Thanks for the patience of the group allowing the digression of this thread. Sometimes one needs to let ones mind go free with the encouragement of some good stimulating controversy !!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back to the thread... Oh contraire Mr. Sneider. It "is" currently practically possible to travel to another planet, but just not seen as sufficiently beneficial at present !! I think one of the biggest problems we humans have is that we tend to base our ideas/concepts/values on history and the tiny (by comparison) view of the future we have through current research. Just as Orville and Wilbur created something that at that time was quite alien to the concept of travel, so will we see future means of travel and communication. For example, did you know that there are experiments with matter transference going on right now that in theory will exceed the speed of light. From what my tiny brain can understand, it's got something to do with transferring the mathematical representation of the matter pattern, the description/glue that bunds the matter together, rather than the actual matter. And for a long time a completely new method of broad spectrum radio communication (if you can call it that) has been available to us, that totally ignores frequency bands. Well, for the latter "available" may not quite be correct as I understand governments and military have the wraps on it, and believe me I'm not a conspiracy theorist in saying that ;-) Oh yes, and we don't need a computer to answer the meaning of life, the universe and everything, I know it's 42. The problem is that I still don't know how to ask the right question, and I suspect you are in the same situation ;-) best, Bob... Bob Earp White Rock, British Columbia. > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:42:02 -0700 > From: Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> > To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Orville was probably talking about people who were saying at the time that it > was impossible for humans to take flight. That is not a statement about what > is true, it is a statement about what is possible. It's sobering to think > someone so smart as Orville Wright could get the two confused. Is it > theoretically possible to travel to another planet? Sure! Is it practically > possible? Not a chance. The difference between what is true and what is > possible. > > Again, it is a matter of logistics. To experiment and build a craft that can > float on air here on terra firma is one thing. To build a craft that can > travel to another planet we cannot see and study from here over the vast > period of time it would take to get there, not to mention the time dilation > that would occur, in one lifetime, and be able to communicate back to say we > succeeded, while the people who sent us are still alive, well, that is quite > another. I can empty my pool with a garden hose, but I'd be a fool to try to > empty lake Erie. I can write a program to keep track of my computer assets. > I cannot make a computer to calculate the answer to life, the Universe, > Everything! :-) > Bob _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
