Right. Like I said: my first computer had only 64k of memory, and my current one has 16GB. We just need to sit back and wait and everything is possible in the future.
Right. Typical Space Nutter response "doable at our current level of tech". What "tech" are you talking about? You guys always point out blogs and Wikipedia pages, but you do realize those are only theoretical ideas, right? Scifi isn't real either. You know that, right? You guys have been spoiled by digital electronics rapid progress and think that everything is easy and "doable". If it was "doable", wouldn't we be "doing it"? Why would we build probes that only went 0.00002% the speed of light, when we could build ones that go 0.1% c? Maybe the guys who actually build things don't think it is so "doable".
I'm not trolling. Space nutters are annoying. They are dismissive of people who actually work on hard problems like space exploration. They trot out their scifi crap and pretend it is real and wonder why NASA doesn't build interstellar starships and mine asteroids and colonize Mars. You know why they don't? It is because it is INCREDIBLY HARD or IMPOSSIBLE to do. Just because you can think of something, doesn't mean it is possible to do. EVER. Mommy never told them that. Scifi is fine, but stop pretending it is real and stop saying "well in the 1800s no one ever though humans can fly, but now look what we can do!". Complete BS. Trying actually building something real before spouting off about "space factories" or "Dyson Spheres".
We had steam engines for 2000 years before we used them for industry. We have the science and most of the technology today to do all that stuff (well, space elevators probably don't work at all, but the rest).
You are right. Plus my first computer had only 64kb and my current one has 16GB. And we definitely have the science and technology today to build space factories and space elevators. We just aren't motivated enough.
You know why you Space nutters are so annoying? It is because you say everything is "trivial" and "doable", disregarding the efforts of people WHO ACTUALLY BUILD THINGS. It makes it sound like they are just lazy and why aren't they just listening to you guys? Not "motivated" enough. Christ.
I'll tell you what: you create an emDrive or an ion drive that can launch me to space OR interstellar travel and I will be on it. Let me know when it is ready.
Correct. After all, my first computer had 64kb and my current one has 16GB. Therefore computers in a 1000 years will have 1600004900Tb of memory. There are no real limits. If you can dream it, you can do it! All we need to do is wait.
Wait, why do you think it is hard to build a probe that can travel at an appreciable percentage of the speed of light?
Yeah, what am I thinking? Why do I think that things like build probes that can travel at relativistic speeds to other stars is hard? What am I thinking??? If you can dream it, you can do it!
what technology exists that might take a man from Maryland to Mississippi in less then a fortnight. even the hardest horse must take time to rest - Said by someone a long time ago.
Thats true. You also forgot: my first computer had 64kb and my current one has 16GB. Therefore, everything is possible. We just need to wait.
Yeah I agree. Also, if bitcoin would increase 10% each day for 34 days I would be rich. I wonder why we have only built probes that have reached 0.0002%c? They should be building ones that reach 0.1%c instead. I'll let NASA know they need to start reading Slashdot.
I am definitely a moron. I don't know what I am thinking. Why aren't be building an ion drive and sending a spacecraft to intercept this alien probe? Are the people in charge of doing that as moronic as me?
Getting something to that speed really isn't problematic so long as you can keep pushing it. If you want specific examples pick up basically any scifi book for all kinds of wonderful examples
Thats true. Getting a probe to go to 0.01% c isn't a problem. We can just build them from the examples from scifi books.
Good point. Why am I making fun of people who are suggesting it is aliens instead of a comet? Christ, who am I? Mr Know-it-all? I need to investigate this more before I shoot off my big mouth. I'm off to Youtube to find out some facts.
So it is a probe using several technologies that should in theory give 10% of the speed of light or an alien sent it to travel millions of years ago and it lasted in interstellar space for millions of years. Or it is a comet.
Definitely we will be able to increase by 190,000% the speed of our top probe. After all: my first computer had only 64kb and my current one has 16GB. Progress is inevitable and all things are possible. We just need to sit back and wait for the scientists and engineers to work their magic.
It doesn't matter how long the lifespan is, they would eventually run out of things to watch on Netflix on the trip and go insane and start killing each other.
Oh I see. So it could be an alien probe that travelled through a theoretical wormhole which we can't detect. Or it could be a comet. No wonder people hate me here.
I really have. I have learned a lot on Slashdot: AI is a real thing. Quantum Computers are too. The best way to combat climate change is buying $60,000+ Tesla cars. We are going to have a Mars colony and explore other stars. And now: aliens.
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Right. Like I said: my first computer had only 64k of memory, and my current one has 16GB. We just need to sit back and wait and everything is possible in the future.
Right. Typical Space Nutter response "doable at our current level of tech". What "tech" are you talking about? You guys always point out blogs and Wikipedia pages, but you do realize those are only theoretical ideas, right? Scifi isn't real either. You know that, right? You guys have been spoiled by digital electronics rapid progress and think that everything is easy and "doable". If it was "doable", wouldn't we be "doing it"? Why would we build probes that only went 0.00002% the speed of light, when we could build ones that go 0.1% c? Maybe the guys who actually build things don't think it is so "doable".
