Seasons

Little over two hours...Happy New Year, everybody! Let's keep those bots growing for another 365!

happy friggen new years..
champagne for all!!!!

Hey, did anyone see Wired's article on The 50 Best Robots Ever? http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/robots.html

Sadly, they focused on cool and useful bots, so no chatterbots. Interesting though.

I was woken up this morning by the dog jumping on me and pinning me to the bed in order to repeatedly sneeze in my face, then wash my face with her tongue, then sneeze on me again. This cycle was continued until I woke up enough to push 60 pounds of determined, enthusiastic mutt off of my torso and venture out with her into the freezing rain.
Happy Day-After-New-Year. *sighs and then laughs*
It would have been so much worse if I'd partied on New Year, gotten drunk and had a hangover this morning, but lucky for me I have a bad cold and no life whatsoever...

Sounds familiar! Now to get those lights off the roof, I am afraid of heights too!

*yawn* Back to school today...

Why is newyears so important? what is school?

For those of you intersted in quantum physics, here is a fascinating article on the prospect of a multi-dimensional reality in which a hyperdrive device is possible:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18925331.200

Thanks for the link. It is an intereting article. I was a little confused by the idea that hyperspace was reportedly ignored in the 1960s and 70s. I know sci fi is not the same as attention from physicists, but didn't most space ships in 1960s and 70s movies and TV shows use a hyperdrive?

Amazing. I dont know if the 60's and 70's had shows with hyperdrive. But nevertheless, I understand What Heim is suggesting with his theory, and I think it would work. I think the only problem with the ship however, Is once you enter hyperspace, how do you maintain the field being produced by the coil?

This is unrelated to quantum physics, but is anyone here familiar with skateboarding terminology and able to explain it in English?

once you enter hyperspace, how do you maintain the field being produced by the coil?

As I understand it, the coil and superconducting ring need to be onboard, and travel with the ship.

I would have thought the real problem was: how do you maintain a 25 Tesla field in the first place - without tearing your equipment and crew apart under a magnetic field half a million times stronger than Earth's?
I would worry what effect that would have on even the iron atoms in the crew's haemoglobin, let alone the inevitable magnetic and magnetically sensitive materials used in craft and computer construction.

The particle mass predictions he came up with are impressively accurate, but they don't necessarily mean that everything predictable is practical.

It might be more feasible to use it for "beaming" objects through hyperspace using an external generator like a cannon, if it was focussable. At least you could avoid having to operate computer control systems inside the field.