Yeah, no one ever takes into account the interstellar medium that, at relativistic velocity, would grind a spaceship to dust.
And if anyone ever reached the speed of light they would collapse and become a black hole.

Quote from: Nobody on December 14, 2025, 10:37:41 AMJeez, Trump can't even flip a coin properly!
All he did at the Army-Navy game was gently toss it in the air. What an ultramaroon! 🤣

And to think that when I was young, I loosely held a notion that some smart people where sort of guiding the ship. Now I think back to the 50s-70s when nearly everyone confidently smoked cigarettes. It calms your nerves, you know.

Our wealthiest people now just as confidently talk about colonizing Mars. They have no fucking clue. Putting lethal radiation, toxic atmosphere, extreme temperatures and poisonous dust storms aside, they have no concept of how specialized our evolution makes us. From the microbe infestation in our bodies that we need to survive to the gravity that keeps our skeletons, blood vessels, eyeballs and muscles together. Millions of years of specialization wasted on an alien planet.

 Not to mention the distances and energy required. Forty-times further way than the moon at its closest point. Launch windows on 2.5-year intervals. Seven months to get there.  Six to 44 minutes round-trip radio comm. No rescue. Suicide mission. Go already Elon, godspeed.

If we ever approached the speed of light, our mass would also approach infinity. There are good reasons I think we will never see aliens. It's the physics of reality-when moving at a blazing 10% of the speed of light, it would still take 42 years to gets to our nearest star.

Star Trek was set in the 2,260s. I doubt we will be cruising to distant galaxies. The species will do well to just survive till then.

Jeez, Trump can't even flip a coin properly!
All he did at the Army-Navy game was gently toss it in the air. What an ultramaroon! 🤣

Quote from: drunkenshoe on December 12, 2025, 12:59:04 AMhttps://pin.it/3dZ4uwRUJ

Perfect. Since the dawn of time...

My inner 12 yo approves.

I'm glad I'm old. But I worry for our cats.

https://www.startribune.com/ice-agents-visit-brooklyn-park-coffee-shop-arrest-cook-after-ruse-to-get-him-outside/601545607?utm_source=gift

Yup.  The worst of the worst.  Big old signing bonuses to those who want to be legally nasty and go after those hideous cooks for being a part of the community. 

Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on December 13, 2025, 09:13:04 PMThe Romans murdered any number of people for entertainment.

No no no. The christians were murdering each other for worshiping god the wrong way.

Nothing has changed.

The Romans murdered any number of people for entertainment.

Amazon pulls AI recap of Fallout season 1 due to significant errors

Sheesh, how hard is it to hire someone to do the friggin' recap?!  Hell, do it in-universe like some shows do.  You could even do it with VaultBoy, that'd be very natural.  I swear, these friggin' megacorps can't do anything in a sane way anymore.  It makes me sad.