Champ

I can't be bothered to work this out, but I'm sure someone here will
do it in a few mins.

There's an ad for a Ford on TV at the moment - the soft top version of
the Ka, I think. Quite a funky ad, it shows the woman driving all day
from dawm, to get as much sun as possible. At the end of the ad she's
driving towards the setting sun, and as she puts her foot down and
accelerates towards it, it appears to rise.

So, the question is, how fast would you have to travel to catch the
setting sun?

[1] not at all hard really.
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Champ wrote:
> I can't be bothered to work this out, but I'm sure someone here will
> do it in a few mins.
>
> There's an ad for a Ford on TV at the moment - the soft top version of
> the Ka, I think. Quite a funky ad, it shows the woman driving all day
> from dawm, to get as much sun as possible. At the end of the ad she's
> driving towards the setting sun, and as she puts her foot down and
> accelerates towards it, it appears to rise.
>
> So, the question is, how fast would you have to travel to catch the
> setting sun?


0mph. But it would take 12 hours.

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Sean Doherty

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 09:50:24 +0000, Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>I can't be bothered to work this out, but I'm sure someone here will
>do it in a few mins.
>
>There's an ad for a Ford on TV at the moment - the soft top version of
>the Ka, I think. Quite a funky ad, it shows the woman driving all day
>from dawm, to get as much sun as possible. At the end of the ad she's
>driving towards the setting sun, and as she puts her foot down and
>accelerates towards it, it appears to rise.
>
>So, the question is, how fast would you have to travel to catch the
>setting sun?
>
>[1] not at all hard really.

On the equator ~ 1037 mph. Which latitude were you thinking of?
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Sean Doherty
> Champ

> >I can't be bothered to work this out, but I'm sure someone here will
> >do it in a few mins.
> >
> >There's an ad for a Ford on TV at the moment - the soft top version of
> >the Ka, I think. Quite a funky ad, it shows the woman driving all day
> >from dawm, to get as much sun as possible. At the end of the ad she's
> >driving towards the setting sun, and as she puts her foot down and
> >accelerates towards it, it appears to rise.
> >
> >So, the question is, how fast would you have to travel to catch the
> >setting sun?
> >
> >[1] not at all hard really.
>
> On the equator ~ 1037 mph. Which latitude were you thinking of?

And what time of the year?


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mn

"Doesnotcompute" <dncDELETETHIS@ukbodyart.org> wrote in message
news:c29il5$1qudei$1@ID-30778.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Champ wrote:
> > I can't be bothered to work this out, but I'm sure someone here will
> > do it in a few mins.
> >
> > There's an ad for a Ford on TV at the moment - the soft top version of
> > the Ka, I think. Quite a funky ad, it shows the woman driving all day
> > from dawm, to get as much sun as possible. At the end of the ad she's
> > driving towards the setting sun, and as she puts her foot down and
> > accelerates towards it, it appears to rise.
> >
> > So, the question is, how fast would you have to travel to catch the
> > setting sun?


Assuming shes on the equator
Earth spins 1 complete revolution in 24 hours, estimate the setting sun to
be 9 time zones away
(1/4 of the earth)
Earths circumference is 24,901.55 miles 1/4 of it is 725.38 miles
Forgetting the sun would have set a bit more over the hour you travelled,
estimated speed = 725.38 mph

ths is probably totally wrong but in my world it makes sense.

By the way, the Ford Ka isnt capable of this speed

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Andrewr At Work

"Champ" <news@champ.org.uk> wrote in message
news:26jg40h1022aecespi0evjtalrt1q2thpg@4ax.com

> I can't be bothered to work this out, but I'm sure someone here will
> do it in a few mins.
>
> There's an ad for a Ford on TV at the moment - the soft top version of
> the Ka, I think. Quite a funky ad, it shows the woman driving all day
> from dawm, to get as much sun as possible. At the end of the ad she's
> driving towards the setting sun, and as she puts her foot down and
> accelerates towards it, it appears to rise.
>
> So, the question is, how fast would you have to travel to catch the
> setting sun?

I know the advert in question and it clearly shows the sun as being
significantly larger than it is currently. This suggests that the
advert is set in the far distant future, as the sun approaches the end
of its life.

