Rich Grise:
"John":
"Willem":
But it isn't possible to drive to Proxima Centauri, so "if it were possible" works either way. And the correction factor of 1,000,000 works either way.
Not much. sqrt(1-.149^2) is only about 0.989, so allowing for time dilation only changes things by about 1.1%.
Right! There are no gas stations on the way.
(I'm assuming, since I've not made the trip)
Six times zero.
Too may potholes!
(1 - v^2/c^2)^(-0.5), clean and oil your abacus first.
None needed. Although, if you can't refuel, how are you gonna run the engine to keep life support going so the driver can stay alive for 28,000,000 years? Inquiring minds want to know!
Ed
Spam (the canned kind).
But, that is not a solution. It is an equation. Please solve. Also please state your point of observation.
Many thanks.
Mark Brader already offered the solution this equation describes. As for point of reference, didn't Michelson and Morley put paid to the relevance of the question? (If you've been getting behind in reading your journals, check the issues from about a century and a quarter ago.)
;-)
So, the point of reference (or observer's position) does not matter?
But just imagine how many people we could employ building that bridge. ;-D
Cheers! Rich
For the time dilation, I've read that, well, it doesn't matter, because either one could be used as a point of observation - the difference only shows up if the car turns around and comes back, because it is the one who has undergone acceleration.
Cheers! Rich
What does "... put paid to the relevance of the question" mean?
Thanks, Rich
Then I may be barking up the wrong tree. Not for the first time.
Cheers, John
That and K0oKs on their imaginary 265 MPH motorcycles. LOL
Perhaps, but I'm sure with an application of sufficient voltage and current they could be fully ionized.
Rich Grise wrote in news:imvkk1$cdu$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
Follow up trivia puzzle:
In an Asimov story, one of the characters gives the differing impressions made by the word "unionized" on two of the other characters as the sort of thing which would eventually lead to the end of the world. Yet this differnce had nothing to do with approval or diaspproval. What then was the difference?
It can be figured out without having read the story. George
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