Well, live chess games sound reasonable.
If you want to stick to on-line, just go for longer time controls (as much as 14 days/move is possible).
Have you also looked into OTB chess? I'm planning to play an OTB tourney with slow time controls this summer (9 games at G/90 + 30s/move-I'm so excited), as well as attend a chess summer camp. I'll also continue visiting the chess club twice per week. Looking for such opportunities near you could help you improve greatly.
Maybe I'll play live chess instead of longer online games. Good point about winter though.
Sometimes it's easy to forget how big this world really is.
Reaching the speed of light is possible in accordance with Einstein's theory of relativity (with lots of energy), exceeding the speed of light is impossible.
Also, a second is the time it takes for Earth to travel about 2/857 of its diameter through space (Earth travels at about 18.5 miles/second through space).
What you should do is have longer time limits. If you had 3 days in the fall, try 4-5 days instead. Remember to use your vacation days also.
It is very clear to me that the school year is now over. This leaves an interesting question for me and any student on chess.com, how to play chess over the summer. I want to remain active and keep my chess skills up, but I also want chess games that can fit in my schedule so I don't lose a lot via timeouts. Any suggestions?
Just longer correspondence games, I guess. Also you can try to find some over the board clubs or tourneys in your area.
It's also nowhere near the speeds mentioned!
I thought Einstein proved that it was impossible to even match C because the closer you get to C, the slower time goes. If you ever reached C time would stop, which prevents the usage of energy, which means you can never reach C.
Borg right. Panda wrong. Discussion over.
I usually play games in excess of 7 days time limits. So what do I do when my family and I go on extended vacations?
i hopes u has a happy holiday 
that's what vacations is for
1. The school year is not over.
2. It is winter.
Welcome to the Internet ;-)
How IS the weather where you are now? It's hotter than hell where I am.
Reaching the speed of light is possible in accordance with Einstein's theory of relativity (with lots of energy), exceeding the speed of light is impossible.
Also, a second is the time it takes for Earth to travel about 2/857 of its diameter through space (Earth travels at about 18.5 miles/second through space).
No, it is not! According to the theory, it would take an infinite amount of energy to reach the speed of light, and the moving object would become infinitely massive. Impossible. You can move an object as close to the speed of light as you want, but try as you might, you will never reach it. Unless of course, it's massless like a photon. Just think. If you could move at light speed, there would be no time passage. You would have no future, and know no past.
Reaching the speed of light is possible in accordance with Einstein's theory of relativity (with lots of energy), exceeding the speed of light is impossible.
Also, a second is the time it takes for Earth to travel about 2/857 of its diameter through space (Earth travels at about 18.5 miles/second through space).
No, it is not! According to the theory, it would take an infinite amount of energy to reach the speed of light, and the moving object would become infinitely massive. Impossible. You can move an object as close to the speed of light as you want, but try as you might, you will never reach it. Unless of course, it's massless like a photon. Just think. If you could move at light speed, there would be no time passage. You would have no future, and know no past.
Yes, that's the way I understood it. One thing I never got though was that if this were all true, that time would stop, and all these infinites with mass and energy... all very absolute things... why isn't the speed of light infinite!?
The point is that they aren't absolute, that is why its called the theory of relativity. They only seem absolute in "normal" conditions, when we're not traveling near the speed of light or sitting next to a black hole.
If it's impossible to reach the speed of light, would you just say that a light beam travels at 99.99% of its speed?
Correct. Conventional physics break down the nearer a physical object, not a light beam, reaches the speed of light. Therefore, the speed of light is a lot like absolute zero (0ºK) in that it is possible to get very close to it, but so far, impossible to actually achieve.
It is very clear to me that the school year is now over. This leaves an interesting question for me and any student on chess.com, how to play chess over the summer. I want to remain active and keep my chess skills up, but I also want chess games that can fit in my schedule so I don't lose a lot via timeouts. Any suggestions?