http://phys.org/news/2012-10-physicists-special-relativity.html
So screw you.
The goddamn universe is cheating again.
Makes my head all bendy.
I read it.
Twice.
That wooshing sound was it going clean over my head.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 09, 2012, 12:37:57 AM
The goddamn universe is cheating again.
Things are WEIRDER THAN YOU THOUGHT, and like the man said, WEIRDER THAN YOU
CAN THINK.
And all this kickass science fiction shit is suddenly happening and all that anyone does is yawn and hit F5.
This ties in with the whole possibility of actually having warp drive thing, yes?
Cool
Quote from: Man Yellow on October 09, 2012, 12:55:11 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 09, 2012, 12:37:57 AM
The goddamn universe is cheating again.
Things are WEIRDER THAN YOU THOUGHT, and like the man said, WEIRDER THAN YOU CAN THINK.
And all this kickass science fiction shit is suddenly happening and all that anyone does is yawn and hit F5.
Newsfeed! "Reality; weirder than you can think"
Quote from: Man Green on October 09, 2012, 01:14:03 AM
Quote from: Man Yellow on October 09, 2012, 12:55:11 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 09, 2012, 12:37:57 AM
The goddamn universe is cheating again.
Things are WEIRDER THAN YOU THOUGHT, and like the man said, WEIRDER THAN YOU CAN THINK.
And all this kickass science fiction shit is suddenly happening and all that anyone does is yawn and hit F5.
Newsfeed! "Reality; weirder than you can think"
"Reality, under no obligation to make sense to your primitive brain."
Quote from: Man Green on October 09, 2012, 01:14:03 AM
Quote from: Man Yellow on October 09, 2012, 12:55:11 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 09, 2012, 12:37:57 AM
The goddamn universe is cheating again.
Things are WEIRDER THAN YOU THOUGHT, and like the man said, WEIRDER THAN YOU CAN THINK.
And all this kickass science fiction shit is suddenly happening and all that anyone does is yawn and hit F5.
Newsfeed! "Reality; weirder than you can think"
That's actually a quote from some guy. Can't remember who.
Holy fucking shit.
Quote from: Man Yellow on October 09, 2012, 01:14:59 AM
Quote from: Man Green on October 09, 2012, 01:14:03 AM
Quote from: Man Yellow on October 09, 2012, 12:55:11 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 09, 2012, 12:37:57 AM
The goddamn universe is cheating again.
Things are WEIRDER THAN YOU THOUGHT, and like the man said, WEIRDER THAN YOU CAN THINK.
And all this kickass science fiction shit is suddenly happening and all that anyone does is yawn and hit F5.
Newsfeed! "Reality; weirder than you can think"
That's actually a quote from some guy. Can't remember who.
Found it! Arthur Eddington. "Reality is not only stranger than you think, it's stranger than you can think."
It's so so so exactly perfect.
Everything the cactus told me was right? :eek:
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
This confirms my suspicion that the weirdness of the universe is only limited by how weird you can make a mathematical equation.
Quote from: Man Yellow on October 09, 2012, 12:26:09 AM
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-physicists-special-relativity.html
So screw you.
Oddly this might be relevant to me getting Villager back.
Twid,
Just needs to get better at math.
Quote from: Sita on October 09, 2012, 01:02:36 AM
This ties in with the whole possibility of actually having warp drive thing, yes?
Cool
Before I start reading the article and assuming that I know what it's about based on the title, no.
This is legit FTL, not practical FTL.
What this basically shows is a mathematical inverse.
For example, us regular jack offs, as we approach the speed of light, get more massive. This is why matter can never get to the speed of light. However, if you exceed the speed of light, you get the opposite.
As you approach the speed of light, your mass gets asymptotically larger.
As you exceed the speed of light, your mass diminishes, until you hit the asymptote, where your mass approaches nothing.
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on October 12, 2012, 05:49:59 AM
Quote from: Sita on October 09, 2012, 01:02:36 AM
This ties in with the whole possibility of actually having warp drive thing, yes?
Cool
Before I start reading the article and assuming that I know what it's about based on the title, no.
This is legit FTL, not practical FTL.
What this basically shows is a mathematical inverse.
For example, us regular jack offs, as we approach the speed of light, get more massive. This is why matter can never get to the speed of light. However, if you exceed the speed of light, you get the opposite.
As you approach the speed of light, your mass gets asymptotically larger.
As you exceed the speed of light, your mass diminishes, until you hit the asymptote, where your mass approaches nothing.
LMNO, how close was I?
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on October 12, 2012, 05:51:27 AM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on October 12, 2012, 05:49:59 AM
Quote from: Sita on October 09, 2012, 01:02:36 AM
This ties in with the whole possibility of actually having warp drive thing, yes?
Cool
Before I start reading the article and assuming that I know what it's about based on the title, no.
This is legit FTL, not practical FTL.
What this basically shows is a mathematical inverse.
For example, us regular jack offs, as we approach the speed of light, get more massive. This is why matter can never get to the speed of light. However, if you exceed the speed of light, you get the opposite.
