Author Topic: Hyperdrive is real! (Read 1872 times)

Grasshopper · « **on:** January 09, 2006, 08:37:17 pm »

OK, not quite, but still an interesting article.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg18925331.200.html

danny_galaga · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2006, 07:50:34 am »

Quote from: Grasshopper on January 09, 2006, 08:37:17 pm

OK, not quite, but still an interesting article.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg18925331.200.html

wow, i've burnt my fingers experimenting with chemicals, and a friend lost an eye. but losing both forarms and most of your hearing and sight is pretty hard-core

ChadTower · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:00:51 pm »

Just this part scares me: lattice quantum chromodynamics

Harry Potter · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:01:44 pm »

Great. Now we'll have to pay taxes for hyperspace bypasses.

ChadTower · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:02:39 pm »

So, dude is brilliant, comes up with hyperdrive, but has multiple severe disabilities from a lab accident...

...so when does he turn into a supervillian and blame his accident on that meddling Spiderman?

Harry Potter · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:04:32 pm »

ChadTower · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:05:31 pm »

You've never read many comic books, have you?

That is the origin of pretty much every supervillian.

Stingray · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:06:32 pm »

Quote from: bosss7 on January 10, 2006, 12:01:44 pm

Great. Now we'll have to pay taxes for hyperspace bypasses.

We're going to need to knock down your house to make way for the new bypass. If you would like to view the plans they're on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the leopard'.

-S

Harry Potter · « **Reply #8 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:07:16 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on January 10, 2006, 12:05:31 pm

You've never read many comic books, have you?

That is the origin of pretty much every supervillian.

Oh sorry. I wasn't replying to your post. Accidental post.

ChadTower · « **Reply #9 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:08:30 pm »

Quote

These are, Dr

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:08:59 pm »

Quote from: bosss7 on January 10, 2006, 12:01:44 pm

Great. Now we'll have to pay taxes for hyperspace bypasses.

Yeah, but...

Earth to Proxima Centauri in 80 days... Wow.

I wanna get to point D badly.

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:09:48 pm »

Quote from: Stingray on January 10, 2006, 12:06:32 pm

We're going to need to knock down your house to make way for the new bypass. If you would like to view the plans they're on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the leopard'.

-S

Thats the display department.

Harry Potter · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:11:42 pm »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on January 10, 2006, 12:08:59 pm

Quote from: bosss7 on January 10, 2006, 12:01:44 pm
Great. Now we'll have to pay taxes for hyperspace bypasses.

Yeah, but...

Earth to Proxima Centauri in 80 days... Wow.

I wanna get to point D badly.

I prefer point E. The pub.

ChadTower · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:12:19 pm »

I'm going to attach the engine to my foot and take it straight to Uranus.

Stingray · « **Reply #14 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:13:01 pm »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on January 10, 2006, 12:09:48 pm

Quote from: Stingray on January 10, 2006, 12:06:32 pm
We're going to need to knock down your house to make way for the new bypass. If you would like to view the plans they're on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the leopard'.

-S

Thats the display department.

"I had to bring a torch"

"The lights had probably gone"

"So had the stairs"

-S

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #15 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:13:30 pm »

Woops. D was the cottage, right.

Never said I could spel.

ChadTower · « **Reply #16 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:16:00 pm »

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Several years ago, while an undergraduate at the University of Hamburg, he took a careful look at Heim theory. He says he finds it "largely incomprehensible", and difficult to tie in with today's physics. "What is needed is a step-by-step introduction, beginning at modern physical concepts," he says.

I.E. "I need to get smarter."

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #17 on:** January 10, 2006, 12:17:57 pm »

Remember, this was recently... He doesn't need to get smarter, the classes need to be dumbed down.

Think of the kids left behind and their feelings, man.

Grasshopper · « **Reply #18 on:** January 10, 2006, 01:04:28 pm »

I prefer using an infinite improbability drive myself. All this messing around in hyperspace gives me a headache.

Grasshopper · « **Reply #19 on:** January 10, 2006, 01:07:34 pm »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on January 10, 2006, 12:08:59 pm

Quote from: bosss7 on January 10, 2006, 12:01:44 pm
Great. Now we'll have to pay taxes for hyperspace bypasses.

Yeah, but...

Earth to Proxima Centauri in 80 days... Wow.

I wanna get to point D badly.

Actually IIRC Proxima Centauri is only about 4 light years away and the article says you could travel 11 light years in 80 days.

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #20 on:** January 10, 2006, 01:10:09 pm »

Not with my wife and kids.

You must be single if you think you can get anywhere on time.

"I gotta pee..."

"Ooh, flea market..."

"Whats that noise..."

Grasshopper · « **Reply #21 on:** January 10, 2006, 01:13:32 pm »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on January 10, 2006, 01:10:09 pm

Not with my wife and kids.

You must be single if you think you can get anywhere on time.

"I gotta pee..."

"Ooh, flea market..."

"Whats that noise..."

Yeah hadn't thought of that. Also, there might be traffic on the hyperspace byepass.

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #22 on:** January 10, 2006, 01:55:38 pm »

Can you have traffic in hyperspace? Hyperspace is overrated anyway. You always come out in front of a rock.

saint · « **Reply #23 on:** January 10, 2006, 02:52:46 pm »

You must have older kids. #3 should be: "What's that smell..."

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on January 10, 2006, 01:10:09 pm

Not with my wife and kids.

You must be single if you think you can get anywhere on time.

"I gotta pee..."

"Ooh, flea market..."

"Whats that noise..."

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #24 on:** January 10, 2006, 03:21:25 pm »

2 years old. We KNOW what that smell is.

My wife on the otherhand, thinks my 10 year old Explorer is likely to fall apart at any given time. Ergo, the noise comment.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #25 on:** January 10, 2006, 03:37:20 pm »

well being an Explorer it should have allready fallen apart.....

I mean after all you're lucky to get 70,000 miles out of the transmission.....

Stupid Ford replacing the Bronco for that crap.........

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #26 on:** January 10, 2006, 03:59:05 pm »

We went thru this already somewhere else.

The tranny DID fall out at 70k.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #27 on:** January 10, 2006, 11:33:10 pm »

oh yeah that was you......... I though Stingray had an Exploder.....

psik0tik · « **Reply #28 on:** January 14, 2006, 05:14:40 pm »

Now thats a DIY project for your arse..they told us how to build it. Forget that hour commute to work


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