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I can whistle at the speed of sound (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I have a dollar store laser pointer than can also travel at the speed of light

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pssh, I have a 30 year old flashlight that can do the same.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wait until you learn how old my sun is

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Your sun's light can travel at the speed of light?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

  • Claims to travel at the speed of light.

  • Still takes eight minutes to get here.

Sus.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's impressive. Having a non-photon mass traveling at the speed of light would break our understanding of physics. Get that laser pointer to the lab ASAP

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

At the speeds it's moving I imagine we already lost it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Wait, how do you make the laser pointer travel at the speed of light? I assume it has some mass.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The laser pointer can travel the light of speed? If you turn it on, does the laser not come out of the laser pointer?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It'd be impressive if they fire it at like half the speed of light

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean, any other non-c speed really.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Actually, c is the speed of light in a vacuum, but light travels slower through a medium, like air. So lasers shot through air will actually travel slower than c.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

(For anyone curious, the speed of light in earth air is like 99.97% as fast as in vacuum)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Bunch of nerds in this thread.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're in science_memes what did you expected?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

hot science girls

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Where?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

In your area

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

exactly where they should be.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's going to be space lasers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Do you know what the religious affiliation of these space lasers will be?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A laser strong enough to be used as a weapon will probably not leave a lot of medium on its path.

But the front-most part will still travel at less than c. It will just speed-up after a while.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Would you accept 10,000 times slower than the speed of light?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Still too fast to dodge.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Pffft. Amateur.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

According to the Gell-Mann amnesia effect, the same people also write about politics, environment and society.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That sounds neat, I won't look it up

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was coined by Michael Crichton, you know, the man behind the Jurassic Park. Big Dino man can't lie. And if they lie they are instantly forgiven.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He was a anthropogenic climate change denier. I guess you can forgive him instantly but I don't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I missed that thing in his biography and that link looks like an excessive explanation to what you've mentioned: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/michael-crichton-and-global-warming/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I'm more concerned that it looks like a laser turret from Portal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The army trembling when I bring a mirror

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

NOW YOU FUCKED UP!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

World around

Around the world

World around

Around the world

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

SUPER.

HOT.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Impressive. The future is awesome! Can we maybe apply this to regular light too? Maybe even green light? Or purple? I'm so excited.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

When you go from green to purple, the light gets more excited too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have wifi router that emits microwaves at the speed of light.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have lightning fast wifi at home

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Elections are slower than light waves so technically you have a slow, shitty router, but at least it can electrocute people so that's something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is why I support the Empire. In a dictatorship there's no waiting for elections.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

But electrocutions are something dif... Never mind.

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