The Ouroboral Trifecta

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:25 am

They're swarming like flies. If the science doesn't get 'em, the super-appealing music does.

I'm having trouble typing during the 16-handed full body massage that I'm currently receiving.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:46 am

Mogosagatai wrote:The ship would appear (to an exhausted particle) to go from merely <i>really</i> massive to <i>infinitely</i> massive, which is the crux of the issue.

Sigh... No. I can't believe you're making me bust out my textbook.

According to the Lorentz Transformation the mass of the faster ship RELATIVE to the slower ship (or its exhaust) would increase by a factor of 1/sqrt(1-dV^2/c^2), where dV is the relative difference in velocity between the two ships, V-V'. In your example V-V' <<< c, so relativistic mass dilation is ~1.

It is possible to set up a situation in which two objects are moving away from each other at faster than light speed. There are quasars that are receding at nearly c, so there are certainly a pair of quasars whose relative velocities exceed c. Yet they are not drawn together by a near-infinite gravitational force. Why? Because relativistic mass does not affect gravitation.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:29 pm

my...mind...is ....burning... can't breathe....can't breaht...n.df.mfdsa...

If science was like porn, I'd be sprouting right now.

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:31 pm

Ah, you're right, Puce. Thanks for the link.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:39 pm

I renounce science!

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:56 pm

Forgive him, Lord, he knows not what he does.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:57 pm

Don't condescend to me you fucking academic TOAD.

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:07 pm

You mopey, artfaggy, pseudo-spiritual peddler of romantic wankery! I take it back, Lord. Damn him to deepest Hell!

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:09 pm

Leaf wrote:If science was like porn, I'd be sprouting right now.

Not even remotely safe for work.

Egg · Post by **Egg** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:35 pm

Both of Puce's links terrify me far too much to explore at the moment, but this has got to be my favorite thread ever.