Therefore we have to ask a few more questions:

1. Are we assuming that the Earth's orbit is the same as currently?
ISTR that we're due to either lose the moon or have it crash into us
long before the sun begins to expand.

2. What the hell is running the car? Oil reserves are never going to
last that long - is this some kind of nuclear fission model?

3. What are the chances of knocking over Jack Vance as you speed to
catch up with the sun?

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Mash

1037.73125mph

Not taking into account badgers and speed cameras.

They lied!, sue 'em!

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"Mash" <mashSPAMY@imashination.com> somehow managed to post:

>1037.73125mph
>
>Not taking into account badgers and speed cameras.
>
>They lied!, sue 'em!

ITYM >1037.73125mph (approx.)

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"HooDooWitch" <mickey@disney.com> wrote in message
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> "Mash" <mashSPAMY@imashination.com> somehow managed to post:
>
> >1037.73125mph
> >
> >Not taking into account badgers and speed cameras.
> >
> >They lied!, sue 'em!
>
> ITYM >1037.73125mph (approx.)

Yes, you need to take into account the speed at which the sun appears to
rise. Doing ~1037mph is only going to keep the sun stationary, isn't
it?

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HooDooWitch

"Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> somehow managed
to post:

>"HooDooWitch" <mickey@disney.com> wrote in message
>news:q6lg409cao074blusl2egjqmbaedquhcpp@4ax.com
>
>> "Mash" <mashSPAMY@imashination.com> somehow managed to post:
>>
>> >1037.73125mph
>> >
>> >Not taking into account badgers and speed cameras.
>> >
>> >They lied!, sue 'em!
>>
>> ITYM >1037.73125mph (approx.)
>
>Yes, you need to take into account the speed at which the sun appears to
>rise. Doing ~1037mph is only going to keep the sun stationary, isn't
>it?

Five points to Griffindor.

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"HooDooWitch" <mickey@disney.com> wrote in message
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> "Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> somehow managed
> to post:

<SNIP>

> >Yes, you need to take into account the speed at which the sun appears to
> >rise. Doing ~1037mph is only going to keep the sun stationary, isn't
> >it?
>
> Five points to Griffindor.

Sorry, but I'm a Hufflepuff man because they seem to be, you know, a
bunch of losers.

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"Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> somehow managed
to post:

>"HooDooWitch" <mickey@disney.com> wrote in message
>news:kulg40t1urpd3fhkndoaqmpt79flmvntjn@4ax.com
>
>> "Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> somehow managed
>> to post:
>
><SNIP>
>
>> >Yes, you need to take into account the speed at which the sun appears to
>> >rise. Doing ~1037mph is only going to keep the sun stationary, isn't
>> >it?
>>
>> Five points to Griffindor.
>
>Sorry, but I'm a Hufflepuff man because they seem to be, you know, a
>bunch of losers.

Which is precisely why Griffindor get's the points. Jaysus!

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"Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> somehow managed
to post:

>Griffindor only ever get points taken off them, but, by some magical
>system which bears no relationship to maths, end the term only x points
>behind Slitherin.
<snip>

<ppsssst!>
It's only a model.

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"HooDooWitch" <mickey@disney.com> wrote in message
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> "Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> somehow managed
> to post:
>
> >"HooDooWitch" <mickey@disney.com> wrote in message
> >news:kulg40t1urpd3fhkndoaqmpt79flmvntjn@4ax.com
> >
> >> "Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> somehow managed
> >> to post:
> >
> ><SNIP>
> >
> >> >Yes, you need to take into account the speed at which the sun appears
to
> >> >rise. Doing ~1037mph is only going to keep the sun stationary, isn't
> >> >it?
> >>
> >> Five points to Griffindor.
> >
> >Sorry, but I'm a Hufflepuff man because they seem to be, you know, a
> >bunch of losers.
>
> Which is precisely why Griffindor get's the points. Jaysus!
>
WTF are you going on about?

mups

"Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
<snip>
>
> 3. None of them ever do anything that isn't related to Harry Potter.
> They _must_ be getting pretty sick of that by now. Jesus, most of them
> haven't even got personalities.

Heh, I'm waiting for the Hogwarts V "The Worst Witch" quidditch play offs.
Hopefully that Hermione Granger will get a good kicking.

