To revive an old topic...

[Kamal]

do you think we will see even the remotest possibility (in this lifetime) of

A) Finding out there is life elsewhere (other than earth)
B) CERN will finally announce they have discovered the prospects of successfully performing an "expriment" related to time travel
C) Space travel will actually become an affordable public affair


-e-

[Garrick]

a) yes
b) whats CERN and no way.
c) no way

[skahound]

Re: To revive an old topic...

A) Finding out there is life elsewhere (other than earth)

Not in my lifetime.

B) CERN will finally announce they have discovered the prospects of successfully performing an "expriment" related to time travel

No. From what I've read it is still believed to be virtually impossible.

C) Space travel will actually become an affordable public affair

Yes. Affordable for those that have the disposable income to do so.

[Huggie Smiles]

a) yes - but life meaning - microorganisms or similar -not the martians of folklore
b) whats CERN
c) airtravel isnt hardly affordable to most of the planet - why would space travel be cheap??

[demonAfro]

a) No, they will find us first
b) no, they are still analysing data from the 60s
c) no, space travel will be a necessity and provided free when we need to evacuate the planet

[Kamal]

well not CERN (in specifics) but similar to time travel experiments have been conducted in Labs (I think it was MIT) that lazers were accelerated faster than their existing speeds and they ended up arriving their destinations micro milli-seconds before being fired

as for life on other planets, I saw an epsidoe of NOVA (on PBS) where Seth Shostak said that SETI will get some sort of confirmation by 2025 latest...

CERN is particle physics labroratory involved in some serious atomic / nuclear level testing of particles

-e-

[Kamal]

rather than a yes / no monosyllibic exam, it would be interesting to see the birth of independant and wild opinions too

-e-

[vibe]

Re: To revive an old topic...

A) Finding out there is life elsewhere (other than earth)
B) CERN will finally announce they have discovered the prospects of successfully performing an "expriment" related to time travel
C) Space travel will actually become an affordable public affair

A) Not in my lifetime, so I've to answer No!

B) That's always something that makes me curious.. time travel, but it's all about Sci-Fi, it's impossible!

C) Yes, it was done once or twice.. but only for millionars

CHEERS

[Garrick]

rather than a yes / no monosyllibic exam, it would be interesting to see the birth of independant and wild opinions too

-e-

1) those fuckers are getting nuked when we find them.
2) hahahaha, what the fuck are you smoking?
3) if NSYNC can do it, we should be able to.

[skahound]

well not CERN (in specifics) but similar to time travel experiments have been conducted in Labs (I think it was MIT) that lazers were accelerated faster than their existing speeds and they ended up arriving their destinations micro milli-seconds before being fired

I just spent the last 20 minutes trying to figure this one out in my head. My brain fucking hurts now. I guess that's what makes the guys/gals working on these projects so special though.

Here's my question:
If the laser arrived prior to being fired, can we conclude that everything (i.e. philosophically speaking) is planned out for us? How did the arriving beam know that there wouldn't be a malfunction in the firing mechanism?

[Jenks]

The action of firing the laser took place. Then time travel happened. If there was a malfunction, the whole thing never would have happened. Travelling back repeating what has already happened.

[Jenks]

^^As an English grad, i'd like to apologize for that poorly constructed sequence of words.

This is really too much for me right now, gotta get back into it when you guys get a little more going, and i get more coffee in me. Thinker not funkshunen rite!

[rewing3]

The answer to ur question is as follows

1) Yes, thye have already found them, there called liberal americans. LOL

2) NO

3) Yes, but probably not for a little while yet and you will probably only be available to really rich people.

[skahound]

The action of firing the laser took place. Then time travel happened. If there was a malfunction, the whole thing never would have happened. Travelling back repeating what has already happened.

Ok, I was confused then by what -e- meant when he said, "they ended up arriving their destinations micro milli-seconds before being fired." So, it was fired, time travel took place, and it arrived "micro milli-seconds" before it should have?

[Kamal]

^^ Bingo