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gnome
6th January 2006, 11:56 PM
Say you're travelling really fast, y'know, like say at the speed of light? And suddenly you go 'AAAAAAHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!' real loud...would your head explode?
Reference to come, unless someone calls it before me
Kevin_Lowe
7th January 2006, 02:07 AM
My gut feeling is that as you approached light speed, the gravitational forces caused by your head's increased mass would hold your head together, balancing out the tendency for your head to explode.
epepke
7th January 2006, 02:09 AM
Say you're travelling really fast, y'know, like say at the speed of light? And suddenly you go 'AAAAAAHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!' real loud...would your head explode?
Reference to come, unless someone calls it before me

UHF?
Glenn
7th January 2006, 03:53 AM
Perhaps you're screaming "AAAAAAHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!' real loud because your head is exploding.
That's normally my reaction.
Beausoleil
7th January 2006, 05:21 AM
Say you're travelling really fast, y'know, like say at the speed of light? And suddenly you go 'AAAAAAHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!' real loud...would your head explode?
Reference to come, unless someone calls it before me

No. Your head behaves the same way in any inertial frame. See under relativity
Beausoleil
7th January 2006, 05:21 AM
Say you're travelling really fast, y'know, like say at the speed of light? And suddenly you go 'AAAAAAHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!' real loud...would your head explode?
Reference to come, unless someone calls it before me

No. Your head behaves the same way in any inertial frame. See under relativity
HeyLeroy
7th January 2006, 08:42 AM
Steven Wright once asked, if you were driving your car at the speed of light and turned on your headlights, what would happen?
casebro
7th January 2006, 08:49 AM
Steven Wright once asked, if you were driving your car at the speed of light and turned on your headlights, what would happen?

It's obvious- due to the inertia of the beams of light, the equal and opposite reaction will slow your car, and the light will project ahead of you a distance in accordance to your slower speed- probably only light-inchs....(assuming an American car)
HeyLeroy
7th January 2006, 12:51 PM
Sure, wreck a funny stand-up skit....
daenku32
7th January 2006, 03:47 PM
It's obvious- due to the inertia of the beams of light, the equal and opposite reaction will slow your car, and the light will project ahead of you a distance in accordance to your slower speed- probably only light-inchs....(assuming an American car)
I didn't know photons had inertia...
gnome
7th January 2006, 03:50 PM
UHF?

Nailed it. Stanley Spedowski--funnier than Weird Al in the movie.. (and they admitted it in the storyline)
kalen
9th January 2006, 12:52 PM
Say you're travelling really fast, y'know, like say at the speed of light? And suddenly you go 'AAAAAAHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!' real loud...would your head explode?

Your head will have burned up in the atmosphere long before going 'AAAAAAHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!'