News Horizons Beta Delay to Monday 30th November
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Looks like it'll be worth the wait. Keep up the good work guys. We've come a long way from just a white circle on a black background.
ED Horizons Beta on its way.
No problem. I will wait whatever it takes Cmdr Braben
Greetings and thanks a million.[/QUOTE
Thanks from me too, David
It is merely a procedure.
When testing, you may want to check the application with existing data (to see how it behave after the upgrade/update or after introducing new features), and with a clean state.
Since it is Beta, and your main state won't be affected; he probably just asked someone to wipe and start anew, so he has as many people as possible to try both case scenario.
At launch you will have nothing different from what you had the day before launch; the only difference is that now you can get on planets
IF you want to restart, it is your call.Guys, I´ve been waiting for this for 25 light years! So who gives a damn about another 5 days yeah! (OK not being completely honest, I can´t wait, my head will blow
ummmm a light year is a measure of distance not time.
lolz you think barely a week delay is long being an alpha backer of this and SC I've been waiting for best part of 6months for Star marine a week is a walk in the park
a week is a walk in the park 
Actually light has no value of time, it's instantly everywhere it ever will be as time doesn't exist at the speed of light.Not if you're the light!
I've over thought this haven't I!
yes, but you made me laugh... so rep+
Not if you're the light!
Even more so "distance"... At the speed of light (as per Lorentz time dilation equation), time stops, so time is completely a non-factor and distance is therefore the only factor
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Even more so "distance"... At the speed of light, time stops, so time is completely a non-factor and distance is therefore the only factor
I will go there, and I now was able to confirm this.
Light just has no time to enjoy all the fun along the way. No "Are we there yet?"
I feel a sadness in my heart for light.
I feel a sadness in my heart for light.
And even the distance is only a factor for an outside observer, who isn't moving at lightspeed.Even more so "distance"... At the speed of light (as per Lorentz time dilation equation), time stops, so time is completely a non-factor and distance is therefore the only factor
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And because lightspeed is limited, time comes relevant again (for the lower-than-light moving observer).
Doesn't change the fact that a lightyear is a measure of distance, not measure of time.
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And even the distance is only a factor for an outside observer, who isn't moving at lightspeed.
And because lightspeed is limited, time comes relevant again (for the lower-than-light moving observer).
Doesn't change the fact that a lightyear is a measure of distance, not measure of time.
Okay - you've all blown my mind... Just coming out of it.
Yes, of course it is. But Time is not totally out of it. It is the distance that light travels in a particular time. In fact, time is the important factor, because the speed of light is not constant, hence the distance is variable!!!
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The last few threads gave me a laugh (in a good way).
I am quite happy to wait a few more days as I see no value in a rushed Beta with known game breaking issues, which would surly lead to even more moans.
Just don't make plans around projected not binding release dates.
.I am quite happy to wait a few more days as I see no value in a rushed Beta with known game breaking issues, which would surly lead to even more moans.
Just don't make plans around projected not binding release dates
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I'm not a physicist, but I don't think that's correct is it? The speed of light is generally held to be a constant (and not only that, but constant regardless of the frame of reference)?
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In reality, light does travel at different speeds in different materials, yes. But the definition of lightyear uses the maximum possible speed (by our current understanding), speed of light in vacuum, which is a constant.
Year = measurement of time, like hour or second.
Lightyear = measurement of distance, like kilometer or meter.
Veering way off-topic, apologies...
Depending on what medium it is travelling through, light moves slower. The "Speed of Light" (i.e. c) that is commonly quoted is in fact "The speed of light in a vacuum" specifically because it does in fact slow down... which then means that it actually does have time to party, on occasions, like when passing through the waters of a swimming pool. Preferably a swimming pool in a hot country with Pina Coladas beeing sipped at the poolside than one of the Lidos in North London...
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