Posts by Roke

What should a sci-fi spaceship REALLY look like?

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However - didnt Nostromo looked something like this: http://time.absoluteavp.com/pics/nostromo.jpg?

BTW - how to generate (or handle) gravity will be a deciding factor for ship designs, and if the technology comes around to artificially generate gravity, all bets are off. Sometimes current boffins seems to have too narrow scope...

On the other hand - if your spaceship needs to have atmospheric capabilities, a round shape (or disc shape) is not totally off - why waste more fuel/energy?

Would putting all the climate scientists in a room solve global warming...

You know...

... as a "scientist" or "boffin" or whatever myself, I am really bothered by two facts in the "debate":

One: when there is a claim of "consensus" among scientists, it is usually politically inclined - I bet you can find a bunch of references on that. What this article shows is that there is no consensus, and that, despite how different industries tries to lobby both sides, there are scientific differences,

Two: ALL science, at least non-social sciences (well and some of those too), seems to try to find ONE (simple) theory to explain EVERYTHING - and most often fail.

My take on this is: yes, man has caused changes in our environment, but CO2-emissions pales in comparison to other emissions we also cause, like methane... In addition, I am sure the sun, cosmic rays and a bunch of other stuff is ALSO part of the problem.

Yes, we need to rethink our technology and way of life, but no, it is not the ONLY explanation.

Google swaps old CEO Schmidt for older CEO Page

Finally!

Schmidt has become a reliability for Google with tons of moronic statements.

I was expecting this move months ago, but finally this happen. I hope they have the guts to remove him from the company altogether.