Someone tell me if I'm losing my mind, please.
Posted: 2005-09-28 12:04am
I'm in a debate with this rampaging Trekkie who insists on flashing his ignorance at every possible opertunity.
He says that turbolaser bolts cannot possibly be as powerful as I say they are (Based on the asteroid-popping scene and the quote from the RotS novel) because that is more then enough power to cause nuclear fusion. He says that because we see no examples of nuclear fusion--no shockwave--they can't possibly be as powerful as the canon claims.
My rebuttle was this. I have said it multiple times.
I tell him that we wouldn't see or experience a shockwave because there is no medium for a reaction, thus no shockwave. I'm telling him that shockwaves do not propegate thru a vacuum. That they require some sort of mass.
He claims that supernovas cause 'Energy waves', and that 'Energy Waves' and 'Shockwaves' are different. He claims that a supernova uses an 'Energy Wave' that does not require any matter..He's basically claiming that an Energy Wave is a wave of pure energy that requires no medium.
I have looked and looked, I have not found any information on these socalled energy waves, and I know this is complete bullshit because a Type II Supernova uses the matter from it's own destruction as a medium for it's shockwave. The star compresses, the core rebounds, the star is destroyed, the rebound shockwave uses the matter ejected from the explosion--which moves much faster then the wave itself--to 'fuel' the wave. Which is why supernova shockwaves can travel for lightyears and for millions of years..
Someone tell me if I'm in the wrong, here. This is one of the most retarded Trekkies I've ever had the pleasure of meeting..
He says that turbolaser bolts cannot possibly be as powerful as I say they are (Based on the asteroid-popping scene and the quote from the RotS novel) because that is more then enough power to cause nuclear fusion. He says that because we see no examples of nuclear fusion--no shockwave--they can't possibly be as powerful as the canon claims.
My rebuttle was this. I have said it multiple times.
I tell him that we wouldn't see or experience a shockwave because there is no medium for a reaction, thus no shockwave. I'm telling him that shockwaves do not propegate thru a vacuum. That they require some sort of mass.
He claims that supernovas cause 'Energy waves', and that 'Energy Waves' and 'Shockwaves' are different. He claims that a supernova uses an 'Energy Wave' that does not require any matter..He's basically claiming that an Energy Wave is a wave of pure energy that requires no medium.
I have looked and looked, I have not found any information on these socalled energy waves, and I know this is complete bullshit because a Type II Supernova uses the matter from it's own destruction as a medium for it's shockwave. The star compresses, the core rebounds, the star is destroyed, the rebound shockwave uses the matter ejected from the explosion--which moves much faster then the wave itself--to 'fuel' the wave. Which is why supernova shockwaves can travel for lightyears and for millions of years..
Someone tell me if I'm in the wrong, here. This is one of the most retarded Trekkies I've ever had the pleasure of meeting..