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Re:Micromort by all-fakes on Friday June 19, 2020 @02:06PM (#23577206)
Sorry, can you explain why the velocities should add that way? I've always just seen velocities add like regular old vectors, so this looks very strange.
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Re:Micromort by identity0 on Friday June 19, 2020 @02:14PM (#23577281)
Relativity. If they could add that way, you would get 300 megameters/s, which is breaking the speed of light.
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Re:Micromort by Gladdyu on Friday June 19, 2020 @02:13PM (#23577274)
That'd be special relativity for you - nothing ever exceeds the speed of light, hence a corrective factor needs to be applied.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity

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Re:Micromort by JadeNB on Friday June 19, 2020 @02:13PM (#23577267)
Relativistic effects.
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