Re: I can travel faster than light (A riddle)

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From: RICHARD BOND
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 17:47

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In article <1992Aug7.165808.1391@visus.com> jml@visus.com (Jim Large) writes:
>In article <mxr.713122933@neptune> mxr@neptune.dsc.com (Max "Harmonic  
>Obsession" Rible) writes:
>> jml@visus.com (Jim Large) writes:
>> >I am something you all have seen with your naked eyes.
>> >I am a servant you all have employed. 
>> >I can travel faster than light (you have almost certainly never
>> >    seen me do it).
>> 
>> >What Am I?
>> 
...stuff deleted...
>  "The intersection of a pair of scissors"
>		-- Cool idea, though I doubt that we'll ever make the 
>		   the scissors which are perfect enough to actually 
>		   do this experiment.

   Dumb idea; if you would review your relativity theory, you will see
   that it points out that there is no such thing as a perfectly rigid
   structure. No matter how long you made your scissors, the far end 
   would not get the signal that the near end was moving any faster than
   the speed of light. Or do I just not get the joke?

/Richard

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