Warp wrote:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>>
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524911.600-13-things-that-do-not-make-sense.html
> 
>   Btw, there's a very common misconception about the Theory of Relativity,
> even among people who should know better.
> 
>   The ToR does *not* prohibit the distance between two points growing
> faster than c. On the contrary, it actually *predicts* (as a consequence
> of the GR equations) that it's possible.
> 
>   What it does prohibit is anything *travelling* from one point to another
> faster than c, which is a subtly (but drastically) different thing.

It doesn't matter as long as it doesn't prohibit the distance between 
two points *shrinking* faster than c. ;)

Warp Drive, her we go! :D

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Warp wrote:
>   (I suppose "dilluting makes the effect reverse" makes some kind of
> sense... if you have the IQ of a 2-year-old, that is. I suppose the logic
> might go something like: When you take the harmful element away by
> dilluting, likewise the harmful *effect* goes away, and it takes away
> the harmful effect in anything that it touches.)

No, it's supposedly more like the vaccine mechanism. By taking the ghost of 
the poison, your body overreacts and cures whatever has the same symptoms as 
the poison.

I only had it work once, and that's after all the other poison-ivy remedies 
failed to remedy. Not that I attribute it to the homeopathy, but I had 
little to lose but the $5 for the sugar pills. :-)

What I want to know is why people don't dilute placebos, then poison people 
with it. The perfect murder weapon!

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nemesis wrote:
> Warp Drive, her we go! :D

I read an article recently where theoretical physicists were arguing over 
whether *if* you made a bubble of flat space with a vehicle inside, and you 
moved it by squashing the space in front and stretching the space behind, 
whether the radiation caused would disrupt the interface between the two, 
and whether you could make two interfaces to prevent that problem...

So, yes, real scientists really are working on a real warp drive, in some 
sense. :-)

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   (I suppose "dilluting makes the effect reverse" makes some kind of
> > sense... if you have the IQ of a 2-year-old, that is. I suppose the logic
> > might go something like: When you take the harmful element away by
> > dilluting, likewise the harmful *effect* goes away, and it takes away
> > the harmful effect in anything that it touches.)

> No, it's supposedly more like the vaccine mechanism. By taking the ghost of 
> the poison, your body overreacts and cures whatever has the same symptoms as 
> the poison.

  I bet that's just an explanation they came up with afterwards. The
2yo-level explanation sounds more plausible. ;)

> What I want to know is why people don't dilute placebos, then poison people 
> with it. The perfect murder weapon!

  Since homeopathic medicine is 100% natural, it can only have positive
effects, never negative, I suppose. (After all, synthetic = bad, natural =
good.)

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Darren New escreveu:
> nemesis wrote:
>> Warp Drive, her we go! :D
> 
> I read an article recently where theoretical physicists were arguing 
> over whether *if* you made a bubble of flat space with a vehicle inside, 
> and you moved it by squashing the space in front and stretching the 
> space behind, whether the radiation caused would disrupt the interface 
> between the two, and whether you could make two interfaces to prevent 
> that problem...
> 
> So, yes, real scientists really are working on a real warp drive, in 
> some sense. :-)

I heard of it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

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nemesis escreveu:
> Darren New escreveu:
>> nemesis wrote:
>>> Warp Drive, her we go! :D
>>
>> I read an article recently where theoretical physicists were arguing 
>> over whether *if* you made a bubble of flat space with a vehicle 
>> inside, and you moved it by squashing the space in front and 
>> stretching the space behind, whether the radiation caused would 
>> disrupt the interface between the two, and whether you could make two 
>> interfaces to prevent that problem...
>>
>> So, yes, real scientists really are working on a real warp drive, in 
>> some sense. :-)
> 
> I heard of it!
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

OTOH, some annoying skeptical just had to destroy the dream:

http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9702026

bummer! :P

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Warp wrote:
>   Since homeopathic medicine is 100% natural, it can only have positive
> effects, never negative, I suppose. (After all, synthetic = bad, natural =
> good.)
> 
<--- looks up the many cases of people dying from taking "natural" 
substances, including supplements, then looks up all the various cases 
where China or the like sold/continue to sell "natural" herbs that, due 
to a) poor packaging requirements and b) no testing of "dietary aids", 
have turned up with 3-4 times the lethal dose of actual pharmaceuticals 
in them.

Uh.. Don't think so.. lol


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nemesis wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> 
> Warp Drive, her we go! :D

	First, I believe Warp is a he.

	Second, it's rude to give orders.

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Patrick Elliott wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   Since homeopathic medicine is 100% natural, it can only have positive
>> effects, never negative, I suppose. (After all, synthetic = bad, 
>> natural =
>> good.)
>>
> <--- looks up the many cases of people dying from taking "natural" 
> substances, including supplements, then looks up all the various cases 
> where China or the like sold/continue to sell "natural" herbs that, due 
> to a) poor packaging requirements and b) no testing of "dietary aids", 
> have turned up with 3-4 times the lethal dose of actual pharmaceuticals 
> in them.
> 
> Uh.. Don't think so.. lol

Warp forgot to turn on the neon sarcasm sign.

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Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>
>> Warp Drive, her we go! :D
> 
> 	First, I believe Warp is a he.
> 
> 	Second, it's rude to give orders.

I knew that typo would get me in trouble. ;)

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