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- 2009-01-08 01:36am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Sci-fi's most ineffectively used technologies...
- Replies: 168
- Views: 10067
Re: Sci-fi's most ineffectively used technologies...
Yes, the sheer fact that no one in ST ever applied ballistic weapons on a large scale against the Borg speaks for their stupidity. After all, a gun is relative simple to build - heck, the holodeck could "build" one. They do not need sophisticated, high-tech guns, a simple AK or something s...
- 2009-01-08 01:04am
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Faster than the Speed of Light? A New Theory Says, "Yes"
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3965
Re: Faster than the Speed of Light? A New Theory Says, "Yes"
Afaik, it works somehow like this: A photon may hit an electron, elevating its energy. Very, very short time later, the electron loses that energy, releasing another photon. Virtually no energy is lost. The light is only slower on average : The more photons are blocked, the slower the light (not the...
- 2009-01-07 06:22pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: What if the moon was gone?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2349
Re: What if the moon was gone?
In addition, how would the human and other mammalian fertility cycles have developed? From my observations, the female's cycle closely matches the moon's cycle. They would have evolved someway (if life as we know it had evolved it). While the lenght may not be pure coincidence, the lenght itself is...