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To: John W
186,000 mi/sec. It's not just a good idea, it's the law.

Or maybe not. FTL would be a game-changer, to understate things.

/johnny

3 posted on 09/22/2011 12:20:56 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

“FTL would be a game-changer, to understate things.”

Got that right! Throw EVERYthing out the window with that.


8 posted on 09/22/2011 12:23:18 PM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: JRandomFreeper; John W

10 posted on 09/22/2011 12:23:50 PM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
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To: JRandomFreeper

—186,000 mi/sec. It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.—

Well, if the cop going the other way is going 186,000 mi/sec and you’re going 186,000 mi/sec, would he not get a false speed of 372,000 mi/sec?

And hey, it’s all relative, right?


14 posted on 09/22/2011 12:25:04 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: JRandomFreeper
I always liked 1.803×10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

90 posted on 09/22/2011 1:54:08 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Suddenly that plaque at NCSU’s College of Natural Resources (previously the College of Forestry), now has more meaning:

“Earth first. We’ll log the other planets later.”

(probably not there anymore, since the advent of super-green religion)

Seriously, if we could exceed the speed of light, I say we need to work on FTL RIGHT NOW. I want off this planet. It’s becoming a bit too collective for my tastes.

Being able to roam the galaxy, the universe, etc. would be a nice career.


92 posted on 09/22/2011 2:00:02 PM PDT by Aqua225 (Realist)
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To: JRandomFreeper
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133 posted on 09/23/2011 4:12:15 PM PDT by mikrofon (Une Reprise)
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