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Re: Lightspeed constant...

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From: Mark B. Haynes
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:00
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Jason C. Wenger wrote:
> 
> >> I started this thread loooooooonnnnnnnngggggggg time ago and im surprised
> >> it is back to the alt.games.descent.thread
> >> Actually it was a thread about packets and the speed of packets.
> >> I dont know how it got renamed and stuck on light speed.
> >
> > So you're the culprit...  I've got a question for ya:
> > If you are in a car traveling at the speed of light, and you turn the
> > car's headlights on, what happens?
> > And DON'T give me any technobabble.
> >                         C. Capps
> 
> You get pulled over by the cops for speeding.  :-)
> 
> Cya in 'da mines,
> Thursday
> 
> +-------------------------------------------------+
> | Jason C. Wenger       www.clinton.net/~jwenger/ |
> | 'Thursday' on Kali          jwe...@clinton.net |
> | Illegitimi no carborundum      jwe...@juno.com |
> +-------------------------------------------------+
> |    So... So you think you can tell              |
> |    Heaven from Hell?  Blue skies from pain?     |
> |    Can you tell a green field                   |
> |    From a cold steel rail?                      |
> |    A smile from a veil?                         |
> |    Do you think you can tell?                   |
> |      "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd          |
> +---BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-------------------------+
> |                                                 |
> | G>CS/>E d-? s: a- C++>++++ U? P? L? E? W++>+++  |
> | N++ o? K? w+>+++++ O? M--- V? PS+ PE+ Y? PGP- t |
> | 5? X? R tv-(--) B++++ DI+ D- (DESCENT2++++++) G |
> | e-* h! r-- !y-                                  |
> |                                                 |
> +--END GEEK CODE BLOCK----------------------------+

The answer is nothing.  The light that comes from the headlight will be
traveling at the exact same speed you are.  It would remain where it
is.  In effect.
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From: "Mark B. Haynes" <finan...@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/12/10
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