A Solution to High gas Prices?..

[Ghoste]

this reminds me of an discussion i had a couple weeks ago where this friend was commenting on his buddy whose home is floor to ceiling dvds and C.D.s,.. I thought - how quaint,.. now you can just download from online sources, titles as needed..

Quaint like say, collecting antique cars which get poorer fuel mileage, have poorer braking and handling, poorer safety and emission controls, higher maintenance costs, slower acceleration, lesser overall driving comfort and higher costs of ownership than their modern equivalents?  That kind of quaint?   

[Brock Samson]

  I'm feeling Amish over here,.. Damn You!

[Chad L. Magee]

this reminds me of an discussion i had a couple weeks ago where this friend was commenting on his buddy whose home is floor to ceiling dvds and C.D.s,.. I thought - how quaint,.. now you can just download from online sources, titles as needed..

Quaint like say, collecting antique cars which get poorer fuel mileage, have poorer braking and handling, poorer safety and emission controls, higher maintenance costs, slower acceleration, lesser overall driving comfort and higher costs of ownership than their modern equivalents?  That kind of quaint?   

Ahh, but those antique cars have character that the newer cars only wish they had.  Too many of the newer cars look like each other, example: viper/vette, etc..........

[Ghoste]

Kind of my point about collecting cd's versus downloading. 

[hemihead]

this reminds me of an discussion i had a couple weeks ago where this friend was commenting on his buddy whose home is floor to ceiling dvds and C.D.s,.. I thought - how quaint,.. now you can just download from online sources, titles as needed..

Quaint like say, collecting antique cars which get poorer fuel mileage, have poorer braking and handling, poorer safety and emission controls, higher maintenance costs, slower acceleration, lesser overall driving comfort and higher costs of ownership than their modern equivalents?  That kind of quaint?   

I don't care about safety or emissions . Maintence Costs ? I can fix a Classic in my garage cheaper than the Dealer can , so not that . I don't care about comfort either , I'm blue collar . Slower acceleration ? Than a Toyota ? Get real .

[RD]

i believe that teleportation is plausible if we are only to take into consideration the physics and science surrounding dimensions:

object A at point A:    O --------------------------------------------------->  O  object A at point B.

suppose you did not move the object in a linear motion through this dimension, but rather open a dimensional portal, remove object A from point A, close the portal and open another portal at point B and replace object A at point B.  You have essentially moved an object from one place to another without breaking it down into its basic molecular structure and then having to worry about reintegrating it at the other end.  This concept would eliminate the need and worry regarding the complex nature and buildup of organic objects.

multiple dimensions is still theorized, but it is a very common theory accepted by many as existing.  it is just a point of attempting to cross the barrier between the dimensions and securing travel safely.

http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01740/string_2.html

of course, my belief in this is based upon the unknown properties of gravity and electromagnetism and how they, at great levels, affect the other dimensions to a point of skewing their properties so as to manipulate them in a way that can be usable through known (unknown) science

[Ghoste]

this reminds me of an discussion i had a couple weeks ago where this friend was commenting on his buddy whose home is floor to ceiling dvds and C.D.s,.. I thought - how quaint,.. now you can just download from online sources, titles as needed..

Quaint like say, collecting antique cars which get poorer fuel mileage, have poorer braking and handling, poorer safety and emission controls, higher maintenance costs, slower acceleration, lesser overall driving comfort and higher costs of ownership than their modern equivalents?  That kind of quaint?   

I don't care about safety or emissions . Maintence Costs ? I can fix a Classic in my garage cheaper than the Dealer can , so not that . I don't care about comfort either , I'm blue collar . Slower acceleration ? Than a Toyota ? Get real .

Hemihead, you're missing my point.  I was tweaking Brocks nose for thinking it was quaint to buy cd's instead of the more modern version of just downloading songs.  It was more just me teasing Brock than anything else and my entire point was that sometimes modern convenience isn't the whole picture.
And I wasn't thinking 'yotas, I was thinking 68 Charger versus 08 Charger. 

[Chad L. Magee]

i believe that teleportation is plausible if we are only to take into consideration the physics and science surrounding dimensions:

object A at point A:    O --------------------------------------------------->  O  object A at point B.

suppose you did not move the object in a linear motion through this dimension, but rather open a dimensional portal, remove object A from point A, close the portal and open another portal at point B and replace object A at point B.  You have essentially moved an object from one place to another without breaking it down into its basic molecular structure and then having to worry about reintegrating it at the other end.  This concept would eliminate the need and worry regarding the complex nature and buildup of organic objects.

multiple dimensions is still theorized, but it is a very common theory accepted by many as existing.  it is just a point of attempting to cross the barrier between the dimensions and securing travel safely.

http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01740/string_2.html

of course, my belief in this is based upon the unknown properties of gravity and electromagnetism and how they, at great levels, affect the other dimensions to a point of skewing their properties so as to manipulate them in a way that can be usable through known (unknown) science

Ahh, string theory:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

There is problems with the dimensional portholes, since if they can be produced, how would you control the path end?  If you could do that, then it still can be a problem, as some people would use it for time travel, since one of the dimentions that is involved would be time.  If the not, it would be a gamble on which dimension that you cut into and out of, leading to many possible roads to an endless amount of places (and times).  Literally, you could find yourself trapped in other routes (much like the movie "Groundhog Day", being trapped in time and place though a loop. 

Now this type of route teleportation that you mention is plauseable, but highly unlikely to be utilized within the next century in my opinion.  Black holes have a tie in with this theory as items become teleported into a different area of space and time to become part of a pulsar (although they are no longer in the same matter form).  There is a research project that is ongoing to create a small black hole here on earth using a cyclotron (particle accelerator).  If they are successful (doubtful), then a corresponding pulsar should be formed from the mass/energy absorbed.  Where it will form is anyones guess....... 

[Brock Samson]

FYI:

my intrest in articulated wings and related research led me to these videos on you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzCcJD1RSeI f   = Flexible wings

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ovz9ybJHWIw&feature=user    = Ditto

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XFHbjpc_dJ4  = scram jet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZvEc7vvBe8  = XB-70
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndQzMtjIp0A      ditto+10 min. interview and tour.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOmgFOvpYM8   = ufo ?..