daffydk Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 I made this poll, since polls encourage great discussion based on previous experiences ;) Oh and I know the poll isnt perfect.. i made it in a hurry and I realize I cant edit it... I just read about the new discovery of a perfect liquid which I named Omega liquid after the episdoe just for the sake of this post. I found it extremely interesting! Here is a summary of what I read: Scientists took gold atoms and accellerated them to nearly speed of light and collided them with one another. Produced temperatures of 150000 times the core of the sun which they predicted would make quarks and glueons into gases. i.e. that high of kinetic energy should just make sub atomic particles fly apart in random movements. But it didnt, instead they moved (flowed) in a coordinated fashion with one another, like a perfect liquid predicted by the hydrodynamic equations. Read about the perfect fluid state of quarks and gleuons here We may indeed one day discover a way to warp space to move beyond the speed of light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I vaguely remember reading about something related to this a while back on Science Daily. Sounded pretty cool. Here's an additional link... It's a little old, though... Chizzek I wonder if it's possible to change the polls so that multiple choices can be selected. I read about this and 'The Omega Directive' is one of my favorite Voyager eps. Great story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderbear Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 We may indeed one day discover a way to warp space to move beyond the speed of light! Unless Einstein was way off base, we'd have to find some way of "cheating" to reach the speed of light, much less surpass it. Warping space or some other form of hyperdimensional travel is the "best" method I've heard proposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDawgAMD Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I agree, Making a point to point congruence is much more likely than exceeding the speed of C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synexo Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I agree' date=' Making a point to point congruence is much more likely than exceeding the speed of C[/quote'] HumBug! You can exceed C for about $500! http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2796 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDawgAMD Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I should have been more specific, faster than C in a spaceship While the peak moves faster than light speed, the total energy of the pulse does not. This means Einstein's relativity is preserved, so do not expect super-fast starships or time machines anytime soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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