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3 hours ago, Jabbyrwock said:

 

I thought you gave a lovely summary of the limits of entanglement.

 

She also might be talking about the OPERA neutrino measurements which were widely reported as FTL but turned out to be a loose fibre optic line.

I feel like it was the second one I was thinking about.

31 minutes ago, mistertim said:

 

If there are truly no loopholes in Relativity allowing for FTL travel, then most interstellar travel is probably impossible, nevermind intergalactic.

Haven’t they already measured quantum particles going faster than the speed of light?

1 hour ago, Jabbyrwock said:

 

Do you have a citation on this or is this just a "heard it thru the grapevine" kind of thing?

 

Since its the internet: not an accusatory or negative request.  Just genuinely curious about wargaming methodology.

https://www.csis.org/analysis/first-battle-next-war-wargaming-chinese-invasion-taiwan

CSIS developed a wargame for a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan and ran it 24 times. In most scenarios, the United States/Taiwan/Japan defeated a conventional amphibious invasion by China and maintained an autonomous Taiwan.
 

However, this defense came at high cost. The United States and its allies lost dozens of ships, hundreds of aircraft, and tens of thousands of servicemembers. Taiwan saw its economy devastated. Further, the high losses damaged the U.S. global position for many years. China also lost heavily, and failure to occupy Taiwan might destabilize Chinese Communist Party rule. Victory is therefore not enough. The United States needs to strengthen deterrence immediately.

Why are you sleeping outside?

1 minute ago, PokerPacker said:

I need to start prefixng myself with (Beta Cuck).  That's a big green flag, right?

I mean, it’s better.

13 minutes ago, PokerPacker said:

Was bored, so I turned on the Tonight Show for the first time in a long time.  Jimmy Fallon is not very funny.

He must work really hard.

(alpha male) is a huge red flag ladies. 

58 minutes ago, Captain Wiggles said:

Gross bro. Put that **** away. Ain’t no player hollering at me with some off brand jet ski!

When you’re on x anything is possible.

Just now, Cooked Crack said:

 

No capital punishment option? Let’s make him a martyr again!

13 hours ago, Skintime said:

That’s too big to be a banana, looking like a PLANTAIN from here.

Ok. So maybe wrong topic… now I need to come up with a random thought… 😬 uhm… 😬

watch out folks! Putin in a pushing mood 😬😬😬

10 minutes ago, China said:

 

Yeah, but...

 

 

That's just our galaxy.  So still not alone in our galaxy (despite the title), and if you look at all the Hubble and Webb telescope shots where practically every spec of light is a galaxy, there are still plenty of potential sources for extraterrestrial life.

 

 

Yea… but intergalactic travel is probably impossible. I’ve been saving my self for a manling with large eyes, a smooth grey body, and disproportionately large fingers 😏. To find out my fantasies are likely crushed… ****. I’m a 40 year old assumed to be Karen. It’s over.

11 minutes ago, PeterMP said:

https://gizmodo.com/drake-equation-update-fermi-paradox-intelligent-life-1851503974

 

Updated Formula on Alien Intelligence Suggests We Really Are Alone in the Galaxy An adjustment to the famous Drake Equation could radically refine estimates of intelligent civilizations in our galaxy.

That sucks. Thanks for ruining my day.

7 minutes ago, tshile said:

Do we get to call him the felon in chief if he wins?

 

Watters getting trolled by his own mom all day is ****ing hilarious 

We do. But at that point the damage to America will be permanent. So would we?

1 hour ago, mistertim said:

Trump, before something bad may happen to him: "If <thing> happens, then it was a scam and rigged"

 

Trump, after the bad thing happens to him: "SCAM! RIGGED!"

 

Never even a slight deviation from the playbook.   

He didn’t have a lot of options. His chess board was as small as his hands.

It was either that or admit he is a horrible person 🤷‍♀️ 

Just now, Riggo#44 said:

 

You missed the point in your haste to assess blame.

Blame for what? lol. 

8 minutes ago, Riggo#44 said:

And the Republicans freed the slaves, and the KKK was comprised of Southern Democrats. What does that have to do with the candidates we're presented with today?

Bringing up the last good thing Republicans did isn’t the flex you think it is.

41 minutes ago, mistertim said:

 

Ok please give specifics on how Biden supporters or Dems are a cult in anything even resembling the same way as Trump and MAGAs

Some liberals for sure. 

47 minutes ago, Riggo#44 said:

<<CANDIDATE>> is a <<LEFT/RIGHT/SOCLIAST/MAGA>> EXTEREMIST! They vote with <<TRUMP/BIDEN/PELOSI>> 1000% of the TIME!! THEY'RE COMING FOR <<GUNS/ABORTION/VACCINES/WHATEVER>> RIGHTS! VIOLENT CRIMINALS! FEAR, DOOM, CATASTROPHE!!! It's like somebody watched the opening to A Christmas Carol from Scrooged! and made into campaign ads.

Except republicans actually have taken abortion rights away. Except republicans polices run counter to any kind of scientific knowledge or studies. At least democrats ideas line up with reality/science to a fair degree.  

The gaslighting over DEIJ is not about policy. It’s about creating fear over the black menace and turning that fear into votes.

47 minutes ago, Riggo#44 said:

 

Trump being a lunatic does not make Biden a viable candidate. 

yes it does. His muppets are better than trumps muppets.

47 minutes ago, Riggo#44 said:

. That's the alternative? This is the best we can do? "Vote Blue No Matter Who”

There isn’t an alternative. It isn’t “vote blue no matter what”. It’s vote for the best candidate. 
 

If someone like Nikki Haley had of won the nomination your argument would make more sense. But she didn’t.

The gop party of Romney and McCain died as soon as Obama was elected.

2 hours ago, tshile said:

this is nonsense. I’m not trying to be mean but it’s nonsense. 
 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War

 

when the gulf war started Iraq had like the 4th largest standing army in the world. We mowed through them quickly. 
 

It was the first war where we used computers to generate our war plan. And what it came up with was incredibly effective and thorough. 
 

 

Oh. Well I guess if you are bringing up a war that happened over 30 years ago as evidence “western military has been tested” you might want to consider a lot has changed in 30 years.

I don’t think our military will be shown to be as inept as Russias was, but the point still stands it hasn’t actually been tested. When **** hits the fan in Taiwan I guess we’ll find out.

9 minutes ago, The Sisko said:

, but I doubt they're going to become anything like western militaries anytime soon, if ever.

Well. No. No one said they were. 

 

On the other hand, western military hasn’t been truly tested either. Shooting at 3rd world militias isn’t exactly a logistical test. 
 

4 minutes ago, The Sisko said:

 

In short, I stand by my assessment that they're experiencing shrinking numbers of their newest tanks

Tanks tanks tanks. There is a lot more to a capability of military than tanks. With the proliferation of long range cheap drones tanks are swiftly loosing their advantage on the battlefield as Ukraine has found out.