From what I've read, it's not the acceleration that's the problem, or even the trouble of getting up to C, it's the problems with traveling at or near C -- while a speed of 0.10C is manageable, collision-wise (just have a massive shield in front of your spacecraft), traveling at or very near C makes each collision with a speck of interstellar dust something akin to a hydrogen bomb, right?
Except nobody uses their brain when they're shopping. They use either their ego (this brand will make me look wealthier) or their genitalia (this brand will attract the opposite sex). That is all.
It's not infeasible for a creature with a lifespan of say, ten thousand years, to think about traveling to the nearest star 20ly away at 0.10C. Just a hurdle.
No, I stand by what I said, and also think you're being a bit hasty to say we have the "technical" ability to do something that's never been done before (landing a human on mars and returning them safely). We won't know for sure until we try, and I don't think that's happening any time soon.
Wait, why the hell is this flamebait? Do you honestly think the US is going to get to Mars quicker than China now, with the way the US space program is being run?:\
I'm sorry -- if there's no money and there's no will, it's not really a "realistic" proposal!
And I grew up in the States, and we learned about Roanoke just as much as Jamestown, and I don't even live anywhere near Virginia. It was the always presented as the "first colony."
1) We cannot already "send someone and get them back" from Mars, unless you're a member of an extraterrestrial race, and in that case, greetings.
2) We still talk about the settlers who landed at Roanoke, and still pretty much give them the honorary title of "first," even though they all died. Catch my drift?
You know what I've been thinking? I'm thinking that if the US doesn't go ahead eventually with the idea of a one-way trip to claim the title of First Country on Mars, that China, with their, how do we say, somewhat greater "willingness to sacrifice the individual citizen for the greatness of national prestige" (so to speak), is going to get to it first, and a lot sooner than we all think.
And seriously, since it involves space travel, I'm willing to say good for them.
I don't care how interested in the job they are. Their job is to meet and respond to disturbances, and to occasionally act as the enforcement arm of whatever department of revenue they're currently under the jurisdiction of. I don't *want* agents of the law walking around with the impunity and ability to end a person's life to *be* doing (or thinking) more than that.
With the typically sharing-by-default policies that Facebook seems to be constantly dropping on people's accounts, I don't see why they're even bothering to friend people anymore, honestly.
But you see, that's the thing -- we get this AND twitter in the "new future." Now, not only will paraplegics walk, but their legs can automatically tweet where they're going.
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Honestly, if you left it completely up to the algorithm, that's probably the ad you'd get in return.
Google Apps may not work in their environment? So, they don't have web browsers?
From what I've read, it's not the acceleration that's the problem, or even the trouble of getting up to C, it's the problems with traveling at or near C -- while a speed of 0.10C is manageable, collision-wise (just have a massive shield in front of your spacecraft), traveling at or very near C makes each collision with a speck of interstellar dust something akin to a hydrogen bomb, right?
Except nobody uses their brain when they're shopping. They use either their ego (this brand will make me look wealthier) or their genitalia (this brand will attract the opposite sex). That is all.
It's not infeasible for a creature with a lifespan of say, ten thousand years, to think about traveling to the nearest star 20ly away at 0.10C. Just a hurdle.
Moon's the size of ours, in relation to the size of the body they orbit around, _do_ seem to be pretty rare, though, at least as far as we can tell.
I'm a hardcore fan, and even I skipped this entire post and went to the comments.
So pretty fucking hardcore. :\
I don't know -- I just don't want want to know anything that goes on behind the scenes with WoW. Kinda takes the fun out of it.
Also, there is another way to construct your apps in Android.
Well, not just Android -- from what I can see, that book's about making web apps. Cool, but nothing specific to Android!
No, I stand by what I said, and also think you're being a bit hasty to say we have the "technical" ability to do something that's never been done before (landing a human on mars and returning them safely). We won't know for sure until we try, and I don't think that's happening any time soon.
Wait, why the hell is this flamebait? Do you honestly think the US is going to get to Mars quicker than China now, with the way the US space program is being run? :\
I'm sorry -- if there's no money and there's no will, it's not really a "realistic" proposal!
And I grew up in the States, and we learned about Roanoke just as much as Jamestown, and I don't even live anywhere near Virginia. It was the always presented as the "first colony."
1) We cannot already "send someone and get them back" from Mars, unless you're a member of an extraterrestrial race, and in that case, greetings.
2) We still talk about the settlers who landed at Roanoke, and still pretty much give them the honorary title of "first," even though they all died. Catch my drift?
Inter-species erotica?
Honestly, by this point, I wouldn't care where the funding or direction would be coming from for interplanetary exploration, as long as it's done.
You know what I've been thinking? I'm thinking that if the US doesn't go ahead eventually with the idea of a one-way trip to claim the title of First Country on Mars, that China, with their, how do we say, somewhat greater "willingness to sacrifice the individual citizen for the greatness of national prestige" (so to speak), is going to get to it first, and a lot sooner than we all think.
And seriously, since it involves space travel, I'm willing to say good for them.
I don't care how interested in the job they are. Their job is to meet and respond to disturbances, and to occasionally act as the enforcement arm of whatever department of revenue they're currently under the jurisdiction of. I don't *want* agents of the law walking around with the impunity and ability to end a person's life to *be* doing (or thinking) more than that.
I don't understand your argument -- scared housewife or accountant, they would still get the same training. Yes, I would rather have a draft.
Since when were dozens of hacked ROM's "different versions of Android?"
With the typically sharing-by-default policies that Facebook seems to be constantly dropping on people's accounts, I don't see why they're even bothering to friend people anymore, honestly.
You know you can send texts to people via email right now for free, pretty much.
Yeah, I do too. I just use the Google Voice app to get free texting to all 5 of my family phones! COST!
...we should've been doing YEARS AGO.
Thank you and have a nice day.
I'm playing WoW instead of reading your post.
But you see, that's the thing -- we get this AND twitter in the "new future." Now, not only will paraplegics walk, but their legs can automatically tweet where they're going.
Well, we should've known their recent spate of openness was too good to be true.
They're all too busy watching "Gliesian Shore" to care.