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Excursions at the Speed of Light

Posted by Zonk on from the nice-bike dept.

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."

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  1. No way. by diesel66 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look, I've been through Tübingen at the speed of light, and it doesn't look anything like that!

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  2. Re:G forces by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stand still, and let the rest of the universe move.

  3. oblig. Red Dwarf! by Johnny+Mnobflaps · · Score: 5, Funny
    HOLLY: Look, we're travelling faster than the speed of light. That means, by the time we see something, we've already passed through it. Even with an IQ of 6000, it's still brown trousers time.

    or maybe that's brown bike shorts.

    eww.

  4. Re:G forces by Jozer99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thats one long block! The movie is 3 or 4 seconds long, so that is a 1,200,000 km street block.

  5. But, but.. by xchino · · Score: 4, Funny

    "They put you in a driver's seat that both Armstrong the Astronaut and Armstrong the Cyclist would equally enjoy"

    But what about Armstrong the overly stretchy action figure?

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  6. Re:G forces by back_pages · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's a little sad that most people still don't understand the difference between speed and acceleration. When I first read about the Scientific Revolution as a kid, the writer spent a lot of time sneering at medieval scholars who stubornly stuck to Aristotle's physics despite all the experimental evidence showing that it was wrong. But as far as most people are concerned (including the script writers on Star Trek) Aristotle has never been debunked.

    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?