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Article #353806Re: Lightspeed constant...
From: jca... John Cantlin
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 00:00
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In message <32881E...@ix.netcom.com> - Raffi Deirmendjian <Ra...@ix.netcom.com>Mon, 11 Nov 1996 22:53:50 -0800 writes: :> :>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 This has all been a lot of fun. It is somewhat similar to the old question "How many angels can dance on the head of a needle? " John Cantlin
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From: jca...@ibm.net (John Cantlin) Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant... Date: 1996/11/12 Message-ID: <56aajj$13js$1@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net> X-Deja-AN: 196080457 references: <55vc31$a9j@camel2.mindspring.com> <32846587.4C67@sover.net> <562290$p7r@news.eunet.ch> <328664B1.2939@brown.edu> <32869D94.AD2@netspace.net.au> <32871F49.762E@aloha.net> <32872744.3855@primenet.com> <scott-1111962239220001@ra55.curtin.edu.au><55vc31$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> <32881EFE.3D1F@ix.netcom.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit