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Message no. 1
From: "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:17:28 +1000
> >Actually, it is something of a laser... It's slower, but more
> >powerful...
>
> Hmmm...I'll have to check with a friend of mine, he's really into Star
> Wars, so he might know (not picking on anyone, I'm just curious:)
> Realistically, the blaster couldn't be a laser, but it could possibly be
> something similar...hmmm...perhaps it fires a burst of highly excited
> protons...
>

Protons from what?? If it's Hydrogen, then you've got a hald-held fusion
reactor, And if it's something else then you've got a hand-held fission
reactor. *grin*

> Apparently space transmits sound for Mr. Lucas. You can hear all of the
> nifty engines and laser blasts and stuff all through each and every one
> of the space battles:) (not picking on Star Wars in particular, tho'.
> They pull that in every space movie I can remember:) Besides, think how
> boring it would be if there weren't any sound FX to go with all the
> massive visual effects:)
>

Also, in Star wars, space craft have a maximum speed. *grin*

Doesn't stop it being a good fantasy universe, though.
Message no. 2
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 20:12:43 EST
On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:17:28 +1000 "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD"
<s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU> writes:
>> >Actually, it is something of a laser... It's slower, but more
>> >powerful...
>>
>> Hmmm...I'll have to check with a friend of mine, he's really into Star
>> Wars, so he might know (not picking on anyone, I'm just curious:)
>> Realistically, the blaster couldn't be a laser, but it could possibly
be
>> something similar...hmmm...perhaps it fires a burst of highly excited
>> protons...
>>
>
>Protons from what?? If it's Hydrogen, then you've got a hald-held
fusion
>reactor, And if it's something else then you've got a hand-held fission
>reactor. *grin*
>

Would've said electrons, but they have a bad habit of traveling faster
than light at times...Any other ideas? Perhaps it simply fire a short
stream of highly charaged atoms?



>> Apparently space transmits sound for Mr. Lucas. You can hear all of
the
>> nifty engines and laser blasts and stuff all through each and every
one
>> of the space battles:) (not picking on Star Wars in particular, tho'.
>> They pull that in every space movie I can remember:) Besides, think
how
>> boring it would be if there weren't any sound FX to go with all the
>> massive visual effects:)
>>
>
>Also, in Star wars, space craft have a maximum speed. *grin*
>

What, you're saying that you can't accelerate forever in a frictionless
medium? Why, you've just shattered all my perceptions of how the universe
works! :):) I'd guess that it's safe to say that George Lucas is a
storyteller first (and a good one!) and a physicist last:)



>Doesn't stop it being a good fantasy universe, though.
>

It would take far more than that, I think.

--
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Message no. 3
From: "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:48:22 +1000
> >Protons from what?? If it's Hydrogen, then you've got a hald-held
> fusion
> >reactor, And if it's something else then you've got a hand-held fission
> >reactor. *grin*
> >
>
> Would've said electrons, but they have a bad habit of traveling faster
> than light at times...Any other ideas? Perhaps it simply fire a short
> stream of highly charaged atoms?
>

What, alpha particles? *grin*

Umm, who really cares all that much, eh? And you were just saying that
we've all got too much free time.....
Message no. 4
From: Midn Daniel O Fredrikson <m992148@****.NAVY.MIL>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 21:01:19 -0500
> >>
> >> Hmmm...I'll have to check with a friend of mine, he's really into Star
> >> Wars, so he might know (not picking on anyone, I'm just curious:)
> >> Realistically, the blaster couldn't be a laser, but it could possibly
> be
> >> something similar...hmmm...perhaps it fires a burst of highly excited
> >> protons...
> >>
> >
> >Protons from what?? If it's Hydrogen, then you've got a hald-held
> fusion
> >reactor, And if it's something else then you've got a hand-held fission
> >reactor. *grin*
> >
>
> Would've said electrons, but they have a bad habit of traveling faster
> than light at times...Any other ideas? Perhaps it simply fire a short
> stream of highly charaged atoms?

When do electrons travel faster than the speed of light?

>
> What, you're saying that you can't accelerate forever in a frictionless
> medium? Why, you've just shattered all my perceptions of how the universe
> works! :):) I'd guess that it's safe to say that George Lucas is a
> storyteller first (and a good one!) and a physicist last:)

What do you mean, that space ships don't have a top speed?
Message no. 5
From: "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:17:11 +1000
> > What, you're saying that you can't accelerate forever in a frictionless
> > medium? Why, you've just shattered all my perceptions of how the universe
> > works! :):) I'd guess that it's safe to say that George Lucas is a
> > storyteller first (and a good one!) and a physicist last:)
>
> What do you mean, that space ships don't have a top speed?
>
Welllllll, they do.... but it's at a signficant percentage of light
speed, when they get to heavy to accelerate, or when they run out of fuel.

(Brakes, Brakes! Ahh, Ooooooops. D'oh.)

But those top speeds are a little too fast to conduct a close-range space
battle.
Message no. 6
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:06:58 EST
On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:48:22 +1000 "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD"
<s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU> writes:
>> >Protons from what?? If it's Hydrogen, then you've got a hald-held
>> fusion
>> >reactor, And if it's something else then you've got a hand-held
>fission
>> >reactor. *grin*
>> >
>>
>> Would've said electrons, but they have a bad habit of traveling
>faster
>> than light at times...Any other ideas? Perhaps it simply fire a
>short
>> stream of highly charaged atoms?
>>
>
>What, alpha particles? *grin*

Alpha particle?



>Umm, who really cares all that much, eh? And you were just saying
>that
>we've all got too much free time.....
>

So, I've proven myself right?

--
-Canthros
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let him prepare for war. lobo1@****.com
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Message no. 7
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:06:59 EST
On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 21:01:19 -0500 Midn Daniel O Fredrikson
<m992148@****.NAVY.MIL> writes:
<snip>
>>
>> Would've said electrons, but they have a bad habit of traveling faster
>> than light at times...Any other ideas? Perhaps it simply fire a short
>> stream of highly charaged atoms?
>
>When do electrons travel faster than the speed of light?
>

When they 'tunnel', and when they simply 'skip' some bit of the space
between Point A and Point B.



>>
>> What, you're saying that you can't accelerate forever in a
frictionless
>> medium? Why, you've just shattered all my perceptions of how the
universe
>> works! :):) I'd guess that it's safe to say that George Lucas is a
>> storyteller first (and a good one!) and a physicist last:)
>
>What do you mean, that space ships don't have a top speed?
>

Nope (well, other than 186,000 miles per second:). They would have a
maximum acceleration (based on how much Force i the thrust the engines
can put out and how much mass the ship has). They would also have a sort
of practical maximum speed (the fastest you're likely to get up to
between here and there). But, technically, there is no maxium speed in
space, or in empty space, anyway.

--
-Canthros
If any man wishes peace, canthros1@***.com
let him prepare for war. lobo1@****.com
--Roman proverb
http://members.aol.com/canthros1/
Message no. 8
From: "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 13:22:53 +1000
> >When do electrons travel faster than the speed of light?
> >
>
> When they 'tunnel', and when they simply 'skip' some bit of the space
> between Point A and Point B.
>

heh.... that must give the quantum physicists a bit of a headache.

I like the idea of anarchistic bits of energy... or charge, or whatever it
is you call them these days.
Message no. 9
From: Midn Daniel O Fredrikson <m992148@****.NAVY.MIL>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:43:41 -0500
> > > What, you're saying that you can't accelerate forever in a frictionless
> > > medium? Why, you've just shattered all my perceptions of how the universe
> > > works! :):) I'd guess that it's safe to say that George Lucas is a
> > > storyteller first (and a good one!) and a physicist last:)
> >
> > What do you mean, that space ships don't have a top speed?
> >
> Welllllll, they do.... but it's at a signficant percentage of light
> speed, when they get to heavy to accelerate, or when they run out of fuel.
>
> (Brakes, Brakes! Ahh, Ooooooops. D'oh.)
>
> But those top speeds are a little too fast to conduct a close-range space
> battle.

I think relativistic space battles would be cool. You would have to
predict where to fire the laser, because your radar would always be way
off..too slow. It would be insane.... :-)
Message no. 10
From: "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 13:49:27 +1000
> > But those top speeds are a little too fast to conduct a close-range space
> > battle.
>
> I think relativistic space battles would be cool. You would have to
> predict where to fire the laser, because your radar would always be way
> off..too slow. It would be insane.... :-)
>
Read some of the better Sci Fi books out. Niven and Pournelle, and in
partcular the Chris Claremont novels, if you want something like that.

BTW Yes, Claremont IS the same guy who wrote for X-men.

