All this reminds me of Albert Einstein's famous thought experiments taking place in a Vanagon: the experience of being in a diesel vanagon on an infinitely long road with an infinite supply of fuel under infinite acceleration would be the same as in an elevator not being pulled through space at all. Which would explain the yellow- and brown-shift on these models. Jim On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> And there'll be none of that tired old furlongs per >>> fortnight silliness. It was funny the first time. The first time was a >>> long, long time ago. >>> > > > But Rocket J, it only SEEMS like a long time. You see once you've converted to Vanagon speed (furlongs/fortnight) you become assimilated into Vanagon time, and pretty soon everything takes forever and a day, despite the fact you only bought the blasted thing last month... > > Angus |
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