Think about this one:
If you are driving your car at the speed of light,
and you turn your headlights on,
what happens?
To: All
Light travels faster if you grease it.
To: Texaggie79
Let us see ----
C (speed of light) = 186,273 miles per second
times 18 = 3,352,914 miles per second.
That means it would get from here to the Sun in 27.7 seconds.
It would get from LA to New York in about .0009 seconds that is 9 ten thousands of a second.
WOW, not only did CNN invent warp drive - they reported it first.
To: Michael_S
You guys tickle my funny bone. I particularly enjoyed 'the speed of dark.'
To: born yesterday
Try the speed that enlightens us all !
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posted on
01/18/2004 5:39:23 AM PST
by
speed
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