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XODDI

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Jan 5, 2010, 2:53:14 AM1/5/10
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"Isaac" <gro...@sonic.net> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> Has anyone notice something odd in the physics of the latest StarTrek
> movie?

(snip)

I can solve all your questions about Star Trek and physics quickly and
simply.

You do realize that all that Star Trek stuff is just made up, don't you?

Dr. Phineas J. Martian

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Jan 5, 2010, 2:58:42 AM1/5/10
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Especially Shatner, more make-up than Liberace making out with Tammy
Fae Bakker.

Isaac

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Jan 5, 2010, 5:07:10 PM1/5/10
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that is too intellectually dull a response. If you read my set up you would
know my point is to have a fun thought experiment. Saying "it is just
sci-fi" is also serious lack of imagination wrt to the problem/solution
scenario I structured and speculated on, which independent of how the movie
(or any sci-fi) goofs it up.

"XODDI" <byb...@spurtlings.com> wrote in message
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Jan 5, 2010, 5:18:14 PM1/5/10
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On Jan 6, 6:07 am, "Isaac" <gro...@sonic.net> wrote:
> that is too intellectually dull a response.  If you read my set up you would
> know my point is to have a fun thought experiment.  Saying "it is just
> sci-fi" is also serious lack of imagination wrt to the problem/solution
> scenario I structured and speculated on, which independent of how the movie
> (or any sci-fi) goofs it up.
>

You're an idiot.

Rev.Dr. LoBotomy

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Jan 5, 2010, 5:34:06 PM1/5/10
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It seems like that's what he was trying to tell you in Klingon.

XODDI

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Jan 5, 2010, 5:55:14 PM1/5/10
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"Isaac" <gro...@sonic.net> wrote in message
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> that is too intellectually dull a response. If you read my set up you
> would know my point is to have a fun thought experiment. Saying "it is
> just sci-fi" is also serious lack of imagination wrt to the
> problem/solution scenario I structured and speculated on, which
> independent of how the movie (or any sci-fi) goofs it up.

The irony of someone who calls Star Trek "science fiction" calling the
LOGICAL answer to his vapid, UNfun thought experiment "intellectually dull"
is monumental.

Let me guess - you've never actually READ any real science fiction, have
you? Or real science, for that matter.

Zapanaz

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Jan 6, 2010, 12:51:45 AM1/6/10
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On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:07:10 -0800, "Isaac" <gro...@sonic.net> wrote:

>that is too intellectually dull a response. If you read my set up you would
>know my point is to have a fun thought experiment. Saying "it is just
>sci-fi" is also serious lack of imagination wrt to the problem/solution
>scenario I structured and speculated on, which independent of how the movie
>(or any sci-fi) goofs it up.
>

While we're working on it, how does Santa Claus get back UP the
chimney?

I mean I figure he gets -down- by altering his molecular structure so
that he can extend his body lengthwise, probably by reducing the
orbits of electrons.

But going UP, he's working against gravity!

I think he must set up a rotating magnetic field with a reverse
polarity, which could make an anti-gravity field.

What do you think?

>"XODDI" <byb...@spurtlings.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Isaac" <gro...@sonic.net> wrote in message
>> news:4b4195e5$0$1979$742e...@news.sonic.net...
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Has anyone notice something odd in the physics of the latest StarTrek
>>> movie?
>>
>> (snip)
>>
>> I can solve all your questions about Star Trek and physics quickly and
>> simply.
>>
>> You do realize that all that Star Trek stuff is just made up, don't you?
>

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John Cook

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Jan 6, 2010, 1:15:58 AM1/6/10
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Can't be right - didn't use 'Quantum' or 'Uncertainty'

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John Cook


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Jan 6, 2010, 4:11:48 AM1/6/10
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On Jan 5, 10:15 pm, John Cook <FunCoTech@Yahoodotcom> wrote:
> On 6/01/10 3:51 PM, Zapanaz wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:07:10 -0800, "Isaac"<gro...@sonic.net>  wrote:
>
> >> that is too intellectually dull a response.  If you read my set up you would
> >> know my point is to have a fun thought experiment.  Saying "it is just
> >> sci-fi" is also serious lack of imagination wrt to the problem/solution
> >> scenario I structured and speculated on, which independent of how the movie
> >> (or any sci-fi) goofs it up.
>
> > While we're working on it, how does Santa Claus get back UP the
> > chimney?
>
> > I mean I figure he gets -down- by altering his molecular structure so
> > that he can extend his body lengthwise, probably by reducing the
> > orbits of electrons.
>
> > But going UP, he's working against gravity!
>
> > I think he must set up a rotating magnetic field with a reverse
> > polarity, which could make an anti-gravity field.
>
> > What do you think?
>
> >> "XODDI"<bybl...@spurtlings.com>  wrote in message

> >>news:i9WdnVVQfelwct_W...@giganews.com...
>
> >>> "Isaac"<gro...@sonic.net>  wrote in message
> >>>news:4b4195e5$0$1979$742e...@news.sonic.net...
> >>>> Hi All,
>
> >>>> Has anyone notice something odd in the physics of the latest StarTrek
> >>>> movie?
>
> >>> (snip)
>
> >>> I can solve all your questions about Star Trek and physics quickly and
> >>> simply.
>
> >>> You do realize that all that Star Trek stuff is just made up, don't you?
>
> Can't be right - didn't use 'Quantum' or 'Uncertainty'

Or "nano".


Mark L. Fergerson

jmfbahciv

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Jan 6, 2010, 8:42:39 AM1/6/10
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That would make the movie too long.

/BAH

Sjouke Burry

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Jan 6, 2010, 6:45:44 PM1/6/10
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Zapanaz wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:07:10 -0800, "Isaac" <gro...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> that is too intellectually dull a response. If you read my set up you would
>> know my point is to have a fun thought experiment. Saying "it is just
>> sci-fi" is also serious lack of imagination wrt to the problem/solution
>> scenario I structured and speculated on, which independent of how the movie
>> (or any sci-fi) goofs it up.
>>
>
> While we're working on it, how does Santa Claus get back UP the
> chimney?
>
> I mean I figure he gets -down- by altering his molecular structure so
> that he can extend his body lengthwise, probably by reducing the
> orbits of electrons.
>
> But going UP, he's working against gravity!
>
> I think he must set up a rotating magnetic field with a reverse
> polarity, which could make an anti-gravity field.
>
> What do you think?
>
He stretches and stretches until he can grip the chimney top,
then shrincks.............
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