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Post #174,080
by drewk
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9/14/04 12:37:14 AM
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New It's not the getting there, it's slowing down enough to look
I can drive across the U.S. in four days. Three if I don't sleep and get really lucky. Doesn't mean I'll know what the hell was in any of it.
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Post #174,107
by deSitter
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9/14/04 2:11:13 AM
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New Right
We can get anywhere we want as long as we can go fast enough, and time dilation makes it possible to, say, get to Andromeda and back in a few thousand years (and of course back on Earth 4 million years have passed). During most of the trip, due to aberration, the Universe will appear to be an X-ray dot in the direction of motion. How to navigate? It's like driving across the country looking through a pinhole covered by a welder's glass.
-drl
     Where the hell is everybody? - (inthane-chan) - (43) - Sept. 13, 2004, 10:48:25 AM EDT
         Easy... - (admin) - Sept. 13, 2004, 10:56:43 AM EDT
         Light is slow. Universe is big. Catastrophes happen. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 13, 2004, 11:17:08 AM EDT
             Not if you believe Von Neumann - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 13, 2004, 11:32:41 AM EDT
             Looking for radio signals is probably futile. - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 13, 2004, 11:44:18 AM EDT
         Re: Where the hell is everybody? - (deSitter) - (2) - Sept. 13, 2004, 04:55:19 PM EDT
             So what's your answer? -NT - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Sept. 13, 2004, 04:57:57 PM EDT
                 Don't think it's a valid question at this point - (deSitter) - Sept. 13, 2004, 05:04:22 PM EDT
         Where? Well.. the Why has been done by Calvin & Hobbes - (Ashton) - Sept. 13, 2004, 05:16:22 PM EDT
         The speed of light is too low. - (static) - (24) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:29:44 AM EDT
             It is clear the speed of light must be exceeded. - (Andrew Grygus) - (20) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:35:34 AM EDT
                 Not a joke! -NT - (deSitter) - Sept. 14, 2004, 02:03:27 AM EDT
                 I believe and nearly always have... - (folkert) - (10) - Sept. 14, 2004, 11:05:12 AM EDT
                     The problem with C is that it's a hard limit. -NT - (pwhysall) - Sept. 14, 2004, 11:16:36 AM EDT
                     I don't think we'll ever exceed C myself. - (inthane-chan) - (5) - Sept. 14, 2004, 11:21:51 AM EDT
                         OT: What's C++ all about, then? :) -NT - (Meerkat) - (4) - Sept. 15, 2004, 12:03:00 AM EDT
                             :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 15, 2004, 12:21:01 AM EDT
                             Demonstrating that you can't - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 15, 2004, 10:44:48 AM EDT
                             Hmmm - (imric) - Sept. 15, 2004, 10:48:58 AM EDT
                             Simple - (admin) - Sept. 15, 2004, 10:58:15 AM EDT
                     Re: I believe and nearly always have... - (deSitter) - Sept. 14, 2004, 11:22:50 AM EDT
                     There is no evidence that they affect each other - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 14, 2004, 11:27:36 AM EDT
                     Replying to my own... to address the others. - (folkert) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:04:18 PM EDT
                 Metaphysics wise - (ChrisR) - (7) - Sept. 14, 2004, 11:30:04 AM EDT
                     Re: Metaphysics wise - (deSitter) - (6) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:03:09 PM EDT
                         No... - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:08:02 PM EDT
                             Re: No... - (deSitter) - (2) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:55:53 PM EDT
                                 There are materials with negative refractive indexes. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2004, 01:32:33 PM EDT
                                     Re: There are materials with negative refractive indexes. - (deSitter) - Sept. 14, 2004, 01:53:55 PM EDT
                         Well, if we can't speed up light.... - (ChrisR) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:08:53 PM EDT
                             That would be one of my favourite passages. :-) -NT - (static) - Sept. 14, 2004, 09:12:32 PM EDT
             It's not the getting there, it's slowing down enough to look - (drewk) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:37:14 AM EDT
                 Right - (deSitter) - Sept. 14, 2004, 02:11:13 AM EDT
             Re: The speed of light is too low. - (deSitter) - Sept. 14, 2004, 02:01:32 AM EDT
         Space is big. - (pwhysall) - (5) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:40:45 AM EDT
             I believe the technical term for it is ... hyarge -NT - (drewk) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:49:29 AM EDT
             Not so big - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Sept. 14, 2004, 02:27:15 AM EDT
                 Question about that theory - (drewk) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2004, 11:41:48 AM EDT
                     The latter - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 14, 2004, 12:02:22 PM EDT
             I thought it was a long way to the chemists. But that's - (Meerkat) - Sept. 14, 2004, 03:28:52 AM EDT
         Don't know enough - (JayMehaffey) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2004, 01:21:13 AM EDT
             Re: Don't know enough - (deSitter) - Sept. 14, 2004, 02:04:39 AM EDT
         Might like some MMORPGs - (Meerkat) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2004, 03:30:59 AM EDT
             Your .sig is oddly appropriate. :) -NT - (inthane-chan) - Sept. 14, 2004, 10:52:02 AM EDT

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