The Ask a Stupid Question Thread

[tyred]

I find it hard enough to get going, why would you want to contemplate stopping?

Are you Henry Ford?

 

[MontyVeda]

Will tomorrow get here?

the real question should be... Will I get there?

 

[classic33]

the real question should be... Will I get there?

If it doesn't, you won't.

 

[MontyVeda]

I'm forty-seven and a quarter.... am i too old for skinny jeans?

 

[Spinney]

Why did my friend's dog, who gets car sick on long journeys, not thow up:
a) in the car
b) when she was being walked around the garden on arrival
c) when she was in the kitchen (vinyl flooring)

but instead waited until she was in the living room, and then decided to throw up on the carpet.

Spoiler: don't read while eating

I can also report that, unlike human vomit, dog sick does not appear to have carrots in it.

 

[MontyVeda]

Yes. If you're older than 25 you're too old for skinny jeans.

But i look 25... ish

 

[Blue]

Why is it never tomorrow, always today.

I'll tell you the answer to that tomorrow.

 

[Markymark]

Who is Donald Trump's barber?

Obviously someone who hates him. Which narrows it down to pretty much the entire planet bar a few mouth-breathers.

 

[Profpointy]

Why is it never tomorrow, always today.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this pety pace from day to day till the last syllable of recorded time

 

[mickle]

If I wanted to travel to a theoretical nearest habitable planet, let's say it's 1000 light years away. I'd want to accelerate at 1g to the half way point and then turn my ship around so that I could decelerate at 1g.

How long would it take me to get there?

 

[Markymark]

If I wanted to travel to a theoretical nearest habitable planet, let's say it's 1000 light years away. I'd want to accelerate at 1g to the half way point and then turn my ship around so that I could decelerate at 1g.

How long would it take me to get there?

From starting at rest. S=0.5 a t(squared)

s = distance, a = accelerateion


t = sqrt((2s/a))


Set s as half the distance and then double it for each half of the journey.


You’ll find it easier to convert to SI units (m, s etc). Not in front of PC but there’s everything you’ll need.

 

[Profpointy]

From starting at rest. S=0.5 a t(squared)

s = distance, a = accelerateion


t = sqrt((2s/a))


Set s as half the distance and then double it for each half of the journey.


You’ll find it easier to convert to SI units (m, s etc). Not in front of PC but there’s everything you’ll need.

Mmm, I think you may have missed a key word in Mickle's question. "How long would it take you to get there". To work that out you need to consider at least special (I think you can ignore general if only 1g) relativity. I'd need to draw pictures - but I think it'll be a lot shorter than you'd think, but could be wrong as I studied this some 35 years ago.

 

[cardiac case]

[QUOTE 4473141, member: 259"]Why do dogs like to eat biscuits and other crunchy things on rugs?[/QUOTE]

It's the sound deadening qualities of carpet.

 

[winjim]

From starting at rest. S=0.5 a t(squared)

s = distance, a = accelerateion


t = sqrt((2s/a))


Set s as half the distance and then double it for each half of the journey.


You’ll find it easier to convert to SI units (m, s etc). Not in front of PC but there’s everything you’ll need.

You're gonna hit some weird relativistic effects as you approach light speed...

 

[Markymark]

Mmm, I think you may have missed a key word in Mickle's question. "How long would it take you to get there". To work that out you need to consider at least special (I think you can ignore general if only 1g) relativity. I'd need to draw pictures - but I think it'll be a lot shorter than you'd think, but could be wrong as I studied this some 35 years ago.

Ah. Yes this is Newtonian physics but as you say, if one is approaching the speed of light then time will slow down.