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offline Amonbrune from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-04-09 03:17 [#00163534]
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This was what I was pondering:

Say you could run at the speed of sound...in an instant. If
music was played (say one note from the piano) and you
instantly ran the speed of sound would you be enveloped
within that note / sound pressure / sound wave and stay in
that till the sound disipates, or would that not work and
that note would go away? In theory it makes sense cause
you're traveling with the sound. Any ideas?


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2002-04-09 03:28 [#00163543]
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yes you would in theoryuntil the energy given off slowly started depleting (which
would be VERY quickly unless it was very very loud)

thus you would actually start "passing" the sond if you
stayed at that constant speed.

the pressure would be unmeasurable to a human unless it was
below 80Hz I woudl say, and I would think below 30Hz, ie
20Hz would be Very very sickening,, muuhahuahuauh i love sub
20hz. =D


 

offline Amonbrune from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-04-09 03:30 [#00163544]
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LOL

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM


 

offline Amonbrune from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-04-09 03:31 [#00163545]
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I understand that 'passing' thing. Sound instantly starts
going down once its projected...so you'd have to keep up.
hmmm.....


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-09 06:57 [#00163690]
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or you could travel with the boom of thunder from
lightening, since that would travel farther than a piano
key, you'd break the sound barrier though and make a sonic
boom yourself, but your body would not be aerodynamic enough
to handle the speed and you'd start shaking violently and
stuff. You can't break the sound barrier in an empty vaccume
like space or make sound either.


 


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