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Re: Lightspeed constant...

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From: co... Colin L. Hildinger
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:00
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In message <329014...@flash.net> - Ripper <rip...@flash.net>Mon, 18 Nov
1996 01:45:15 -0600 writes:
:>
:>> :>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
:>
:>Quick question. How's it gonna light its own way when the car is
:>traveling at the same speed as the light being used to illuminate the
:>way? You would not see any light at all if you were traveling at light
:>speed because the light would never catch up to you if it were behind
:>you, and you would never catch up to it if it was ahead of you. So
:>basically, yer in the dark. Very similar in concept to the fact that
:>humans cannot sense motion. Only accelleration. Motion sickness (i.e.
:>car sickness) is a hoax. It's constant accelleration and decelleration
:>that makes you sick. If you get sick at all. I personally have never
:>gotten "car sick," but what's it matter what I think? I don't believe in
:>lactose intolerance, because just as comedian Chris Rock said, "You ever
:>heard of an Ethiopian that was lactose intolerant?" No. Cuz it's a
:>fabrication of our spoiled western society. Anyway, it's past my
:>bedtime. I have to get up early in the morning because my mom wants to
:>get me to preschool a little early tomorrow. I guess she must have
:>breakfast plans or something. I dunno. C'ya.

I wouldn't post in this thread if you don't have the least idea about how
relativity works.  Light is perceived as moving at the same speed in all
frames.  Time and distance change based on relative velocities between frames
in such a way that light is alway perceived to be moving at the same speed. 
As for Lactose intolerence, I'll drink a glass of milk for you and you can
come check out the kamode after my stomach fails miserably to produce the
necessary lactase to digest the lactose and my body dumps the contents of my
intestines like a bitchy girlfriend.

Colin L. Hildinger

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From: co...@ionet.net (Colin L. Hildinger)
Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/11/18
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