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1 posted on 03/08/2006 9:05:35 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: zot; SeraphimApprentice

technology improbablity factor ping


2 posted on 03/08/2006 9:07:15 AM PST by GreyFriar ((3rd Armored Division -- Spearhead))
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To: vannrox; FairOpinion; Swordmaker; KevinDavis; Las Vegas Dave

A lot of FR topics mention Podkletnov, and quite a few mention Miguel Alcubierre. Here's one which doesn't. :')

"Dark energy" might not exist, scientists say
World Science | Feb. 14, 2006 | some geek who doesn't have a Valentine
Posted on 02/28/2006 1:17:49 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1587112/posts


3 posted on 03/08/2006 9:08:59 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The Silver Surfer lives in space!

4 posted on 03/08/2006 9:11:42 AM PST by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: SunkenCiv

I hope they hurry this up. I want to vacation on Riza.


5 posted on 03/08/2006 9:12:55 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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Got surfin' due to this topic about Boris Volfson:

Patent issued for anti-gravity device
Science Daily.com | November 9, 2005 | UPI
Posted on 11/09/2005 1:57:31 PM EST by aculeus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1518879/posts


6 posted on 03/08/2006 9:14:36 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
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To: SunkenCiv

...and Dr. Van Den Broeck lived happily ever after. The end.


Isn't that how stories like this usually end?


8 posted on 03/08/2006 9:17:18 AM PST by Sax
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On the Verge of Antigravity
Tim Ventura interviewed
About Guide to Paranormal Phenomena
I subscribe to an interesting hypothesis by Steve Burns (M.S., Nuclear Engineering) that the Podkletnov device works not by Cooper-pair electrons as Podklnetov believes, but instead by high-current ELF waves. If this hypothesis is correct, it will not only explain the results that Podkletnov has encountered, but also provide a framework for increasing the efficiency of his results to accurate, predictable and generally quite profound levels. If the De Aquino experiment works (which is premised to work running on 1/10 hertz ELF waves through 99.95% pure iron) the result should be 220+ pounds of "true antigravity" at approximately 10 amperes of electricity - perhaps 1.1kW (110volts/10 amps=1.1kW).

9 posted on 03/08/2006 9:23:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
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To: SunkenCiv

No, not....LUDICROUS SPEED !!!


10 posted on 03/08/2006 9:55:20 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: SunkenCiv


13 posted on 03/08/2006 10:50:41 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Where do we stand on the Flux Capacitor?


14 posted on 03/08/2006 10:54:12 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Former SAC Trained Killer)
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To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; The_Victor; ...
I'm waiting for Hyperspace travel...


16 posted on 03/08/2006 12:05:20 PM PST by KevinDavis (http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
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To: SunkenCiv
Great, another "big picture" ideas guy. The engineers get to work out the details, like how to generate the warp bubble....

*sigh*

18 posted on 03/08/2006 12:10:25 PM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: SunkenCiv
I traveled at the speed of thought to arrive at this message!
19 posted on 03/08/2006 12:11:25 PM PST by MarineBrat (Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.)
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To: SunkenCiv
"The first warp drive is still a long way off but maybe it has now become slightly less improbable."

Maybe we should work on the infinite improbability drive instead. Anyone got a warm cup of tea?

20 posted on 03/08/2006 12:12:40 PM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: SunkenCiv

As Dr Van Den Broeck says in his forthcoming paper in General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology: "This does not mean that the proposal is realistic."

So if realisticality is not required, why not use the switch method to travel space. Simply switch reality on and off. While off, leave your body, take off to wherever. When yo get there, turn the switch back on and pull your body to you.

parsy, the inventor of the switch method.


21 posted on 03/08/2006 12:19:22 PM PST by parsifal ("Knock and ye shall receive!" (The Bible, somewhere.))
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To: SunkenCiv
Also, the starship and its crew would be weightless and would therefore not be crushed by the enormous G-forces of acceleration and deceleration...

Can I just make stuff up as I go along, like this guy does?

22 posted on 03/08/2006 1:02:55 PM PST by RJL
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To: SunkenCiv
Most Illogical



29 posted on 03/08/2006 2:14:53 PM PST by MikefromOhio (22,952+ replies - wow I'm talkative.....)
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To: SunkenCiv
I'm givin ya all I got Captain, but any more 4 alarm Chili will cause her ta blow!!!



30 posted on 03/08/2006 2:17:01 PM PST by MikefromOhio (22,952+ replies - wow I'm talkative.....)
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To: SunkenCiv

Space Coke Rocket
31 posted on 03/08/2006 2:45:06 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: SunkenCiv

As soon as I saw the headline I thought of Miguel Alcubierre's paper on the warp bubble.


35 posted on 03/08/2006 6:48:30 PM PST by FierceDraka ("Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." - Capt. Mal Reynolds)
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