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Old 06-29-2005, 12:46 AM
Quaalude Quaalude is offline
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Default Re: Physics brain-bender

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We can't ignore physics to figure out a physics problem.


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Who said it was a physics problem?

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Umm, the subject line?

And just to nitpick, most anything can approach the speed of light, it just can't reach the speed of light... that whole infinite energy thing and all that.
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Old 06-29-2005, 09:55 AM
kevyk kevyk is offline
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Default Re: Physics brain-bender

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The sun is 93 million miles away. It takes light more than a second to reach our eyes...

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This is more like 8 light- minutes

c~=186,000 miles/sec.
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