Speed of Light
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- gruntt0
if you set this whole experiment up and hit the go buttion would you be prepared for the frustration when you realize the batteries are almost dead and you have to keep hitting the flashlight to make it work?
- ********0
You can get a flashlight moving at the speed of light but we can't feed all the hungry people on the earth? I am ashamed by your sense of priorities... Geez...
- ********0
Is it one of those tiny squeezy flashlights that goes on your keychain?
- anzelina0
3.141592653589793238462643383279...
- feel0
well, at the movies they had the light on when traveling in the speed of light.
but maybe, when a flashlight is traveling at the speed of light and you turn it on, the light will travel twice the speed of light.
So, maybe, if we build a "thing" that speeds something to the speed of light that is based on a flashlight, we can light this "thing" as many times we want to duplicate the speed of light.
- airey0
you'd see the light behind it. a long trail of it from where it started it's journey.
let me ask you this, if a tree falls in the forest does anybody care?
- ********0
Is the tree falling on the flashlight?
- Soler0
brandelec:
so, what would teh difference be if it were turned on before or after it began moving at the speed of light
- anzelina0
you guys, i already told you, the answer is ?.
- bitnik0
and that doubling would result in a waterfall-effect where an enormous all-destroying light-ball will be created ... fun *sigh*
- brandelec0
brandelec:
so, what would teh difference be if it were turned on before or after it began moving at the speed of light
Soler
(Jun 14 05, 15:36)shit if i know, i was just trying to sound smart in front of the ladies
- lnu0
Since the light and the flashlight travels at the same speed you would see it but you would have to duck REALLY FAST!
- Soler0
Thanks for the laughs fellas... I guess I have to ask a rocket scientist or something.
- feel0
actualy, the new velocity would be the square of the initial velocity.
- bitnik0
i know a rocketscientist who has a special hobby of launching flash-lights into a "vacuuuuum" ... can always giv' ya da numbah
- lmao0
light was invented less than 6000 years ago
- Soler0
please do. I'm looking for a flashlight launching specialist
- lnu0
Do you have me on ignore or something? I've told you the answer. I'm not kidding.
But I am sort of kidding wen I say that Pi is the perfect time in seconds to pop microwave popcorn.
- bitnik0
1-800-VACUUUUM
- Soler0
I saw your reponse, lnu. You said that it would be visible, right? Just as if it were still.
But how could the light project if it is already going the speed of light?