FTL Transport

[Eagle Kammback]

OK, the geek/physicist in me is really coming out.
Earth is boring me, and the only thing I think I'd ever give up cars for is to see the stars.
This might be because of the past several books and fanfics I've read about the subject and my love of physics and science in general

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

[Barry Donovan]

interesting stuff.

looking for matter faster than light, we'd see that even brighter.


I joke. If it were not for the containment for light, we would not see anything. therefore, faster than light exists, because we only stop ourselves there to measure.

That would be time. A successful prophet proven is a human example of faster than light...(after proving common sense went beyond definition of course)

Always fascinating.

[SuperBuickGuy]

I'm fat enough as I am to even consider traveling FTL

[TheSilverBuick]

You have a long ways to go to make physicist.

[CDMBill]

A casual reading of Warp Field Mechanics 101 by Harold 'Sonny' White shows that with sufficient exotic matter one could acheive FTL similar to what happens with a "Sonny" Leonard BB in your ride of choice. Relativistically of course.

[Aircooled]

We'll talk more about this yesterday.

[pdub]

We'll talk more about this yesterday.

That's a good plan, except yesterday I woke up in another dimension and discovered that I've always been square.

And Steven Wright said, and I'll always wonder, if you're going the speed of light and turn the headlights on.....what happens?

[Pumpkin]

And Steven Wright said, and I'll always wonder, if you're going the speed of light and turn the headlights on.....what happens?

You immediately decelerate due to the flux decapacitor and are suddenly in the interior of a DeLorean doing 88 mph. The rest is history. At least that's what the beer tells me. Could be wrong.

[Beagle]

I think the lights have to be on before you can see the back of your head without a mirror

[oldsman496]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7piHsxLs7Ss

The soviets actually mounted a set of driving lamps to the front of this rocket and see what happened...? Not pretty i'm tellin' ya......


But seriously, Science rocks, but, if you want it as a career, you better be good at math for theoretical anything..............

[pdub]

[QUOTE=oldsman496;783146]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=7piHsxLs7Ss

The soviets actually mounted a set of driving lamps to the front of this rocket and see what happened...? Not pretty i'm tellin' ya......
QUOTE]

Don't they know July 4th isn't until Thursday? Those darn Rooskies and their Vodka - they're always about a half a step off timing.

[TheSilverBuick]

And Steven Wright said, and I'll always wonder, if you're going the speed of light and turn the headlights on.....what happens?

The photons will instantly gain mass, slow down, and you'll essentially hit yourself in the face with a rock at the speed of light.

[pdub]

The photons will instantly gain mass, slow down, and you'll essentially hit yourself in the face with a rock at the speed of light.

A real rock, or an imaginary rock?

[TheSilverBuick]

A real, probably painful rock.

[pdub]

A real, probably painful rock.

Prove it.