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whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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Are we talking TOS Enterpise or TNG Enterprise?
"My friends have always been the best of me." -Doctor Who
"Well,whenever I'm confused,I just check my underwear. It holds most answers to life's questions." Abe Simpson
I can tell by the position of the sun in the sky, that is time for us to go. Until next time, I am Lothar of the Hill People!
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It is our chance to bang some hawt green chicks!
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I hope you're ready for the admissions exams. Tractor Beams In sci-fi, tractor beams often consist of exotic-sounding particles and energies. In our day and age, using regular ol' light to hold and manipulate objects tractor beam-style is already a reality, albeit on very tiny scales.
Biologists, for example, have used "optical tweezers" to study cells, DNA and other small bits since the late 1980s. "Optical trapping has been around a long time," said Paul Stysley, a laser engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Stysley's organization, among others, would like to see tractor beam-like technologies graduate to bigger tasks. Light could be used, NASA researchers think, to collect large dust particles on Mars or from the tail of a comet with better results than typical contact-based methods.
In theory, continued improvement could someday lead to tractor beams not all that dissimilar to that deployed on the Starship Enterprise. "There seems to be no basic reason why you couldn't have a tractor beam," said Sidney Perkowitz, a physicist at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. The researchers also suggest the findings may benefit more exotic undertakings, such as power generation for interplanetary exploration...
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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I'm gonna piss all over your parade now: You will not be able to develop warp drive any time soon. 
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Your mom will not be able to develop warp drive any time soon.
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I'm gonna piss all over your parade now: You will not be able to develop warp drive any time soon. If I'm the one to develop warp drive, there are some motherfuckers at NASA that have a shitload of explaining to do.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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it's going to warp drive them nuts!
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i forgot to log in to my mcgurk id
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it's going to warp drive them nuts!
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In all seriousness, I had no idea that I was supposed to be the one working on this project. Did I miss an email or something?
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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shut up and just do your job. I want that warp drive on my desk by Friday morning.
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I might be a little behind schedule at this point. Here are some preliminary design sketches that I've been working on. 
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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Damn it,SoM,he's a doctor, not an engineer.
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"Well,whenever I'm confused,I just check my underwear. It holds most answers to life's questions." Abe Simpson
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he is a doctor of engines!
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lothar, on the other hand, is a doctor of cocks.
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"Batman is only meaningful as an answer to a world which in its basics is chaotic and in the hands of the wrong people, where no justice can be found. I think it's very suitable to our perception of the world's condition today... Batman embodies the will to resist evil" -Frank Miller
"Conan, what's the meaning of life?"
"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!"
-Conan the Barbarian
"Well, yeah."
-Jason E. Perkins
"If I had a dime for every time Pariah was right about something I'd owe twenty cents."
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"Fair enough. I defer to your expertise."
-Prometheus
Rack MisterJLA!
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We could have been to Saturn in the 70's and have had a moon base... ... at the expense of having no functional artificial satellites and more cancer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29There's still a chance to send an unmanned ship to another star though (as long as someone is willing to pay up): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Longshot
"Batman is only meaningful as an answer to a world which in its basics is chaotic and in the hands of the wrong people, where no justice can be found. I think it's very suitable to our perception of the world's condition today... Batman embodies the will to resist evil" -Frank Miller
"Conan, what's the meaning of life?"
"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!"
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"Well, yeah."
-Jason E. Perkins
"If I had a dime for every time Pariah was right about something I'd owe twenty cents."
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"Fair enough. I defer to your expertise."
-Prometheus
Rack MisterJLA!
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