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[Zrk2]

So we now proved we have mass, and FTL still doesn't work?

[Lagslayer]

Sooo. Ummm. Yeah. Maybe FTL won't be fiction within our lifetimes.

So not to put a damper on the festivities or anything, but maybe you might want to take a closer look at that article that you linked to. Sure the article starts out by putting a "just around the corner", "building one now" type spin on it, but if you actually read the article you will notice a few things:
1) They haven't actually done the tests to see if the bubble creation machine works.
2) The bubbles they are talking about are measured on the nano/micro scale. They are nowhere near big enough to actually fit anything inside.
3) Yes, his equations allow you to reduce the amount of exotic mass required from a ball the size of jupiter to one of 500 kg. But keep in mind that currently the exotic matter they are talking about exists in theory only, and we have yet to actually find any of it.

So while the ideas are certainly possible, and could indeed come about in our lifetimes, they are not "being built" in any sense of the phrase right now.

Now, wait a sec. If it's on a nano/micro scale, we could at least wage biological warfare on the aliens. Send over a few ebola cells or something. Maybe the bubonic plague. Let's introduce them to AIDS! Unless they are the sexy space babe type of aliens, in which case we do that the old fashioned way.

Bay12, what have you done to me? Oh, wait. I already had a somewhat twisted sense of humor, and we were all thinking it anyways.

[Loud Whispers]

Do we really want to make space aids?

[Scoops Novel]

Sigworthy.

[MaximumZero]

No spreading space AIDS before I get the chance to boldly go where no man...

[MrWiggles]

Earthly virus and bacteria wouldnt infect aliens.

[kaijyuu]

Bacteria might, assuming they have a similar chemical makeup to us.

[USEC_OFFICER]

At the very least they should be able to eat up simple sugars, fats and simple proteins, giving the aliens one hell of an infection.

[MrWiggles]

Eh... its hard enough for Earthly bacteria and virus ect to cross spieces on earth. It'll just be that much hardstuff to jump to an alien from an alien planet.  alien planet.

On the flip side, fuck all the alien green babes you want since STD are improbably communicable.

[MaximumZero]

At this point, there's really no reason to believe that there will be a lot of life out in the universe that isn't carbon based. Carbon just bonds with everything so much more easily than anything else we know of thus far. According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, "Carbon is the slut of the periodic table."

[Osmosis Jones]

Sooo. Ummm. Yeah. Maybe FTL won't be fiction within our lifetimes.

So not to put a damper on the festivities or anything, but maybe you might want to take a closer look at that article that you linked to. Sure the article starts out by putting a "just around the corner", "building one now" type spin on it, but if you actually read the article you will notice a few things:

C'mon, please assume I'm not a *complete* moron; I'm just an optimist I read the article quite closely, and I know that they haven't built anything yet. I'm also well aware of the limitations you mentioned. However, if they show it's possible to warp space even in the small degree... who knows? That'll be revolutionary enough. Do that, and they'll get more funding than they know what to do with. Then, IF (yes, I know, huge if) it's possible in the first place, maybe they could actually create something within the next 100 or so years. Also, speaking of optimism, I also believe that our generation will be the first to achieve immortality, so my perception of lifetimes may be a *little* skewed

I never said anywhere it's definitely will happen, but if it pans out at these stages... who knows?


Also, on the xenophage discussion... less than 12 hours in and

On the flip side, fuck all the alien green babes you want since STD are improbably communicable.

Really guys? Reaally?! Man, every new technology really is used for sex in some way.

[MaximumZero]

Really guys? Reaally?! Man, every new technology really is used for sex in some way.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

[kaijyuu]

Really guys? Reaally?! Man, every new technology really is used for sex in some way.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Ditto.

[MaximumZero]

Seriously, look at all the things that the desire for more porn and sexual gratification has given us. What we have now (HD video, movie streaming, high bandwidth internet, king sized mattresses, etc, etc,) is a whole lot nicer than drawing boobs on the cave wall.

[Sirus]

Who knows, maybe even a shlump like me could be attractive to green-skinned space babes
HA! As if.