Shining so very brightly.

[alluvial]

It doesnt matter how fast you flick it. just shine it on something further away

The spot is not actually a "thing" and so it can move as fast as it likes. What is moving is a flow of photons from the torch to the distant object and back. These will not be moving faster than light and so no laws are broken and all is well with the universe.

Edit to point out that the spot can move as fast as it likes because it doesn't actually move.

[EternalOptimist]

Why don't you work out how fast you would need to flick it, based on shining a laser at the moon say?

It doesnt matter how fast you flick it. just shine it on something further away

[Mich the Tester]

If you shined that up at a cloud
then moved it quickly, the spot on the cloud would move across

if the cloud were high enough, and you flicked it fast enough, the spot could travel at many times the speed of light


but I thought that was impossible

Take it to Africa with you; it'll scare off the lions so they don't eat you. Simba.


(it might bloody well annoy the hippos though if you wake them up, and that's never a good idea)

[doodab]

If you shined that up at a cloud
then moved it quickly, the spot on the cloud would move across

if the cloud were high enough, and you flicked it fast enough, the spot could travel at many times the speed of light


but I thought that was impossible

Why don't you work out how fast you would need to flick it, based on shining a laser at the moon say?

[EternalOptimist]

If you shined that up at a cloud
then moved it quickly, the spot on the cloud would move across

if the cloud were high enough, and you flicked it fast enough, the spot could travel at many times the speed of light


but I thought that was impossible

[Paddy]

How's about this for a torch then?

Black Bullet X - 1.000.000 Lux/Candela

I wonder if you can pop balloons with it.

I can’t access the link but beware. There are so many items on the market with false claims about candle power and lux. It seem to be an advertising trick to use 1,000,000 candle power that means FA.

[zeitghost]

How's about this for a torch then?

Black Bullet X - 1.000.000 Lux/Candela

I wonder if you can pop balloons with it.