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*still thinks it might be the mirror universe*
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quote:Originally posted by Captain Boh: yeah, and in ST:4 they ended up in the past
Anyway, the Intrepid and compangy might not have stable enough warp drive to do in system warp
Or not.
It is, afterall, exactly what Cochrane did in the very first warp flight with the Phoenix...
Well, he didn't exactly have alot of past experience to tell him that it was a bad idea
Yes, I admit they do it in Star Trek all the time, but I usually considder that writers forgetting than considdering the rule to be bull. Otherwise, why make the rule in the first place
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But it had to happen in system, or else the Vulcans wouldn't have seen him, and he couldn't have gotten out of system very fast in the Phoenix, now could he?
(And they knew he'd get lucky)
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Prehaps its ok to warp OUT of a system away from a star, but not INTO a system twords a star. Maybe some kind of gravitic/subspace technobabble bow-shock from the warp field will cause the star to flare or somthing.
Hmmmm....
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As to TMP's line "We must now risk engage warp drive while still within the solar system." Don't forget that those were new engines never even tested at warp power. This implies that for safety's sake such untested engines are usually tested far away from habitable planets and probably the gravitational effects of stars and their planetary bodies, because that would cut down the number of forces that could affect your testing. That's what I always assumed Kirk meant by the line, anyway.
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quote:Originally posted by deadcujo: Flawed? It's an episode with an alien Nazi on a show with a space dog, a linguist who can decipher languages in mere seconds, and diverse aliens who happen to have the same rats we do on hand for their feedings. This isn't exactly a documentary.
Yes, yes. Thats the irony of my statement. I actually liked the episode (though I still don't know what to make of the last five minutes). Hmmmm, maybe I need to use more smilies...
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quote:Originally posted by Futurama Guy: I believe someone just ripped off MrNeutrons name.
What?! You dare question the originality of my name? I have documents to show that I have been using that name from several years ago!!! I'll also have you note that the neutrino and the neutron are completly different subatomic particles. Each of the grand neutrinos is a 'fundemental' particle while a puny neutron is a jumbled mess of quarks.
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I have heard of a theory that has signifigant substructure to fundemental particles (I think it was mentioned in The Elegent Universe-a book which I recommend ), but most physicists would definatly agree that today's fundemental particles are in fact fundemental. String theory agrees with this, and it offers tantalizing hints to be the Theory of Everything...
quote:Originally posted by worffan1990: IT IS GOOD IT IS NOT PRONOUNCED "NEUTRINO GOD-HELP-US-ALL"
Does this somehow imply that I'm not insane? It better not...
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while a puny neutron is a jumbled mess of quarks.![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
(j/k, I know that currently it's fairly certain that it's fundamental. But then, 150 years ago, it was thought that the atom was fundamental...)
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