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Old March 29th 06, 12:02 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
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Default So, I was sat on the loo and thought...

See the Relativity Physics FAQ for details:

indeed.

http://jcbmac.chem.brown.edu/scissor...lativity/relSc...


And note this part:
"We have mistakenly assumed that the scissors do in fact close when
you close the handle. "

....
".The point at which the blades bend propagates down the blade at some
speed less than the speed of light."


Clearly you did not read the caveat underneath that explained how to
make a proper superluminal pair of scissors where the blade crossing
point does move at a speed greater than c. As I pointed out the
technical issues with pivotted scissors can be neatly circumvented by
using a drop blade guillotine.

Regards,
Martin Brown