Comments on: An Easier Way to Get Around http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-79802 Tian Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:17:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-79802 I'm looking forward to meeting lots of other creatures. Hope my life won't be like a mayfly compared to the whole trip to Eagle Nebula. How is this stuff going to get there if I can't carry my bags when we get there? I’m looking forward to meeting lots of other creatures. Hope my life won’t be like a mayfly compared to the whole trip to Eagle Nebula. How is this stuff going to get there if I can’t carry my bags when we get there?

]]> By: GrassyNoel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-79679 GrassyNoel Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:31:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-79679 You sound like someone who moves to live next to an airport and then complains about the noise :-) You sound like someone who moves to live next to an airport and then complains about the noise :-)

]]> By: Marshall Eubanks http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-59092 Marshall Eubanks Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:00:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-59092 <i>Samuel Arbesman (who may have a tad too much time on his hands)</i> Not nearly as much as you would need to actually take one of these lines. Samuel Arbesman (who may have a tad too much time on his hands)

Not nearly as much as you would need to actually take one of these lines.

]]> By: w.e.d. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58879 w.e.d. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:32:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58879 Wait - which one's the monorail? I want to ride up front with the pilot! Wait – which one’s the monorail? I want to ride up front with the pilot!

]]> By: Cannonball Jones http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58828 Cannonball Jones Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:09:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58828 Differential rotation may pose something of a problem but if we can manage to dig up Leith Walk in Edinburgh to get a tram line installed without too many casualties I'm sure we can get around pesky cosmological obstacles. Are there mobs drunken gorillas wandering through the Milky Way threatening to bottle the Interstellar Engineering Corp as they try to lay down the lines? I think not... Differential rotation may pose something of a problem but if we can manage to dig up Leith Walk in Edinburgh to get a tram line installed without too many casualties I’m sure we can get around pesky cosmological obstacles. Are there mobs drunken gorillas wandering through the Milky Way threatening to bottle the Interstellar Engineering Corp as they try to lay down the lines? I think not…

]]> By: Peter Coles http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58824 Peter Coles Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:01:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58824 Aaron F, Differential rotation makes any such move illegal unless of course the player uses Huguenot's gamble. This is a very risky move and is usually considered illegal by referees in the Northern (Galactic) hemisphere. In the South, players often get away with it as blind-side manoeuvres are treated with some indulgence. It's a good point though. I think we'll have to call for a ruling on this one... Peter Aaron F,

Differential rotation makes any such move illegal unless of course the player uses Huguenot’s gamble. This is a very risky move and is usually considered illegal by referees in the Northern (Galactic) hemisphere. In the South, players often get away with it as blind-side manoeuvres are treated with some indulgence.

It’s a good point though. I think we’ll have to call for a ruling on this one…

Peter

]]> By: Fermi-Walker Public Transport http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58807 Fermi-Walker Public Transport Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:29:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58807 Julianne, Yep, the secret in these public transport systems is not to let the the passenger's reference frame be affected by too much curvature for stretched-out passengers will not be repeat customers. Julianne,
Yep, the secret in these public transport systems is not to let the the passenger’s reference frame be affected by too much curvature for stretched-out passengers will not be repeat customers.

]]> By: Julianne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58746 Julianne Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:05:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58746 Zachb -- unless we're expecting species developing in interstellar gas and dust, then life should cluster with stars. And I've been <i>waiting</i> for a comment by Fermi-Walker Public Transport! You've got to be an expert on this sort of system, right? Zachb — unless we’re expecting species developing in interstellar gas and dust, then life should cluster with stars.

And I’ve been waiting for a comment by Fermi-Walker Public Transport! You’ve got to be an expert on this sort of system, right?

]]> By: Fermi-Walker Public Transport http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58739 Fermi-Walker Public Transport Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:04:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58739 Julianne, What you identified as a bug in this system is actually a feature for it means that parts of it will have to be reconstructed every few million years. A continuous money for Halliburton Galactic as decreed by Lord Cheney. Julianne,

What you identified as a bug in this system is actually a
feature for it means that parts of it will have to be reconstructed every few million years. A continuous money for Halliburton Galactic as decreed by Lord Cheney.

