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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 04:27 PM
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Drive by houses near the speed of light...
Edited on Fri Aug-05-05 04:27 PM by SteppingRazor
Kinda neat. especially the views of driving through the house at 90% or 99.9 % the speed of light.

Oh, relativity, how I love thee.

http://www.fearofphysics.com/Relativity/house.html
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 04:31 PM
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1. thanks, and while we are in the science room. let me just say
it's scifi friday. Battlestar Galactica here I come.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 05:38 PM
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8. Don't forget Firefly is back on at 7 PM now, too n/t
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 04:40 PM
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2. Cool, I have bookmarked for the next time I teach relativity
I have seen similar simulations, but this is one of the best I have seen.
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Kraklen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 04:51 PM
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3. You know, if you drive at a red stoplight fast enough...
It will turn green without you having to wait.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 04:51 PM
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4. Heck, if you drive fast enough...
It will turn green BEFORE you wait.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 05:23 PM
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5. Yeah, but you get terrible gas mileage at that speed
Your mass starts to increase, and I'm sure your tires would start to get all gooey.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 05:32 PM
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6. Neat! So this is what Santa sees? n/t
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ktowntennesseedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 05:36 PM
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7. Of course, relativity is only a "theory"
shouldn't we be presenting alternate views, such as "Intelligent Velocity" or something?

:sarcasm:
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 05:47 PM
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9. That is exceptionally cool!
:7
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