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Mike Yetto wrote:
> Jordon<jordon@REMOVE~THISmyrealbox.com> writes and having writ moves on.
>> OldGringo38 wrote:
>>> If light travels at 5,865,696,000,000 miles a year, do we have any way
>>> of knowing if light we see in outer space is still out there?
>>> http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Coo...hole-slingshot
>>>
>>> Were talking about 80 Bullion light years away here.
>>
>> What I want to know is... if you're driving at the speed
>> of light and turn your headlights on, does anything really
>> happen?
>
> With all frames of reference being equal, you will see the path
> in front of you illuminated.
>
> Mike "just before you hit the Mini Cooper travelling at .9C" Yetto

Then wouldn't that light be traveling faster than 186,000
miles per second?

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On 7/6/2010 11:45 AM Just to please that super-ego, LSMFT wrote the
following tidbit of information:
> OldGringo38 wrote:
>> If light travels at 5,865,696,000,000 miles a year, do we have any way
>> of knowing if light we see in outer space is still out there?
>> http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Coo...hole-slingshot
>>
>>
>> Were talking about 80 Bullion light years away here.
>>
> Light from stars billions of light years away may have already blown up.
>
My assumption all along. So we could have been created by a God, and
find ourselves all alone in the universe.

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OldGringo38 wrote:

> On 7/6/2010 11:45 AM Just to please that super-ego, LSMFT wrote the
> following tidbit of information:
>> OldGringo38 wrote:
>>> If light travels at 5,865,696,000,000 miles a year, do we have any
>>> way of knowing if light we see in outer space is still out there?
>>> http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Coo...hole-slingshot
>>>
>>>
>>> Were talking about 80 Bullion light years away here.
>>>
>> Light from stars billions of light years away may have already blown
>> up.
> My assumption all along. So we could have been created by a God, and
> find ourselves all alone in the universe.

To me, the thought that earth is the *only* source of (supposedly)
intelligent life in the entire universe is a pompous one.

Obviously I have no proof to the contrary, but given the vastness of the
universe ....

On 7/6/2010 12:37 PM Just to please that super-ego, Respondant wrote the
following tidbit of information:
> OldGringo38 wrote:
>
>> On 7/6/2010 11:45 AM Just to please that super-ego, LSMFT wrote the
>> following tidbit of information:
>>> OldGringo38 wrote:
>>>> If light travels at 5,865,696,000,000 miles a year, do we have any
>>>> way of knowing if light we see in outer space is still out there?
>>>> http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Coo...hole-slingshot
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Were talking about 80 Bullion light years away here.
>>>>
>>> Light from stars billions of light years away may have already blown
>>> up.
>> My assumption all along. So we could have been created by a God, and
>> find ourselves all alone in the universe.
>
> To me, the thought that earth is the *only* source of (supposedly)
> intelligent life in the entire universe is a pompous one.
>
> Obviously I have no proof to the contrary, but given the vastness of the
> universe ....
>
>
Very difficult to believe isn't it.

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OldGringo38
Just West Of Nowhere
Enjoy Life And Live It To Its Fullest
http://www.NuBoy-Industries.Com

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:34:44 +0100, Whiskers wrote:

> I can describe it, but if anyone claims to be able to explain it I
> suggest you tread with care as you back away.
> <http://cam.qubit.org/node/43>

Unless it's Steven Hawking doing the explanatory bit.



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On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:46:27 -0500, OldGringo38 wrote:

> On 7/6/2010 9:21 AM Just to please that super-ego, Jordon wrote the
> following tidbit of information:
>> OldGringo38 wrote:
>>> If light travels at 5,865,696,000,000 miles a year, do we have any way
>>> of knowing if light we see in outer space is still out there?
>>> http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Coo.../0701/A-black-
hole-slingshot
>>>
>>>
>>> Were talking about 80 Bullion light years away here.
>>
>> What I want to know is... if you're driving at the speed of light and
>> turn your headlights on, does anything really happen?
> Good one lol lol

You can thank the unattributed Steven Wright for that one.



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On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:21:46 +0800, Oldus Fartus wrote:

> Jordon wrote:
>> OldGringo38 wrote:
>>> If light travels at 5,865,696,000,000 miles a year, do we have any way
>>> of knowing if light we see in outer space is still out there?
>>> http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Coo.../0701/A-black-
hole-slingshot
>>>
>>>
>>> Were talking about 80 Bullion light years away here.
>>
>> What I want to know is... if you're driving at the speed of light and
>> turn your headlights on, does anything really happen?
>
> I will answer that question with one of my own ... If you are flying at
> greater than the speed of sound, can you hear a sound from the back of
> the plane?

Nope. That's why 'Concorde' passengers found the flight quiet despite
them noisy ****ing Rolls Royce engines. Ever hear the ****er take off
from the outside? That was some roar, mate.



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I'm Josef Fritzl, and No Windows was my idea.

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:45:16 -0400, LSMFT wrote:

> OldGringo38 wrote:
>> If light travels at 5,865,696,000,000 miles a year, do we have any way
>> of knowing if light we see in outer space is still out there?
>> http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Coo.../A-black-hole-
slingshot
>>
>> Were talking about 80 Bullion light years away here.
>>
> Light from stars billions of light years away may have already blown up.

What? The light, or the stars?



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On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:19:15 -0600, §ñühw¤£f wrote:

> Oldus Fartus wrote:
>> Jordon wrote:
>>> OldGringo38 wrote:
>>>> If light travels at 5,865,696,000,000 miles a year, do we have any
>> way
>>>> of knowing if light we see in outer space is still out there?
>>>> http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Coo...0701/A-black-h
>> ole-slingshot
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Were talking about 80 Bullion light years away here.
>>>
>>> What I want to know is... if you're driving at the speed of light and
>>> turn your headlights on, does anything really happen?
>>
>> I will answer that question with one of my own ... If you are flying at
>> greater than the speed of sound, can you hear a sound from the back of
>> the plane?
>>
> Is this a universe where relativity exists? If so, then yes.
>
> And in fact that question about headlights is a good one. The answer is
> no. Assuming you have discovered some thing with the ability to create a
> drive capable of reaching 'c'.
>
> ^_^

Don't you think it'd be a trifle heavy once it gets to c?



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Whiskers <> writes and having writ moves on.
> On 2010-07-06, Mike Yetto <> wrote:
>> Jordon <jordon@REMOVE~THISmyrealbox.com> writes and having writ moves on.
>>> OldGringo38 wrote:
>>>> If light travels at 5,865,696,000,000 miles a year, do we have any way
>>>> of knowing if light we see in outer space is still out there?
>>>> http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Coo...hole-slingshot
>>>>
>>>> Were talking about 80 Bullion light years away here.
>>>
>>> What I want to know is... if you're driving at the speed
>>> of light and turn your headlights on, does anything really
>>> happen?
>>
>> With all frames of reference being equal, you will see the path
>> in front of you illuminated.
>>
>> Mike "just before you hit the Mini Cooper travelling at .9C" Yetto
>
> But will the speed camera get your number-plate?
>

Not if you spray it with lemon juice.

Mike "and do it quickly" Yetto
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