Excursions at the Speed of Light 360
D4C5CE writes "S/F fans can finally find out what you really get to see at relativistic velocity, and tourists are one step closer to "doing Europe in a day" in these amazing Space Time Travel simulations of the Theoretical Astrophysics & Computational Physics department at the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Tübingen. They put you in a driver's seat that both Armstrong the Astronaut and Armstrong the Cyclist would equally enjoy, in simulators built to ride a bike at the speed of light."
Apply Theory of Relativity to the Slashdot Effect (Score:2, Funny)
What? (Score:3, Funny)
No way. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:G forces (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Only one problem... (Score:3, Funny)
Scientists use words like chess masters use pawns; saying something's "just a theory" tends to have roughly the same effect on their mental state as kicking the board over.
oblig. Red Dwarf! (Score:5, Funny)
or maybe that's brown bike shorts.
eww.
Re:G forces (Score:5, Funny)
I Have Seen This (Score:3, Funny)
Light speed? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:No way. (Score:3, Funny)
Tubingen? (Score:4, Funny)
But, but.. (Score:5, Funny)
But what about Armstrong the overly stretchy action figure?
Re:G forces (Score:5, Funny)
Ha, that's easy for a level 7 magic user to say! Some people simply don't have the high INT scores to understand the difference between speed and acceleration. That's why they're so BAD at using a bow and arrow, or even a sling (even level 1 wizards can use a sling hahaa). Anyway, after slaying this sweet dragon last week, I found like a million +2 INT hats. Maybe I should sell them and get rich then everyone would know the difference between acceleration and speed and you wouldn't have a reason to be so sad.
Btw, that was a hilarious email forward you sent me about "10 ways warriors are dumb". You should add a new one to the list 11) Warriors can't even name five flaws in Aristotle's physics!! haha So is your mom still mad or can we play at your house again on Tuesday?
Re:What? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:G forces (Score:4, Funny)
Re:How long? (Score:4, Funny)
First of all, it's near lightspeed.
More importantly, they simulated light moving at 30km/h rather than 300km/s. Fortunately this had no effect on the real speed of light, so you're free to continue driving at highway speeds. Good thing too, because it would add a whole new dimension to traffic violations.
"Your honor, I literally couldn't see him until after we collided."
"$500 fine for exceeding the speed of light."
"Your honor, I didn't realize.. I thought I was just drunk!"
Re:G forces (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Cosmos (Score:1, Funny)
That's an easy one -- you're a pussy.
I installed it, and it works! (Score:3, Funny)
Wow!! the effects of time/spped of light being made clear!
Now I don't need to subscribe the
Re:Good Further reading.... (Score:3, Funny)
Brian Greene defeats the evil dragon of ignorance at the end, but emphatically, does not get the lady.