Correct. If I travel at near relativistic speeds (let's say .99 light years) and I go to a nearby star, for each hour that would pass for me, months would pass for those at home.
:) But if you go FASTER, the tipping point comes into play. It's all a theory, but it's an interesting one. CW -----Original message----- From: "Mark Dodge" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:45:45 -0600 To: "'The Hardware List'" [email protected] Subject: RE: [H] is this OT enough for Friday? > I thought the way it works is everyone here would age more than you do > traveling? > > > Mark Dodge > MD Computers > 360-772-2433 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Reeves > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 1:47 PM > To: 'The Hardware List' > Subject: RE: [H] is this OT enough for Friday? > > No, not really. Your aspect looks at all time as breaking with relativity > as you travel FTL. FTL still takes �time� it�s just perceptive time.. > if > you actually did go FTL, time would still transverse between the places. > Relativistic speeds take place until you hit the barrier of FTL, but after > that, it should become transitive. > > So, if the flight took 3 hours there, three hours back, the time you spent > on Mars still progresses, and you arrive back still 3 hours relative to your > initial starting point after you leave ;) > > So, no time travel :) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! > Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter > http://mail.giantcompany.com ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of G.Waleed Kavalec > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:08 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] is this OT enough for Friday? > > On 1/6/06, Thane Sherrington (S) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 03:48 PM 06/01/2006, CW wrote: > >I have no problems with "blue sky" research, the idea of following up > >even the wildest of theoretical ideas to see if they have any > >viability.��Even if totally wrong, the work that would be done would > >provide research; reminds me of something a physicist once told me: > >even if you fall on your��face, you're six feet closer to where you want > >to > go. > > I like that.��Thomas Edison failed hundreds of times to create a light > bulb > and when asked if the failures discouraged him, he said something like "They > aren't failures.��I have succeeded in proving that those methods don't > work." > > I hope they go for it.��I'd love to spend a week on Mars or go for a > cruise > around Jupiter. > > > Of course if the FTL component works, things will get weird. > > Returning from a trip to find you didn't leave due to rescheduling. > > Returning from a longer trip to find the last election turned out different > than you remember (no I don't have tickets). > > Even longer trip, come back to a North America that never left Britain... > > > >