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> WTF are you going on about?

The greatest books ever written[1] of course.

Why, WTF are you going on about? Cross-post this thread to
alt.fan.harry-potter and they'll explain it to you.

[1] If you exclude all books that have believable characters, a plot
that makes any sort of sense, require a reading age of greater than 8 or
have any sort of merit what-so-ever.

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Christofire

In article <20040305055609.289$PV@newsreader.com>, mups says...
> "Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > 3. None of them ever do anything that isn't related to Harry Potter.
> > They _must_ be getting pretty sick of that by now. Jesus, most of them
> > haven't even got personalities.
>
> Heh, I'm waiting for the Hogwarts V "The Worst Witch" quidditch play offs.
> Hopefully that Hermione Granger will get a good kicking.

Is it only me that's seen the name and thought of Claire?

HooDooWitch

Christofire <chris@ukrm.org> somehow managed to post:

>In article <20040305055609.289$PV@newsreader.com>, mups says...
>> "Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> <snip>
>> >
>> > 3. None of them ever do anything that isn't related to Harry Potter.
>> > They _must_ be getting pretty sick of that by now. Jesus, most of them
>> > haven't even got personalities.
>>
>> Heh, I'm waiting for the Hogwarts V "The Worst Witch" quidditch play offs.
>> Hopefully that Hermione Granger will get a good kicking.
>
>Is it only me that's seen the name and thought of Claire?

<fx: looks around>

It appears so, yes.

I imagine it's a bit early to think of Claire ... and a wizard's
sleeve.

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On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:46:16 -0000, Christofire <chris@ukrm.org> wrote:

>In article <20040305055609.289$PV@newsreader.com>, mups says...
>> "Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> <snip>
>> >
>> > 3. None of them ever do anything that isn't related to Harry Potter.
>> > They _must_ be getting pretty sick of that by now. Jesus, most of them
>> > haven't even got personalities.
>>
>> Heh, I'm waiting for the Hogwarts V "The Worst Witch" quidditch play offs.
>> Hopefully that Hermione Granger will get a good kicking.
>
>Is it only me that's seen the name and thought of Claire?

Absolutely and definitily... I bet you too didn't think of Claire in a
gymnslip...

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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 18:36:06 +0000, Owen <owen@pericles.demonXX.co.uk>
squeezed out the following:

>On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:46:16 -0000, Christofire <chris@ukrm.org> wrote:
>
>>In article <20040305055609.289$PV@newsreader.com>, mups says...
>>> "Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>> >
>>> > 3. None of them ever do anything that isn't related to Harry Potter.
>>> > They _must_ be getting pretty sick of that by now. Jesus, most of them
>>> > haven't even got personalities.
>>>
>>> Heh, I'm waiting for the Hogwarts V "The Worst Witch" quidditch play offs.
>>> Hopefully that Hermione Granger will get a good kicking.
>>
>>Is it only me that's seen the name and thought of Claire?
>
>Absolutely and definitily... I bet you too didn't think of Claire in a
>gymnslip...

I'm thinking of Diana Rigg as Miss Hardbroom.

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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 23:36:15 +0000, Colin Irvine
<Colin.Irvine@spamcop.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 18:36:06 +0000, Owen <owen@pericles.demonXX.co.uk>
>squeezed out the following:
>
>>On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:46:16 -0000, Christofire <chris@ukrm.org> wrote:
>>
>>>In article <20040305055609.289$PV@newsreader.com>, mups says...
>>>> "Andrewr At Work" <andrewr@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> <snip>
>>>> >
>>>> > 3. None of them ever do anything that isn't related to Harry Potter.
>>>> > They _must_ be getting pretty sick of that by now. Jesus, most of them
>>>> > haven't even got personalities.
>>>>
>>>> Heh, I'm waiting for the Hogwarts V "The Worst Witch" quidditch play offs.
>>>> Hopefully that Hermione Granger will get a good kicking.
>>>
>>>Is it only me that's seen the name and thought of Claire?
>>
>>Absolutely and definitily... I bet you too didn't think of Claire in a
>>gymnslip...
>
>I'm thinking of Diana Rigg as Miss Hardbroom.

Oh sh*t, I'm dribling.....
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