... ... is a real challenge! It can be done, but you as a writer have to restructure your story-making a lot. The first thing that you have to change is the time and distance scale of your story: if you don't have warp drive, interstellar things are going to happen over generations, not minutes. If you have warp drive in your story, everywhere is a suburb of Los Angeles because you can get to-and-from LA in minutes to hours. In STL stories that's not true: star systems are really far apart! It takes years to decades to go from one ... the speed of light. (Note: we still don't know how to pull this off, it takes too much fuel, so right now this is still as much science fiction as shooting people into space with cannons was in 1900. But it doesn't violate laws of physics the way warp drive does.) If you're not going to use constant acceleration, if you're sticking with boost-and-coast, the technology that is real today, plan on using some form of suspended animation or grow-when-you-arrive. An interstellar trip is going to take centuries to millennia. o If your ...
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... bring? [Note that intergalactic space travel (one galaxy to another galaxy) is quite another can of worms. The distance from one side of our galaxy to the other is tiny relative to the vast distances to our neighbouring galaxies. Even Star Trek stayed within our own galaxy, and they had warp drive!] When viewing what exploration of space we've achieved to date, we note that the first pioneers weren't the right stuff, flesh-and-blood human beings, but devices composed of hardier stuff, like metals and plastics. An orbiting metallic Sputnik preceded any journeys by Russian cosmonauts. The unmanned lunar ... UFO sceptics would have you believe that interstellar space travel is at best highly improbable, and at worst impossible. Therefore, UFOs cannot represent the technology of a space-faring race of extraterrestrials. Hogwash! Unfortunately for the sceptics, fact number one is that one doesn't need any wormhole or theoretical 'warp drive' or other 'Star Trek' type techno-babble to explore the galaxy and boldly go where no alien has gone before. Sure, space is really BIG! Planet Earth was really BIG to human society many centuries ago, but that didn't stop the planet being explored from pole to pole, even ...
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... , Venus and the other solar system planets were not alien civilized life-friendly. In response to this better understanding, first contact stories were displaced from the center of SF mainstream, by more introspective ideas such as cyberpunk and VR adventuring. Popular space travel stories transformed from first contact stories into warp-drive equipped space opera stories of which the Star Trek and Star Wars formats became iconic. But first contact stories are not dead. They are still very fun to read and write. One popular example of contemporary first contact stories is the Stargate series where the world-visiting device is a ... aliens come in contact? o How are the aliens different from humans? o What's the point of the story? Each of these has a big impact on how your story will be structured. How do the humans and aliens come in contact? These days, there are three common choices: warp drive, alternate universe/magic or teleporter. What these three have in common is that the transit time is fast -- from days to hours to essentially instantaneous. These are FTL solutions -- faster than light speed. The advantage of these is that in all of them the story line can chug along at ...
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... often been said that the larger part of prayer is about listening to God and being still in his presence. Only then are we able to suss out his good and perfect will for our lives and pray in tune with it. This is when our prayer life shoots into warp drive and we start to see those miracles in our lives, you know the ones where there are to many coincidences for them to be just coincidences any more. If you ever had any doubt that God knows exactly what is good and perfect for your life now would be a ...
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... month you are called to right action. You have to find that inner warrior and the right cause to fight for. The biggest challenge is to face your fears and step ahead anyway. Courage is the spiritual discipline of applying your inner truth in the face of obstacles. Prepare for warp drive. Taurus (April 21 to May 21) You are invited to introspection and contemplation. Your inner life calls you to make quality time with yourself, finding inner peace in solitude. Meditate, smell the roses, do yoga or Tai Chi. Cultivate inner balance; it is the womb for new ideas and creative ...
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... any one of multi-dozens of similar 'beings' in the sci-fi literature. Since AI is nearly immortal (relative to flesh and blood), that takes care of travel time arguments, and the possible environments fit for relative easy exploration (colonization?) are expanded greatly. Lastly, maybe, just maybe, a sort of warp drive, faster-than-light ship is possible. Aliens whose science is thousands of years more advanced than ours just might have gotten around Einstein's speed limit. I wouldn't want to wager any money on it, but I'd be less than open minded not to admit the possibility, however ...
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... core business was slowing. Because of this mistake, Cisco found itself in a market that it really didn't know anything about - consumer electronics. The forces that drive this market are unlike those that drive Cisco's main enterprise networking market. Additionally, Cisco thought that their brand name that conveys quality and innovation in the enterprise market would help to sell more ... same people who buy a US$25,000 high-end router. Bad Product Decisions Did I mention that the Flip product line seemed to be stuck in a time-warp? In the fast moving field of consumer electronics, this is the worst thing that can happen. The Flip pretty much got mowed over by the arrival of smartphones: both ...
