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    Quote Originally Posted by Frah View Post
    It means hes read that long ago theory that of the electric universe which completely failed under observation. The Tesla nuts caught on to it and claimed science is holding back the truth and so a conspiracy was born. The electric universe marches on years after it was found to not be able to explain any observations and in fact be wrong about many things by followers who wont accept reality.


    As for this. Theres no link to any paper so its all talk. Nothign wrong with talk and nothign wrong with having dreams but theres nothing there that is noteworthy or exciting in any way.
    I still can't understand what you mean by saying electric universe. The four fundamental forces in the universe are (gravity, electro-magnetism,strong/weak nuclear). Each one's role is very important. Gravity has the most obvious effect on the world, which we can observe with our own eyes.
    Last edited by Sylvant; 2012-09-19 at 11:45 PM. Reason: typos

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    Quote Originally Posted by Powerogue View Post
    Yesterday's Sci-Fi is today's reality; that's what I love about science.

    Every awesome thing starts out as an idea.

    I'm still waiting on my affordable hovercars though.
    I'm still waiting for a Real life Stargate, one of the best show.

    On topic, this drive is an interesting experiment. I hope we get to hear more about it soon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sylvant View Post
    I still can't understand what you mean by saying electric universe. The four fundamental forces in the universe are (gravity, electro-magnetism,strong/weak nuclear). Each one's role is very important. Gravity has the most obvious effect on the world, which we can observe with our own eyes.
    Frah wasn't the one who said that; he is describing how ducklino bought into that crackpot "theory" called electric universe. And yes, of course it's just nonsense.


    Quote Originally Posted by Urti View Post
    This suggestion isn't a strict propulsion though.
    I know, that's why I said it's bypassing it.
    Last edited by semaphore; 2012-09-20 at 06:11 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frah View Post
    It means hes read that long ago theory that of the electric universe which completely failed under observation. The Tesla nuts caught on to it and claimed science is holding back the truth and so a conspiracy was born. The electric universe marches on years after it was found to not be able to explain any observations and in fact be wrong about many things by followers who wont accept reality.


    As for this. Theres no link to any paper so its all talk. Nothign wrong with talk and nothign wrong with having dreams but theres nothing there that is noteworthy or exciting in any way.
    Kid, you think electric universe is something to do with Tesla No, it has nothing to do with you said. Try Plasma cosmology instead.
    you didn't even check what you're saying before posting this? You're perfect example of why main-stream-science is a religion. You said what BELIEVE instead of looking for the actual thing. At least semaphore tried to check the stuff him self unlike you.

    DARK ENERGY, DARK MATTER fairy's and unicorns. Current main-stream-science dogma wont last forever; in the future it will die, just the dogma that the earth was the center of universe did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by semaphore View Post
    What does that mean?
    If you're just a curious and don't really understand this stuff you can start by reading papers about Plasma cosmology; wiki page about it is very incomplete but can give you an idea. but If you truly want to do a research about this subject, because plasma cosmology is just one part of it, i suggest you do check this site thunderbolts and its forum.
    Last edited by ducklino; 2012-09-20 at 07:33 PM.

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    And then, Reapers.

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    You probably don't want to be linking pages that start off by saying "pretty much everyone who matters dismisses the idea."

    But anyway, all I know is that they need to make the "Cochrane" a unit of measurement of some sort.

  7. #167
    Quote Originally Posted by zeropeorth View Post
    there are quite a few interesting theories out there, that step outside the current 'accepted' boundaries. It always takes people to do this, if we didn't have people like that in the past ... the moon would be cheese, the earth is flat, and everything goes around us, just like it appears from our limited perspective on the ground.
    I agree with you.

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    I hope this is true.

    But even if it is, I probably won't see it in my lifetime.

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    when you manipulate space-time wtf happens to the ship or the people inside the ship?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hellboyy View Post
    when you manipulate space-time wtf happens to the ship or the people inside the ship?
    The ship is contained inside a "bubble" of unaffected space. Only the space around it changes in such a way that the bubble of space appears to be moving.

