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[TheBunz]

An oldie but goodie.

https://www.youtube....h?v=KZ04mfAY2BU

Lol so weird

[Andrew Lucas]

It was incredibly dumb of the Mass Effect devs to use Charon as the host of the Sol Mass Relay. Charon is 80 times larger than the Mass Relay, and is 50% rock. Seeing how Mass Effect posits Charon was generated around the Relay, implying the Relay is at the core of the moon, the Relay would be crushed under Charon's immense weight. And even if it wasn't, humans at the time did not have the technology to excavate entire moons.
The more clever solution would have been to encase the Mass Relay in a 20 km pure ice asteroid orbiting Charon.

You must be fun at parties.

[Kabooooom]

My problem is that the idea of "negative" mass is only a concept in the sense that we can understand negative values mathematically, not because there's a cogent conceptual backbone to it. Whatever it is that ME does to justify FTL, ultimately I find it to be more confusing than anything.

But then I left the hard sciences for something very much not hard science-y, so I'm not a good example.

Well, in real-life theoretical physics, the concept of negative mass and energy creates a situation in certain conditions in general relativity that can be viewed as superficially similar to the mass effect in that they enable "effective FTL" travel, like via a traversable stable wormhole or the Alcubierre drive.

But in mass effect, they describe that the field actually lowers or raises the rest mass of an object. So when it lowers it, as E=mc^2 and E/m=c^2, the result of lowering the mass while energy is the same is that the constancy of the speed of light exponentially increases. And as mass approaches zero, the speed of light approaches infinity, which is why the relay travel is near instantaneous.

I find that to be a brilliant and clever way around the light speed limit of the universe, but it violates a ton of laws of physics. But for a sci-fi game, it is clever and consistent enough that I approve.

To me, that's a bit different of a concept than the negative mass and energy or "exotic matter" deal in theoretical physics. I agree, while the math works, it might have no bearing on reality. However, the fact that the math works is astounding to me.

[Ahglock]

An oldie but goodie.

https://www.youtube....h?v=KZ04mfAY2BU

My best friend started larping after moving to Washington state. I still mock it but damn they bust their asses for their game. Tons of organization crap that I couldn't do. I can barely prep an adventure and send out the, game Sunday email? For my table top games.

[Dantriges]

My problem is that the idea of "negative" mass is only a concept in the sense that we can understand negative values mathematically, not because there's a cogent conceptual backbone to it. Whatever it is that ME does to justify FTL, ultimately I find it to be more confusing than anything.

 

If you have a certified containment system, pay a million quatloos for the material, 1 million for the effort and 5 million for bribes and shipping, I can arrange to send you some negative mass. I only take Vorlon standard service exchange units (short Vossets, nicknamed What´s that´s ) as currency though. The exchange rate for the american Dollar or Euro are really abysmal offworld.

[GoldenGail3]

You must be fun at parties.

I sense a lame cheesy Dragon age quote coming on...

[Zazzerka]

You must be fun at parties.

 

Discussion of Pluto's largest moon has been suspiciously absent from most parties I've been to.

[GoldenGail3]

Discussion of Pluto's largest moon has been suspiciously absent from most parties I've been to.

What about scientist parties? Talking about celestatical stuff such as this is probaly tons of fun for them.

[Zazzerka]

What about scientist parties? Talking about celestatical stuff such as this is probaly tons of fun for them.

 

Unfortunately, I've never been invited to a scientist party, despite my numerous achievements in Kerbal Space Program.

[GoldenGail3]

Unfortunately, I've never been invited a scientist party, despite my numerous achievements in Kerbal Space Program.

But it'd fun! You'd go to one of those huge telescopes and eat Cheetos as you took turns using it and discussing alien life possibilities and other space stuff.

(Scarcasm)

[Zazzerka]

But it'd fun! You'd go to one of those huge telescopes and eat Cheetos as you took turns using it and discussing alien life possibilities and other space stuff.

(Scarcasm)

 

That actually sounds kind of enjoyable, no scarcasm.

[GoldenGail3]

That actually sounds kind of enjoyable, no scarcasm.

Really? Well good to know, I suppose,

[They call me a SpaceCowboy]

Indeed. Flat-Earthism is actually still around, although less common than the more mainstream Creationist anti-evolution view. I view Flat Earthers as only slightly more stupid than Young Earth Creationists. Just slightly.

It takes a special kind of moron to hold on to your beliefs when the sum total of all empirical evidence, and what you can directly observe with your own eyes on a day to day basis directly contradicts those beliefs.

Addendum: It's really funny if you read the Flat Earther sites (caution - you will kill some neurons doing so). One of their major arguments now is that the world only LOOKS spheroid from space because of the lenses that are used in cameras. Lol.

 

I'm sure most YECs would think flat earthers are as dumb as we think YEC's are. lol.

 

And I see you've never heard of hollow earthers.

[They call me a SpaceCowboy]

That article.. lol.

 

The object was near a satellite. Shows a picture that looks like a  satellite. Hmm.. whatever could it be.

[ZipZap2000]

"Orbitting the sun or in some cases even landing on its surface."



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"Here's a clip from the upcoming game."



Seriously, does EA own the webpage? Coz if they do that would make a lot sense.

[goishen]

Discussion of Pluto's largest moon has been suspiciously absent from most parties I've been to.

 

 

As has any discussion of an actual solar mass.  Not to say that a solar mass hasn't been discussed before, just sayin'.

[Kroitz]