I still think that the speed of light being a maximum velocity will be found to be as valid a theory as the Classic Greek Science that the four elements were earth, water, air and fire.
I think so because
(a) It's all models anyhow.
(b) We still have not come up with Unified Theory... and gravity is extremely strange, it just doesn't match with the other forces we've modeled.
(c) We really have no clue what is subatomic.
(d) Too many observations ( Quantum entanglement ) that describe yet -at least- another physical dimension ( read the book Flatland ).
(e) Euclidean space is fine for human sized environments but fails miserably at size extremes ( very big, very small ).
(f) We're just systems of organized energy. The concept of "mass" is just another way of looking at energy. Think of capacitance... how it is made up of resistance and inductance...
Heck, we don't even know what makes psychoacoustics work.
But to answer your question.... based on the current model, if you drove at the speed of light you'd be nothing more than massless energy.. so if you turned on the headlights, you'd be turning yourself "on"... hmmm..... has anyone done a spectral analysis of the vibration of a type of specific battery powered devices? Do users prefer 2nd or 3rd harmonic modes?
But, if time ceases to exist at the speed of light ( per the current model ) do harmonic modes even exist? Can we linearize behavior at the speed of light?
After all, if f = F ( t )... what happens when t = 0 a constant... then f = K ( a constant K = F(0) ).
Which means that if you turn the headlights while travelling at the speed of light, you become a deer caught in the headlights:
I'm just trying to find my lava lamps... I found some incandescent bulbs to replace the LEDs.
I think so because
(a) It's all models anyhow.
(b) We still have not come up with Unified Theory... and gravity is extremely strange, it just doesn't match with the other forces we've modeled.
(c) We really have no clue what is subatomic.
(d) Too many observations ( Quantum entanglement ) that describe yet -at least- another physical dimension ( read the book Flatland ).
(e) Euclidean space is fine for human sized environments but fails miserably at size extremes ( very big, very small ).
(f) We're just systems of organized energy. The concept of "mass" is just another way of looking at energy. Think of capacitance... how it is made up of resistance and inductance...
Heck, we don't even know what makes psychoacoustics work.
But to answer your question.... based on the current model, if you drove at the speed of light you'd be nothing more than massless energy.. so if you turned on the headlights, you'd be turning yourself "on"... hmmm..... has anyone done a spectral analysis of the vibration of a type of specific battery powered devices? Do users prefer 2nd or 3rd harmonic modes?
But, if time ceases to exist at the speed of light ( per the current model ) do harmonic modes even exist? Can we linearize behavior at the speed of light?
After all, if f = F ( t )... what happens when t = 0 a constant... then f = K ( a constant K = F(0) ).
Which means that if you turn the headlights while travelling at the speed of light, you become a deer caught in the headlights:
I'm just trying to find my lava lamps... I found some incandescent bulbs to replace the LEDs.
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Light travels faster than sound.
That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
The discovery of a particle that travels faster than the speed of light has surprised physicists.
They just didn't see it coming.
They just didn't see it coming.
Today's cars that some of them I know have LED headlights by how bright... How fast can you modulate an LED? Maybe not fast enough to see the light beam begin and end, but with those stripes they paint on the road surface between lanes; you could sync up with those, which would make a handy "heads up" speedometer for night driving on the highway.
Go a little faster than the "strobe" frequency; those stripes are comin at ya! A little slow; they're movin on down the line. Just right and they're stationary. I'll assume you can set the strobe frequency fast enough so it looks like continuous light, what >30Hz?
Actually, it's both funny and not funny simultaneously (until someone actually hears the joke)...
Somewhere in AB Chandler's space operas, they run a spaceship to 0.99999 of C, then fire a rocket out the back hatch. Much strangeness ensues.
May be Catch The Star Winds; not gonna re-read these books tonight.
Since this an electrical forum, Steven Wright also said:
"I went to the hardware store to buy some batteries, but they weren't included, so I had to buy them again".
"I went to the hardware store to buy some batteries, but they weren't included, so I had to buy them again".
Just doing my annual taxes. After everything is calculated, I find out I am making less per hour than a parking meter.
That can run as much as $84 per day for street parking in some places!
Here, the most expensive public places (on the street), 1.- for 30‘, 5.– for 1 h and 7.50 for 2 hours.
You aren’t allowed to stay longer…
You aren’t allowed to stay longer…
Since we have has two physics jokes, why not have another?
This had me giggling for ages:
#62
You enter the high school lab and see an experiment. How will you know which class is it?
If it’s green and wiggles, it’s biology.
If it stinks, it’s chemistry.
If it doesn’t work, it’s physics.
https://www.boredpanda.com/physics-jokes/
This had me giggling for ages:
#62
You enter the high school lab and see an experiment. How will you know which class is it?
If it’s green and wiggles, it’s biology.
If it stinks, it’s chemistry.
If it doesn’t work, it’s physics.
https://www.boredpanda.com/physics-jokes/
If the experiment doesn't work in the lab, try it in the playground!
