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Re: Lightspeed constant...

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From: sm... Wayne Smith
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 00:00
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On Tue, 12 Nov 1996 01:39:55 GMT, Chris <coop...@cf.ac.uk> wrote:

>Victor Major wrote:
>> 
>> Benjami...@brown.edu wrote:
>> >
>> > <snipped actual contents of message>
>> >
>> > > ROFL,
>> > > Biggo.
>> > > --
>> > > *** If your car could travel at the speed of light,
>> > >     would the headlights still work?            ***
>> >
>> > well, you asked for it. of course your headlights would still work. as a
>> > matter of fact, if your car was travelling a mere 1 sec per decade
(........snipped........)
>> Eintiens Theory of Relativity. Exactly what it says; its relative to something. If you are in the car the headlights relative to you would 
>still produce light at 3 x10^8 m/s Only the observer would percieve the 
>light a short distance away from the car as both the car AND the light 
>are very closely mathced in speed. All wierd, but them again according 
>to Einstein at the speed of light your energy and mass become infinite 
>and your length in space equals zero, therefore you occupy all pionts in 
>space at the same time form the application of infinate speed = universe 
>is destroyed! But that is all relative to the observer! not you!!
>Confused yet???

Not at all, but the question still remains; Would Win95 bootup any
faster in that environment?

--- Wayne Smith ---
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From: sm...@vvm.com (Wayne Smith)
Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/11/12
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