Originally posted by OneDumbG0
This is absolutely incorrect. Please refer to the thread you originally posted this equation in. I posted three CLEAR examples FULL OF CONTEXT, where it is seen that although Superman can eventually reach faster than light speeds, he cannot do so from a dead start. In other words, you assume that the moment Superman decides to, he can immediately attain these superspeeds. He cannot. If he could, he wouldn't have let people be executed by gunfire in Superman #208. Superman hears the bullets being fired and flies off to save them. They were in the same city and he couldn't reach them in time, "He specifically states, sometimes being faster than a speeding bullet isn't enough." It involved people being killed and there's no way you can chalk that up to him holding back his speed. In 'Sacrifice,' he would have blown away the entire castle when he hit Wonderwoman going at those kinf of speeds in 'Sacrifice,' but only blew out windows (indicates mere sonic boom and therefore supersonic speeds). He was not holding back against what he thought was Doomsday in the slightest. And MOST ON POINT, in Superman #217, he would have saved Jimmy much quicker, in fact instantaneously, in a comic that explicitly states he was not holding back his speed but it takes him the entire length of a conversation. You can track exactly when Superman decides to accelerate from hearing his signal watch, to how much dialogue runs by, to when he saves them including an in-depth caption analysis of how he IS NOT holding back any speed whatsoever, even though it might devastate his surroundings.Point is, from a deadstart, Superman does not end battles with 'speedblitz.' You only assume he can accelerate at a constant rate because you expect it to be so. But it is clearly not. The same way a car covers a distance of 1 mile in one minute, you cannot assume from that fact alone what the car's acceleration rate was at all stages of travel. You assume 60 mph from start to finish. He may have gone 70 mph at one point, he may have started at 5 mph at the very start. Most likely, the point at where he starts, he's peeling rubber on the pavement and inching very slowly and only gets up to 60 mph after 5-8 seconds given high-end sports cars. You simply don't know and you SHOULD NOT assume. The examples I posted CLEARLY show that he cannot attain the speeds you posted from a dead start. Not only this, but I can reconcile this with all the other so-called speed feats he has shown.
Let this signal the death of 'speedblitz' as we know it. At best, Superman from a deadstart can do a 'supersonic blitz.' Now, if he were to get a headstart, that's a different story, but your post has weaknesses and assumes too much. Read the references I posted and you will see exactly what I'm talking about. In fact, everyone here at KMC ought to see those references and make up their own minds. 'Speedblitz' is overrated. For a lengthy discussion and debate with several opponents full of scans and comparisons, refer to pages 5-8 in this thread: http://www.killermovies.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=362166&perpage=20&highlight=magneto+hulk+doom+superman+userid%3A77143&pagenumber=5
Stop the madness.
Im not surprised!
The only thing that separates a person from knowing physics is their lack of understanding of acceleration and force.
VELOCITY (OR SPEED) DOESN'T EQUAL ACCELERATION!
That is one of the reason why people get F's in physics.
Definition:
Acceleration -the rate at which the velocity of an object is changing.
Velocity - the rate at which the position of an object is changing.
Fact 1:
Superman has a finite amount of energy within him to do work.
Thus if he is using his max force then the force he is using is constant.
Thus the acceleration is constant (not speed). Because force = mass x acceleration
Fact 2: A car will always have a constant acceleration on a evenly smooth road if one presses the pedal to the metal.
This is because the car is exerting a constant force.
If you still don't get it then don't worry. I will try to say it in more elementary way.
Superman's acceleration is the same means that
Superman's rate of speeding up (going faster and faster) is the same. That means he will increase his speed at a constant rate.
Thus my calculations as shown in the previous post shows that his max acceleration is 22,915,200,000ft per sec^2 (note the sec^2 is not the same as sec).
Note: This means that his speed will increase by 22,915,200,000ft/sec for every second that goes by. So in 0 sec he will be going 0ft/sec and after 1 sec he will be going 22,915,200,000ft/sec and after 2 sec he will be going twice as fast.
And with this acceleration (not speed) he can cover 20ft in .000004 sec.
Now the reason why he don't use his max acceleration often is obvious.
The writers don't want him to.
But one reason to rationalize this is:
Superman limits his max acceleration at short distances (less than interplanetary distances) because his reflexes are not great enough to discern when to stop. So he chooses to fly at the max discernable acceleration. Otherwise he will simply be out of control and kill someone.
