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If I R travelling near the speed of light, how could U (being from a distant point) work out what speed SUPER-BRANE FatNick (cheers cheers) is actually travelling at?
To sum up, I R basically asking how me and my best frend Brooker (he hav a face like a squashed tomato) could work out speed of light?

I R being Prof. FatNick PhD, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Answer or I R HaX0ring you!

GRATE BRANE FatNick, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

red shift (eg compare colour of squished tomato as recalled at rest w.colour as you perceive it to be currently, receding from you)

mark s, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

That idiot FatNick has had some argument with one of his stupid friends about travelling to Alpha Centauri - he say it not possible, stoopid friend says IS possible as we don't know how far it is to AC, only rough lab estimates and labs are stupid, and as a result we don't really know how far away the sun is, how far the stars are etc, the true speed of light etc. This fellow also believes all that nonsense about how if you reverse speech it reveals the TRUE message, etc etc.

DG, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

.cte, tfihs der, neht KO

mark s, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Space travel does seem difficult becuase matter can only travel close to light speed and even at that speed it would take more than a human's life time to reach the nearest star

Mike Hanle y, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Proxima centauri = four light yrs away

Travelling at a tenth the speed of light, it would take 40 years = half the life expectancy of the high-end humanZoR picked for such a trip...

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mark s, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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/<-R/-\/>-31337, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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|=4+|\|![|<, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

uh oh

mark s, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

J00 \/\/!LL BoW aND PH33R, PHaTNiX0R, CuZ:

1/ ! HaVeN'T GoT a TeLLY

aND

2/ ! PHaNCY PHeLiCiTY KeND4L aLZo

PH33R MY 1337N3ZZZ. aDMiT !t, LaYMoR.....j00R OWNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOLLLOLOLLLOLOLOLLOLOLLOLLOLOLLLOLLOLLOLLLOLLLOLLLL< P>

|\|0|2/|\4|\| |=4'/, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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PHE4R!!!!!!!, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

help me

Maria, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

????????????????

Mike Hanle y, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Blimey! The second half of this thread makes the first half almost look as if it makes sense.

jamesmichaelward, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It makes (almost) perfect sense to me as I have a HAX0R TRANSLATOR PROGRAM cos I are a smartypants.

DG, Saturday, 20 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

calling occupants of interplanetary most extraordinary craft

Geoff, Sunday, 21 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

apart from dg and fatnick turning into cartoon baboons this thread makes no sense at all

Ed, Sunday, 21 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i used to just ignore these Norman Fay haX0r speak posts. but finally, i have seen the light, and I can read them. My life is now complete

di, Sunday, 21 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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J** 41|_ p|-|34|2 |=4'|'|\|¡[|, Sunday, 21 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If you encountered a black hole, time would stop...what you gonna do then?

james, Sunday, 21 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

J00 \/\/!LL BoW aND PH33R, PHaTNiX0R, CuZ:

You will bow and fear fatnick, because:

1/ ! HaVeN'T GoT a TeLLY

1) I haven't got a television

aND (and)

2/ ! PHaNCY PHeLiCiTY KeND4L aLZo

2) I fancy felecity kendall also

PH33R MY 1337N3ZZZ. aDMiT !t, LaYMoR.....j00R OWNED

Fear my ?. Admit it, lame one, ? owned.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOLLLOLOLLLOLOLOLLOLOLLOLLOLOLLLOLLOLLOLLLOLLLOLLLL

Laughs

Transltation Device, Sunday, 21 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

1337N3ZZZ = 'leetness', leet (l33t) = elite, you see.

DG, Sunday, 21 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Fear my eliteness. Admit it, lamer, you are owned.

ogden, Sunday, 21 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Also, time slows down relative to elsewhere as an object approaches the speed of light -- thus it may take 40 yrs to Alpha Centauri from the standpoint of earth, but that may still be only 4 or so years from the standpoint of the occupant of the space ship.

Sterling Clover, Monday, 22 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

blimey i completely forgot that part, which = central sadness of many grate kiddy sci-fi novel

mark s, Monday, 22 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...
has fatnick gone to proxima centauri?

Ed (dali), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

or is he still building his sus-an chamber?

MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 08:10 (twenty-two years ago)

this was a great thread!!

geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 09:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought it should be revived in honour of the forthcoming FT scitech blog.

Ed (dali), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 09:27 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

old ilx morelike rubbish ilx

Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 15:57 (eighteen years ago)

i can see why he picked history :(

DG, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 16:09 (eighteen years ago)

xpost plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

stevienixed, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:52 (eighteen years ago)


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