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Re: Lightspeed constant...

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From: Don Whybrow
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 00:00
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Douglas C. Moose wrote:
> 
> IMHO, anyone traveling at the speed of light has no need for
> headlights.
> 
> What are you going to look at?  the expressions of a few briefly
> startled pedestrians just before they become roadkill?  If there's
> anything in your path that's of sufficient mass to warrant your
> attention, headlight's will not be necessary!!

Since time slows at near light speeds, would the roadkill victims suffer 
a slow death ?

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Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/11/11
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