I'm not trolling. Space nutters are annoying. They are dismissive of people who actually work on hard problems like space exploration. They trot out their scifi crap and pretend it is real and wonder why NASA doesn't build interstellar starships and mine asteroids and colonize Mars. You know why they don't? It is because it is INCREDIBLY HARD or IMPOSSIBLE to do. Just because you can think of something, doesn't mean it is possible to do. EVER. Mommy never told them that. Scifi is fine, but stop pretending it is real and stop saying "well in the 1800s no one ever though humans can fly, but now look what we can do!". Complete BS. Trying actually building something real before spouting off about "space factories" or "Dyson Spheres".
We had steam engines for 2000 years before we used them for industry. We have the science and most of the technology today to do all that stuff (well, space elevators probably don't work at all, but the rest).
You are right. Plus my first computer had only 64kb and my current one has 16GB. And we definitely have the science and technology today to build space factories and space elevators. We just aren't motivated enough.
You know why you Space nutters are so annoying? It is because you say everything is "trivial" and "doable", disregarding the efforts of people WHO ACTUALLY BUILD THINGS. It makes it sound like they are just lazy and why aren't they just listening to you guys? Not "motivated" enough. Christ.
I'll tell you what: you create an emDrive or an ion drive that can launch me to space OR interstellar travel and I will be on it. Let me know when it is ready.
I'll tell you what: you build an ion drive that can launch me into space and I will do it. Let me know when you are done.
Perhaps a good question to ask is, "what would constitute satisfactory evidence that an object originates with an alien civilization in your view?"
It needs to have a sticker on it that says "Made in Alpha Centauri". Even then I would have my doubts.
Correct. After all, my first computer had 64kb and my current one has 16GB. Therefore computers in a 1000 years will have 1600004900Tb of memory. There are no real limits. If you can dream it, you can do it! All we need to do is wait.
Wait, why do you think it is hard to build a probe that can travel at an appreciable percentage of the speed of light?
Yeah, what am I thinking? Why do I think that things like build probes that can travel at relativistic speeds to other stars is hard? What am I thinking??? If you can dream it, you can do it!
what technology exists that might take a man from Maryland to Mississippi in less then a fortnight. even the hardest horse must take time to rest - Said by someone a long time ago.
Thats true. You also forgot: my first computer had 64kb and my current one has 16GB. Therefore, everything is possible. We just need to wait.
Yeah I agree. Also, if bitcoin would increase 10% each day for 34 days I would be rich. I wonder why we have only built probes that have reached 0.0002%c? They should be building ones that reach 0.1%c instead. I'll let NASA know they need to start reading Slashdot.
So this could be an alien probe that was launched and lasted in space 85 years ago at 53,963,000 km/h from Proxima Centauri. Or it could be a comet.
I am definitely a moron. I don't know what I am thinking. Why aren't be building an ion drive and sending a spacecraft to intercept this alien probe? Are the people in charge of doing that as moronic as me?
Getting something to that speed really isn't problematic so long as you can keep pushing it. If you want specific examples pick up basically any scifi book for all kinds of wonderful examples
Thats true. Getting a probe to go to 0.01% c isn't a problem. We can just build them from the examples from scifi books.
Good point. Why am I making fun of people who are suggesting it is aliens instead of a comet? Christ, who am I? Mr Know-it-all? I need to investigate this more before I shoot off my big mouth. I'm off to Youtube to find out some facts.
So it is a probe using several technologies that should in theory give 10% of the speed of light or an alien sent it to travel millions of years ago and it lasted in interstellar space for millions of years. Or it is a comet.
Definitely we will be able to increase by 190,000% the speed of our top probe. After all: my first computer had only 64kb and my current one has 16GB. Progress is inevitable and all things are possible. We just need to sit back and wait for the scientists and engineers to work their magic.
Those aren't even worth mentioning because they are so simple to build. I read about how to build those on a blog.
Oh shoot. I forgot about ion drives. And I just bought one on Amazon too.
OK, so how long did the geniuses on Wikipedia say it would take?
It doesn't matter how long the lifespan is, they would eventually run out of things to watch on Netflix on the trip and go insane and start killing each other.
There are definitely alien intelligences on Slashdot.
Oh I see. So it could be an alien probe that travelled through a theoretical wormhole which we can't detect. Or it could be a comet. No wonder people hate me here.
I really have. I have learned a lot on Slashdot: AI is a real thing. Quantum Computers are too. The best way to combat climate change is buying $60,000+ Tesla cars. We are going to have a Mars colony and explore other stars. And now: aliens.
Ooops. My mistake. 56,000 km/h. That is .000051887748 the speed of light, instead of .00000389158 the speed of light. My mistake. Must be the aliens.