a flower in hell on 22/2/2008 at 13:28
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the lightspeed hurdle
Most likely some form of quantum teleportation will be how we move through space quickly.
d0om on 22/2/2008 at 13:53
I'd love to have my various atoms randomly distributed around the universe, really!
The new air-powered cars look cool (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7243247.stm) link. If the compressed air is made from hydroelectric power/nuclear etc then there will be no carbon emissions at all! And you can refill it in minutes rather than waiting hours for batteries to recharge.
Swiss Mercenary on 22/2/2008 at 15:23
Quote Posted by d0om
I'd love to have my various atoms randomly distributed around the universe, really!
The new air-powered cars look cool (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7243247.stm) link. If the compressed air is made from hydroelectric power/nuclear etc then there will be no carbon emissions at all! And you can refill it in minutes rather than waiting hours for batteries to recharge.
One thing the article fails to mention - top speed, and range. I doubt it'll be highway-legal.
And really, if you strip everything away from a car, except for the seats and the frame, it's unsurprising that it's getting 120 MPG.
Rogue Keeper on 22/2/2008 at 15:46
Quote Posted by a flower in hell
Most likely some form of quantum teleportation will be how we move through space quickly.
No way I'm going ot use it! I don't want to come out at the other side of the universe right from god's ass.
The_Raven on 22/2/2008 at 16:13
Funny coming from the mouth of an individual that, most likely, was expelled through someone's vagina at some point.
Rogue Keeper on 22/2/2008 at 16:33
Nope, C-Section here.
The_Raven on 22/2/2008 at 16:37
Not of woman born, huh?
Rogue Keeper on 22/2/2008 at 16:45
what :weird:
Matthew on 22/2/2008 at 16:54
Macbeth quote, IIRC.
Jennie&Tim on 23/2/2008 at 03:38
Of course it's a real threat; but I can't see our species doing anything like enough about it until it's got too much momentum to change (I think it's inevitable, but mitigatable now; but we won't take action until it's unmitigatable). Our best bet is to create some frozen stores of every species we can get our paws on for future cloning, genetically manipulate the species we depend upon the most to survive in the new climates, and prepare to live in a vastly different world. It will be much simpler in it's number of species and so more fragile. The silver lining is that we'll get to see a lot of speciation and evolution in action over the next couple centuries. Fat lot of comfort to most of our descendants, but interesting to a few.
It's looking like our population will peak in a few decades, then slowly decline. Once we're in the declining phase, then we can work on restoring the planet's species; but only if we keep them stored for the future. I also see future ethical controversies about whether an "old" species should be restored if it might damage some "new" species that doesn't exist in our time.
