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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:37 AM Original message |
Warp Drive: A Cottage Industry Emerges |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. As nice as this is we need a cheap clean energy source first. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah, but somebody has got to be the one thinking ahead of everyone else |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. lol! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. That and Star Trek replicators. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. ... fascinating. n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. Years ago, I read that some gang of obscure |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. My understanding is that Star Trek "transporters" were a budget move |
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jobendorfer (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. to solve one set of problems they created another set |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. There are scientists who have "working transporters". Just can't transport more than inches & it is |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I think it's less a matter of distance than of quantity of matter |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Right. It's not moving it. It's reconstructing its design in a new place. (If I remember correctly) |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. The comments are pretty interesting, too |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. 10^65 grams of negative mass equivalent. About 10^38 earth-masses. |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Hold on a sec |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That is the same stuff... |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. At least someone is thinking about it... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I thought the triquarter was the inspiration for PDA's and communicator was for cellphone? n/t |
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