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Diablo-D3: you fired a flashlight from
the rear of
the ship
Diablo-D3: lets say you were at 99.9~% of
the speed of light
Diablo-D3: you'd essentially be chasing
them dead on
Diablo-D3: the interesting
thing is, if you fired of photons, you'd never see
them get reflected back
Diablo-D3: since
time effectively stops from
the perspective of outside
the ship, you never burn
that last ounce of fuel
to go as fast as
the speed of light
OneMiner: Bah, everything is relative.
That has
to do with human society
too.
OneMiner: There's no way we know of
to pack
that much energy into anything. Because you'd have
to accelerate
the mass of your fuel
too. It's impossible based on what we know now. Not
that
that means mutch.
Diablo-D3: jcpham: we've done matter/antimatter reactions in
the lab already
jcpham: the science behind
that reaction is untold energies
Diablo-D3: but
then we're looking at dyson collection arrays
Diablo-D3: jcpham: no,
the entire output of
the sun could probably power a warp drive for a short period
jcpham: we're
talking more energy
than say a sun, right
Diablo-D3: so if you're
traveling at 80% of
the speed of light,
the photons are already at
the speed of light on creation
[\\\]: All
this geekery makes me horny
Diablo-D3: OneMiner: yes, but
theres another
thing
OneMiner: Smoovious
the
thing is it's all relative.
The light speed is relative
to light speed.
Time slows for
those who go so fast. So
the same
thing is happening
to
that light. It can't overtake light.
Diablo-D3: yeah, it probably can be done, but it
takes a fucking shitload of energy
Diablo-D3: well,
thats what a star
trek warp drive is
jcpham: so bitcoin is
totally
terrestrial
OneMiner: I was
totally serious BTW. Star
Treak could be real. If you
think not, it's a failure of
the imagination. We stand on
the edge of so many
things.
Diablo-D3: takes 14 minutes
to get a signal from mars most of
the
time
Diablo-D3: jcpham: doesnt matter,
the
ten minute block lag is
too much
jcpham: or some
type of interstellar backbone
Diablo-D3: and manually
transfer wealth between
them using off-chain exchanges
Diablo-D3: the bubble collapses near
the destination
Diablo-D3: star
trek solved it by putting normal communications in warp bubbles
OneMiner: Mars is
the only option. For everything. One rock from space could
take us out. Bunkers be damned,
that's no protection.
Diablo-D3: oh, you mean
the speed of light problem?
jcpham: and you have
to relay commands back home
jcpham: assume
the system is still earthly
Diablo-D3: jcpham: star
trek has large scale quantum computing
Diablo-D3: OneMiner: I would like
to retire and live
the rest of my life on mars,
to be honest
OneMiner: This one planet
thing is for
the birds, now
that you brought it up. Gotta get outta' here, if it's
the last
thing we ever do.
Diablo-D3: many plants have panels _from
that plant_ on
the roof.
Diablo-D3: look at what a few solar manufacturing plants did....
their biggest drain on resources is electricity
Diablo-D3: the
thing is, energy production is a run away process
jcpham: to
travel from star system
to sytem
__Atlas__: Free only means acquiring something with little
to no cost.
OneMiner: Fusion is pretty close.
That could bridge
the gap.
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: hell, we just only recently proved
the existence of
the subatomic particle
that makes matter matter.
jcpham: assbot needs
to start laying down
the banhammer on atlas more
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: we just dont know how
to convert energy back into mass yet
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: well,
thats
the
thing, we dont even know what mass exactly is yet
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: compared
to what we have, its free.
OneMiner: jcpham I started reading about all
the "investment options" good lord....
There's
too much material.
[\\\]: jcpham: I'm gonna poke you in
the eye with a magnet
__Atlas__: Yes,
the means
to acquire energy can be made efficient enough
to where it's considered "free"
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: what kirk had would be enough
to run
the entire planet
[\\\]: are we really debating fucking star
trek personality?
Diablo-D3: but
they're sitting on a reactor
that produces more energy
than
the modern day earth produces yearly.
OneMiner: nonono.
This is fun. Who
the hell reads
this chan anyways?
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: it abuses
the same laws of physics
that
the holodeck uses
to give photons mass
Diablo-D3: which is extremely dangerous when you
think about it
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: no,
they figured out how
to create mass out of nothing
Diablo-D3: replicators use a LOT of energy
to run
OneMiner: Replicators are not free.
They
take
time
to make and design. Hard word would have
to go into it.
jcpham: the star
trek future depends on free resources
Diablo-D3: a
third world war
that wiped out 2/3rds of
the world population
Diablo-D3: OneMiner: yes, but look at what it
took
OneMiner: Go ahead and make fun but I
think Star
Treak pained an achievalbe future. Beyond money and beyond position
to a degree. It's within our powers
to have world peace and whatever else we want. Not in our lifetimes but not so much longer
than
that ether.
Diablo-D3: its a right given
to us by whatever creator you believe in.
Diablo-D3: Smoovious:
that goes beyond government or religion or any other Earthly concept.
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: everyone has a right
to live an honest life.
__Atlas__: \\\: So, should
the weak be kept weak and dependent?
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: everyone gets an education, everyone gets
to spend
their lives doing something
that is meaningful
to
them
[\\\]: you should shut
the hell up
[\\\]: I dont need
to put you on ignore
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: no more sickness, no more starving huddled masses, no more insane competition for resources among
the weak and
the poor
[\\\]: I said you should shut
the hell up
Diablo-D3: Smoovious: yes, but imagine
this... what if everything
the government has
to do could be ran on just 10% of your income.
[\\\]: no, you should shut
the hell up
__Atlas__: \\\: So
the weak should remain weak?
[\\\]: I've been in here for
three lines and you've already pissed me off