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Old 30-January-2004, 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Andreas
Putting a real center into this model of course necessitates rapid acceleration. Every time an object doubles its distance from the center, it also has to double its speed. This doesn't work so good.
No.

Let’s say you have 3 guys in a line. Then they start moving forward. The guy out front runs at 5 mph. The next guy runs at 2.5 mph. The third guy walks at 1 mph.

So they are “expanding apart” with no increase in speed. 1 year from now, they will be very far apart, but with no increase in their original speed. Their starting point is the “center”. You can do this with several lines of guys, all radiating out from that same starting point in all directions.
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