GrimDude wrote in message <373511c4.0@news.povray.org>...
>  Well, I thought you might have some insight as to what a photon torpedo
>actually is. I'm sure it is some form of nastiness beyond lasers, but I
have
>no idea in what form. :)
>  I imagine something like a water balloon, with a very high energy
payload.
>Why? I have no idea. :)


It has small amounts of matter and antimatter annihilate when the
torpedo explodes. Since annihilation converts all matter to energy, that's
one
BIG explosion. E=mc^2 where m is in kg, E is in Joules  and c=3*10^8 ms^-1

Thats a photon torpedo from Startrek. No idea what a proton torpedo from
Starwars is.

Gail

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You're right of course! Protons cannot form a star, because they cannot
bind to one another. The proton weapon is a theoretical device at best, as
are all S.F. devices. Right? :)
  Matter/anti-matter...heh

GrimDude
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GrimDude wrote:
> 
>   You're right of course! Protons cannot form a star, because they cannot
> bind to one another. The proton weapon is a theoretical device at best, as
> are all S.F. devices. Right? :)
>   Matter/anti-matter...heh
> 
> GrimDude
> vos### [at] arkansasnet

 Why single out S.F devices. Our current knowledge about the
universe are assumptions and speculations based upon long
range observations and may be entirely wrong in every respect.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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>I assume you mean neutron star. No such thing as a proton star.

How about protostars?
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Protostar is simply the early stages of stellar evolution. A possible
scenario for a proton star would be a neutron star having a shell of
protons, i.e. lacking in enough electrons to be consumed into neutrality
further along with the rest of this sort of dense star. Which is to say,
if electron content were not in balance with the proton amount, a neutron
star can not continue the condensation of both electrons and protons into
neutrons. This of course implies a possibility of electron stars as well.


Phil Clute wrote:
> 
> >I assume you mean neutron star. No such thing as a proton star.
> 
> How about protostars?
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I used to read books on physics for fun (sick I know). Then I married a
high school dropout. One day she picked up one of my books. She got lost on
the first sentence, pronounced me a heretic and a nerd, and then took every
available chance to keep me from such books.
  I do miss the books a little, but life is good for the most part! ;)
  If I live by different rules today versus a few years ago, why not the
physical mechanics of the universe as a whole? :)
  Anyway, this thread is..... 86.

GrimDude
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>pronounced me a heretic and a nerd, and then took every
>available chance to keep me from such books.

Youch! The science=nerd issue; one of my pet peeves. I could
go on for hours about this so I think I'll just skip it... ;-)

Phil
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Looks great!  Although the torpedoes are blue in the movie (and games) I
believe.

Good job!

-Ian

Gail Shaw <gsh### [at] monotixcoza> wrote in message
news:3732fbec.0@news.povray.org...
> This is something I've been playing with for the last couple of weeks.
> The X wing and Y Wingcomes from the Starwars POV archive
> and the TIE from the Starwars modelling alliance ('fraid I don't have
> urls for either)
>
> The sun is actually a Chris Colefax lensflare, as is the proton torpedo.
>
> The laser blasts were done using similar code to that of the
> light sabres of a month or so ago. This is my second play with media
> and I would appreciate comments on how to improve the explosion
> bottom right.
>
>
> Media code
>
> sphere {
>   <0,0,0>,2
>   pigment {rgbt 1}
>   no_shadow
>   hollow
>   interior{
>    media{
>     emission 3
>     file://scattering{1,.01}
>     intervals 40
>     samples 5, 20
>     confidence 0.999
>     variance 1/100
>     density {
>      spherical
>      cubic_wave
>      turbulence 0.75
>      lambda 3
>      color_map{
>       [ 0 rgb 0]
>       [ 0.5 rgbf <1.0,0,0,0.8>*0.5]
>       [ 1.0 rgbf <1.0,0.5,0,0.4>*0.5]
>      }
>     }
>    }
>   }
>   scale 5
>   translate <15,-13,6>
>  }
>
> Thanks
> Gail
> --
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> * http://www.rucus.ru.ac.za/~gail/ * Insert cup and press any key *
> *******************************************************************
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>
>

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Very true, Ken.

-Ian

Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
news:37365920.3FAB7A46@pacbell.net...
> GrimDude wrote:
> >
> >   You're right of course! Protons cannot form a star, because they
cannot
> > bind to one another. The proton weapon is a theoretical device at best,
as
> > are all S.F. devices. Right? :)
> >   Matter/anti-matter...heh
> >
> > GrimDude
> > vos### [at] arkansasnet
>
>  Why single out S.F devices. Our current knowledge about the
> universe are assumptions and speculations based upon long
> range observations and may be entirely wrong in every respect.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler
>
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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Beautiful, huh?  :)

Well, anyways, to clear things up. . .here should be the proper colors:

Rebel Laser - Red
Imperial Laser - Green
Photon Torpedo - Blue (or green?  muah? :)
Concussion Missile (you'll recognize it if you've ever played X-Wing or TIE
Fighter) - Red

Maybe you're talking about the missiles?

-Ian

GrimDude <vos### [at] arkansasnet> wrote in message
news:37389d85.0@news.povray.org...
>   I just saw a trailer to Star Wars (the original) during an interview
with
> G.Lucas (for CNN). The proton torpedoes that went into the duct were red.
:)
>   I also have a collection of Star Trek episodes. Sometimes they used
blue,
> sometimes green. Not very consistent on their part.
>
> GrimDude
> vos### [at] arkansasnet
>
>

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