Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1648117)

Unless you're a Ferengi...

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1648126)

... its called cowering under the table...

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet (Post 1647720)

"what would happen, if you were driving faster than the speed of light, and you turned your headlights on?"

Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 1648299)

Tell your friend,

The car would disintegrate long before it could reach anywhere close to the speed of light, assuming it did not hit something sooner.

Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 1648306)

That is the difference between theoretical and applied physics. :know: :D

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1648114)

Actually if two ships are both traveling at the same warp speed the pursuing ship would have the advantage since the light from the pursued ship reaches the pursuer faster than light (it reaches the warp field and is compressed along with the normal space along the ship's flight path) while the light from the pursuing ship never reaches the pursued ship. So until the pursuer extends their warp field around the pursued ship (to say open fire with a STL weapon like a phaser) thus equalizing the relative velocities the pursued ship will never know someone was there.

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet (Post 1647720)

Someone asked me the other day.

"what would happen, if you were driving faster than the speed of light, and you turned your headlights on?"

so... any takers?

I say, nothing would happen.

to an observer outside your craft - you would be completely invisible; as vision as we know it depends on light to be reflected off a surface for it to be seen.

from you're own point of view... you, your control panel, the interior of your craft and everything else would also be completely invisible as you would be moving faster than the light required for you to see other objects.


:hmmm:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1648308)

In theory, there's no difference between practice and theory.

But in practice... there is. :|\\

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1648126)

The Ferengi have a simple but effective protection against visible light radiation... its called cowering under the table...

Originally Posted by yubba (Post 1648912)

Pickled eggs and beer with hot peppered corn almost passes at the speed of light.

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1648327)

I presume that afterward they sell the table as armour against visible light radiation?