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'Falc' - the story of a boy and his Corellian Engineering Corporation's YT-1300.
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 18:13,
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I bet that can do the Kes-sel run in under 12 parseqs**though it's a distance and not a speed...etc.
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Marxist Pig Better Red Than Smeg,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 18:18,
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I'm not sure what a parseq is actuallybut "parsec" is short for "parallax second" and denotes the distance at which an object on the sky would subtend one second of arc across a year.
In any event, I've seen apologists argue that the Kessel Run goes through a field of black holes, and that to do that quickly involves clipping close to the event horizons (and therefore less distance), and so doing the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs suggests that the Millennium Falcon was fast enough to get so close to the black holes.
This neat explanation doesn't work on a few grounds. Firstly, it's physically nonsensical due to the entertaining ways in which time and distance are observed differently by different observers, meaning that while to Han Solo it may have been ten parsecs and a quick finish, but to everyone else he'd have taken forever. Secondly, it would be tough judging precisely where the horizon even is, given that there is absolutely nothing in spacetime around you to denote an event horizon (in contradiction to Star Trek Voyager, which seems to think that an event horizon is some kind of hard shell around a black hole that has a "crack" in it that the Voyager could escape through... fuckwits), and a "Kessel Run" would be brutally dangerous. Thirdly, this would suggest an enormous minefield of black holes packed closely together, which may be gravitationally stable but most likely would not be and the holes would be happily merging into one big hole. Fourthly, there is no way George Lucas knew any of this and it's pretty obvious he made a mistake.
Edit: All sarcasm intended purely in jest, I hope you understand.
(In any event, I've seen apologists argue that the Kessel Run goes through a field of black holes, and that to do that quickly involves clipping close to the event horizons (and therefore less distance), and so doing the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs suggests that the Millennium Falcon was fast enough to get so close to the black holes.
This neat explanation doesn't work on a few grounds. Firstly, it's physically nonsensical due to the entertaining ways in which time and distance are observed differently by different observers, meaning that while to Han Solo it may have been ten parsecs and a quick finish, but to everyone else he'd have taken forever. Secondly, it would be tough judging precisely where the horizon even is, given that there is absolutely nothing in spacetime around you to denote an event horizon (in contradiction to Star Trek Voyager, which seems to think that an event horizon is some kind of hard shell around a black hole that has a "crack" in it that the Voyager could escape through... fuckwits), and a "Kessel Run" would be brutally dangerous. Thirdly, this would suggest an enormous minefield of black holes packed closely together, which may be gravitationally stable but most likely would not be and the holes would be happily merging into one big hole. Fourthly, there is no way George Lucas knew any of this and it's pretty obvious he made a mistake.
Edit: All sarcasm intended purely in jest, I hope you understand.
boris the spider,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 18:29,
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Uhuh....magic you say?Damn, I hope I didn't touch a nerve there :P.
( Marxist Pig Better Red Than Smeg,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 18:50,
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My nerves are all out on displayI'm constantly frazzled. And being touched.
( boris the spider,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 20:13,
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Haha, I just laughed at the cracked shell bit
mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 18:58,
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hahanot many people have laughed when people are talking about black holes. talking about a lack of hair in the kundt spacetime, perhaps, but not black holes.
( boris the spider,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 20:13,
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So in summaryStar Wars is better than Star Trek?
YES!!!
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 18:59,
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Hmm. Two sides of the same coinif that coin is "this isn't really science fiction". Star Wars is generally more fun than Star Trek, if that helps, while Star Trek is more prone to pointless excretions of technobabble.
I always like it when they sweep something with a neutrino beam.
1) Where do they get the neutrinos?
2) What the hell do they expect to learn by aiming a "beam" of the lightest and most weakly-interacting particles in the universe at someone, except that trying to learn anything from them is utterly pointless given how many untold billions of the little bastards sleet through the Earth every second and barely notice.
(I always like it when they sweep something with a neutrino beam.
1) Where do they get the neutrinos?
2) What the hell do they expect to learn by aiming a "beam" of the lightest and most weakly-interacting particles in the universe at someone, except that trying to learn anything from them is utterly pointless given how many untold billions of the little bastards sleet through the Earth every second and barely notice.
boris the spider,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 20:16,
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It's the future. You can probably buy a tin of neutrinos at Space Walmart or something mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 20:24,
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Instead of something that just "sounds cool" they should use something real.Like midi-chlorians.
( Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 21:16,
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If you don't know what you're talking aboutthen make something up and talk about that, instead. That's the way Star Trek should live. Yeah.
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boris the spider,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 21:48,
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don't they have a massive tin of them in a mountain in japan?
real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy,
Thu 27 Jun 2013, 0:22,
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they have a massive tin of them massive swimming pool of brine with one or two of them in a mountain in japan
( boris the spider,
Thu 27 Jun 2013, 5:50,
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yeah, i know, i'm edgamedicated me! real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy,
Thu 27 Jun 2013, 12:43,
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Millennium Falconry and nice one :)
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 18:29,
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Why, Ambassador, with this compliment you are really spoiling us!
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 19:00,
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If I give you the raw ingredients I'm sure you'd create a masterpiece!Billy Casper is the main character in "Falc".
Casper Weinberger was U.S. Secretary of Defense under Republican President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987.
President Ronald Reagan (or RAYGUN) devised the "Star Wars" defence program.
To be on my desk before games tomorrow, please.
(Casper Weinberger was U.S. Secretary of Defense under Republican President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987.
President Ronald Reagan (or RAYGUN) devised the "Star Wars" defence program.
To be on my desk before games tomorrow, please.
Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch,
Wed 26 Jun 2013, 19:11,
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