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Post by josh »

Originally posted by EMINEM:
Question #1. If the driver of a car travelling at lightspeed turns on the head- lights, will he be able to see the road?


A similar question was answered in a physics class I had a few years ago. Forgotten the answer though.
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Originally posted by josh:
<STRONG>A similar question was answered in a physics class I had a few years ago. Forgotten the answer though.</STRONG>
LOL, good to see you were paying attention :D :p
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Sso I guess I can get no help for my physics class thias semester then, huh?
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Originally posted by Bloodstalker:
<STRONG>Sso I guess I can get no help for my physics class thias semester then, huh?</STRONG>
What do you want to know?
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Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>What do you want to know?</STRONG>
Yeah, I might remember something from the last time I studied any science... let's see, 4 years ago :D ;) :D
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Originally posted by Georgi:
<STRONG>Yeah, I might remember something from the last time I studied any science... let's see, 4 years ago :D ;) :D </STRONG>
Same here, some of it may have filtered through :D
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Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>Same here, some of it may have filtered through :D </STRONG>
I think I've managed to suppress most of it though :D
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Originally posted by Georgi:
<STRONG>I think I've managed to suppress most of it though :D </STRONG>
Yeah who needs facts that enlighten us to the ways of the universe, when we can fill our heads with spam instead :D
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well ther is this one question, a train leaves the station going north at 35 mph, 120 miles away, a train leaves going south on the same track running 40 mph, now what I need to know is.......WHO IS RUNNING THIS RAILROAD COPMPANY!!??!?!
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Originally posted by Bloodstalker:
<STRONG>well ther is this one question, a train leaves the station going north at 35 mph, 120 miles away, a train leaves going south on the same track running 40 mph, now what I need to know is.......WHO IS RUNNING THIS RAILROAD COPMPANY!!??!?!</STRONG>
Ummm, it could be any of the railway companies in this country I think :rolleyes: ;) Unless they left on time... that would never happen :D
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yeah, still that is the problem with these types of questions, if math is supossed to be the basis of everything, why don't the questions make any kind of sense?
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Originally posted by Bloodstalker:
<STRONG>yeah, still that is the problem with these types of questions, if math is supossed to be the basis of everything, why don't the questions make any kind of sense?</STRONG>
Ummm, because they don't expect you to question the question, they just expect you to do the calculations and be done with it. Thinking is not encouraged :rolleyes: ;)
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