The proper time (that is, the time the traveler measures on a clock) goes to zero very quickly towards the end. Even with both axes plotted logarithmically, it's just a sudden drop at the end towards light speed.
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Links seem to be broken?
replyNo, but IPv6 only these days. I never set up dynamic DNS.
replyOne million seconds is 11 days, a billion seconds is 31 years.
replyThanks! But same here imho:
reply 1,000 seconds = ~0.01 days (~17 min)
1,000,000 seconds = ~11.57 days (~12 days)
1,000,000,000 seconds = ~11,574.07 days (~32 years)
1,000,000,000,000 seconds = ~11,574,074.07 days (~32k years)
Maybe it's just our human calendar/time unit rollercoaster (60*60*24*30*12) that's playing tricks on us here.
Of course it is logical, we are not discussing the math.
replyBut it isn't intuitive, you're not used to numbers that big or that grow that fast.
Few things go from a million to a billion, especially when related to time.
It’s the units that make it seem unintuitive. 12 days is roughly 0.032 years, and 17 minutes is likewise 0.000032 years.
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