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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:45 PM Original message |
I'd like to pick your brains. Are there any *plausible* theories re: FTL propulsion? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not to be snarky - but what is FTL? |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Ditto ! |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Faster Than Light |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Thanks ! |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. FTL = Faster Than Light |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Fruit of the loom n/t |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. It would be funny I fthe guys from Fruit of theLoom |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nope |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Is that just that it's not being researched, or that it's "impossible" so it's not BEING researched? |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. In serious science and engineering it is considered impossible |
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Ildem09 (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Faster Than Light (FTL) |
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Ildem09 (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. until recently |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. There are several theories... |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Time travel |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Very doubtful. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Nonsense. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Sense |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. just a whole lot of assumptions there |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. GreenStormCloud has never played Spore. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. You're presuming such technology exists concurrent with our civilization. |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I'm assuming you are doing this for a book? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. No, not for a book |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. There's a relativistic effect that might appear to "slow down" time for those traveling at close to |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not that I've seen. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sort of, yes, under loose definitions of FTL. |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. that's a good point because |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. the answer is ask again later but probably not that we know of |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. I thought quantum entanglement proves that FTL is possible |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. It doesn't |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I strongly disagree with this interpretation. |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Problem with that |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
32. The book "Physics of the Impossible" by Michio Kaku |
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