Bleach
Message no. 11
From: Midn Daniel O Fredrikson <m992148@****.NAVY.MIL>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:57:54 -0500
> On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 21:01:19 -0500 Midn Daniel O Fredrikson
> <m992148@****.NAVY.MIL> writes:
> <snip>
> >>
> >> Would've said electrons, but they have a bad habit of traveling faster
> >> than light at times...Any other ideas? Perhaps it simply fire a short
> >> stream of highly charaged atoms?
> >
> >When do electrons travel faster than the speed of light?
> >
>
> When they 'tunnel', and when they simply 'skip' some bit of the space
> between Point A and Point B.

hmm... but are they traveling??? They aren't seen to have crossed the
distance, so they didn't have to go the speed. They just teleported.
Or rather, their probabity cloud had a great enough value at that point
that there was a finite possibility that the electron might be there at
some time....

>
> >>
> >> What, you're saying that you can't accelerate forever in a
> frictionless
> >> medium? Why, you've just shattered all my perceptions of how the
> universe
> >> works! :):) I'd guess that it's safe to say that George Lucas is a
> >> storyteller first (and a good one!) and a physicist last:)
> >
> >What do you mean, that space ships don't have a top speed?
> >
>
> Nope (well, other than 186,000 miles per second:). They would have a
> maximum acceleration (based on how much Force i the thrust the engines
> can put out and how much mass the ship has). They would also have a sort
> of practical maximum speed (the fastest you're likely to get up to
> between here and there). But, technically, there is no maxium speed in
> space, or in empty space, anyway.

Exactly..speed of light. Rather limiting when you look on a intergalactic
level, or even a interstellar level for that matter...
Message no. 12
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:50:18 +0100
|When do electrons travel faster than the speed of light?

It's been proven that PHOTONS can, and do, jump around in a random manner.
Someone sent a signal down a laser, split the beam, sent one half down a fibre
optic cable, and the other down a dead end....

They managed to detect the signal at BOTH receptors, but the one from the
DEAD END got there first by a pico-second or 3....

(It's all to do with the uncertainty principal, and never being able to
pinpoint the energy level and location of a photon at the same time... The
photons just... teleported the gap....)
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Message no. 13
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:56:47 +0100
|>What, alpha particles? *grin*
|
|Alpha particle?

High velocity heluim nuclei...
They fly off fissile material...
(Like uranium and plutonium and so on....)

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Message no. 14
From: The Bookworm <Thomas.M.Price@*******.EDU>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:44:34 -0600
On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Midn Daniel O Fredrikson wrote:

> I think relativistic space battles would be cool. You would have to
> predict where to fire the laser, because your radar would always be way
> off..too slow. It would be insane.... :-)

No need for lasers. At relativistic speeds just putting a BB in their
flight path would be enough to really hurt them if not destroy them
outright. E=1/2mv^2 where v= the diference in velocities of the masses. So
if they aren't going in the same direction the reletive velocity can be
greater than the speed of light and you get a bang better than antimatter
at rest:). All the sudden a giant shot gun seems like the weapon of
choice, just be carefull where the misses end up going. Dont want to hit
freindlies even if its a few years down the road.

Thomas Price
aka The Bookworm
thomas.m.price@*******.edu
tmprice@***********.com
Message no. 15
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 00:29:24 EST
On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:56:47 +0100 Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
writes:
>|>What, alpha particles? *grin*
>|
>|Alpha particle?
>
>High velocity heluim nuclei...
>They fly off fissile material...
>(Like uranium and plutonium and so on....)
>
Ahhh....(why not just say protons?)

--
-Canthros
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let him prepare for war. lobo1@****.com
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Message no. 16
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 00:29:24 EST
On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:57:54 -0500 Midn Daniel O Fredrikson
<m992148@****.NAVY.MIL> writes:
<snip>
>> When they 'tunnel', and when they simply 'skip' some bit of the space
>> between Point A and Point B.
>
>hmm... but are they traveling??? They aren't seen to have crossed the
>distance, so they didn't have to go the speed. They just teleported.
>Or rather, their probabity cloud had a great enough value at that point
>that there was a finite possibility that the electron might be there at
>some time....
>

Teleportation would be a form of transport! Deny it! Tell me I'm wrong!
(remember s=d/t)


>>
>>>>
>>>> What, you're saying that you can't accelerate forever in a
frictionless
>>>> medium? Why, you've just shattered all my perceptions of how the
universe
>>>> works! :):) I'd guess that it's safe to say that George Lucas is a
>>>> storyteller first (and a good one!) and a physicist last:)
>>>
>>>What do you mean, that space ships don't have a top speed?
>>>
>>
>> Nope (well, other than 186,000 miles per second:). They would have a
>> maximum acceleration (based on how much Force i the thrust the engines
>> can put out and how much mass the ship has). They would also have a
sort
>> of practical maximum speed (the fastest you're likely to get up to
>> between here and there). But, technically, there is no maxium speed in
>> space, or in empty space, anyway.
>
>Exactly..speed of light. Rather limiting when you look on a
intergalactic
>level, or even a interstellar level for that matter...
>