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    How much energy is represented by a "mass the size of Voyager"? I understand the basic idea, but when they say that, what does it actually mean?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cubby View Post
    How much energy is represented by a "mass the size of Voyager"? I understand the basic idea, but when they say that, what does it actually mean?
    720 kg, or in terms of energy, 6,5x10^19. Which would be about 2/3 of the total yearly energy expenditure of the US. When we master fusion, though, it shouldn't be that big of a problem to turn that much mass into energy, though.

    Also, compared to the previous estimated mass, the mass of the planet Jupiter, this is 2,8x10^24 less.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wikiy View Post
    720 kg, or in terms of energy, 6,5x10^19. Which would be about 2/3 of the total yearly energy expenditure of the US. When we master fusion, though, it shouldn't be that big of a problem to turn that much mass into energy, though.

    Also, compared to the previous estimated mass, the mass of the planet Jupiter, this is 2,8x10^24 less.
    720 kg of energy = 6.5x10^19? Units? Sorry, but I'm not great with energy physics. And if you don't mind another question, would it just be a process of having that much mass available? Like even garbage or something similar? Or would fusion reactors need something specific?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cubby View Post
    How much energy is represented by a "mass the size of Voyager"? I understand the basic idea, but when they say that, what does it actually mean?
    E = mc^2

    So about 65 trillion joules of energy or 16 megatons of TNT.

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    Hold on to your butts!

    Quote Originally Posted by semaphore View Post
    Well, this'll teach Wells to make references to a well known video game on a video game forum.
    I didn't even know he could do that.
    Men!

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    I picked Biden because he may throw Obama into the Death Star's reactor core, restoring balance to the Force.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fuzzzie View Post
    E = mc^2

    So about 65 trillion joules of energy or 16 megatons of TNT.
    I thought you were just being a smartass until I sat down and thought about it.

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    Yes, mass distorts space. But it's about the only thing that can do it, in a normal energy regime. Gravity (time-space distortion) doesn't couple with photons, not unless you reach the energy of the unified force (because gravity is the interaction that requires the highest energy to couple with the others). Which is a bucketload high.

    Also, we can't manipulate gravitons, we can barely detect them. And we would need to manipulate them to create a bubble of spacetime as suggested.

    I am not saying it can't be done. I am saying that whatever they say in a meeting that is (scientifically speaking) the closest thing to bar "serious" discussions, should not be taken at face value. If they had managed to do something as groundbreaking as creating a gravity distortion field, no matter how small, they would be on the run for the Nobel prize forever.

    So, let's wait to see what they actually do, and how they explain theoretically what they do.

  18. #178
    Quote Originally Posted by Urti View Post
    It would. That's basically the idea behind gravity. The moon orbits the earth due to the warping of spacetime by the earth. Same thing applies here, the ship=earth and the rock/debris=moon. The time frames and amount of warping would be different obviously, but the idea is the same.
    So if you where happily plodding along in your warp bubble for a while and you slapped the brakes on anything you encountered on the way would be there when you stopped? That sounds like it could be fun!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ducklino View Post
    If you're just a curious and don't really understand this stuff you can start by reading papers about Plasma cosmology; wiki page about it is very incomplete but can give you an idea. but If you truly want to do a research about this subject, because plasma cosmology is just one part of it, i suggest you do check this site thunderbolts and its forum.
    It's complete nonsense.



    Quote Originally Posted by Verain View Post
    It doesn't matter who you parrot it from, it's still just more hysteria-inciting stuff.
    If you get hysterical over harmless, inoffensive jokes, that's kinda sorta your own problem.
    Last edited by semaphore; 2012-09-21 at 02:50 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Verain View Post
    It doesn't matter who you parrot it from, it's still just more hysteria-inciting stuff.
    Oh boy. Really going to incite hysteria by jokingly making a pop culture reference.

    God, if that's bad then it is absolutely mind boggling how mankind has gotten this far without breaking into hysterical riots every week.

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