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Article #353805Re: Lightspeed constant...
From: Raffi Deirmendjian
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 00:00
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Scott Kevill wrote: > > In article <328727...@primenet.com>, mha...@primenet.com wrote: > > :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!! > :> > :> BTW, I don't think you'll need to worry about turn signals either :) > :> - -- > :> Aloha! > :> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > :> .. Doug > :> .. mailto:moo...@aloha.net .. http://aloha.net/~moosed > : > :No, but you'd better have some damn good brakes! > : > > Not to mention a damn good seat belt and air bag. > Remember SpaceBalls? This is nothing! We are only talking about light > speed here. What will the headlights do when you are travelling at > Ludicrous Speed? :) > > Scott Kevill > sc...@www.curtin.edu.au > > :Mahalo! > :-- > :-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > :Mike Hales __ __ ____ ___ ___ ____ > :mha...@primenet.com /__)/__) / / / / /_ /\ / /_ / > :http://primenet.com/~mhales / / \ / / / / /__ / \/ /___ / > : > :-------------------------------------------------------------------------- You people need to be a little more creative. You don't need headlights at the speed of light. All you have to do is put a big reflector at the rear end of the car. As bright as your car will be glowing at that speed, it will illuminate its own way. Duh! -Raffi
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From: Raffi Deirmendjian <Ra...@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant... Date: 1996/11/11 Message-ID: <32881EFE.3D1F@ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 195960671 references: <55vc31$a9j@camel2.mindspring.com> <32846587.4C67@sover.net> <562290$p7r@news.eunet.ch> <328664B1.2939@brown.edu> <32869D94.AD2@netspace.net.au> <32871F49.762E@aloha.net> <32872744.3855@primenet.com> <scott-1111962239220001@ra55.curtin.edu.au> organization: Netcom x-netcom-date: Mon Nov 11 10:53:07 PM PST 1996 mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.multimedia,comp.graphics.animation,alt.games.doom,alt.games.descent,alt.games.warcraft,comp.graphics,comp.graphics.animation,alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.object,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.security.misc,comp.security.unix,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,news.admin.policy,fr.comp.windows.drivers,alt.windows95,soc.culture.russian,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.binaries.mac,alt.mac,alt.mac.games,alt.sources.mac,alt.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.games.action,comp.os.os2,alt.org.team-os2,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.games,comp.os.os2.comm,de.comp.os.os2.misc x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit