post Wars vs Trek, Could the Empire destroy a BLACK HOLE?

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-08-02 02:54pm

The hyperdrive's ability is to shift the phase angle on the fixed quantity of complex mass-energy without changing its magnitude. Therefore, it can arbitrarily change the amount of complex mass an SW ship has from positive to negative. This is how a hyperjump occurs.

Similarly, the circulating mass can be shifted to the positive before being annhiliated. The SW ship cheats by not carrying its annhiliation fuel as purely positive mass-energy it must haul around. It can carry it around as negative mass and then shift it to positive to get the full bang for one's buck without having to pay the piper for carrying all that shit around.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-08-02 02:57pm

Oops, I meant shift the mass between real and imaginary.

Obviously, phase angles do not refer to anything but a plane, which has an imaginary mass line and a real mass line.

Nitram just doesn't know what he's talking about. Mike wrote a significant essay, which has been posted several times, which frames the whole point of SW hyperdrive as being no less ridiculous than the negative mass requirement of warp drive. Obviously if hyperdrive postulated negative mass, it would be a moot point to make that argument. Similarly, Saxton discusses the mass-energy of tachyonic matter.

Tachyons always have imaginary mass.

Tardyons always have real mass.

Luxons do not have mass.

Enola Straight · Post by **Enola Straight** » 2004-08-03 03:00pm

Is there some site which displays graphically the relativistic notions of mass as a function of the complex plane?

Some applet which could plot the functions of mass as you scroll up and down above and below the speed of light.

Trekdestroyer · Post by **Trekdestroyer** » 2004-08-04 06:18pm

Alright! which one of you brought this thread back from the dead? It's called THREAD NECROMANCY yo!*

*I had to learn this the hard way so don't remind me of that!

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-08-04 06:28pm

Trekdestroyer wrote:Alright! which one of you brought this thread back from the dead? It's called THREAD NECROMANCY yo!*

*I had to learn this the hard way so don't remind me of that!

it's not considered thread necromancy if you're actually contributing something worthwhile. which. . .your post doesn't.