How fast does a fly have to fly into a speeding locomotive to stop it?

[samoth]

I know, that was quite condrumatic statement worthy of a few scratches of the head and chin, but, you are right, seems a few are still stuck with outdated Newtonian physics, which, I am just relating einsteinian physics until I get my megabolus physics published and change all of science once again. The FUTURE IS NOW!!

LOL, I've been studying for GRE vocab the last several months, so I had to look condrumatic up.

Anyway, point being, did you know crithomancu is a kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims?

Gotta add that one to the obscure words file, lol.

 

[samoth]

yes, its like someone arguing cardiac diseases with me, but, really, what does this mean??
" and nothing that exists at speeds greater than the speed of light cannot go the speed of light."

and nothing= 0
exists

at speeds > C

cannot = C

He worded things quickly, but he meant that according to SR, things ARE allowed to travel faster than light... they just cannot 'slow down' to the SOL or below. Eg., the theoretical tachyon.

Many take SR to be "nothing can achieve or exceed the SOL" as it's entirety, which is incorrect. Things can be faster than the SOL just as they can be slower. Think of it as a kind of mathematical symmetry, where SOL is kinda an undefined, but there can be stuff above it and below it. Of course, we live in the 'below' category, so anything 'above' is strictly theory but mathematically plausible.

 

[BrothaBill]

He worded things quickly, but he meant that according to SR, things ARE allowed to travel faster than light... they just cannot 'slow down' to the SOL or below. Eg., the theoretical tachyon.

Many take SR to be "nothing can achieve or exceed the SOL" as it's entirety, which is incorrect. Things can be faster than the SOL just as they can be slower. Think of it as a kind of mathematical symmetry, where SOL is kinda an undefined, but there can be stuff above it and below it. Of course, we live in the 'below' category, so anything 'above' is strictly theory but mathematically plausible.

Im not even going to get into megabolus physics with you that was taught to me by the aliens from the fourth plateau. But I can tell you this. Light, its a constant, but it is an illusion. All of it transmitted from a megabolus projector, similar to explain a hologram, only with mass. We exist in both dual states of a block of the bigbang as it existed before the explosion and as it is currently now, in the future and all states in between b/c time, just a variable, doesnt really exist.
Now, I would like to explain to you all more of this but I fear I might blow your all's minds, plus, I have to run to the bathroom, I have a megabolus prairiedogging right now brb

 

[HiDnGoD]

if the fly approached the speed of light, wouldn't its mass increase to near infinity, causing it to demolish the train?

Just wondering.

Wouldn't the speed of light & the effect of friction, cause the fly to burn up & thus be nothing left, but a smattering of carbon particals in the air?

 

[bullett]

If the fly flew into the eye of the engineer, he'd say....WHOA!, Stop this muthafucka!!!, so I'd say about 10 miles per hour.....

 

[redguru]

The Theory of Relativity is a THEORY, not a Law. Laws are not proven, a Theory is. The theory states that nothing that exists below the speed of light cannot go the speed of light and nothing that exists at speeds greater than the speed of light cannot go the speed of light. It does not rule out the possiblity of exceeding the light barrier.

Again, the mass of the fly while conceivably equalling or exceeding the locomotive would still not be able to transfer all of its energy to the locomotive thereby stopping it. It essentially would be a point mass equalling the mass of the locomotive or exceeding it.

Glad you pointed this out after I went to bed, I was drinking last night and in no mood to quibble.

 

[redguru]

BB, I left the sarcasm out of my post again eh?

Can't I just take the prof out to my truck and show him the remains of all the flies on the fender and not have to do any equations?

I'd love to take a Mechanics prof out to me car, show him the collection of love bugs on my grill and say QED. Of couse, in normal situations, he hasn't seen a car in 20 years. After all, he probably hasn't left the Science building since Carter was president.

 

[samoth]

I'd love to take a Mechanics prof out to me car, show him the collection of love bugs on my grill and say QED. Of couse, in normal situations, he hasn't seen a car in 20 years. After all, he probably hasn't left the Science building since Carter was president.

One can become quite self-sustaining within science buildings. Nothing wrong with that... I don't think...

 

[redguru]

As long as you don't have to go to the humanities building, weird thing happen around soc/history profs.

While I breathe, I hope
The result justifies the deed.
Between hope and fear
So the glory of this world passes away;

But Fortune favors the brave,
Fortune favors the bold,
thus you shall go to the stars.

 

[UA_Iron]

Basic physics is so silly.

You get to higher level physics classes and its like "well everything that you've been doing up to this point is mostly wrong"