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[10ebbor10]

OK, is it just me, or does anyone else keep reading the title as Albuquerque Drive?

((Had to look that one up))

So a FTL drive powered by an American city. I'm afraid we haven't managed a stupidity to energy transfer yet.

[olemars]

Apparently, one Albuquerque Drive has already been built.

[Skyrunner]

OK, is it just me, or does anyone else keep reading the title as Albuquerque Drive?

((Had to look that one up))

So a FTL drive powered by an American city. I'm afraid we haven't managed a stupidity to energy transfer yet.

Invent that, and you will become a billionaire!

[Starver]

Apparently, one Albuquerque Drive has already been built.

Hmm, so if you stretch that road from Earth to Alpha Centauri then travel between here and there would be like a walk to the shops.  (I didn't actually see any shops on it, of course, so I might be wrong about that.)

[Mech#4]

OK, is it just me, or does anyone else keep reading the title as Albuquerque Drive?

((Had to look that one up))

So a FTL drive powered by an American city. I'm afraid we haven't managed a stupidity to energy transfer yet.

Invent that, and you will become a billionaire!

Though it would only be capable of left turns.

[Reudh]

If I remember right, Alcubierre drives are a paradox because you need a previous Alcubierre drive to pave the way for the one coming. Hence, it's impossible.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Uh...no? All it does is bend spacetime. You only need one.

[Kadzar]

No way, we aren't unleashing spambots on the universe.

I wonder how aliens would react to our species if their first contact with us was an ad for tentacle enhancement pills.

[Starver]

I am Dr. John Typicalname's widow, the wife of the human in charge of Auditing section of Earth in Geneva, Switzershire, Terraearth, Solsun, Orion-Cygnus Arm. I need your urgent business assistance in transferring an abandoned sum of MW§19.3x10¹⁵ left by a deceased visitor to my planet immediately to your homeworld.

If you are interested and ready to partake in this great business opportunity, kindly send your probes to me including your self/hive-identification index, Brood-Name, Planet/Spacial Coordinates andyour quantum-linking number for easy communication.

I will send you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will receive 40% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to help me execute this business.

May the almighty Entropy be favourably with you at all times so Please contact me back FOR THE FULL DETAILS OF THIS PROPOSAL,WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMETIONS.

YOUR FULL SELF/HIVE-IDENTIFICATION INDEX..........................

YOUR BROOD-NAME............................

YOUR PLANET OR SPACIAL COORDINATES............................

YOUR QUANTUM-LINKING NUMBER............................

Respectfully.

Dr. John Typicalname (Mrs)

[Rose]

lulz

[Virex]

If I remember right, Alcubierre drives are a paradox because you need a previous Alcubierre drive to pave the way for the one coming. Hence, it's impossible.

IIRC, that's only true for a FTL Alcubierre drive made without using exotic mater.

[kaijyuu]

If I remember right, Alcubierre drives are a paradox because you need a previous Alcubierre drive to pave the way for the one coming. Hence, it's impossible.

IIRC, that's only true for a FTL Alcubierre drive made without using exotic mater.

Oh great, it's either impossible because we haven't built one yet, or it's impossible because we're using imaginary matter to build one.

[DJ]

Even if we had to build "roads" with sublight ships FTL would still be plenty useful.

[10ebbor10]

If I remember right, Alcubierre drives are a paradox because you need a previous Alcubierre drive to pave the way for the one coming. Hence, it's impossible.

IIRC, that's only true for a FTL Alcubierre drive made without using exotic mater.

Oh great, it's either impossible because we haven't built one yet, or it's impossible because we're using imaginary matter to build one.

Exotic matter. Negative density matter to be precise. Besides, we could try using the Casimir effect to replace the exotic matter

Imaginary matter is something else entirely. Basically, it's impossible for imaginary matter to move slower than light. Got a lot to do with Tachyons and stuff.

((It suprises me how much we know about stuff without knowing wherether or not it actually exist))

[MetalSlimeHunt]

That's physics for you. It really says something when a field of science has two entire subfields that are completely devoted to the theoretical aspects of it.