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Geek Culture / The Triangle and Exotic Matter

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Kenjar
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Posted: 1st Jun 2006 01:59
Did anyone else enjoy the Triangle, showed on BBC 1 on Saturday, Sunday and Monday? I've been reading up a bit on the "exotic matter" theory. The idea of a negitive mass particles is a compelling one for science fiction. With Einstines theory of relitivity basically stating that once the ship hits the speed of light it will having infinate mass and require infinate energy to push it into and beyond the light barrier. However if exotic matter really does exist, then all you really need to do is balance the ships hull with both mass baring and negitive mass baring exotic matter to achive a null mass state. Basically the ship would be massless, and even a smallest amount of thrust could potentially break the speed of light barrier, and of cause Einstines theory ends with the speed of light, so once you've passed it physics might change anyway.

Well, I find it an interesting way to tackle faster than light problems.

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soapyfish
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Posted: 1st Jun 2006 03:27 Edited at: 1st Jun 2006 03:30
I saw the first but wasn't able to see the other two. Pity because I really enjoyed what I saw.

EDIT:: Just done a quick search, apparently i'ts available on DVD so I might try to find myself a copy.
http://www.sffworld.com/news/258.html

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Kenjar
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Posted: 1st Jun 2006 04:02
It was well worth a watch.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 1st Jun 2006 06:41
Didn't see it, so not completely sure what you're talking about, but i heard recently that by making light travel backwards, it'll actually move faster.

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Posted: 1st Jun 2006 07:49
You're talking about Tachyons (And I thought this was very uncommon nick & issue, and Boson didnt sound so nice)

Quote: "his is a consequence of special relativity because the tachyon, in theory, has a negative squared mass."

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

They are explaining the inflational expansion of universe with dark enegy. I mean that the speed of universes expansion grows all time.

And they are explaining the speed (its same near the center) of stars at the end of the galaxy with dark matter. Well, there's got to be something dark with mass.

I thought you could be interested.

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Posted: 1st Jun 2006 09:08
Saw a bit of the program - rather a bore.

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Posted: 1st Jun 2006 18:36
The proggy was ok. Good special effects but a bit rushed and disjointed and a bit OTT with the ludicrousnessisitynessness. I wouldn't recommend the DVD, but different strokes for different folks.

Kenjar
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Posted: 1st Jun 2006 19:21
Just keep an eye on BBC3, it's almost certainly going to end up on there at some point in the future.

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