Your example is not accurate at relativistic speeds for any object with a non-zero proper mass. :-P
Also, everyone has ignored the impact of the Reynold's number on the motion of objects through a fluid (and air is a fluid). And ignoring the fact that velocity is a vector quantity. That is, it has both a direction as well as a speed (which is an arithmetic quantity). And these are just me being a pedant and a troll. I'll go back now and be quiet - for a while. ________________________________ From: Daniel Rodriguez [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: test...sorry.. Same rules apply even if we were doing 1, 2, 60, 100 + mph. Even if we were going the speed of light. When you throw the apple out the window you are sending the apple 90 degrees perpendicular to the direction the car is traveling. Now, let's say I'm standing on the side of the road when you drive by. When I see you throw the apple out does it go past me or does it go the opposite direction? Something to ponder; Look at the old WWII movies of the bombers when they release their payloads. Do the bombs go backward? It looks like they go straight down, and they are. But in reality they are moving forward in the direction that the plane is traveling. On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Daniel Rodriguez <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Ok. If you are moving 60 mph in a car that means everything in the car is > moving at them same speed. Yes. > Even if the apple is sitting in the passenger seat it appears > that it is not moving. Yes. > That is because the driver, you, are > making your judgement based upon your oberservations. So we're talking relative to the driver. > Take that same apple and throw it out the driver side window. It does not > move backward. It moves forward! Now I see where the point of confusion arises. I was thinking throwing an apple out the window means throwing it sideways. Perpendicular to the motion of the car. Because if you throw the apple *forward* while attempting to throw it *out* the side window, the motion of the apple will be briefly forward, then in several random directions, as it splatters against the inside of the windshield. ;-) But at an angle, okay, sure. Although... thinking further.... technically, at 60 MPH, I suspect that air resistance might still kill any slight forward momentum you might be able to impart before the apple even makes it out the side window frame. So say we're doing 20 MPH, then. :) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