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... assemble the bird feeder, mark and drill 3/8-in.-dia. through-holes in the top and bottom; then assemble them with the dowels. Apply yellow glue to the ends of the dowels and drive them into the holes so they're flush with the edges of the boards. After you've assembled the structures, attach the roof panels to each top and roof support with glue and 1 ... was in my scrap bin. You can use 1/2- or 3/4-in. solid material for any of the pieces. I don't recommend using plywood for either project because it tends to warp and delaminate. Start by cutting the stock to size. Bevel the sides of the roof panels 30 degrees. Miter the sides, top and roof supports 60 degrees (see drawings, above and on p. 24 ...
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... on hand but ready) cold hard cash gets you some amazing deals 2. Be OK with walking away from the deal if it's not a good fit (this is so important) 3. Test drive the car feel for everything, pulling how it shifts, how it turns, how it stops and how it accelerates 4. Briefly check over all the electronic components of the car. The headlights, the windshield ... get mixed in with oil your compression will be going away in your car very soon and you will have an expensive repair on your hand. The head gaskets being blown will also warp the motor on occasion and when repaired the actual motor head will have to be machined to be smooth again. All this being said if you get to the point of identify ...
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... garden furniture needs a certain amount of time and consideration. Here are some suggestions for you to look into that can help you find the perfect shop. 1. Whether you prefer to drive around and look over the fixture personally or browse through the hundreds of shops online, shopping for your outdoor garden furniture can be lots of fun! It would be best to ... no knotholes or crack. Make sure that the teak used is kiln dried. It means that the timber has been dried in a kiln oven that will cause a reduction of crack and warp. It is smooth and made of great quality. It is also important to check the bolts and nuts used that will ensure durability of each outdoor teak furniture. Most of all, ...
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... to be a more predominate architectural feature. In this case, the shingle pattern will be very visible, and the roof itself may be the first thing people see as they drive down the street towards your house. So - for a steeper slope roof, you may prefer Architectural shingles. Color: Color selection for any home improvement project can be both an exciting ... the ridges on the roof. An improperly ventilated attic can not only cause premature aging of your roof system, it can also cause damage to siding or exterior paint, warp the roof decking, allow for mildew growth, and even cause higher energy costs. In order to work properly, the intake and exhaust vents must both be operating properly to ...
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... a nation that was ever designed to live in a time warp. It is a nation that was intended to grow and develop continuously. And it has done that largely by taking things from the rest of the world and making the best of them. Americans enjoy a representative democracy system based on the works of French and English intellectuals and on the documents of the Iroquois Confederacy. Americans enjoy a market system that existed previously in Europe, and an industrial economy that was first was developed in England. Americans drive cars - first invented in France - that are made in Germany in ...
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... Have you ever watched a science fiction show where the spacecraft goes from its normal speed into hyper-drive or on Star Trek when the Enterprise went to Warp Factor 10? Indeed, it shows stars and planets which become almost like a blur as the spaceship moves forward, leaving space time at a standstill. In many regards this is simulating inertia and a massive unadulterated acceleration sensation using motion video to get the proper visuals. Indeed, these concepts are ...
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... Guide to Yawing 101 Imagine for a moment that you are able to hover over your small cruising boat and look straight down at her. Remove the sailboat mast, boom, and sails. Drive a stake right through the center of the boat and plant it into the sea bottom.That stake represents a boats vertical axis. Now re-attach your mast, boom and sails, but keep ... you have the sea room, drop the mainsail and run under small, twin headsails. Use small headsails with short luffs to lower the sailplan's center of effort. 3. Tow a steadying warp Drag a large loop of line behind your boat. Use this method if you were unable to reduce yawing through the first two techniques. Attach each end of the line to strong ...
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... colors and even select two tone colors. With that being said, let's begin to learn what they use in making your cat tree or condo. The scratching posts are made from 1/4-inch cardboard tubing which is stronger than wood. It will not crack, warp, dry up or shrink. You could actually drive your car over these tubes and not crush them. Sisal rope is glued onto the posts during the wrapping process which is done mechanically under 110 pounds of torque. Pre-dried sisal rope is used. Because sisal rope will expand when it dries out, they pre-dry ...
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