Sorry please ignore

[Frick]

But then the light will be traveling at twice the speed of light. Hmmmm

No; nothing in the universe meets or exceeds the speed of light.


The question itself assumes an impossible premise: that any object with mass can travel at the speed of light.

The speed of light is expressed as c. As any object with mass approaches c, its resistance to acceleration increases to a point where it would take infinite energy for that object to reach c. This is all outlined in Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.

So, then, it is possible for an object with mass to reach some fraction of c, say 0.9c (extremely, nearly impossibly difficult, but feasible). So, traveling at 0.9c, you turn on your headlights. From your frame of reference, the light would still travel away from the headlights at 186,000 miles per second. From the frame of reference of a 'stationary' observer, it would not, but then a car moving at close to c would appear shortened in the direction of travel, and time onboard the car slowed, and the headlights shifted towards the ultraviolet...but still traveling at the speed of light.

Time dilation plays a role here. There's a lot of good reading on this available online...

 

[redempti0N]

 

[starsong]

uh.. Red? could you be convinced to edit and remove that before a moderator does?

I'm back from my trip and ready to resume ignoring this thread.

 

[redempti0N]

uh.. Red? could you be convinced to edit and remove that before a moderator does?

I'm back from my trip and ready to resume ignoring this thread.

no problem and welcome back.

 

[starsong]

no problem and welcome back.

awww, thank you and thank you (I'm not really uptight, just didn't want to see any trouble come your way)

 

[redempti0N]

awww, thank you and thank you (I'm not really uptight, just didn't want to see any trouble come your way)

I hear ya, i knew i was pushing it with the image.

 

[Frick]

Was it the Charlie Sheen image? If so, agreed, it would likely have been removed by a mod if they heard about it.

WB starsong.

 

[Gardner808]

I have been at the hospital with my wife for the last two days with no Wifi connection, so I have been away. But I'm back...to ignoring this thread.

 

[DeeLeeKay]

The talk of the Theory of Relativity made my eyes glaze over and ignore this thread!

 

[NCC]

Relativity is a mind warping topic, isn't it?





Wow, these Buffalo Wing & Blue Cheese potato chips are HOT. Good beer too.

 

[starsong]

Was it the Charlie Sheen image? If so, agreed, it would likely have been removed by a mod if they heard about it.

WB starsong.

Yeppers, and thanks

Charlie Sheen: Train wrecks actually stop to watch him.

 

[starsong]

I have been at the hospital with my wife for the last two days with no Wifi connection, so I have been away. But I'm back...to ignoring this thread.

Welcome back. I hope she is doing OK now?

 

[Gardner808]

Yeah. She had surgery and will now be enduring a 6 week recovery. She is currently in bed with a bell to ring if she needs anything.

 

[Frick]

I could talk Relativity all day long...

Gardner, hope everything goes well with her recovery.

 

[slim66]

Dr. Frank-N-Furter: It's not easy having a good time…

 

[Gardner808]

Thanks all! She is doing well.

To this day, no matter the movie or TV show, when I see Tim Curry I picture him in drag.

 

[Frick]

I hate making posts like the one I just made....

 

[starsong]

Thanks all! She is doing well.

To this day, no matter the movie or TV show, when I see Tim Curry I picture him in drag.

LOL, so did I for awhile. But then he was on Criminal Minds as the evil serial killer, child abductor and was way creepy... the fishnets and lipstick quickly disappeared.

Glad your wife is doing better!

 

[DeeLeeKay]

testing. please ignore.

 

[rhsmitty]

I couldn't restrain myself any longer. I just had to get back on here and ignore this thread!