Recent content by bystander1212

also, if that last post came off as sarcastic for any reason, it wasn't. that really is fascinating.

wow guys, that's fascinating. thanks for the replies, it was worth a shot huh?

Alex, that's exactly what i meant. i mean physically pushing the stick, not tapping it so the vibration travels THROUGH the stick. jesus, I've always been bad at physics but not THAT bad. so if you pushed the base of the stick (from earth), wouldn't the end of the stick (1 light-year away)...

Ok, so I'm not a physicist by any means, and I don't actually understand the first thing about physics. So, I'm guessing that somebody's probably realized this before, and I just want to know the name of this "paradox" (i'm not even sure it's the right word) so I can read up on it. Here's the...