As you approach the speed of light, your mass gets asymptotically larger.
As you exceed the speed of light, your mass diminishes, until you hit the asymptote, where your mass approaches nothing.
LMNO, how close was I?
Reading the article, dead on, with some details mentioned elsewhere This is the paper I read about the other day.
Talking about what happens at the speed of light is where the math breaks down. The math as we understand it only describes what happens in subluminal and superluminal speeds, whereas warp drive describes a ship that sits still in space, but the space around it exceeds the speed of light (at an effective speed of 10 c if I recall).
Honestly, if you were to put actual money on practical FTL, put it in warp drive, not in this, since it only describes particles that by nature are FTL anyway. Tachyons and such. If they are proven to exist. Nothing with mass can go at a speed of c. The amount of energy needed to make that happen, if I recall correctly exceeds the amount of energy available in the universe.
Twid,
Really was going to be a scientist if he never picked up guitar and wanted to be a professional musician.
Edited to turn subliminal into subluminal.
The two keys are next to each other.
In other words, this article describes the math of particles that cannot go less than the speed of light. Something that is irrelevant to our travels, at least as we understand them now.
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on October 12, 2012, 06:08:54 AM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on October 12, 2012, 05:51:27 AM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on October 12, 2012, 05:49:59 AM
Quote from: Sita on October 09, 2012, 01:02:36 AM
This ties in with the whole possibility of actually having warp drive thing, yes?
Cool
Before I start reading the article and assuming that I know what it's about based on the title, no.
This is legit FTL, not practical FTL.
What this basically shows is a mathematical inverse.
For example, us regular jack offs, as we approach the speed of light, get more massive. This is why matter can never get to the speed of light. However, if you exceed the speed of light, you get the opposite.
As you approach the speed of light, your mass gets asymptotically larger.
As you exceed the speed of light, your mass diminishes, until you hit the asymptote, where your mass approaches nothing.
LMNO, how close was I?
Reading the article, dead on, with some details mentioned elsewhere This is the paper I read about the other day.
Talking about what happens at the speed of light is where the math breaks down. The math as we understand it only describes what happens in subluminal and superluminal speeds, whereas warp drive describes a ship that sits still in space, but the space around it exceeds the speed of light (at an effective speed of 10 c if I recall).
Honestly, if you were to put actual money on practical FTL, put it in warp drive, not in this, since it only describes particles that by nature are FTL anyway. Tachyons and such. If they are proven to exist. Nothing with mass can go at a speed of c. The amount of energy needed to make that happen, if I recall correctly exceeds the amount of energy available in the universe.
Twid,
Really was going to be a scientist if he never picked up guitar and wanted to be a professional musician.
Edited to turn subliminal into subluminal.
The two keys are next to each other.
WTF does this have to do with getting Villager back? :p
Quote from: TEXAS FAIRIES FOR ALL YOU SPAGS on October 12, 2012, 06:31:08 AM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on October 12, 2012, 06:08:54 AM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on October 12, 2012, 05:51:27 AM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on October 12, 2012, 05:49:59 AM
Quote from: Sita on October 09, 2012, 01:02:36 AM
This ties in with the whole possibility of actually having warp drive thing, yes?
Cool
Before I start reading the article and assuming that I know what it's about based on the title, no.
This is legit FTL, not practical FTL.
What this basically shows is a mathematical inverse.
For example, us regular jack offs, as we approach the speed of light, get more massive. This is why matter can never get to the speed of light. However, if you exceed the speed of light, you get the opposite.
As you approach the speed of light, your mass gets asymptotically larger.
As you exceed the speed of light, your mass diminishes, until you hit the asymptote, where your mass approaches nothing.
LMNO, how close was I?
Reading the article, dead on, with some details mentioned elsewhere This is the paper I read about the other day.
Talking about what happens at the speed of light is where the math breaks down. The math as we understand it only describes what happens in subluminal and superluminal speeds, whereas warp drive describes a ship that sits still in space, but the space around it exceeds the speed of light (at an effective speed of 10 c if I recall).
Honestly, if you were to put actual money on practical FTL, put it in warp drive, not in this, since it only describes particles that by nature are FTL anyway. Tachyons and such. If they are proven to exist. Nothing with mass can go at a speed of c. The amount of energy needed to make that happen, if I recall correctly exceeds the amount of energy available in the universe.
Twid,
Really was going to be a scientist if he never picked up guitar and wanted to be a professional musician.
Edited to turn subliminal into subluminal.
The two keys are next to each other.
WTF does this have to do with getting Villager back? :p
Well, considering that I'm losing weight, I'm losing mass.
Which means that I am exceeding the speed of light.
Which means that, from our perspective at least, I am traveling backwards in time.
Which means that I can go back to when I was 19 and tell my ass to go to college so I wouldn't be stagnating at the age of 31.
Which means I would never have met Villager in the first place.
Ofuk. Time travel paradox.
Seriously though, as far AS legit jobs go, I probably should switch to a science major.
Err... ok open bar time.