Wait, wait, wait! Why do we concern ourselves so much with the physics of antimatter, especially when we accept faster-than-light travel as "normal." It it totally impossible! If something traveled faster than the speed of light, it would arrive at its destination BEFORE anyone could see it traveling faster than light. As soon as it stopped, people on the planet would see the ship appear, and then the image of the ship reaching them from a distant star (say, 6 light years away) would reach them, precisely six years later. Plus the amount of energy required to trancend into another dimension is greater than the total energy in the universe plus all the energy that would result if all the mass was converted into energy. And, the ship would have infinite apparent mass and zero apparent size. But, since it's just a game, "I should really shut up and play!"

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Luca Rescigno
"And may not every one of the stars or suns have as great a retinue of planets with moons to wait upon them as has our own Sun?"
-Christiaan Huygens

I lost you at the subject line. That is why I am inventing a new phrase.

That's right, a new phrase that only can be used on this board. No other boards have it, because this one is the only one that needs it. And here is that phrase:

(Drum roll)

"WTHDTHTDWEVO"

I know what it means, why dont you all try to figure it out.

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EAS

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Originally posted by Esvaem6:
**I lost you at the subject line. That is why I am inventing a new phrase.

That's right, a new phrase that only can be used on this board. No other boards have it, because this one is the only one that needs it. And here is that phrase:

(Drum roll)

"WTHDTHTDWEVO"

I know what it means, why dont you all try to figure it out.
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Easy one...

What the heck does that have to do with EVO?

Well, it doesn't matter (actually, it anti-matters :D). It's about sci-fi, and it's fun.

-- Cinga

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Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:
Wait, wait, wait! Why do we concern ourselves so much with the physics of antimatter, especially when we accept faster-than-light travel as "normal." It it totally impossible!

No. Read the FTL FAQ that's posted periodically on rec.arts.startrek.tech. There are a few loopholes in relativity that would allow FTL travel without causality paradoxa. Also, Scientific American has published an article about FTL a few months ago. (Didn't have the chance to read it yet... :frown:)

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Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:
If something traveled faster than the speed of light, it would arrive at its destination BEFORE anyone could see it traveling faster than light. As soon as it stopped, people on the planet would see the ship appear, and then the image of the ship reaching them from a distant star (say, 6 light years away) would reach them, precisely six years later.
(/B)

Yes, so what? Provided that the ship travels the distance fully within our spacetime, that is, which I tend to doubt if we're talking FTL.

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Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:
Plus the amount of energy required to trancend into another dimension is greater than the total energy in the universe plus all the energy that would result if all the mass was converted into energy. And, the ship would have infinite apparent mass and zero apparent size.
(/B)

Where the heck do you have those energy figures from? And what you're saying about apparent mass and size is a relativistic effect. The fact that the ship travels at FTL implies that it somehow circumvents relativity (e.g. by remaining stationary relative to its immediate spacetime environment, which in turn is moved through the spacetime continuum).

-- Cinga

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