On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:18:19 +0100, "scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:

>> Depends on definition if speed, but as it is usually specified based on 
>> the
>> observer's timeframe: Yes. Gravitation near a black hole is so strong 
>> that -
>> from an observer's POV - through time delation and the warping of space it
>> causes "that poor old sod over there" to slow to a halt.
>
>I always thought that it could be possible to go forward in time by some 
>arbitrary amount just by making a close orbit around a black hole.  The 
>closer you go, the more time you can jump forward.  So just type in the year 
>3050 to your ship, it fires you off towards the nearest black hole, and a 
>few months later you return back towards Earth in the year 3050 +/- a few 
>months ;-)
>
>Or doesn't it work like that?
> 

No you run widdershins round the Earth very fast and you arrive in tomorrow
before the rest of the world does.

Or doesn't it work like that?
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Regards
     Stephen

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