Utopian Enforcer Cannon is a multi-cannon ?

[Jynessa Loraeyn]

Unfortunately the thread cannot be stopped. He gave it a shove and it has blown up beyond his control.

f=ma.. flaming = misunderstanding x arrogance

ironically the metaphorical progress of this thread actually follows his theory... it's constantly accelerating in defiance of all the laws of physics without any further force imparted by him after his initial push

 

[GormDeGamle]

Uuuh! Darh Enders world is a very dangerous one!

Just imagine how easily the earth cold leave it's orbit and either crash into the sun or depart into the void just because I jumped down the stairs and therefore applied a tiny force to the big ball.
Yes, the earth would leave its orbit very slowly at first but it would get faster and faster as time goes by.
My only hope would be that someone down in New Zealand did jump down the stairs, too...

 

[SpitTheDog]

Uuuh! Darh Enders world is a very dangerous one!

Just imagine how easily the earth cold leave it's orbit and either crash into the sun or depart into the void just because I jumped down the stairs and therefore applied a tiny force to the big ball.
Yes, the earth would leave its orbit very slowly at first but it would get faster and faster as time goes by.
My only hope would be that someone down in New Zealand did jump down the stairs, too...

I think the danger is that if I jumped just after you I may not come back down due to the acceleration you imparted!

 

[Guidebot]

I skipped the last 10 pages, did Darth Ender relent and admit he got it wrong, or prove himself a troll?

Did anyone ask him to explain where the energy to sustain constant acceleration comes from?

I hope not.

 

[The Librarian]

ironically the metaphorical progress of this thread actually follows his theory... it's constantly accelerating in defiance of all the laws of physics without any further force imparted by him after his initial push

In fact, due to the curved nature of space/time, once this thread reaches infinite velocity, it will loop back into it's first post, both proving and disproving itself simultaneously, destroying the universe in the process.

Once this happens, the universe will be replaced by something even more bizarre.

Some say that this has already happened.

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I skipped the last 10 pages, did Darth Ender relent and admit he got it wrong, or prove himself a troll?

Did anyone ask him to explain where the energy to sustain constant acceleration comes from?

I hope not.

Nope, OP engaged Silent Running.

 

[Vandaahl]

Poor aliens who will ever get to digest our good 'ol Voyager we launched back in the 70's. By the time it reaches them, it will be doing 6643 times the speed of light. They'll never know what hit them.

What have we done

 

[SpitTheDog]

In fact, due to the curved nature of space/time, once this thread reaches infinite velocity, it will loop back into it's first post, both proving and disproving itself simultaneously, destroying the universe in the process.

Once this happens, the universe will be replaced by something even more bizarre.

Some say that this has already happened.

And on that bombshell......

 

[ChubbyBunneh]

Once this happens, the universe will be replaced by something even more bizarre.

Some say that this has already happened.

Miley Cyrus, Japanese female underwear vending machines, Charlie Sheen = winning!

 

[The Librarian]

Miley Cyrus, Japanese female underwear vending machines, Charlie Sheen = winning!

Careful, once wakened, the sleepers cannot be put to rest.

Except with head-shots, that is.

 

[Jynessa Loraeyn]

In fact, due to the curved nature of space/time, once this thread reaches infinite velocity, it will loop back into it's first post, both proving and disproving itself simultaneously, destroying the universe in the process.

Once this happens, the universe will be replaced by something even more bizarre.

Some say that this has already happened.

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Nope, OP engaged Silent Running.

I am in a universe where this thread exists. Therefore it has already happened. An infinite number of times, as the looping accelerates constantly.

 

[Mr_Blastman]

I think this thread needs a meme.

 

[Monk]

LAWL...I only read the first two pages

Experience: Nuclear physicist turned software analyst

I haven't had a laugh this good in a while.

 

[Mr_Blastman]

 

[Dommarraa]

I just passed the theory by my 14 yo daughter, "Thats not right is it ?"

[Proud Dad]

 

[Nagual]

The theory is true. I mean how many things have you thrown away, and they've not come back?

 

[Eagle Eye]

Got a good laugh out of the thread. Good stuff

 

[Comrade Napoleon]

This thread is on height with the Elite Memes thread

Yo only find stuff like this on the Internet

Cheers Cmdr's

 

[Chaodiurn]

I heard somewhere memes get selected as spam in this forum? Challenge accepted!

 

[Equinoxe]

The theory is true. I mean how many things have you thrown away, and they've not come back?

This is true.

Socks. Throw them in the washing machine, one will always disappear.


I'm not supposed to read this forum at work so it was with difficulty that I managed to refrain from laughing out loud while reading it. Very entertaining

 

[specialsymbol]

nobody here understands Newton's Second law. This makes me sad for humanity.


edit: i'll break it down for you.

kinetic energy is mass * velocity. (.5mv^2 to be exact)
Velocity is the differential of acceleration to time.

Acceleration to an object in the vacuum of space is constant unless a force acts upon it (this would be gravity, thrusters, another object colliding etc). Unlike the previous post, velocity is not constant, acceleration is.

So the longer my projectile is in space the higher the velocity is. Since the velocity is going to increase at the same acceleration for as long as it doesn't collide with something, the kinetic energy will increase.

A projectile weapon like a cannon should have it's weakest damage at point blank range. It's highest damage at whatever the furthest distance the game will register an impact (4km seems to be the upper limit). While it may be unreasonable to ask the game engine to render correct kinematic physics like ever increasing velocity of projectiles, it would be trivial to modify the damage the same way (but inversely) as it's done for energy weapons.

Ouch. And more ouch.