Jspec Germany Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 My goodness. All this AND that plane thread. Great stuff today and civil too. Hell yes. Much more fun than arguing about Vauxhalls and doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've woken up hours before I've gone to bed before, I've been paid for nine hours although I've only worked six too. Making love to my wife makes time stand still. And I've made a five minute crossword last three hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I heard this the other night so won't take credit for it. "I'm so fast I can turn the light off in my bedroom and be in bed before it gets dark." "So can I - I've got a bedside light." BaBoom Tish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 well i stand corrected Thorin my apologies,i have been pawned http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1999/02.18/light.html and http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218392702 Nice find Darren. Old Einstein was way ahead wasn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Nice find Darren. Old Einstein was way ahead wasn't he? he was,Its a shame Steven Hawkings isnt upto the same league,tho i do rate him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt k Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I heard this the other night so won't take credit for it. "I'm so fast I can turn the light off in my bedroom and be in bed before it gets dark." "So can I - I've got a bedside light." BaBoom Tish. Muhammed Ali. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 We can go faster than the speed of light, haven't you seen K-Pax? That doesn't mean we can time travel though, although I think it's possible I don't think it's anything to do with light speed (except for viewing 'old' light). There'll be rules though obviously, just the same as there are rules in the other 3 dimensions, so the paradox thing goes out the window straight away - you can't go back and kill your ancestors before you were born, because it didn't happen so obviously you didn't do it! AFAIK a warp drive (theoretically) works by creating a bubble where everything in it stands still, and everything else is moved past the bubble, so the ship isn't going faster than light, in fact it's not moving, everything else is moving instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 ive had diahorrea that came out at the speed of light yesterday Some people say that a thought is the fastest thing in the world, others that it's the speed of light. I agree that it's diahorrea.... the other night I woke up with a dodgy stomach, before I could think or switch on the light, I s**t myself. Ok so it's an old joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Ok, how about this,.. if there was a spacecraft with inertial dampeners on like a conveyer belt, and the spacecraft accelerated upto but not quite the speed of light,. would the spacecraft gain any real thrust ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've invented an anti-gravity device. Working on the principal that bread always lands butter side down and a cat will always land on it's feet, I strapped some bread butter side up to the cat's back and dropped the pair of them. The cat/bread drive spun madly but didn't hit the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've invented an anti-gravity device. Working on the principal that bread always lands butter side down and a cat will always land on it's feet, I strapped some bread butter side up to the cat's back and dropped the pair of them. The cat/bread drive spun madly but didn't hit the ground. lol !! In all seriousness Redm did you hear recently about the japanese attempting re-entry to the earths atmosphere using 14 foot long paper planes ! ? i joke not,. read on http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/01/22/scipaper122.xml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntD Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Read this today...http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article772800.ece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 And what about anti-matter ? The pesky stuff was made in equal amounts to matter during the big bang. Scientists estimate that 25% of our universe is made of the stuff...thats a lot of stuff and no mistake. So, where is it all ? No one has seen any since Blammo Zero, nothing, nowt. If anyone sees any, you should ring CERN and save them the hassle of an up coming anti-matter finding mission in space. Meanwhile, If my theory is correct, anti-matter and time travel are inexoriably linked by the speed of light. Theres a couple of Russian mathematicians that agree with me too aparently. A story that may break in May this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Mankind will march on pushing the realms of science and exploration forever farther (or alternatively we will wipe each other out) Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've invented an anti-gravity device. Working on the principal that bread always lands butter side down and a cat will always land on it's feet, I strapped some bread butter side up to the cat's back and dropped the pair of them. The cat/bread drive spun madly but didn't hit the ground. That is perpetual motion! I thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've invented an anti-gravity device. Working on the principal that bread always lands butter side down and a cat will always land on it's feet, I strapped some bread butter side up to the cat's back and dropped the pair of them. The cat/bread drive spun madly but didn't hit the ground. Brilliant, but for some reason I cant get it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Read this today...http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article772800.ece yep the large Hadron, ive been waiting for this to start up , to be honest tho its only a larger version of whats allready in use now,its real use is actualy to detect waht happened 1 millisecond after the big bang, tho its side effects will be intereresting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRASUZUKI Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 That is perpetual motion! I thank you You mean purrpetual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 As there was no one around to hear it, was it really a big bang ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wHIZz Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 It still amazes me how many people are willing to step up and suggest that something is impossible. If we can travel slower than or we can comprehend traveling "at" the speed of light, why can't we accept that it may be possible to travel in excess of the speed of light Oh yeah, right! - because of the laws of physics!..... but we created the damn law only based on what we can comprehend! I suggest nothing is impossible, it is simply that our delicate human brains can't comprehend anything that we don't understand. wHIZz PS: I remember years ago, someone came up with this wacky idea that you could place a whole load of 1's and 0's onto a plastic disc and when you put it into a special machine, you would hear music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Meanwhile, If my theory is correct, anti-matter and time travel are inexoriably linked by the speed of light. Theres a couple of Russian mathematicians that agree with me too aparently. A story that may break in May this year. I think you'll be interested to know that the story breaks in June and changes the nature of mankind in an instant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I think you'll be interested to know that the story breaks in June and changes the nature of mankind in an instant. Oh well, in the grand scheme of things another four weeks wont hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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