The thread that will make your brain hurt.

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GENIUS!

thank you

[Nickyboy]

All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.

Here's Tom with the weather!

love ya Bill.

[Hamster]

If you are travelling at the speed of light and turn on the headlights the light will move away from you at the speed of light.

The crazy thing is that the light from the headlights will also be travelling at the speed of light for any other observer, moving or stationary.

Light moves at the speed of light (in a vacuum) for any observer in any referance frame.

I knew that Physics degree would come in handy sometime....

[kenkannif]

^ What about if you fired a gun on the front of a Concorde?

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If you are travelling at the speed of light and turn on the headlights the light will move away from you at the speed of light.

The crazy thing is that the light from the headlights will also be travelling at the speed of light for any other observer, moving or stationary.

Light moves at the speed of light (in a vacuum) for any observer in any referance frame.

I knww that Physics degree would come in handy sometime....

So if a fly was in a train flying towards the front. The train was going at 70 MPH
and the fly was flying at 3 MPH

Someone standing on the platform as the train went past would see a train go past at 70MPH with a Fly flting at 3 MHP
or would they see a Fly flying at 73MPH inide a train ?

I would have to think that they would be unlikely to see the fly at all

[defender]

What about if you fired a gun on the front of a Concorde?

Don't think you'd hear it at all - noisy bastards them concordes. Which of course means it would be silent and have no speed or something.

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What about if you fired a gun on the front of a Concorde?

I think they tried that.Thats why the last one crashed

[kenkannif]

I meant if the Concorde is going at the speed of sound and the bullet was as well would the bullet go twice as fast or would it go back on itself and hit the Concorde?

[howdooski]

My head hurts......

So...

If you're at the centre of a black hole (assuming you weren't squished to the size of a water molecule and rendered DEAD) it would be very light indeed. Being at the centre you have to be looking outwards and the gravity of a black hole is so strong that even light isn't fast enough to escape it. So would there be light coming at you from everywhere around. I reckon so.

Now - If that tree falls over in whatever forest it was living happily in, and my girlfriend isn't there to hear it, is it still my goddam fault?

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I meant if the Concorde is going at the speed of sound and the bullet was as well would the bullet go twice as fast or would it go back on itself and hit the Concorde?

Yep that would make your head hurt

[defender]

I meant if the Concorde is going at the speed of sound and the bullet was as well would the bullet go twice as fast or would it go back on itself and hit the Concorde?

Which way were you pointing the gun? I mean if you pointed it back at the plane as you were leaning out the front then I guess technically it could just stand still and kind of float. Fire it the other way and it would be a while before you caught up with it again I'd say. If you fired it up, then that would be really interesting.

Is the concorde moving, I can't remember what you said before.

[kenkannif]

Firing from the front and yes the Concorde is moving (forwards).

[Well]

a bullet moves faster than a concorde, shirley?

(it was tony benn who stuck the e on the end of concord.)

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Bullets go at diferent speed
My guess is that if the bullet left at the same speed as the airplane it would remain stationary for a few moments untill the bullet slows down.

[kenkannif]

^ I think it depends on the caliber of bullet mate...some can actually be dodged (like in the Matrix and that) so aren't going that fast....I even saw this bald bloke with a mental tash on the Paul Daniels show catch one in his teeth....so obviously not Well....errr (that's like a spastic nose I'm making while pulling a Joey Deacon face and twitching my hands about like a spastic (again...what word can I use in place of spastic?)).
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