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Author Topic: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"  (Read 27637 times)

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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #180 on: December 07, 2012, 11:58:26 am »

Strangest is when it actually starts to produce benefits, despite still not knowing if the material exists.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #181 on: December 07, 2012, 12:31:00 pm »

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.
Which two subfields do you mean?

Strangest is when it actually starts to produce benefits, despite still not knowing if the material exists.
Well, it hasn't produced benefits yet, now has it? Or are you thinking of something else?
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #182 on: December 07, 2012, 12:32:56 pm »

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.
Which two subfields do you mean?
Theoretical Physics and Theoretical Particle Physics, which do not overlap as much as you might think.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #183 on: December 07, 2012, 12:39:58 pm »

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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #184 on: December 07, 2012, 12:41:37 pm »

Strangest is when it actually starts to produce benefits, despite still not knowing if the material exists.
Well, it hasn't produced benefits yet, now has it? Or are you thinking of something else?

Well, I live on Ceti Sigma IV but work in Los Angeles.  Only takes me three hours to get to work.  And that's mostly on the I5.

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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #185 on: December 07, 2012, 04:11:08 pm »

You just butchered the Bayer system, Starver. I hope you're happy. :P
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #186 on: December 07, 2012, 04:14:16 pm »

I dunno about this warp drive, it's all fun and games until someone's eyes get ripped out by extra-dimensional demons.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #187 on: December 07, 2012, 04:58:47 pm »

You just butchered the Bayer system, Starver. I hope you're happy. :P
Only a few of you petty humans realise how limiting that system actually is, I just wanted to obscure the actual area code because I don't want you lot just turning up on my airlockstep unannounced...

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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #188 on: December 07, 2012, 05:36:44 pm »

I dunno about this warp drive, it's all fun and games until someone's eyes get ripped out by extra-dimensional demons.
Just grab a random person, rip out his vocal chords and give him a beard and crowbar. Problem solved. Alternatively, magma.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #189 on: December 08, 2012, 12:27:11 am »

Scare the demons so they'll go back on their own. Rape them, maybe.

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