Caporegime
any answer is right because you haven't specified a frame of reference
the planes speed would be the frame of reference.
any answer is right because you haven't specified a frame of reference
Why a fly? A human can move at 3mph from the back of the plane to the front. A fly would probably pull a good 7 or 8 mph.if a fly in a plane thats travelling at 500mph, moves from the back of the cabin to the front at 2mph, how fast is it going?
We are talking mathematics, the same mathematics that physics relies upon.
Just because you do not understand it does not make it wrong.
You are wrong, I have posted the proof, understand and accept it or live in ignorance. You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink.
Amount of energy required to accelerate anything with mass resembeling that of spaceship up to that speed would be a problem.
*Haven't watched said programme
No, you are mistaken. 100 and 99.9r are exactly the same number. And you can be sure that any competent quantum physicist would know this.You need to read up a little on quantum physics, a mass cannot physically attain lightspeed thus 99.99r is a valid representation, and different from 100 because the difference between 0.99r and 100 is a physical and measurable alteration in speed, not simply a mathematical construct that any pure mathematician will tell you is the basis of debate, even with the proofs, many of which Quantum Physicists ignore for this reason.
I understand perfectly. Unfortunately you cannot grasp that I am not talking about a REAL number but a PROCESS, we add a decimal point to enable the equation to proceed, once we stop the process we reach infinity and only then 99.99r = 100, as we have reach a real value (that of c) until then we retain an infinitesimal difference between 99.99r and 100. You need to read up a little on quantum physics, a mass cannot physically attain lightspeed thus 99.99r is a valid representation, and different from 100
No, you are mistaken. 100 and 99.9r are exactly the same number. And you can be sure that any competent quantum physicist would know this.
I understand what you are saying, and I agree as a mathematical proof but we are talking about an infinitely increasing acceleration of an object toward light-speed without ever attaining that value.
You need to articulate this concept more precisely, because at the moment you've made several patently false statements. 100=99.9r inasmuch as 3 = 9/3.I understand what you are saying, and I agree as a mathematical proof but we are talking about an infinitely increasing acceleration of an object toward light-speed without ever attaining that value.
You started off posting sense in this thread, but I'm afraid you're completely wrong on this one.
gamma for 0.9999r * c is infinite, the same way that gamma for c is infinite.
For any finite sequence of 9s gamma is not infinite, all we're arguing is that 0.9999r is not a finite sequence of 9s.
You started off posting sense in this thread, but I'm afraid you're completely wrong on this one.
gamma for 0.9999r * c is infinite, the same way that gamma for c is infinite.
For any finite sequence of 9s gamma is not infinite, all we're arguing is that 0.9999r is not a finite sequence of 9s.
I want whatever Ste Hawkins is smoking, the dudes constantly high coming out with this kind of trollop. I reckon this programme was an excuse just to make some CGI, and the CGI was crap too.
Sorry, what exactly were you moaning about in the programme?
Do you mind listing your academic credentials and published works?
The whole concept, found the programme dull and to be frank a loads of made up tripe. Call me old fashioned but I think if the human race spent more time and effort making this planet a better place to live rather than bs then the world would be a happier place. I bet we would have found a cure for cancer by now if all those millions of man hours and money wasn't wasted on bs like this.
The whole concept, found the programme dull and to be frank a loads of made up tripe. Call me old fashioned but I think if the human race spent more time and effort making this planet a better place to live rather than bs then the world would be a happier place. I bet we would have found a cure for cancer by now if all those millions of man hours and money wasn't wasted on bs like this.