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John M. Aldrich wrote:
> 
> Mike Sprayberry wrote:
> >
> > Wait....Suppose the Earth (or any object) IS traveling at .9999c.  As
> > you say, we would never know it.   BUT, if a jet is flying around the
> > Earth toward the direction that the Earth is traveling through space,
> > would the jet be doing the theoretically impossible??  Traveling FASTER
> > than light??  Could this happen??
> >
> > A better example...accelerate a gun to .9999c.  Then fire the gun...does
> > the bullet break the light speed limitation (relative to a "stationary"
> > observer)???
> 
> Hmm... what did I just say?  Motion, or rather the appearance of motion,
> is relative!  In the cases you mention, we would see the plane moving at
> whatever speed it was moving.  From the point of view of some
> theoretical "stationary" point in space, the plane would be moving just
> a tiny bit faster than the Earth, but still less than the speed of
> light.  Ditto with the bullet.
> 
> Applying acceleration to an object always appears to have the same
> effect _from the point of view of the object_.  This applies whether you
> are talking about spaceships, airplanes, stars, or bullets.  The
> relativistic equations make this apparently counterintuitive fact not
> just possible, but obvious.  In fact, it isn't even counterintuitive at
> all - it makes perfect sense when you look at it right.
> 
> --
> John M. Aldrich <figh...@cs.com>
> 
> * Anything that happens, happens.
> * Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen,
>   causes something else to happen.
> * Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens
>   again.
> * It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though.
> 
>                                        --- Douglas Adams

Not claiming to have tons of knowledge on the subject, but I belive the
relativity theory (I just barely undestand it) and yet that assumed
boundreys on speeds and exsistence thereabout and their relationship to
perception don't hold water.
-- 
-Nick ;:-)

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