Xref: utzoo rec.autos:5940 talk.bizarre:6184 alt.flame:915 Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdcad!ames!umd5!uvaarpa!mcnc!ncsuvx!lll-winken!csustan!polyslo!caus-dp!marcos From: marcos@caus-dp.UUCP (Marcos R. Della) Newsgroups: rec.autos,talk.bizarre,alt.flame Subject: Re: Truly relevant discussion Message-ID: <329@caus-dp.UUCP> Date: 10 Dec 87 17:19:48 GMT References: <4134@bellcore.bellcore.com> <7106@sunybcs.UUCP> <2770@super.upenn.edu> Organization: USPFO for CA - Data Processing Div., SLO, Ca Lines: 31 In article <2770@super.upenn.edu>, ulrich@grasp (Nathan Ulrich) writes: >In article <7106@sunybcs.UUCP> ugjeffh@joey.UUCP (Jeffrey Horvath) writes: >>In article <4134@bellcore.bellcore.com> tr@wind.UUCP (tom reingold) writes: >>> >>>What color should my interior of my car be to make my car go faster? >> >> Why, I should imagine that you would want the interior parts that face >>foreward to be white, and the backwards facing parts to be black. >> >> Reasoning: >> >>The black would absorb the energy of the light, thus transferring your energy >>to the car in the forward direction. The white would reflect the light, thus >>reflecting potentially harmful backwards thrust. :-) > >No, no, no. According to what I remember of my statistical thermo, you want >the *rear* of the car to be white. That way you take advantage of the >transfer of momentum from the photons striking the car. >... Actually I think that if you really want to move faster, paint the car black, add white doors and put a red light just outside the drivers window. Then add a rise-fall noise maker and a BIG engine and you can go as fast as you want... Just don't get caught! ;-) Marcos Della -- ...!csustan ->!polyslo!caus-dp!marcos | Whatever I said doesn't ...!sdsu ---/ Marcos R. Della | mean diddly as I forgot ...!csun --/ Smail:PO Box 8104 SLO,CA 93403-8104 | it even before finishing ...!dmsd -/ Tele: (805) 544-4900 | typing it all out!!! :-)