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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.

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.

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

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

I renounce science!

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

Don't condescend to me you fucking academic TOAD.

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

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

Not even remotely safe for work.

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.