Superman didn't say that the mugger, or the lady, were operating at attosecond time scales. He simply said that her stunt bought her an attosecond. Their hesitations and movements might have lasted for seconds for all we know, but the end result was that she bought her an attosecond compared to the alternative scenario where she did nothing. So, for all practical intents and purposes, her stunt didn't make any difference but Superman could still observe and analyze even such ridiculously small time differences.Superman also didn't say that the bullet rotates once per femtosecond. He only said that a femtosecond after the ignition, he could already observe the bullet starting to rotate in the barrel. Yes, the bullet would have moved only about 1/10th of an atom (1E-11 meters, i.e. 0.1 Ångströms) during that time, but even such an infinitesimally small displacement is enough for Superman to detect the bullet's motion (and distinguish it from the thermal random motion of atoms) and conclude that the displacement results into rotation of the bullet as a whole.
Supes is my favorite character of all time.
So I don't say this with any glee but I have to be skeptical about the description in the comic here.
While you are correct that this is all stated from Superman's perspective, the fact that he claims to be able to see in femtoseconds or even attoseconds, yet is concerned that he might not make it in time to the bullet is concerning.
Doesn't matter if he was halfway across the city or even the world, if he can truly see in attoseconds he would be in no hurry to stop that bullet. He would have had all the time in the world from his perspective.
Unless the explanation is he was concerned about accelerating as fast as he could and was trying to minimize collateral damage.
I never understood the love for the Paul character?
The guy was nothing but a drunk that abused his little sister, and when he became rocky’s manager, he did nothing of value. In the end, it was his fault Rocky went broke.
The man was nothing but a leech that for some reason was loved by the audience:
Originally posted by CosmicComet
Supes is my favorite character of all time.So I don't say this with any glee but I have to be skeptical about the description in the comic here.
While you are correct that this is all stated from Superman's perspective, the fact that he claims to be able to see in femtoseconds or even attoseconds, yet is concerned that he might not make it in time to the bullet is concerning.
Doesn't matter if he was halfway across the city or even the world, if he can truly see in attoseconds he would be in no hurry to stop that bullet. He would have had all the time in the world from his perspective.
Unless the explanation is he was concerned about accelerating as fast as he could and was trying to minimize collateral damage.
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but this is what will happen any time one of these types of feats is ACTUALLY intended to be represented in some "quantifiable" sense. i'd wager my house authors really don't think TOO far beyond--"if i use attosecond or femtosecond in this scene, it will sound cool and everyone will know i mean REALLY fast!" that, or they put the terms in the sit back and laugh at us forum folk who extrapolate from the term. a task of which i count myself guilty from time to time. 😂
i do wonder sometimes if those types of numbers should almost be relegated to the 'space-cheese' category, just for the conclusions and logical inconsistencies they invariably lead to. /shrug
Originally posted by SquallX
I never understood the love for the Paul character?The guy was nothing but a drunk that abused his little sister, and when he became rocky’s manager, he did nothing of value. In the end, it was his fault Rocky went broke.
The man was nothing but a leech that for some reason was loved by the audience:
You're oversimplifying the character.
And every man has flaws. Paulie was with Rocky from the beginning to the end, being a true and loyal friend.
Also, despite his occasional mistreating of Adrian, he was always loved by her and never forget how he was responsible for getting Adrian and Rocky together.