]]> By: Aaron F. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58719 Aaron F. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:00:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58719 Peter Coles -- I'm afraid I don't follow your reasoning. What's to stop a player from reaching Omega Centauri and then immediately invoking Ee-tah's rule, leaving her with a straight shot from Hawking's Chair to the Crab Nebula from the North? Peter Coles — I’m afraid I don’t follow your reasoning. What’s to stop a player from reaching Omega Centauri and then immediately invoking Ee-tah’s rule, leaving her with a straight shot from Hawking’s Chair to the Crab Nebula from the North?

]]> By: Brian Mingus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58709 Brian Mingus Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:37:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58709 Define dense;-) Define dense;-)

]]> By: zachb http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58703 zachb Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:48:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58703 densely populated with stars doesn't necessarily mean densely populated with life, right? densely populated with stars doesn’t necessarily mean densely populated with life, right?

]]> By: Brian Mingus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58543 Brian Mingus Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:05:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58543 The Interplanetary Transport Network is much cooler than this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Transport_Network I would like to see the same math applied to the entire Milky Way :-) The Interplanetary Transport Network is much cooler than this.

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

I would like to see the same math applied to the entire Milky Way :-)

]]> By: Peter Coles http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58535 Peter Coles Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:28:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58535 Electric dragon fails to realise that the Crab Nebula must always be in Nid, because the elimation of Junkin's Progression from the rules in the 22nd Century rules out any move that could lead to a southerly vertical transposition for the type needed to approach from Galactic North. Of Huguenot's Gamble could be deployed but this is also disallowed by the special rulings on crosshatching which always apply when globular clusters are wild. I hope this clarifies the situation. Electric dragon fails to realise that the Crab Nebula must always be in Nid, because the elimation of Junkin’s Progression from the rules in the 22nd Century rules out any move that could lead to a southerly vertical transposition for the type needed to approach from Galactic North. Of Huguenot’s Gamble could be deployed but this is also disallowed by the special rulings on crosshatching which always apply when globular clusters are wild.

I hope this clarifies the situation.

]]> By: Sili http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58501 Sili Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:37:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58501 ts, I'd not like to go around the galaxy <a href="http://failblog.org/2008/12/19/all-aboard-the-fail-train/" rel="nofollow">this way</a>, though. How long before this shows up on http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/ ? ts,

I’d not like to go around the galaxy this way, though.

How long before this shows up on http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/ ?

]]> By: Tristram Brelstaff http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58422 Tristram Brelstaff Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:39:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58422 Ah! Now I understand the time dilation effects that I have observed while waiting for Circle Line trains at Paddington: they must be due to the presence of the supermassive black hole at nearby Edgeware Road. Ah! Now I understand the time dilation effects that I have observed while waiting for Circle Line trains at Paddington: they must be due to the presence of the supermassive black hole at nearby Edgeware Road.

]]> By: Tod Lauer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58398 Tod Lauer Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:57:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58398 Well, it looks very convenient and all, but I'm wondering if it will really get people out of their private starships... Well, it looks very convenient and all, but I’m wondering if it will really get people out of their private starships…

]]> By: ts http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58394 ts Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:51:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58394 I think Japan's public transit system is superior. Much cheaper as well. I think Japan’s public transit system is superior. Much cheaper as well.

]]> By: Anaconda http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58364 Anaconda Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:28:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58364 Actually, it's a lot closer to the truth than one might initially suspect. It also looks like a funky circuit board at first glance. An electrical circuit board make up of interstellar Birkeland currents. Yes, electrical currents, much more powerful than gravity and doesn't need all the theoretical "riders" that are never seen and never put money in the fair box. Or do they? Actually, it’s a lot closer to the truth than one might initially suspect.

It also looks like a funky circuit board at first glance. An electrical circuit board make up of interstellar Birkeland currents. Yes, electrical currents, much more powerful than gravity and doesn’t need all the theoretical “riders” that are never seen and never put money in the fair box. Or do they?

]]> By: Serdar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/comment-page-1/#comment-58361 Serdar Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:38:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/01/09/an-easier-way-to-get-around/#comment-58361 Unfortunately, the earth is scheduled to be demolished to make way for one of these transit bypasses. ... What do you mean, you didn't know? The plans have been on display for some time now. Apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all. Unfortunately, the earth is scheduled to be demolished to make way for one of these transit bypasses.

… What do you mean, you didn’t know? The plans have been on display for some time now. Apathetic bloody planet, I’ve no sympathy at all.

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