Strange faster than light question

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Ok, here's a weird thought I just had about how to beat the theory that according to Einstien no communication can go faster than light.

Now prepare yourself for some pretty stupid threoretical questions :)

Imagine you had a peice of string going from earth all the way to mars and this string is pulled as tight as it possibly can without snapping.

Now imagine if someone on each end of the peice of string was holding it tight.

For "yes" one of the two would simply pull the string once and for "no" they would tug the string twice.

Would this not be instantanious communication? Obviously overlooking the sheer lunacy of the idea :)

Same type of thing where imaging you had Billions upon billions of metal balls right next to each other in a tube spread out thousands of miles. if you tapped the first ball, the last ball should move at exactly the same time which means it's beating the speed of light, is it not?

OK, get you head around that lot :)
 
ball has to follow Ke=1/2mv^2, BUT Ke <= c, that is a given,

Yea that's what I figured :eek: :confused: :)

Thanks for the replies guys.

Back to the shed I go to watch more Science for Dummies by proffesor frink :)
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