Not if you're a tachyon:)


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let him prepare for war. lobo1@****.com
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Message no. 17
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 00:29:23 EST
On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 13:22:53 +1000 "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD"
<s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU> writes:
>> >When do electrons travel faster than the speed of light?
>> >
>>
>> When they 'tunnel', and when they simply 'skip' some bit of the
>space
>> between Point A and Point B.
>>
>
>heh.... that must give the quantum physicists a bit of a headache.
>

I would guess. Quantum physics being what it is, though, they may have
mostly given up trying to really figure it out:)



>I like the idea of anarchistic bits of energy... or charge, or
>whatever it
>is you call them these days.
>

Last I heard, they were still called particles, or quanta. Beyond that, I
guess it depends on what type:)

--
-Canthros
If any man wishes peace, canthros1@***.com
let him prepare for war. lobo1@****.com
--Roman proverb
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Message no. 18
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 00:29:23 EST
On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:43:41 -0500 Midn Daniel O Fredrikson
<m992148@****.NAVY.MIL> writes:
<snip>
>I think relativistic space battles would be cool. You would have to
>predict where to fire the laser, because your radar would always be
>way
>off..too slow. It would be insane.... :-)
>
Insane is right. I doubt even a computer could think fast enough to
actually target anything. Unless you know of some way of thinking faster
than the speed of light?

--
-Canthros
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let him prepare for war. lobo1@****.com
--Roman proverb
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Message no. 19
From: "Q (not from Star Trek)" <Scott.E.Meyer@*******.EDU>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 00:28:29 -0600
On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, L Canthros wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:56:47 +0100 Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
> writes:
> >|>What, alpha particles? *grin*
> >|
> >|Alpha particle?
> >
> >High velocity heluim nuclei...
> >They fly off fissile material...
> >(Like uranium and plutonium and so on....)
> >
> Ahhh....(why not just say protons?)

No, single protons would be _hydrogen_ nuclei. Alpha particles are made up of
two protons and two neutrons, which is a _helium_ nucleus.

(putting my limited chemistry experience to use)

-Q

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Message no. 20
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 11:56:29 +0100
L Canthros said on 0:29/ 6 Apr 97...

> >|Alpha particle?
> >
> >High velocity heluim nuclei...
> >They fly off fissile material...
> >(Like uranium and plutonium and so on....)
> >
> Ahhh....(why not just say protons?)

Best guess: because they're not protons? Loose protons are hydrogen
nuclei, but to get helium you have to take two and tack on two neutrons as
well...

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Message no. 21
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 16:21:47 +0100
|
|On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:56:47 +0100 Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
|writes:
|>|>What, alpha particles? *grin*
|>|
|>|Alpha particle?
|>
|>High velocity heluim nuclei...
|>They fly off fissile material...
|>(Like uranium and plutonium and so on....)
|>
|Ahhh....(why not just say protons?)

Because Protons are Beta Particles... (Hydrogen Nuclei)
Helium nuclei consist of 2 Protons and 2 Neutrons....
Much heavier, much more damaging, but much slower and unlikely to penetrate
a sheet of cardboard....
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Message no. 22
From: "Q (not from Star Trek)" <Scott.E.Meyer@*******.EDU>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 23:42:18 -0500
On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Spike wrote:

> |
> |On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:56:47 +0100 Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
> |writes:
> |>|>What, alpha particles? *grin*
> |>|
> |>|Alpha particle?
> |>
> |>High velocity heluim nuclei...
> |>They fly off fissile material...
> |>(Like uranium and plutonium and so on....)
> |>
> |Ahhh....(why not just say protons?)
>
> Because Protons are Beta Particles... (Hydrogen Nuclei)

<nitpick> beta particles are electrons </nitpick>

-Q

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Message no. 23
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Star Wars tech (was: Striper [the novel] and others of her
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 23:31:25 +0100
|> Because Protons are Beta Particles... (Hydrogen Nuclei)
|
|<nitpick> beta particles are electrons </nitpick>

Ooops.... My mistake....
(An easy one to make though....)
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|Andrew Halliwell | |
|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
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|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
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Further Reading

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