Why not tachyons indeed. It's just that neutrinos have been in the news lately.Gawdzilla wrote:Why not tachyons?TonyBelch wrote:Neutrinos could be the future FTL technology.Gawdzilla wrote:Not what I meant. Those are other variables. The amount of time civilizations can generate detectable signals depends on what we are listening for, in deed what we are capable of listening for. If they used gravity waves to communicate we might not spot them at all.
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Being a 129.2-meter mutant fire-breathing lizard-thingy, I harken back to my roots.TonyBelch wrote:Why not tachyons indeed. It's just that neutrinos have been in the news lately.Gawdzilla wrote:Why not tachyons?TonyBelch wrote:Neutrinos could be the future FTL technology.Gawdzilla wrote:Not what I meant. Those are other variables. The amount of time civilizations can generate detectable signals depends on what we are listening for, in deed what we are capable of listening for. If they used gravity waves to communicate we might not spot them at all.
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I just watched this program this evening - very good. 
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Because that would just be tacky. Neutrinos are too cool to interact with anything else.Gawdzilla wrote:Why not tachyons?TonyBelch wrote:Neutrinos could be the future FTL technology.Gawdzilla wrote:Not what I meant. Those are other variables. The amount of time civilizations can generate detectable signals depends on what we are listening for, in deed what we are capable of listening for. If they used gravity waves to communicate we might not spot them at all.
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Quark you.FBM wrote:Because that would just be tacky. Neutrinos are too cool to interact with anything else.Gawdzilla wrote:Why not tachyons?TonyBelch wrote:Neutrinos could be the future FTL technology.Gawdzilla wrote:Not what I meant. Those are other variables. The amount of time civilizations can generate detectable signals depends on what we are listening for, in deed what we are capable of listening for. If they used gravity waves to communicate we might not spot them at all.
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Charming!Gawdzilla wrote:Quark you.FBM wrote:Because that would just be tacky. Neutrinos are too cool to interact with anything else.Gawdzilla wrote:Why not tachyons?TonyBelch wrote:Neutrinos could be the future FTL technology.Gawdzilla wrote:Not what I meant. Those are other variables. The amount of time civilizations can generate detectable signals depends on what we are listening for, in deed what we are capable of listening for. If they used gravity waves to communicate we might not spot them at all.
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It's spooky action at work.
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That's strange.
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I'm similarly attracted.Coito ergo sum wrote:That's strange.
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