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Probing Question: Can anything travel faster than the speed of light?
PhysOrg.com ^
| 23 March 2006
| Joe Anuta
Posted on 03/26/2006 8:51:36 AM PST by PatrickHenry
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The opining paragraph of this article is a bit odd. As the article explains later, no one has been taking Einstein's word for anything. Special Relativity has been constantly tested for the past century. Also, I think the example given for a violation of causality isn't particularly good. Nevertheless, this is a fairly good article for a weekend discussion.
To: PatrickHenry
Yes, lies about George Bush and the war.
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03/26/2006 8:52:49 AM PST
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Andy from Beaverton
(I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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posted on
03/26/2006 8:52:54 AM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(Yo momma's so fat she's got a Schwarzschild radius.)
To: PatrickHenry
Can anything travel faster than the speed of light?
News of abuses from Abu Ghraib.
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posted on
03/26/2006 8:54:03 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Crime cannot be tolerated. Criminals thrive on the indulgences of society's understanding.)
To: PatrickHenry
The one thing I've always had trouble with is my own little question that many have tried to answer but "no" just doesn't do it for me.
If you're travelling on a train moving at 99.9999% the speed of light and you get up and walk to the front of the train, didn't you just surpass the speed of light?
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03/26/2006 8:55:25 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: PatrickHenry
Can anything travel faster than the speed of lightThe Former Twelfth Lady can when she sees a TV camera.
John Kerry can when he spots a wealthy widow.
To: PatrickHenry
Possibly, when we die, we then live beyond the speed of light; Beyond light as we percieve light.
To: PatrickHenry
A lie out of the mouth of a Clinton?
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posted on
03/26/2006 8:56:35 AM PST
by
Churchillspirit
(Anaheim Angels - 2002 World Series Champions)
To: Andy from Beaverton; PatrickHenry
Yes, lies about George Bush and the war.
PatrickHenry: News of abuses from Abu Ghraib.Barbra Streisand's big mouth.
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posted on
03/26/2006 8:56:48 AM PST
by
starfish923
(Socrates: It's never right to do wrong.)
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; The_Victor; ...
Never say never...
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posted on
03/26/2006 8:57:28 AM PST
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KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: cripplecreek
If you're travelling on a train moving at 99.9999% the speed of light and you get up and walk to the front of the train, didn't you just surpass the speed of light? Not in your own frame of reference. And to a "stationary" observer watching your train go by, the answer is no.
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03/26/2006 8:57:59 AM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(Yo momma's so fat she's got a Schwarzschild radius.)
To: cripplecreek
At that speed you're gonna miss your stop.
To: cripplecreek
If you're travelling on a train moving at 99.9999% the speed of light and you get up and walk to the front of the train, didn't you just surpass the speed of light? Given the speed of light,a walk at .0001% of that speed would have to be a fairly brisk one.
To: PatrickHenry
I am told Ted Kennedy can forget moral culpability at about twelve times the speed of light.
To: PatrickHenry
To go beyond the infinite is impossible.
Dave went to Jupiter, and Beyond Infinity!
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posted on
03/26/2006 9:01:14 AM PST
by
Lunatic Fringe
(http://ntxsolutions.com)
To: PatrickHenry
As recently as the 1940s, you could find plenty of articles explaining how it was impossible for humans to break the sound barrier. All sort of crazy ideas were put forth as to what might happen if an object hit the speed of sound. For instance, if it were possible for an aircraft to exceed the speed of sound, an observer would see the aircraft before actually hearing it! How crazy is that?
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03/26/2006 9:01:19 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(Need a tree census in Maine)
To: PatrickHenry
Yes, thought is fast! Think about mind travel to the star SIRIUS & back while speed of light travel takes... way too long!
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03/26/2006 9:04:27 AM PST
by
SIRTRIS
To: Gay State Conservative
Well you get my point. Add another several dozen 9s on the end of it and you could make it more reasonable stroll.
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posted on
03/26/2006 9:04:54 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: cripplecreek
For you, perhaps. But to an outside observer, you would never get up from your seat.
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posted on
03/26/2006 9:05:04 AM PST
by
Lunatic Fringe
(http://ntxsolutions.com)
To: PatrickHenry
Yes, the speed of urban and Internet myths!
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03/26/2006 9:08:31 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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