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by 1cmanny1 » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:04 am

Warp drive news?

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by Fatal Exception » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:30 am

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/18 ... arp_drive/

I'm pretty sure Warp 10 isn't 10X the speed of light though.

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PostRe: Science - strawberry float YEAH
by T9Flake » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:39 pm

Fatal Exception wrote:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/18/nasa_eagleworks_warp_drive/

I'm pretty sure Warp 10 isn't 10X the speed of light though.


It's the equivalent of the Hitchiker's Impossibility Drive (if we use the TNG onwards scale)

Warp 9.99 (TNG) is 7,912 times the speed of light

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by SEP » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:43 pm

Fatal Exception wrote:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/18/nasa_eagleworks_warp_drive/

I'm pretty sure Warp 10 isn't 10X the speed of light though.


Using the Next Generation warp scale, Warp 10 is infinite speed. No ship has ever reached that speed, and I won't have anyone tell me otherwise.

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PostRe: Science - strawberry float YEAH
by Cosmo » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:47 pm

Cal, could you keep you climate change bollocks to your bullshit thread please. strawberry floating hell.

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PostRe: Science - strawberry float YEAH
by Fatal Exception » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:08 am

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Fatal Exception wrote:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/18/nasa_eagleworks_warp_drive/

I'm pretty sure Warp 10 isn't 10X the speed of light though.


Using the Next Generation warp scale, Warp 10 is infinite speed. No ship has ever reached that speed, and I won't have anyone tell me otherwise.

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PostRe: Science - strawberry float YEAH
by TheTurnipKing » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:29 am

T9Flake wrote:
Fatal Exception wrote:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/18/nasa_eagleworks_warp_drive/

I'm pretty sure Warp 10 isn't 10X the speed of light though.


It's the equivalent of the Hitchiker's Impossibility Drive (if we use the TNG onwards scale)

Warp 9.99 (TNG) is 7,912 times the speed of light

You mean the Infinite Improbability Drive? You realise the Improbability drive means you pass through every point in the universe simultaneously, right?

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by 7256930752 » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:58 am

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T9Flake wrote:
Fatal Exception wrote:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/18/nasa_eagleworks_warp_drive/

I'm pretty sure Warp 10 isn't 10X the speed of light though.


It's the equivalent of the Hitchiker's Impossibility Drive (if we use the TNG onwards scale)

Warp 9.99 (TNG) is 7,912 times the speed of light

You mean the Infinite Improbability Drive? You realise the Improbability drive means you pass through every point in the universe simultaneously, right?

Is it that you're in every point at once or there is a probability you could be in every point at once?

I should probably remember as I only read the book for the first time 3 weeks ago but I remember thinking it must be paying homage to quantum superposition.

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PostRe: Science - strawberry float YEAH
by TheTurnipKing » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:24 am

Whichever is most improbable I should imagine.

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PostRe: Science - strawberry float YEAH
by Poser » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:30 am

Meep wrote:
Second of all, there is always an energy crisis. Always. As civilisation continues to grow and advanced it is in perpetual need of ever increasing supplies of energy. This means that no matter where you are in history there is always an energy crisis looming just ahead of you which requires a new and greater source of energy. When the time comes that one cannot be found civilisation stops and if the one we current depend on collapses then civilisation collapses also.


Megatron must be stopped. No matter the cost.

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by ~Earl Grey~ » Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:10 am

One shall stand, one shall fall.

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by Oh Teh Noes » Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:21 am

Well, one shall stand or one shall fall.

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PostRe: Science - strawberry float YEAH
by TheTurnipKing » Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:54 am

Whichever is most improbable without being impossible

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PostRe: Science - strawberry float YEAH
by That » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:40 am

Poser wrote:Megatron must be stopped. No matter the cost.


:lol:

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by Meep » Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:55 pm

The way I see it, making humans immortal is much more achievable than creating FTL, which is probably impossible. What have these things got to do with each other? Well, assuming medical technology reaches the point were we are immortal, the long times required for interstellar travel cease to be a problem. If you never grow old you won't care about taking a few centuries to reach another solar system, especially if you can go into some kind of deep sleep most of the way.

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PostRe: Science - strawberry float YEAH
by 1cmanny1 » Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:45 pm

Is it more feasible to buy into the theory that aliens created us, or the god gooseberry fool?

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by Alvin Flummux » Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:58 pm

Neither is feasible.

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by Moggy » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:37 pm

Meep wrote:The way I see it, making humans immortal is much more achievable than creating FTL, which is probably impossible. What have these things got to do with each other? Well, assuming medical technology reaches the point were we are immortal, the long times required for interstellar travel cease to be a problem. If you never grow old you won't care about taking a few centuries to reach another solar system, especially if you can go into some kind of deep sleep most of the way.


I moan like strawberry float if I am on a one hour flight.

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by Meep » Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:05 pm

Moggy wrote:
Meep wrote:The way I see it, making humans immortal is much more achievable than creating FTL, which is probably impossible. What have these things got to do with each other? Well, assuming medical technology reaches the point were we are immortal, the long times required for interstellar travel cease to be a problem. If you never grow old you won't care about taking a few centuries to reach another solar system, especially if you can go into some kind of deep sleep most of the way.


I moan like strawberry float if I am on a one hour flight.

I imagine an interstellar ship would be strawberry floating huge. If you are going to be living there for a few centuries you'll probably want your own living quarters and all sort of entertainment and such to keep you occupied. You could probably get a job on the ship. If you're not qualified, no big deal, you're immortal so you have time to become an expert in pretty much anything you have the remotest aptitude for. :lol:

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PostRe: Science - strawberry float YEAH
by Fatal Exception » Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:30 pm

Meep wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Meep wrote:The way I see it, making humans immortal is much more achievable than creating FTL, which is probably impossible. What have these things got to do with each other? Well, assuming medical technology reaches the point were we are immortal, the long times required for interstellar travel cease to be a problem. If you never grow old you won't care about taking a few centuries to reach another solar system, especially if you can go into some kind of deep sleep most of the way.


I moan like strawberry float if I am on a one hour flight.

I imagine an interstellar ship would be strawberry floating huge. If you are going to be living there for a few centuries you'll probably want your own living quarters and all sort of entertainment and such to keep you occupied. You could probably get a job on the ship. If you're not qualified, no big deal, you're immortal so you have time to become an expert in pretty much anything you have the remotest aptitude for. :lol:


Humans can't be trusted to not breed ourselves out of existence on a whole planet in a lifetime. I shudder to think of the state of the spaceship after more than 100 years.

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